According to PriceCharting, Phantasy Star and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World are among the rarest Sega Master System games.

Being able to retroactively make a current game work on older systems is just yet another reminder that video game development is like a magic spell sometimes.

The ’90s were an insane time in the gaming fandom, as Nintendo had blown the world away in the ’80s with the Nintendo Entertainment System and home gaming had become a more lucrative market than ever.

Doom is back this year with a new, in-your-face combat style that echoes fighting from the Middle Ages. This is appropriate because Doom: The Dark Ages is a prequel to the 2016 Doom game.