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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.

In the wake of losing the spotlight to a pack of dishonest Rabbids, Ubisoft's limbless courageous person made a dazzling comeback in 2011 with Rayman Origins, recognized to be one of the most fittingly recreations in the arrangement.

Ah, digital amore! Even in the world of gaming romance always springs eternal. While most of the lady loves are Princesses who need rescuing by their dashing working class heroes, video games have continually shared the same goal we all have in the real world, true love.

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!

The appeal may be lost on some people, but for many who grew up in the "golden age" of arcade games, owning a vintage video game arcade machine is the ultimate. These machines used to be everywhere in the early 80's: the mall, bowling alleys, the local 7-11, sub shops, and even many restaurants. Although I dropped my share of quarters into them, I also spent a lot of time watching other players. I always noticed and admired the machines' colorful marquees and distinct artwork.

Digital Press Online is dedicated to the "Pac-rats" among video gamers... short attention spans, library-sized collections, consoles precariously wired in spider-web fashion... Sound like you? Check around - we cover just about everything "retro" including Atari, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Vectrex, Odyssey, Nintendo, and Sega Master System as well as all of the most recent consoles.

Atari has put out many wonderful video games, of which has given us many years of delightful family entertainment. This is a list of ten of our family favorites.

The concluding part of my Top 100 Computer / Video Games of All Time! At last it's over!

From countless years of video game experience, I have come to enjoy a few excellent RPGs more than many other games available. These are ten of the top RPGs of all time.

What makes a video game truly great? There are many factors, including graphics, game-play, replay ability, multiplayer modes, soundtrack, and more. Below are my top 10 games of the last decade across all gaming systems. 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.

As a new decade is just around the corner and this decade comes to a close, I feel that it is only right to look back on the top ten video games that have shaped the gaming world in the past ten years.

The 1990s had some great games. On a variety of formats, some of the best video games were on such consoles as the Super NES, Playstation, N64, PC, MD etc. Here are a few of the best...

"Space Invaders" is the Granddaddy of All Sci-Fi Video Games

Throughout the history of video games, there have been many titles that did not make the transition from one region of the world to another. The games that have been translated have often been transmuted from their original form before ever reaching their new markets.

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.

The best sci-fi games have always been ones that pushed the boundaries of gaming and introduced players to something completely original. Just having spaceships or aliens is not enough - there are mountains of sci-fi games filling the bargain bins that can attest to that. Following are the top 5 sci-fi video games that have endured through sales, reputation, sequels, and imitations since their creation. Some have been universally praised (Myst), some have incited controversy (Mass Effect), but all are considered must-haves for the serious gamer.

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

The RPG genre is without a doubt the most complex genre of video games. Games range from futuristic battles between spaceships to hack-and-slash games in the distant past, and games set on completely different worlds. Games take place on your own, with single-player campaigns that can last tens or hundreds of hours, but also online, with quests that are accomplished together with a team of hundreds of other players.

The average fighting game features a somewhat unknown cast of characters only seen in that particular series. On occasion a game company will try to generate higher sales by including well known characters. The addition of video game super star sometimes makes for very interesting results.