Darth vs Luke, Superman and kryptonite, ketchup against gravy - these are some of the all time great battles that have been fought out between our heroes. There is however one face-off that has always ruled above all else, the tale of a pesky plumber...

We've stumbled across a couple of funky NES mashup videos as of late (our favourite being the HD sound Super Mario Bros one) so we couldn't just ignore this Futurama NES video that we spotted on Likecool, even if it has been on YouTube almost three...

We've featured some pretty funky coffee tables on Pocket-lint. There was the gravity defying Float, David Maloney's retro-tastic PC component effort and the hi-tech Amusity.

But we've never seen an effort that tugs at our nostalgia senses quite...

Look, we know that with Kinect you'll be able to play games by moving around, and there is even a face controlled game coming for the Nintendo DSi, but there is something charming about this hack-job from the clever so-and-sos at Waterloo Labs, who...

The Expendables is all set to become the biggest action movie of all time. Well, that's if an action movie is assessed by looking at its cast that is.

For the upcoming movie stars pretty much any muscle-bound, vest-loving, action hero who's...

An enterprising modder has turned his retro NES console into a media centre PC that would rival some of the most advanced models on the market.

On the outside it looks like a regular NES straight out of the Eighties, albeit with the requisite...

A ultra-rare NES game titled "Stadium Events" has sold for more than $40,000 in an eBay auction. The NTSC title, which is unopened and factory sealed, attracted 115 bids before a winning figure of $41,300 was settled upon.

The reason for the...

Square Enix has announced that both Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II will be coming to the iPhone and iPod touch later this year. Originally released on the NES back in 1987 and 1988, both games have been revamped to feature touchscreen controls.

The...

An enterprising games programmer named Eric Ruth has built a NES-style 8-bit demake of last year's zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead. It's being announced on the same date as the official sequel to the title, but won't be available until 4 January 2010.

It...

A NES game has just gone under the hammer for $20,100 on eBay in what is thought to be the most expensive video game ever sold.

The Nintendo Campus Challenge cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System was used during a national video game...

A 36-year-old chap called Russ in Arkansas USA, who also goes by the YouTube handle of "russm313", has built a tabletop Nintendo arcade cabinet.

He says it took about a week, cost about $70, and during the process he drank 2 cases of diet...

Chiptune fans will be pleased to hear that an iPhone application has been developed that allows you to create classic videogame music using an onscreen NES controller.

NESynth uses three pulse wave forms (1:1, 1:3 and 1:7 to be precise),...

Cult comic Scott Pilgrim is to be made into a video game, confirmed the creator, Brian Lee O'Malley, at the San Diego Comic Convention over the weekend.

A feature film is already in the works, starring Michael Cera and is currently filming...

In celebration of Halloween, this week's Virtual Console update is filled with a whole host of spooks and ghouls, thanks to the addition of three rather creepy NES gaming classics.

First up is Devil World, in which you play the heroic dragon...