nostalgia

Horrid Friday The 13th NES Game Gets This Special Edition Figurine

Friday the 13th, the 1989 game, is widely considered to be one of the worst video games of all time, certainly one of the worst ever made for the NES. So of course it rates a special edition figurine — Jason Vorhees in the strange purple getup he wore for the final, deeply unsatisfying boss battle.


This 8-Bit Celebration Of a 90s Childhood Makes Me Feel Really, Really Old…

This is how I know I’m getting old: the generation below me is starting to get nostalgic for their childhood. This video is like a perfect representation of that…


The Best At Tecmo Super Bowl Settle A Claim Everyone Makes

MADISON, Wis. — Most of us are realistic about our shot. We are going to get our asses kicked, and then go to the bar. But we’re in March, we’re in a tournament, we’re all sports fans and if anybody in the 224-man field of Tecmo Madison, the largest Tecmo Super Bowl event in the nation, didn’t harbor the faintest Cinderella delusion at some point, I have to wonder why they bothered signing up.


The F-Zero Miiverse Board Falcon Punches It’s Way Into My Heart

Oh Captain Falcon; You know how devoted your fans are, yes? Is it any surprise that they’ve recreated your likeness again and again online? Are you at all shocked that the F-Zero Miiverse board is one big Captain Falcon love-in?


Three More Episodes Of GamePro TV To Take You Deeper Into The ’90s

Last week, we took a trip back to the ’90s with three episodes of the 1996 version of GamePro TV. The videos, as uploaded by Oakland’s Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment, are a welcome return to a simpler age. Now, it has uploaded three more.


PlayStation Memories Are Tearing Up Twitter

Sony is slated to unveil its successor to the PlayStation 3 this morning. Right now, the hashtag #PlayStationMemories is trending on Twitter. What a kwinky dink!


Watch These Pundits And News Anchors Get Nostalgic About The Atari

“Do you remember the Atari? Oh man, I remember the Atari!” These are words that you’ve doubtless heard from people over the age of 30. For some, Pong and Atari were their first and last brush with gaming, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find one among them that doesn’t recall those days with fond memories.


Debating Fighter Hayabusa’s Virtue In Nintendo’s Pro Wrestling

There were no storylines in Pro Wrestling for the Nintendo Entertainment System, beyond the ones you and your buddies would create for the six wrestlers it featured. But nearly everyone’s status — good guy or bad, face or heel — was easily interpreted in how the character was presented.


Let’s Remember A More Colorful Nintendo

Graphic artist Jillain Kristen has a good perspective on Nintendo, exchanging the gray-scaled consoles with her colourful nostalgia of playing with them as a kid.


We Didn’t Expect To Get A Super Nintendo Cartridge In The Mail Last Week

That Super Nintendo box isn’t real. Neither is the cartridge. I can see how you might be confused: when we got this package in the mail last week, it looked more than authentic enough to trigger some emotional reactions from those of us who spent our formative years with Nintendo’s 16-bit gaming console.


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