You had store variants, not for resale cartridges, games meant for the military, and so on. The NES arrived before systems like the Genesis and SNES, so the rarest games can be very difficult to find.

Retro gaming fans will pay hundreds and potentially even thousands of pounds for classic games that are hard to come by and ...

Another of Rare's excellent pre-second-party efforts on the NES, Snake Rattle 'n' Roll was ... was only matched by the difficulty of the game's control scheme, and the superb 8-bit soundtrack ...

An incredibly popular release in both sales and lasting fan opinion, RC Pro-Am was an innovative racing game developed by Rare. Released in 1988, it pioneered something very important for the ...

Test market NES consoles launched in New York and ... For more details on how "Super Mario Bros." became the most expensive video game ever sold, be sure to check out Ars Technica's full ...