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And here's the official description: "SPACE INVADERS PART II" is a shooting game released by TAITO in 1979. The enemy ...

Offline Portable Device Features Thousands of Classic NES, SNES, Genesis, and PlayStation Games Without Wi-Fi or Downloads ...

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In 2012, programmer Chris Oberth passed away after a career that spanned from the dawn of video games in the late '70s to the PlayStation 2 era. Now, one of Oberth's unfinished games, Xcavator 2025, ...

Jaws, the 1987 shark-infested action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, is being resurrected for PS5 and Nintendo Switch, with preorders for the physical edition beginning December 19, 2025 ...

NES screenshot of the game Jaws (side view, underwater) A scuba diver shoots a harpoon at a menacing shark. (YouTube) The retro release coincides with the Spielberg movie's 50th anniversary. From ...

The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a never-before-played Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game that will be ...

iam8bit has partnered with the Video Game History Foundation, Mega Cat Studios, and Retrotainment Games to bring programmer Chris Oberth’s long-long Nintendo Entertainment System game Xcavator back ...

The story of Xcavator is a fascinating one. It was originally the brainchild of legendary programmer Chris Oberth (1982's Anteater) and built for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. However, ...