...The NES system from Nintendo was one of the most popular gaming systems of its day. Players looked forward to the release of every new game as developers worked to beat their last success. Most gamers can't see NES cartridges without remembering the video games that shaped their youth. What were some of the classic video games of the NES.

The Super Mario Brothers video games are one of the most popular and best selling franchises of all time. Most gamers can remember the first time they put in the cartridge and played the original Super Mario Brothers. The graphics were something we had never seen before. The following two sequels were just as popular as the first, with incredible graphics and a great story line th...more

A Decade of Mario kart

...Can you believe its been ten years since Mario kart made its debut? In 1997, Nintendo released Super Mario kart on the Super Nintendo.

Eight characters from the popular Super Mario Brothers series are placed on go-karts. Unlike many of the typical racing games, Nintendo brilliantly integrated sneaky attacks on your racing competitors. I like how pairs of vehicles had different attributes so you could pick the style of drivin...more

Are video Games Becoming Too Violent?

...o game corporations cater to what the consumer wants. Whether the consumer is a 30 year old man or your 12 year old son. What do they care as long as their merchandise is off theshelves, kind of like a drug dealer. So the responsibility lays on the parents to step up. Trust me if parents stopped buying these games for their kids, the video game companies would get the hint and the games would change.

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New Super Mario Bros. Review

... everything in the game and take part in all of the challenges.

Mario has plenty of moves this time round. He will still run, jump and stomp but there are a few more moves that give him more flexibility, and he'll need it to negotiate his way through some of the more deadly platform elements and enemies that he will encounter. A butt bounce will allow him to smash the blocks he's standing on. He can grow large enough to take up the entire screen, which allows him to smash tons of blocks and take care of smaller enemies by trampling them. A mini-mushroom will make Mario tiny and allow him to enter into small places. It will also let him walk over water. A wall bounce lets him scale walls to reach new heights or can be used if he falls into a pit. Platforms will twist, bend, warp, shrink, expand, hover, fall, elevate and destruct. I don't think the developers left anything out. Even the ground will undulate, causing Mario to experience a rippling effect not unlike a ship on a stormy sea. Despite all these new elements and moves, the game doesn't take full advantage of the DS's unique control system - not the touch screen control system or even the dual screen for that matter. The bottom screen is basically used just to display your progress in each level. The touch feature is used almost exclusively to access your power-ups. In other words, there's nothing that you would really miss, control-wise, if this game were released on the gba. However, the graphics are what really matters and this g...more

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