Actraiser combines 2D platforming action (Realm Acts) with a city-building simulation (Realm Management) in the ultimate battle between good and evil! Featuring the soundtrack that sent shockwaves ...

The newly announced SNES Classic Edition looks awesome, no doubt about it. Almost every one of its 21 games is a great choice. I won't hear otherwise. That said, there are some notable omissions.

Some game series stand the test of time, seeing new, high quality releases every generation, sucking back in old fans while gaining new ones. However, for every Mario, Zelda, and Sonic, there are ...

ActRaiser's mix of action and civilization building is unique, but it's the masterful art direction and music composition that will win you over. ActRaiser was one of the first games to hit store ...

Not speaking any Japanese, I was forced to wait until the North American edition of the game was released, at which point I promptly purchased a rather flimsy converter cartridge and booted it up on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Rebooting the original Actraiser is not exactly a straightforward ...

Back when flannel-wearing grunge rockers were lighting up the music scene, I remember browsing through the video game section at Video Maniacs — a local Blockbuster competitor in Reno — and seeing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Arguably one of the finest games of the 90s was the original ...

Back when flannel-wearing grunge rockers were lighting up the music scene, I remember browsing through the video game section at Video Maniacs – a local Blockbuster competitor in Reno, Nev. – and ...

SolSeraph, coming July 10 to PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One, is a combination of side-scrolling platformer and overhead strategy in which the player is a divine being tasked with rebuilding ...

The mobile arena is subject to a high volume of retro ports. Sometimes, when a console or arcade favorite of yesteryear goes wireless, the result can be quite satisfying, such as in recent cases of ...

"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." – Matthew 10:34, New International Version. Jesus' words in that passage have been ...