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200 Collectible Retro Games Worth Knowing About

200 highly collective retro games

Selected using PriceCharting popularity, observed aftermarket activity, and complete-in-box values as collector reference points. From familiar favorites to hard-to-find releases, these 200 games show why collecting physical retro games remains so compelling. This is Retro Replay’s collector-focused selection, organized by system. It is not a claim that every game outranks every other one. How we chose the 200 We started with 200 games in the Retro Replay database and used PriceCharting’s sold-listing… Read more

Top 50 Sega CD Games of All Time

Retro Replay’s Top 50 Sega CD Games, illustrated with original gameplay screenshots.

The Sega CD was never one thing. It could be a rock-scored shooter, a hand-drawn cartoon, a huge role-playing journey, or an interactive movie that asked you to watch every camera at once. That restless variety is what makes its library so much fun to revisit. Would you rather watch than read? Settle in with our video countdown below, then return to the write-ups and images whenever you want a closer look.… Read more

Before Star Wars Games Found a Formula, the 1990s Tried Everything

Before Star Wars Games Found a Formula, the 1990s Tried Everything

Flight simulator. CD-ROM spectacle. First-person shooter. Fighting game. Desktop adventure. In the 1990s, nobody seemed entirely sure what a Star Wars game was supposed to be. That was half the fun. There was a wonderful period when asking “What kind of game is Star Wars?” did not produce a sensible answer. It produced another question. Which year? In 1993, Star Wars became a demanding space-combat simulator that expected players to manage shields,… Read more

Is It Illegal to Play Emulated Nintendo Games? The Truth About ROMs, Emulators, and Fair Use

Retro gaming setup with colorful screen and controller.

Is It Illegal to Play Emulated Nintendo Games? If you've ever wanted to relive classic games like Super Mario Bros., Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, or Zelda: Ocarina of Time using an emulator, you're definitely not alone. Emulation has become one of the most popular ways to revisit older games, especially as original hardware becomes more expensive, harder to maintain, and increasingly inconvenient to connect to… Read more