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The Legend of Zelda game series may very well be the single most venerated series in all of gaming. The original NES classic was recently seen in the number one spot of GameInformer Magazine's 200 Greatest Games of All Time. Every time a new entry is announced the gaming community seems to lose it's mind. The games appeal to all gamers of all skill level and all ages. Many say that there never truly been a bad game in the series. And yet not all the impact from these games has been positive. Unfortunately there are a few areas in which The Legend of Zelda pioneered some very regrettable trends that gamers are still forced to deal with.

The Nintendo Entertainment System, in all its 8-bit glory, began my exciting love affair with the great indoors. The video games on this list kept me company through many an elementary-school sleepover at friends' houses, provided endless fodder for recess playground conversation and even inspired a few short stories from yours truly (each plot revolving around the fantasy of getting sucked inside a video game). In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I dedicate this list and to Shigeru Miyamoto and all the other folks at Nintendo who made all that fun possible...oh, and of course my beloved aunt Jean who sent me and my siblings our first NES console.

One of the most popular sections in my video game newsletter, Retrogaming Times is the MAME Reviews.  Each month, I would choose two or more games and review them.  Over the years, I received alot of requests to review certain games.  Well, the newsletter has been around for a long time (nearing 30 issues at the time of writing this) and it is quite time consuming to go through all the issues to read the game reviews.  So, I decided to compile all of them here.  This way, you can easily read all of them, quickly and easily.  Plus, I hope to add some new reviews here of games that weren't originally reviewed in Retrogaming Times.  So enjoy the reviews and let me know what games you would like to see covered!

Many DOS games stopped working reliably when DOS was removed from Windows, starting with Windows XP. The sound could be missing, the speed could be wrong, or the game might not work at all. Windows Vista apparently doesn't play DOS games at all. Almost all DOS games play perfectly in an emulator called DOSBox, which is available for Windows, Linux, OS/2, BeOS, and Mac OS X.

Okay, I get it. Many of you were not of the "Genesis does" crowd like I was as a kid. That doesn't mean I do not appreciate the Super Nintendo. I have both systems, I was a little late to the game that's all. As a kid I had the pleasure of bargain shopping for the SNES at the end of its run, plus all the trades I managed to do in school combined for me playing literally hundreds of games for the system. With my massive knowledge of this system I thought to do a follow up to my other Top 25 games list by choosing its main rival. Why 25? Well its only fair that I keep the number the same from my previous list that's all.

We've all been video-game junkies at some point in our lives and some of us may still be addicted. Since about 7 years old, I've been playing almost every video game imaginable, some great and some that were just horrible. I decided to compile a list of my top ten greatest video games of all-time. Whether, the console was Atari, Nintendo, Genesis, Xbox, or Playstation, I'm sure there are a lot of you that will agree on some of these classic games.

The Top 10 Super Nintendo Games of All Time - I am a huge Nintendo fan. I have fond memories of playing my SNES late at night, hoping that my mom wouldn't wake up and find me doing so. There were plenty of games that I loved to play on it, some bought, many borrowed, some played at friends' houses. Sadly, I missed out on some of the "great ones"; The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and all of the Final Fantasy games immediately come to mind. This is a list of the ten best games for that system, based on my own nostalgia. Enjoy!

Now Choosing the Top 10 Video Games of All Time is a difficult task, one must take in the replay value, the pure epic idea of the game , and the amount of time you could still play the game. Lets face it some games never get old, and here's a list of them, THE TOP TEN OF ALL TIME.

No one will ever be able to agree on a list of the best video games of all time. But I think I can make one that at least some people will like. After all, there are, in my opinion, certain obvious games that can be appreciated by everyone.

This guide provides a list of the best retro video games of all time that we all have played and come to love.

Earlier this year MSNBC.com listed the five video games that they thought were the most addictive video games of all-time. There were a couple of video games on their list that I thought were good choices and a few that I didn't agree with. I thought I would make my own list of what I think are the ten (technically twelve) most addictive video games of all-time. These aren't necessarily just the games that I personally found most addictive because then the list would have to include games like Monster Rancher, Suikoden, Double Dragon, Pirates! and others. These are games that I think are generally addictive to everybody. I'm sure some of you will have different opinions though.

The Sega Dreamcast is everyone's favorite hardcore system. Even when the mass market shunned it and went for the Playstation 2 instead, hardcore gamers still loved the Dreamcast to death. Although the games were some of the best and innovative of the era, sales were lacking. For the games that sold well, they were repackaged with a "Sega All Stars" label and released for a budget price. Here are the top five best games of the Sega All Stars for the Sega Dreamcast.

Other lists I've created involving movies, music and sports have certainly sparked some healthy debate and I've had to laugh at the abuse heaped upon my choices in the comments section of those posts. However, I suspect this list of the best video games of all time will trump them all when it comes to reader backlash. Everyone has their own strongly held opinions when it comes to these types of lists, and if a favorite song, movie or athlete is overlooked then outrage naturally seems to follow. However, with video games there is an extra ingredient thrown into the recipe that really adds some spice to the argument. That ingredient is "The Fanboy".

There are certain games that can be widely considered the greatest ever. Unbeknownst to many "gamers" today, there were first person shooters before Halo: Combat Evolved. It was a great game, but definitely not the best of all time. Here is a list I've compiled to what I consider to be the greatest games of all time (I tried to spread out the genres).

Welcome ghouls and goblins to a special feature of NES Player. Well, it is that time again. A short-lived period of realization that summer has long died and we are forcibly accepting the changes that follow. Fall has made itself feel comfortable in our lives until the coldness of late November sneaks up close behind on us. This is the time of year when we celebrate autumn by placing seasonal corn stalks, haystacks, and pumpkins in and outside of our homes in the season's tradition. Let's not dance around the subject, though. We all know that October is best known for one day and one day alone. A certain holiday that has evolved through the generations -- the event we refer to as all hollow's eve.

We've all heard of the Atari classic Space Invaders, right? Sure, of course, because we're not a pack of pop-culturally ignorant mother-scratchers. The same can be said about Dig-Dug and Breakout and Asteroids. These are the major titles, the games we all know and love to play.

A list of all milestone games I have ever played or as I remember them. (At least all the ones I can find on here.) Roughly in order as I remember first playing them.

I love the Atari 2600. The original, the emulators, all of it. I love the games, the retro feel, the memories. I had an Atari, after all. Most children of the 70s did.

I realized the other day that I've finally read my last "Best 10 arcade games of all time" list. They're very limited, and they tend to have the same games, listed over and over. Usually I don't agree with the choices, either. The games that I've been most passionate about over the years are generally ones that don't make it onto such lists. So here, without further ado, is an off-the-cuff list of the Best Arcade Games Ever. These are the games that, had I room, I would purchase and rebuild for a home arcade, as I wouldn't get tired of playing any of them.

These reviews are only my personal opinion. Yours may vary depending on taste, expectations, and other criteria. Mine is not the absolute, only what I like. These reviews are here for your enjoyment and to help give you an idea of what games are good and what games to avoid (again based on my personal opinion, worth about two cents, give or take a penny). All games are rated with the simple school grading method (with an "A+" being the best and an "F" being the worst). All games are rated in comparison to other games of the same era. In other words, a game on the 2600 may get a great rating compared to other 2600 games and comparable systems (Odyssey II, Emerson Arcadia, etc..) and may not be as highly rated if compared to a Nintendo game. So keep this in mind. Look for more reviews to be added in the future. Please e-mail your favorite games, reviews you agree or disagree with, or reviews of your own. Thanks and enjoy!