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A True (NES) Advantage

How the NES Advantage, thanks to its long pop-culture reach, came to define the concept of a good controller in the 8-bit console generation.

The Ballad of Yo! Noid

In the '80s and '90s, advertisers got the idea to market products to kids through video games. The games aren't half-bad (mostly), but they're still ads.

Duck, Duck, Goose?

What if someone solved one of retro gaming’s biggest headaches and few people noticed? Such is the tale of the Modern Mallard, the great Duck Hunt fix.

Absolutely Brilliant!

The British company Codemasters, best known for the Game Genie, didn’t let a pesky lack of license get in the way of creating some of the NES’ best games.

What if Tedium … Had Lyrics?

A conversation with video game music icon Brent Black (aka Brentalfloss) about his music, thoughts on YouTube, and using your words.

Nintendo Still Rocks

How music from the 8-bit video game era has inspired an entire generation of modern musicians and created new musical genres.

Not Just Nostalgia

The strange and wonderful world of homebrew games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Yes, new games are still being made three decades later.

It’s New To You

The story of FuncoLand, the retailer that made the used video game market a thing—and how GameStop, which bought Funco, sort of bastardized that mission.

Australian Rules Nintendo

What an Australia-only NES game secretly reveals about many of the early Nintendo games that came out in the United States.

It’s A Duck Blur

We may be stuck waiting until August for a DuckTales revival from Disney, but here’s a quick reflection on the importance of the original show.

“It's Weird That it Didn't Seem Weirder”

Don’t Die’s David Wolinsky, a fellow traveler in the world of tech and gaming, offers his take on NESticle’s place in the broader culture of video games.

An Extra Serving

The history of NESticle is so rich that some details wouldn’t fit into Ernie's recent Motherboard piece. He’s putting some of them here.

A Warped Mindset

How the Nintendo Times, a Nintendo fan site, is covering the release of the NES in real time—three decades after its original release.

Reverse-Engineering The Industry

Third-party developers weren't always quite so revered in the video game industry, but a pair of legal decisions helped them earn their place at the table.

The Lost (And Found) Levels

Video games are full of unused content that developers assumed would never been seen. A group of digital archaeologists, however, are proving them wrong.
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