Nintendo has surprise-launched a handful of classic video games on its
This game is a classic action platformer filled with adorable critters – and actually has a major tie to the
Joining Kirby’s Dream Land 2 in the Game Boy collection this month is BurgerTime Deluxe, a port of the original BurgerTime arcade game that tasked players with compiling a hamburger, one ingredient at a time. While this classic isn’t widely known, it has an essential place in video game history, as the original arcade version was a notable, high-grossing part of the arcade scene in the 1980s.
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In addition to these modern classics,
Side Pocket is a billiards simulator game where players play pool to earn high scores. It’s fairly basic, but was a flagship game released over several arcade and console generations. It was popular enough to transition to the NES and SNES, Sega Genesis, and Game Gear consoles. The SNES version is coming to
Xevious has a similar tenure, having debuted as an arcade game in the 1980s before transitioning to the NES, Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360, Wii Virtual Console,
These four titles are now available for subscribers, with more classic releases on the way.
