The savior of the video game industry, birthplace of countless franchises, and iconic face of pop culture and history, the Nintendo Entertainment System is legendary. Nintendo's 8-bit powerhouse is ...

In an age before esports, video game hobbyists had to prove their superiority in more creative ways. Back in the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System, people used to show off their high scores by ...

Legendary prankster Google is out with some early April Fools’ tomfoolery ahead of schedule, teasing nostalgic gamers with an 8-bit version of its near-ubiquitous Maps application. “In our pursuit of ...

Ninja Gaiden II' and three more 8-bit platformers come to Nintendo Switch Online this week, adding a major challenge to the ...

You’re feeling nostalgic. You want to play thebest NES sports games. Or maybe you just want to read about them until the clock hits 5.30 and you can stop pretending to work on that deck. But how well ...

Two-dimensional games are for old people. Thankfully, a new emulator will let you play aging games with a fresh coat of 3D paint. 3DNES is a new emulator (software that enables you to play software ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

Kids who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s may have pined over a Red Ryder BB Gun, just as Ralphie did in the movie A Christmas Story. But kids in the 1980s had something much different on their wish ...

The NES, Atari 2600, the Apple II, the Commodore 64 and the TurboGrafx-16 are just some of the many game consoles and home computers built around the 6502 CPU. And while the 6502 has been pretty much ...

Game systems from the 8-bit and 16-bit era weren't exactly the graphical powerhouses that modern consoles, PCs and even phones have evolved into. But there are many other aspects including good ...