A vintage copy of Super Mario Bros. is currently up for auction and could be on-track for a $1 million or more sale price.

As a child of the '90s few things get my nerd brain tingling like good ol' Super Mario. Even hearing my best friend's Mario-themed phone notifications take me back to a simpler time. So it's no ...

Just like Mario and Donkey Kong before it, the Yooka-Laylee franchise is expanding to a new genre: kart racing. Playtonic Games announced Super Yooka-Laylee Kart during the Summer Game Fest as part of ...

by Chris Harper — Monday, November 24, 2025, 08:36 PM EDT It's an interesting time in the retro gaming world. Thanks to ongoing decompilation efforts, games formerly exclusive to a given platform are ...

Bat out of shell.

Article Summary Mario & Wario debuts outside Japan, now fully translated for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind joins the retro library on the Switch ...

The retro gaming market in 2026 is seeing record-breaking sales, with sealed NES Deluxe Sets fetching $120,000 and rare Nintendo 64 variants topping $7,000. High-grade sealed games like Pokémon ...

Super Mario Strikers — or Mario Smash Football, as it's known in Europe — is joining Nintendo Switch 2's Nintendo Switch Online GameCube library next week. It's the first game to have been added to ...

The 16-bit era brought more than new graphics. It let games evolve, telling more complex stories with an early dash of spectacle. These games defined the times.