Why Were NES Games So Hard? A Deep Dive into 8-Bit Difficulty
Why Were NES Games So Hard? A Deep Dive into 8-Bit Difficulty There is a particular kind of frustration that
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure (Game Boy) Review
Platform: Game Boy Developer: Beam Software Publisher: LJN Ltd. Release Date: August 1991 (North America) Genre: Action, Platformer As I’ve
Read MoreThe Game Boy Advance and the Retro Revival: Why This Little Handheld Still Matters
The Game Boy Advance arrived in 2001, and it felt like Nintendo had shrunk a console into pocket form. In
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Beetlejuice (Game Boy) Review
Platform: Game Boy Developer: Rare Ltd. Publisher: LJN Ltd. Release Date: January 1992 (NA) Genre: Action, 2D Platformer I only
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The Story of the Game Boy and the Modern Retro Gaming Scene
When Nintendo launched the Game Boy in Japan in 1989, it was a small machine with a huge ripple effect.
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Platform: Game Boy Developer: Natsume Publisher: Taito Release Date: August 9, 1991 (Japan), December 1991 (North America) Genre: Action /
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An Introduction to Nintendo 64 Emulation
There was a time when the future looked like smooth gray plastic, cartridge slots, and polygons that felt impossibly three
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An Introduction to SNES Emulation
There’s a particular kind of magic that lives in the Super Nintendo era. It hums quietly in the opening chords
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An Introduction to Emulation: The NES and the Art of Keeping 8-Bit Alive
There is a particular sound that lives rent-free in the memory of anyone who grew up with a Nintendo Entertainment
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