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Peanut Butter the speedrunning dog alongside Shohei Ohetani in MLB The Show 2024.

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Clutch Canine | Stop what you're doing, a speedrunning dog just won a game of NES baseball by slamming a walk-off home run at SGDQ 2024

Peanut Butter the Shiba Inu just did one of the best baseball things since the Bautista bat flip.

July 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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PACEY POOCH | Speedrunning dog comes up short of setting new record at AGDQ, is still the fastest Gyromite-playing canine

It’s ok, Peanut Butter, you still have all of our hearts in a vice grip.

Jan. 17, 2024 Mark Warren

Super Pocket handheld machine in blue and yellow, on a backdrop of a slightly blurred Street Fighter 2 stage; a dockyard with ships in the background.

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STICKER SHOCK | The Super Pocket is a glorious retro handheld that doesn’t require a lottery win to own

Cheap, cheerful, and a good, solid bit of tech for the price – anyone craving some retro handheld goodness can do worse than the Super Pocket.

Nov. 28, 2023 Alex Donaldson

The Polymega console and its pad, presented at a jaunty angle.

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WAITING GAME | Retro console maker Polymega reckons it'll ship all remaining pre-orders this year, if you’re feeling lucky

After years of stock troubles, one of gaming’s most impressive retro indulgences might soon be readily available.

Oct. 27, 2023 Alex Donaldson

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PEANUT BUTTER'S PB | Hound the alarm! A dog is going to speedrun at AGDQ 2024

A not-so-impawsible speedrun?

Oct. 19, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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MAMMA MIA | A short history of how Mario, gaming’s most famous Italian, almost wasn’t Italian

What if Mario had been designed as a generic European guy? What then?

April 6, 2023 Damiano Gerli

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MORE KIRBY! | Nintendo Switch Online adds Kirby's Dream Land 2, XEVIOUS, and more

Are you feeling devious enough to beat XEVIOUS?

March 16, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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PIVOT | VG247's The Best Games Ever Podcast – Ep.38: The best game you'd never believe was from that developer

Sometimes a game developer just goes off-piste, and the results are wonderful.

Feb. 10, 2023 Jim Trinca

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Probably, For Sure | It's official, the best Final Fantasy is none other than...

Potentially the most controversial top 10 of the year.

Dec. 19, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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History In Progress | You can now buy Google Stadia's infamous and ironic GDC exhibit

Stadia not included.

Oct. 2, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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It's Bound To Happen | Ex-Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aimé says "don't hold your breath" for more Earthbound or Mother 3

Fils-Aimé also said that it's just a small group of fans that are asking for Mother 3.

May 8, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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If you’ve ever loved a visual novel game, you owe it to yourself to play Famicom Detective Club

May 24, 2021 Alex Donaldson

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90's video offers a rare look at Nintendo's US headquarters

Jan. 22, 2021 Alex Calvin

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Everything you need to know about the LEGO NES

July 14, 2020 Cian Maher

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One Collector's Quest to Find and Preserve the Rarest Retro Nintendo Artifacts

Nintendo Power mainly existed to sell games to kids, but to collector Stephan Reese, it represents something more.

June 30, 2020 Nadia Oxford

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20 Amazing In-Game Maps That Did More Than Show the Way Forward

From A Link to the Past to Planescape: Torment, these are our favorite maps in video games.

June 3, 2020 Caty McCarthy

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Who Is the Best New Nintendo Character of the Past Decade?

Some amazing Nintendo characters have surfaced in the past ten years alone. Which one takes the top spot?

May 28, 2020 Nadia Oxford

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David Wise and Grant Kirkhope Remember Composing Goldeneye 007, Meeting Miyamoto, and Rare's Golden Age

"It was quite surreal demonstrating music I'd created whilst [Shigeru Miyamoto] was in my studio, listening."

May 21, 2020 Nadia Oxford

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How Documentaries Are Helping Preserve Gaming Culture We're at Risk of Losing

USgamer spoke with six filmmakers about their work and how it makes gaming history accessible to viewers.

May 15, 2020 Mathew Olson

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YouTuber uses an NES console as a PC case and manages to fit a GTX 1660 Super in it

May 2, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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You Can Access Zelda's Tangled Timeline From Your Pocket Thanks to the New Digital Hyrule Historia

The Hyrule Historia is slimming down.

March 10, 2020 Nadia Oxford

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The guy who founded Pets.com paid $360,000 for that super rare Nintendo PlayStation Super NES CD-ROM Prototype

March 8, 2020 Emily Gera

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How Nintendo took over a planet that had turned its back on game consoles

March 3, 2020 Jeremy Peel

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Rare Nintendo PlayStation Super NES CD-ROM Prototype up for auction

Feb. 13, 2020 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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What Was the Best Console Launch Lineup Ever? Share Your Answer and Win Tickets to PAX East

COMMUNITY QUESTION | We're giving away passes to PAX East to anyone who answers this week's CQ.

Feb. 7, 2020 USgamer Team

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What's Your Favorite Sports Game?

COMMUNITY QUESTION | Deadspin forever.

Nov. 1, 2019 USgamer Team

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Nintendo Switch Online ends its monthly NES and SNES releases

Sept. 6, 2019 Emily Gera

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SNES retro games hitting Nintendo Switch Online tomorrow

Sept. 4, 2019 Sherif Saed

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Why Dragon Quest Failed to Make it In America 30 Years Ago

Nintendo tried its best to make the West love RPGs, but culture—and more importantly, timing—was against the attempt.

Aug. 29, 2019 Nadia Oxford

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Where Nintendo Switch Online Has Gone Wrong

The reasons Nintendo's online service is flaccid, and what it can do to pump things up.

Aug. 22, 2019 Nadia Oxford

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NES titles Kung-Fu Heroes and Vice: Project Doom coming to Switch Online service

Aug. 10, 2019 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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Best Retro Video Game Consoles 2019

From the NES Classic to the Sega Genesis Classic, we break down the best retro video game consoles you should buy—and which ones you should avoid.

June 13, 2019 Nadia Oxford

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5 Cool Retro Castlevania Facts You Didn't Know in Honor of Castlevania Anniversary Collection's Release

What NES sprites have to teach us about the darkness in men's hearts, and more philosophy delivered in 8-bits.

May 16, 2019 Nadia Oxford

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The Best Version of Every Final Fantasy Game

Some Final Fantasy games have remakes of their remakes. What's the definitive version of each single-player mainline installment? Let us help you.

April 19, 2019 Nadia Oxford

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Mint Sealed Copy of Super Mario Bros. Sells for More Than $100,000 at Auction

A world record price for one of the most famous video games of all time.

Feb. 14, 2019 Matt Kim

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NES Classic Edition F.A.Q.: Everything You Need to Know About Nintendo's NES Mini

Fully updated! Your questions about Nintendo's new mini-console — answered!

Jan. 16, 2019 Jeremy Parish

NES titles Zelda 2 and Blaster Master coming to Switch Online next week

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For Super Mario Bros 3's 30th Anniversary, Let's Look Back on This Mario Fanfiction I Wrote When I Was 10

Brought to you by a Mac Plus, ClarisWorks, and no idea how paragraphs are supposed to work.

Oct. 23, 2018 Nadia Oxford

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Only '80s Kids Remember: Breaking Into Houses to Get an NES Fix

The Reagan administration's "Just Say No" campaign left out one particularly powerful drug.

Oct. 19, 2018 Nadia Oxford

A super-easy version of The Legend of Zelda is out now on Switch

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You can only buy a NES controller for Switch if you subscribe to the Switch Online service

Sept. 14, 2018 Matt Martin

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Wouldn't Have Happened Without Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest

From a horrible curse comes a symphony.

Sept. 7, 2018 Nadia Oxford

Nintendo has sold over 700 million gaming systems since 1983

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