With designs that would become standard, these are the NES Games That Shaped Modern Gaming More Than Players Realized.

The action genre is a fairly nebulous one, with plenty of minor examples and riffs that stand out from other styles of gameplay. The most famous is likely the shooter, which serves as the ultimate ...

From Metroid to Mega Man 2, look back at the these the best NES games in 2026 ...

Several huge video game franchises got their starts on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Here are the top five games ever released on the seminal console.

The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a never-before-played Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game that will be ...

TL;DR: Limited Run Games will release the classic 1992 NES side-scroller Little Samson on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. Featuring four unique characters with distinct abilities, this collector's item ...

An NES exclusive game from 1992 is set to return 34 years later with a port to Nintendo Switch, PC, and PS5. Right now, there’s no word of a port to any Xbox console, nor the PS4 nor the Switch 2, ...

Hobbyist game designers and retro tinkerers have been making homebrew retro games for vintage game consoles forever, that’s not new. But nowadays, it seems like just about every day a new retro game ...

Despite being over 40 years old, the original NES is still home to some truly great games, and some of those games have truly aged like wine. And while there’s obvious games to choose, like Super ...

This game is a fun summer surprise overflowing with mini-challenges, but it belongs as an expansion of Nintendo's retro subscription service. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...

If you fondly remember playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games on the NES, you’re probably not thinking of the first one. Released on May 12, 1989, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NES ...