Retro games
Choose a retro games guide by the experience you want. Compare recommendations, practical differences and the details that matter before you play.
Best 3DS Games: Five Adventures Worth Keeping Your Handheld For
Start with the kind of play you enjoy, from compact Mario stages to a town that rewards daily visits.
Best 3DS RPGs: Pick Your Next Party by Its Battle System
Five role-playing games with different demands, from flexible jobs to deliberate tactical battles.
Best DS Games: Five Reasons the Second Screen Still Matters
A focused selection spanning racing, platforming, touch-screen adventures and turn-based strategy.
Best DS RPGs: Choose Between Time Travel, Team Building and Touch Combat
Five different routes into a library built for long adventures on a small screen.
Best GBA Games: Five Portable Classics With Very Different Strengths
Tactical battles, compact exploration and a long Pokémon journey all suit the Game Boy Advance.
Best GameCube Games: Five Classics to Choose by Mood, Not Reputation
A sea voyage, an alien world, a haunted village, a paper RPG and a competitive arena.
Best N64 Games: Five Different Ways to Explore Nintendo’s Early 3D Era
Adventure, platforming, local rivalry and a welcoming RPG all deserve a place in the conversation.
Best SNES Games: Five Classics That Reward Different Skills
Precision, curiosity, map memory and party choices make this more than a nostalgia list.
Best NES Games: Start With Clear Ideas Before Chasing Difficulty
Five games explain the console’s appeal through movement, discovery, copying powers and deliberate combat.
Best PS1 Games: Five Classics Worth Making Time For
Choose a first PlayStation classic by the kind of challenge you enjoy, from stealth and storytelling to racing and exploration.
Best PS2 Games: Start With the Experience You Want
A focused PlayStation 2 selection for spectacular journeys, tactical action and games that still feel unusual.
Best PSP Games: Five Picks That Suit the Handheld
From small stealth missions to rhythmic puzzles, these PSP games give you different reasons to keep the portable charged.
Best Wii Games: Pick Your Adventure and Check the Controller
The Wii rewards precise platforming, shared-screen racing and movement. The right accessories matter as much as the game.
Best Sega Genesis Games: Five Different Reasons to Return
A Mega Drive shortlist for fast platforming, cooperative action and RPG strategy, with useful edition cautions.
Best Dreamcast Games: Arcade Energy and Unusual Adventures
Choose between instant arcade challenges, a slow daily-life mystery and a full-scale RPG journey.
Best PSP RPG Games: Choose Battles You Will Enjoy for Hours
Tactics, social schedules and real-time action make the PSP RPG library more varied than a single ranking suggests.
Best PS3 Games: Five Strong Single-Player Starting Points
A PlayStation 3 shortlist focused on campaigns, atmosphere and distinctive systems rather than vanished online features.
Best PS4 Games: Five Campaigns With Different Strengths
Choose a PS4 game by combat style, story structure and how much freedom you want between important moments.
Best PS Vita Games: Five Picks Built for Different Moods
The Vita offers more than scaled-down console games, from gravity-shifting exploration to tactile platforming and demanding runs.
Best Wii U Games: What Still Makes the Console Interesting
Local multiplayer, inventive platforming and second-screen ideas give the Wii U a clear identity beyond its later ports.
Best Original Xbox Games: Five Classics With Clear Strengths
A focused starting list for the first Xbox, covering campaigns, demanding action and a very different kind of skating.
Best Xbox 360 Games: Five Campaigns That Define the Library
Find an Xbox 360 game by the decisions you want to make, from squad tactics and dialogue to open-world exploration.
Best Xbox One Games: Five Picks for the Console You Own
A practical Xbox One selection for racing, expressive movement and campaigns, without mixing in games built only for newer hardware.
Best Game Boy Games: Small Screens, Lasting Ideas
Five original Game Boy recommendations for puzzles, platforming and longer adventures, with useful version distinctions.
Best Game Boy Color Games: Five Reasons to Explore the Library
Color was only the beginning: these handheld games offer linked adventures, transformations and surprisingly deep progression.
Best Pokémon Games on 3DS: Choose Alola, Hoenn or Kalos
The region and the type of adventure matter more than buying every paired version.
Best Pokémon DS Games: Pick a Region Before Picking a Cartridge
Johto, Sinnoh and Unova offer different reasons to return to the dual-screen era.