Posted on September 11, 2026
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.
Posted on September 5, 2026
8 GameCube Games That Deserve More Respect
But some of the most interesting underrated GameCube games lived farther down the rental-store shelf. They were the games you discovered because your first choice was already checked out, because the box art looked strange enough to gamble a weekend on, or because somebody at school insisted, “No, seriously, you have to try this.”
Posted on September 2, 2026
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
Posted on August 28, 2026
10 Nintendo 64 Multiplayer Games That Are Sleepover Classics
We’re counting down ten Nintendo 64 games that best captured the social rhythm of a classic sleepover: multiplayer competition, approachable controls, memorable stages and modes, escalating trash talk, and that wonderful ability to generate stories people remembered after the console had been turned off.
Posted on August 23, 2026
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
Posted on August 13, 2026
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.
Posted on August 7, 2026
13 PS1 Games That Are Stranger, Bolder, and Better Than You Remember
The PlayStation wasn’t just home to blockbusters—it was the birthplace of some of gaming’s strangest, most imaginative ideas. One of the greatest strengths of Sony’s first console wasn’t simply its biggest hits. It was the sheer willingness of developers to experiment.
Posted on August 5, 2026
The Adventures of Batman & Robin SNES: Gotham’s 16 Bit Masterpiece
Konami did not merely put Batman: The Animated Series on a cartridge. It built an eight-episode journey through the Gotham we remembered from television. The opening moments tell you almost everything. A dark Gotham skyline. Police lights flashing… Read More
Posted on July 29, 2026
Crazy Taxi 2 Review — Dreamcast’s Wildest Fare Took New York
Crazy Hop, crowded city streets, punk-rock energy, and one more reason the Dreamcast refused to go quietly. There is a specific kind of panic that only Crazy Taxi 2 can create. A passenger is yelling from the back… Read More
Posted on July 24, 2026
Max Payne 25th Anniversary: Why Bullet Time Still Feels Brilliant
Originally released for Windows on July 25, 2001, Remedy Entertainment’s hard-boiled third-person shooter arrived at exactly the right cultural moment. Action fans were still fascinated by the slow-motion gunfights popularized in late-1990s cinema, PC games were becoming increasingly cinematic, and players were ready for something darker than another anonymous military corridor or colorful sci-fi arena. Rockstar’s official game page lists July 25, 2001, as the release date, while later versions brought the game to PlayStation 2, Xbox, mobile devices, Game Boy Advance, and newer PlayStation hardware.
