Video Games

Is the original NES Punch-Out!! worth playing again?

Is the original NES Punch-Out!! worth playing again?

Punch-Out!! was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), in 1987—originally dubbed Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! The exclamation points were always there, turns out. While Tyson was later replaced with the generic Mr. Dream, the game itself proved to be immensely popular. Does it stand the test of time?...

How many endings does the original Metroid have?

How many endings does the original Metroid have?

It was a challenge only for the courageous of heart and spirit. How many endings did the original Metroid, released for NES in 1987, actually have? Click Start to play. NES Games Upon its release in 1987 for the NES, how many endings does the original Metroid have? You don’...

When was the Sega CD released?

When was the Sega CD released?

I wanted the Sega CD so bad that I essentially bullied my parents (er, I mean, Santa) into giving me one. My memory is pretty hazy in terms of what year that was—but maybe you remember....

Every GoldenEye N64 single-player level ranked

Every GoldenEye N64 single-player level ranked

For an entire generation, whenever GoldenEye was mentioned you were talking about a video game, not a movie. And when you were talking about that video game you were almost always talking about getting the gang together for a few rounds of its legendary multiplayer option. Even just typing about...

Games that Time Forgot: Ground Zero Texas

Games that Time Forgot: Ground Zero Texas

There was an age when people like Cory Feldman, Tia Carerre, and Mark Hamill were starring in video games: The Golden Age of Live-Action Video Games, or simply GALAVG as some call it (no one calls it either of those). Of course. today we’re not talking about Wing Commander...

What year was the Atari 2600 released?

What year was the Atari 2600 released?

Pretty sure I remember a sort of radioactive hum coming from this thing whenever I turned it on as a kid. Oh well, I’m sure there’s no way they would have released it if it wasn’t completely safe for children....