Mobile

New Penny Arcade Game Looks A Lot Like Old Final Fantasy

No, the third Penny Arcade game will not be released on Super Nintendo. Despite its resemblance to 16-bit games of the early ’90s, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 3 is coming to PC, Mac, Xbox Live, iOS and Android. Not SNES.


February 29, 2012
In Real Life

These Guys Cover Every Song From The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past

Whether you’re working, learning, or just straight up doing nothing today, there’s no excuse not to rock out to music from The Legend of Zelda.


December 17, 2011
In Real Life

What Kinect For NES Might Have Looked Like

Kotaku AU

Technically, we use muscles all the time to control games (and express our anger at them, if you’re the gamepad-throwing type), but when’s the last time you strapped sensors to your pythons and fist-clenched Mario into stomping goombas? Probably never, unless you’re one of the soldering wizards at Advancer Technologies.


August 25, 2011
Nintendo

The Strange, Sad Case Of The North American Super Nintendo

This week is the, believe it or not, 20th anniversary of the release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America.


August 11, 2011
Retro

Feel The Parental Fury Of The Super Nintendo Launch

You may have fond memories of the 1991 launch of Nintendo’s SNES, but according to a recently unearthed local news broadcast, some parents were steaming at the notion of the new 16-bit console.


August 10, 2011
Nintendo

Building The Perfect Super Nintendo (on A PC)

We’ve all used an emulator at one stage in our lives. Whether to replay some classic old arcade games or play an obscure console title you missed first time around, they’re a dime a dozen.


June 9, 2011
Nintendo

Supaboy Hands On: The Littlest Super Nintendo

For an engorged SNES controller stuffed with SNES guts, a 3.5-inch screen, a rechargeable battery and loaded up with an original F-Zero SNES cartridge, the Supaboy is surprisingly un-weighty.


May 21, 2011
Nintendo

Tired Of Your Old, Broken Super Nintendo Games? Piss On Them!

You thought that eBay lot of used Super Nintendo games was a good idea, until you discovered they were all either broken or horrifically outdated sports titles. At least you’ll have a pot to piss in, as long as you follow Price Charting’s instructions on how to build a video game urinal.


May 13, 2011
Nintendo

It’s About Time Chrono Trigger Made It To The Wii Virtual Console

When a role-playing game is as centred on time travel as the Square classic Chrono Trigger, you really can’t argue when I call it one of the greatest RPGs of all time. Guess what I’ll be playing come Monday?


April 13, 2011
Nintendo

The Super Nintendo You Can Hold In The Palm Of Your Hand

And no, don’t make a Game Boy Advance joke, you smartass. Hyperkin’s Supaboy is an upcoming handheld unit that’s actually a Super Nintendo. Like, you have to insert Super Nintendo cartridges to play it.