If you’re in your early thirties, you might have fond memories of playing Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, or Streets of Rage on a Sega Genesis. After the happy-go-lucky innocence of the NES era, ...

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Back in the 1980 and ’90s, the video game console wars pitted two companies against one another: Nintendo and Sega. Ultimately, Nintendo won the conflict, and it continues to produce consoles, while ...

After Sega lost the 8-bit console battle to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), it was determined to make a comeback with the release of the 16-bit Genesis system. The only other 16-bit console ...

Clone console hardware has come a long way over the past 15 years. What used to be the domain of sketchy shopping mall kiosks offering off-brand NESes claiming to contain 1,000 games (990 of which ...

Playing off the popularity of Nintendo's NES Classic micro console, AtGames' has two new retro micro consoles to satisfy your nostalgic heart. Both the Atari Flashback 8 Gold and Sega Genesis ...

Gaming consoles have a fascinating history, with the 1972 release of the Magnavox Odyssey marking a major shift in the entertainment landscape. Arcades were still thriving in their golden age at that ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Few things can spark a craze at Christmas like the release of a brand-new video game console. One holiday decades ago featured not one, but two heavy hitters. “In the early 80s the ...