NINTENDO
The Super Famicom — known in the West as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) — launched on November 21, 1990. As Nintendo’s 16-bit successor to the Famicom, it arrived with the graphics, sound chip, and processing muscle to repaint the entire gaming landscape. Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest V, Street Fighter II — the SNES…
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“The Neo Geo was just way too expensive for me back then.” Plenty of you have that exact memory, I bet. SNK launched this hardware in 1990, and a single cartridge averaged somewhere around $196–$261. The original console itself cost $379, making it a true “look but don’t touch” dream machine. Even so, the visual…
GANPLA
“I want to get into RG, but I have no idea which kit to pick.” Sound familiar? RG (Real Grade) is a 1/144-scale Gunpla line Bandai launched in 2010. It uses a more precise internal frame than HG (the Advanced MS Joint), so you get pro-level detail even on a straight build. Prices run roughly…
Sega
The Dreamcast: Sega’s legendary console, unleashed in 1998. Whether you played it back in the day or only know it by name and never got your hands on one, 2026 is not too late to jump in. If anything, some of its charms are easier to appreciate now than they were back then. This was…
Steam
“There are way too many games on Steam and I have no idea what to buy.” If that sounds like you, this article has you covered. The SpotGeeks editorial team has hand-picked 50+ Steam games we actually played and genuinely loved, sorted by genre and by what you’re looking for. Masterpieces, all-time classics, hidden gems,…
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“Is there anything out there harder than Dark Souls?” — every Soulslike fan has asked that question at least once. The answer is yes. Several games, in fact. The SpotGeeks editorial team played every single one of them, then graded them against our own criteria to build this 2026 edition of the Soulslike difficulty ranking….
PlayStation
Rare PlayStation 1 games are still changing hands for frankly terrifying prices. You get the itch to replay that game you loved as a kid, pull up a resale app, and instead of $65 you’re staring at listings for $196 or even $327. Plenty of you have been there. The early PlayStation era was a…
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You’ve heard the word “Metroidvania” tossed around, but if someone put you on the spot you couldn’t really explain what it means. You’re not alone. Play one, though, and your hands understand it long before your vocabulary catches up. It’s that itch you get every time you pull up the map: “Wait — that ledge…
