25 Retro Shooters That Still Test Your Reflexes

25 Retro Shooters That Still Test Your Reflexes And Your Nerves

For several games here, modern releases provide an easier route. Konami’s Contra Anniversary Collection, for example, includes multiple classic Contra titles on current digital platforms, while Sunset Riders has an Arcade Archives release on Switch and PS4. Nintendo’s Genesis library currently includes M.U.S.H.A. and Contra: Hard Corps, and Ikaruga remains digitally available on Switch. Radiant Silvergun also has a modern PC release.

Strider NES Review

Strider NES: The Weird, Ambitious Capcom Adventure That Refused to Play It Safe

Strider on NES wasn’t the arcade game squeezed onto a cartridge. It was stranger than that—and in some ways, far more interesting. Before Strider Hiryu became the impossibly cool, blade-swinging acrobat many players remember from arcades and the… Read More

Devil May Cry Turns 25

Devil May Cry Turns 25: The PlayStation 2 Classic That Made Action Stylish

Twenty-five years after Dante first walked into Mallet Island, Capcom’s demonic action game still feels like the moment 3D combat learned how to show off. Today, Devil May Cry turns 25. Originally released for the PlayStation 2 in… Read More

Metal Gear Solid PlayStation Review

Metal Gear Solid: The Night PlayStation Grew Up

Plenty of PS1 games were already demonstrating what Sony’s little gray console could do with 3D worlds, cinematic presentation, and CD-quality audio. Metal Gear Solid pulled those pieces together and made the PlayStation feel like it was capable of something different—a game that could be tense, funny, melodramatic, politically charged, mechanically inventive, and completely aware that you were sitting there holding a controller.

Prince of Persia - Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Still Feels Magical

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time arrived during one of the most exciting periods of the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube era, when 3D adventures were becoming more cinematic without yet losing their sense of experimentation. It had sword fights, traps, puzzles, and towering palace ruins, but its real personality came from how gracefully it let players move through them. Every wall run, narrow beam, collapsing platform, and last-second rewind made the journey feel intimate and theatrical at the same time.

8 Retro Games That Were So Far Ahead of Their Time

8 Retro Games So Far Ahead of Their Time, the Industry Had to Catch Up

These were the games that experimented with living worlds, player freedom, stealth systems, online competition, cinematic storytelling, and genres that barely had names yet. They were not always the smoothest, easiest, or most commercially successful releases on the shelf. In several cases, their ambition ran straight into the limitations of the hardware.

Most Valuable PS2 Games

Most Valuable PlayStation 2 Games Right Now: What Collectors Are Chasing

This guide is for returning retro gamers, physical-media collectors, horror fans, and curious beginners who want to understand what collectors are chasing without paying collector prices blindly. The focus is on standard North American retail releases rather than obscure trade demos, one-off promotional discs, or professionally graded anomalies.

Most Valuable N64 Games Right Now

Most Valuable N64 Games Right Now: What Collectors Should Buy, Skip, and Watch Carefully

N64 collecting is exciting, nostalgic, and increasingly expensive. Here’s how to chase the big-ticket cartridges without getting burned. The Nintendo 64 has reached that dangerous collecting sweet spot: old enough to feel magical, young enough that many of… Read More

10 Best-selling Retro Games That Deserved Every Sale

10 Best-selling Retro Games That Deserved Every Sale

Best-selling retro games are not always the same thing as the “best” retro games. Sometimes they sold because they were bundled with hardware. Sometimes they rode a wave of hype, controversy, movie tie-ins, or playground buzz. And sometimes… Read More

River City Saga: Journey to the West

River City Saga: Journey to the West Turns Kunio-kun Into a Mythological Street Brawl

River City Saga: Journey to the West is now available digitally, and this one has a fun little hook that should immediately perk up the ears of longtime beat ’em up fans: the classic Chinese tale Journey to… Read More