When it comes to the best NES games, there's no shortage of greatness. Whether we're talking about the best Zelda games, Mario classics, or either half of the Metroidvania portmanteau that would go on ...

The NES was all about platformers, and it featured some of the best of the 1980s and '90s. These ten are among the best the ...

The NES introduced popular series like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros to the world, cementing Nintendo's reputation ...

Sometimes it feels like the same NES games are released into every console generation, again and again. Some of that is starting to change, however. Sunsoft’s Gimmick! finally received a worldwide ...

Ahh, the Nintendo Entertainment System (or NES, for short). The console that changed the course of gaming history and brought the US gaming market back from the brink of extinction. It established ...

Every month or so, Nintendo adds a few retro games to its Nintendo Switch Online retro gaming apps. We’ve seen plenty of Kirby games over the years since NSO launched, two of the best Zelda games, and ...

Nintendo has been working on adding classic games to its Nintendo Switch Online catalog, with many titles coming from its beloved NES console. These games were once titans in the gaming industry, and ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in 1984 in Japan and a year later in the United States, bringing with it some excellent—and not-so-excellent—games from Japan. Some of these NES games ...