I don't always show myself so clearly as when I talk about the games I grew up with. And though it's true that the NES was the system I first had access to, the one I spent the most time fondly ...

Super Mario World still a top platformer, feat. meticulous level design, responsive controls, and clever secrets. A Link to the Past's synergy of accessible gameplay, world design, and music cements ...

The Super Nintendo was a great console for fans of most genres, but fighting gamers were even luckier than most. With the increasing popularity of fighters in arcades during the SNES’ heyday, the ...

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was one of the most important consoles of the 1990s, and its library still stands as one of Nintendo's greatest achievements. From colorful platformers and fast ...

Blake Morse is a Contributor at DualShockers with more than 18 years of experience in the video game industry as a journalist, editor, content creator, reviewer, and indie games advocate. He has been ...

The SNES Classic Edition is soon to be upon us and it comes packed in with 21 absolutely stellar games. Of course, not all games are created equal, and in our excitement we’ve decided to rank all the ...

Joshua Speer is a Staff Writer at DualShockers who has been covering games professionally since 2013, with a focus on indie games, retro games, platformers, deckbuilders, roguelikes, and Nintendo ...

In the 1990s, the run-and-gun genre was at its peak. Developers were starting to move toward first-person shooters on PC, but console players were enjoying the fruits of lessons learned from games ...