The year 1989 saw the releases of some of the greatest games ever made, like Super Mario Land and Mega Man 2.

These classic arcade games from the '80s got drastically harder as they went on.

Between the arcade scene hitting its heyday and home consoles becoming increasingly prominent, the gaming industry cemented its placement in worldwide entertainment in the '80s. Rebounding after the ...

The video game crash of 1983 put the industry through a major shake-up. One of the companies that came out of that period on top was Nintendo, whose entry into the home console market in 1985 really ...

Plenty of 1980s arcade games would go on to become classics, like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man, but these are the most underrated arcade games of the decade.

Mike Singleton's fantasy epic was a kind of Skyrim of the '80s. Heavily influenced by The Lord of the Rings, it was a hybrid of a role-playing game, a strategy game, and the "graphic adventures" of ...

If you’re looking for a nostalgia fix, the 1980s made up the golden age of computer games. Just about every genre’s represented in some form or another, with many of the early titles providing the ...

Ryan and Alex are surrounded by a street gang on the cover art for River City Ransom - Technōs Japan The '80s was the decade when the video game industry exploded, from the growing prominence of ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap When people talk about Zelda, they rarely mention Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. It’s the black sheep of the franchise, often ...

There's plenty of dead tech from the 1980s that can stir up emotions, and old video game consoles are one of them. It was a simple time, when the graphics were pixelated, the controllers were wired, ...