In 2012, programmer Chris Oberth passed away after a career that spanned from the dawn of video games in the late '70s to the PlayStation 2 era. Now, one of Oberth's unfinished games, Xcavator 2025, ...

NES screenshot of the game Jaws (side view, underwater) A scuba diver shoots a harpoon at a menacing shark. (YouTube) The retro release coincides with the Spielberg movie's 50th anniversary. From ...

The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a never-before-played Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game that will be ...

Originally developed at Incredible Technologies Inc., the company behind coin-op classics like Golden Tee Golf, Big Buck Hunter and more, Xcavator was shopped around to multiple publishers across the ...

The story of Xcavator is a fascinating one. It was originally the brainchild of legendary programmer Chris Oberth (1982's Anteater) and built for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. However, ...

Houston ISD’s Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. Campus enrollment data shows steeper declines in Houston ISD schools under the New Education System model, commonly referred to as NES, than ...

There continues to be no real discernible rhyme or reason to the way Nintendo distributes games on Nintendo Switch Online, but its latest drop brings some notable additions to the library for retro ...

Josh Speer has been writing about videogames for more than a decade now, but he's loved them since he was a small boy. He grew up with Mario and Mega Man, moved onto RPGs with Chrono Trigger and Final ...

Fans of retro horror games, NES-era JRPGs, and lost media research all got a delightful surprise on Halloween when a fully playable build of Splatterworld leaked online. The existence of this RPG ...

TL;DR: Limited Run Games will release the classic 1992 NES side-scroller Little Samson on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. Featuring four unique characters with distinct abilities, this collector's item ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook An NES exclusive game from 1992 is set to return 34 years later with a port to Nintendo Switch, PC ...

Exactly 40 years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System hit store shelves in New York City. The October 18, 1985 launch of the NES in the US revitalized home console gaming in North America. To ...