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.

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 ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As part of the September Nintendo Direct, Nintendo made an announcement basically no one was expecting. Square Enix's 1991 SNES game ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fast forward three decades and Square-Enix have decided to give Actraiser a rebirth of sorts on contemporary home and mobile platforms in the form of Actraiser Renaissance, a shiny remastered edition ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. One of the stealthier game releases in recent memory is that of ...

These two two distinct styles of gameplay were tied together with Yuzo Koshiro's fantastic soundtrack. The famed composer's music from the game and some unreleased pieces are getting a lovely vinyl re ...

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 ...

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 ...