Retro Gaming
What the Heck is Sega Forever? Retro Games on Your Phone, Probably
No probably about it—after a little debate and speculation, it is, indeed, old-school classics in your pocket.
'Flashback' Is the Most Cinematic Adventure of the 16-Bit Age
The game started life as 'The Godfather in Space.'
On the Terrific Power of Video Games as Time Capsules
Want to see Edinburgh around 2003? Fire up ‘Project Gotham Racing 2’, and drink in the low-poly memories.
The Story of NESticle, the Ambitious Emulator That Redefined Retro Gaming
The product of a talented programmer who designed a hit shareware game while he was still in high school, NESticle was so good that everyone looked past the fact its name was basically a dick joke.
Waypoint Staffers Select Their Super Nintendo Mini Essentials
With a SNES micro-console strongly rumored to be in production for this year’s holiday season, what games do we want to see on it?
'Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap' Is Everything a Remake Should Be
The freshly released remake illustrates that while game visuals date fast, fun rarely does.
If There’s to Be a Dino Crisis Comeback, Please Make it a Terrifying One
If Capcom does choose to revive its survival-horror series, it needs to emphasize the scary side of it over anything else.
Replaying ‘The Story of Thor’, Sega’s Own Zelda
I could have sworn this was better than Zelda. As it turns out, it’s not—but Ancient’s game is still, arguably, Sega’s greatest 16-bit RPG.
C’mon, Game Devs: It’s Time to Bring Back ‘Blast Corps’
It’s one of Nintendo’s greatest “underrated” games ever, and a modern take could be just the most fun. So, can we have it, please?
‘Symphony of the Night’, Where Have You Been All Our Lives?
Two men who probably should have played the classic Castlevania title before now take it for a debut spin on its 20th anniversary.
Remembering the Identity Crisis of Licensed Video Games, Through the Lens of ‘Alien 3’
If you wanted to play the events of the movie, you had two main choices—and neither of them was really “right”.