The NES, or just Nintendo if you swing that way, marked a real moment of change for the gaming industry. But what will probably never change is how many whippers you can find on it that you’d probably ...

Josh Speer has been writing about videogames for more than a decade now, but he's loved them since he was a small boy. He grew up with Mario and Mega Man, moved onto RPGs with Chrono Trigger and Final ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook An NES exclusive game from 1992 is set to return 34 years later with a port to Nintendo Switch, PC ...

Recap: 8BitDo has introduced a new collection celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System. The original NES (known as the Family Computer, or Famicom for short, in Japan) ...

The Ultimate 2 controller is one of our favorite controllers for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and the NES40 version comes with all the same features, including TMR joysticks, Hall Effect triggers ...

Exactly 40 years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System hit store shelves in New York City. The October 18, 1985 launch of the NES in the US revitalized home console gaming in North America. To ...

The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, first launched in America on October 18th, 1985. That was the date it launched its test market, and then it would release nationwide in 1986. Even after ...

It was in October of 1985 when the Nintendo Entertainment System first hit North America, with an initial test run of 100,000 units being sold exclusively in New York City. Following the post-Atari ...

Walmart is holding a "Walmart Deals" sales event to compete with Amazon's October Prime Day. The Walmart Deals event offers discounts up to 50% on various products, including tech, cookware and ...

Jake brings two decades of experience with him, having covered major industry events, breaking news, one-on-one interviews, and more. When he's not playing World of Warcraft, he's usually on the hunt ...

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...

Imagine that it’s 1985. You pop Super Mario Bros into your shiny new NES, and you’ve never seen anything like it before. Since you’re used to the Atari 2600 and its simple games, this seems like ...