• Best NES games that are still cheap in 2024

    Best NES games that are still cheap in 2024

    Retro game collecting has been absolutely bonky-bonks since the pandemic. Prices went insane when American millennials were suddenly stuck at home with more free time than we knew what to do with. And a lot of us were spending way more time with our children than ever before. If you were born in the 80s,…

  • NES Games almost every 80s kid played

    NES Games almost every 80s kid played

    I’ve written a lot about the best NES games, the hardest NES games, the most quintessential NES games… Nintendo’s NES was—and still is—my favorite gaming console. So I write about it often! But since starting my eBay store, I’ve noticed certain games that pop up again and again.  These are typically cheap games and surprisingly…

  • 5 Reasons to Own an NES Console in 2023

    5 Reasons to Own an NES Console in 2023

    If you’re a child of the 80s (like me!), the odds are pretty good that you had an NES console growing up. Most likely it was in the living room where you had to share screen time with a sibling or with your parents and you all called it “The Nintendo.” My Nintendo occupied a…

  • Unexpected, Bizarre, & Oddball Ports for the Classic Gameboy

    Unexpected, Bizarre, & Oddball Ports for the Classic Gameboy

    With a decade-long lifespan and immense library, the Gameboy has proven itself the ultimate underdog. Debuting in 1989, the handheld system was designed to be inexpensive. Bells and whistles like a backlight or color screen were cut to make room for battery life and an appealing price tag. That same hardware would go on to…

  • The greatest N64 party games to beat your friends at

    The greatest N64 party games to beat your friends at

    Multiplayer leveled up big time when the N64 dropped. While Genesis and SNES let you and a pal play couch co-op or versus mode, N64 doubled the controller ports and allowed up to four players to play simultaneously. You knew what that meant. It was time to grab the Pepsi Blue and pour a bowl…

  • Retro Gaming in 2022 is a Joke

    Retro Gaming in 2022 is a Joke

    If getting older has taught me anything, it’s that everything changes. That includes not only the hair on my head, but the hair on my body. Who would have thought that while I lose the precious locks from my scalp, I can also grow a whole new goatee in my pants? Oh, and also: Retro…

  • The 12 Most Underrated Sega Dreamcast Games

    The 12 Most Underrated Sega Dreamcast Games

    The Sega Dreamcast was a system that had some really cool and innovative games. However, the console never had as much widespread appeal as the PS2 or Xbox. I could write an entire article about the failings of the Sega Dreamcast, but I’m going to write about the results of the failure instead.  Specifically, I…

  • I Tried Video Games Monthly’s Subscription Service and Here’s How it Went

    I Tried Video Games Monthly’s Subscription Service and Here’s How it Went

    You might have seen the meme. Game collectors with shelves full of video games complain that they have nothing to play. It’s funny. But only because it’s true. Many of us with large collections—especially retro game collections—have a hard time finding the perfect game to scratch whatever mental itch we’re experiencing. Even with hundreds or…

  • Top 10 Most Underrated Pokémon Games

    Top 10 Most Underrated Pokémon Games

    Being born in the ’90s meant I was there to experience the Pokémon phenomenon as it happened in real-time: I saw Pokémon The First Movie in the cinema, watched the anime series every day, collected the toys, collected the cards, and of course, played the games. 23 years later, I’ve still been keeping up with…

  • The 15 Most Underrated Sega Genesis Games

    The 15 Most Underrated Sega Genesis Games

    The Sega Genesis and its great library of games got overshadowed during the console war with the SNES. For example, many of the best Sega Genesis RPGs got very little love compared to the top SNES RPGs, and a lot of people prefer the SNES ports of games over Sega ports.  The SNES’s success in…

  • The Best 15 Underrated SNES Games

    The Best 15 Underrated SNES Games

    The SNES game library is brimming with great games. As I mentioned in my article about underrated SNES RPGs, some very good games got lumped in with low-quality games because of the sheer number of amazing choices we had on the system.  That’s why I’ve decided to comb through some SNES titles that either flew…

  • The 15 Best PS1 Games Under $20 in 2022

    The 15 Best PS1 Games Under $20 in 2022

    PlayStation (PS1) game prices are beginning to get a little weird. The pandemic, renewed interest from collectors, and growing scarcity have all impacted PS1 game prices. CIB and New games can cost thousands of dollars for one title.  We’ve shown you how wacky prices have gotten for PS2 games and PS3 games in recent years,…