These Nintendo Entertainment System games are beyond demanding It’s a scientific fact. The hardest video games are found on retro consoles. And the Nintendo Entertainment System, from the mid-1980s, has more difficult games than any other system. At a time when children made up the majority of players — and welcomed crazy hard puzzles to [...]
Will Nintendo show a new ‘Zelda?’ Will Rockstar roll out a Western? On June 2, the world’s largest video game conference will descend on Los Angeles for the 15th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (“E3″ in gamer speak). While video games have done a lot of maturing in recent years to include non-traditional players, the show [...]
Big blocks keep on … um, falling? Exactly 25 years ago this month, the first “working” game of “Tetris” was played by Russian creator Alexey Pajitnov. A year later, the game was commercialized and quickly went on to become a worldwide phenomenon. From “Tetris Blast” to “Tetris Attack” to “Tetris Party,” this game has been [...]
Microsoft just announced sales of Xbox 360 consoles have passed the 30 million mark globally, up 28 percent over last year, which it claims is the highest percentage growth in hardware sales of any console so far in 2009. In addition, the Xbox LIVE community has grown to over 20 million users, coming from 26 [...]
MSN Tech examined 30 years of PC gaming history to identify 10 of its all-time greatest games. What Makes a PC Game Great? What elements push a game beyond mere goodness and into greatness? To this author, PC games are best when they deliver a transcendent gaming experience that is possible only with the aid [...]
Twenty-five years ago, the market for video games was fledgling and kid-centric. Today, estimates put global annual sales of video games at around $50 billion, with far higher year-over-year growth rates than its entertainment brethren — movies and music. Here’s a look at the best-selling video games in the U.S. since 1995, according to data [...]
The Android platform may soon get a sizable shot of retro gaming, if Jrioni’s GP2X emulator project continues to develop. Currently in “pre-alpha” stage, the project basically recreates the GP2X open-source Linux-based handheld on an Android phone like the T-Mobile G1. Since the GP2X is capable of playing classic titles from the Neo Geo, Sega [...]
The iPhone is to get a port of the classic 2D strategy game Worms (no, not that kind of worm ). The creators of the Worms franchise, Team 17, announced their intention to bring the game to the Apple iPhone in 2008. Here i am giving even better, new screenshots show the game in action [...]
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