The poster looks silly, but actually Kickle Cubicle is a pretty fun game. It’s a puzzler along the lines of Adventures of Lolo.
Scan spotted at VintageComputing.com.

oobject.com has up a gallery of unique arcade cabinets that were unique for their day.
During the golden age of video arcade games, arcades were blowing up and reaching all new levels of popularity in the states. However, in the mid 1980s the fad suddenly came to a halt with the production of home computers and [...]

“…and I’m lost in Norfair.”
Thus begins one of the best discussions I have read on what makes Metroid and Super Metroid so good.
And then, something curious happens. A bomb placed haphazardly at the bottom of a vertical shaft explodes… and takes with it a chunk of the floor. This surprises me, because while I know [...]

Nintendo’s Wii website has a series of articles called “Iwata Asks”. In these interviews Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo Co. Ltd. talks with developers of upcoming Nintendo games to find out their thoughts on the titles they produced and the development process in general.

Coinciding with the recent release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Iwata [...]

Having acquired Taito, Square-Enix gained the rights to their back-catalog and is getting ready to release a remake of one of Taito’s RPG games: Estpolis 2 (called Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals outside of Japan). Estpolis 2 is an RPG with a lot of Zelda-style dungeon puzzle elements. The official product website has opened [...]

One example of Nintendo of Japan’s marketing for New Super Mario Bros. Wii uses the first level of Super Mario Bros. 3 to evoke a feeling of nostalgia and good times in the viewer. The stylized, but simple, design of the first level in the game, plus Mario with the Raccoon tail, explicitly states that [...]

For many years Nintendo of Japan has had a customer rewards program called Club Nintendo. As you buy Nintendo products you earn points that can be redeemed for premium items direct from Nintendo. If you earn over a certain amount of points in one year, you are awarded different status levels, with Platinum being the [...]

Original Sound Version has a fascinating interview with Kinuyo Yamashita, composer of the original Castlevania game score. In the interview, she touches on the creation process, her other work, and her inspirations.
OSV: How were you discovered by Konami? And how was it working for them? I believe you were employed by Konami for 2 years, [...]

Despite the unbelievably strange box art, Phalanx is a good looking shmup. In 2001 it was ported to the GBA (with much better box art).

Zoom, Inc. is working on a remake for Japanese Wii players. Hopefully it will be released elsewhere, since so-called “Wii-makes” are apparently the rage right now. Check out some screenshots of [...]

The Metroid series of games has always been one of my favorites. Few other games have captured as well the sense of isolation, mystery and exploration. While Super Metroid is definitely my favorite of the bunch, Metroid 2 was the favorite GameBoy game in my collection when I was younger. Wandering around Planet SR388’s caverns [...]