The modern world of gaming is straying further and further away from one of the best parts of classic video games, the bountiful cheat codes. These were always such a blast to mess around with and ...

Along the way, ideas emerged in various ways. Some grew out of unintentional bugs, including one that allowed players to die ...

It’s strange to think of gaming without the internet. How did this then-niche subculture sustain, and view, itself? A new archive offers reviews, insight, history and lore.

You may have never heard of this game for the original Nintendo console, but this piece of history will soon be available to ...

Nintendo has today released a new update for its Game Boy and NES app on the Switch and Switch 2. Not only does it bump the Game Boy app up to Version 3.0.0, but it also sees the NES app jump to ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

The Nintendo Switch Online app is designed to help enhance your online gameplay experience on Nintendo Switch. With this app, you can check game-specific services (e.g., SplatNet 2 for Splatoon 2), ...

There continues to be no real discernible rhyme or reason to the way Nintendo distributes games on Nintendo Switch Online, but its latest drop brings some notable additions to the library for retro ...

The Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most important consoles in gaming’s history. The market had just gone through a crash in North America, but the Japanese company introduced a new and ...

As we already reported earlier today, the NES and Game Boy Classics apps have both now been absorbed into the new — and very tidy — 'Classics' department with the new Nintendo Switch Online app ...

Video Game History Foundation, Mega Cat Studios, and Retrotainment Games to bring programmer Chris Oberth’s long-long Nintendo Entertainment System game ...

Xcavator 2025 was rebuilt "using the tools and environments" it would've been developed with in the first place ...