While video games existed before the '80s, this decade took the medium to new heights. Nintendo took the world by storm with the NES and Super Mario Bros., and now-iconic franchises like Final Fantasy ...

Pac-Man eats dots as ghosts emerge from their cell above him in Pac-Man - Bandai Namco Entertainment As far as timeless arcade games go, it doesn't get much more iconic than Bandai Namco's 1980 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Considering the rise of home consoles that we saw within ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Retro video games have a certain muscle memory attached to them. Blowing into a Super Nintendo game cartridge seems silly now, but 33 years ago it belonged to a gaming ritual I’ve come to associate ...

From great games that suffered from bloated budgets to ones so bad that unsold copies were sent to a landfill, these retro titles were massive commercial flops.

Which retro video game console is best? As video games continue to develop rapidly, games of yesterday grow in nostalgic popularity. In earlier years, the competition between gaming platforms caused ...

The Adventure Game Aptitude Test is the first of its kind, and the initial results are incredible. Only two people beat a three hour game without help ...