For 8-bit games, simplicity goes a long way. Contemporary games are often marveled at for their verisimilitude. Technology has advanced so much, graphics are often taken for granted. Everything looks ...

If you grew up in the NES days, you know that your imagination had to do a lot of work in the 8-bit era. Video game graphics were limited, with some of today’s most iconic characters consisting of ...

The Legend of Zelda series is a pillar of gaming at this point, with nearly 40 years' worth of games. What started on the NES with 8-bit graphics has gone to fully open-world games with Tears of the ...

Nadia Grace Mullings is a contributor and journalist for Game Rant, and has been a big fan of video gaming from a young age. Strong first impressions included point-and-click games on an old PC (way ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...