You never forget the classics. You know, those old SNES games you grew up with and remember playing for hours in your living room. You never had to worry about patches. Glitches usually weren’t heartbreaking. Every bit of the game was immediately available on the cartridge and you didn’t have to pay more for extra content. It was a magical time. Now, for $79.99, you can relive those days on the go with Hyperkin’s Supaboy.

The Supaboy is a portable SNES….

2011 marks the 20th anniversary of Super Nintendo, a console that many people grew up with and have warm memories of. However, if you grew up outside of Japan, you missed out on a lot of goodness. There, the Super Famicom, as it was called, received even more games and some rather interesting peripherals. Today, we look back fondly on some of these items, even the ones that failed, in honor of the SNES/SFC…

Retro gamers will have a whole new device to covet soon. Hyperkin is known for creating various adaptations of retro consoles. For example, it created a RetroN3, a system capable of playing NES, SNES and Sega Genesis games. Right now, it’s working on the SupaBoy. That is, a handheld Super Nintendo and Super Famicom system. That is just too cool…

When animated series are successful enough, video game developers and publishers will try to cash in and create games that fans of the series will enjoy. While many of these games can fall under the shovelware umbrella, a few attempts stand out as truly entertaining and worthwhile endeavors.

This week’s installment of Important Importables is devoted to the best of the best, the anime games that were so good, even people who are unfamiliar with the original series seek them out. A few of them may seem incredibly familiar, as they even received worldwide releases. Rest assured though, the following 10 games and series are so good, you’ll enjoy them even if you’ve never even heard of the animes they’re based on.

If you’re without a Wii, it also means you’re without Virtual Console, one of the few means of playing classic video games you may not be able to play anymore. Fortunately, websites exist online where you can subscribe to get access to these games and play via your computer, and one of them is Console Classix. In fact, Console Classix has just experienced a site relaunch, which has not only made playing classic games with them easier, but has added to the number of systems the site supports.

There are two ways to play at Console Classix. You can create a free account which allows you to play the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and NES games available on the site. So even if you go free, you’ll have access to hundreds of games. Or, you can pay for a full account, either $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year, and you’ll be able to play all of the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Genesis, Nintendo, Sega Master System and Super Nintendo games available on the site. So far, over 3,000 games are available and you can check out the site’s library before you subscribe.

The only catch is, only Windows PCs can take advantage of Console Classix’s program…

When you ask a role-playing game fans what their favorite game is, you are most likely to hear Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo Entrainment System (NES).

This is because it was one of the best RPG’s ever made. It has all the great role playing elements and it was fun to boot.

What makes this game so great is that has every element you would want in an RPG. It was never really that difficult. There are a few bosses that will give you trouble, like the dreaded Golem Twins, but all you had to do was…

You know that the end of the year is the time for many things – gift buying, game-marathon sessions, about two trillion awesome releases – and finally, lists! Who doesn’t love a good list – and GameDaily has the granddaddy of all things nostalgia and Nintendo. In the spirit of the holiday season, or hell, just happy memories, they’ve published a list of the top 25 Nintendo memories.

New this week: F-Zero X, Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and China Warrior.

This week’s three additions brings the total count to 109 games available for download through Nintendo’s Wii Shop Channel and playable only on the Wii. New Wii virtual Console (aka Virtual Arcade) games go live each Monday at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time).

Click through for descriptions of the newly added games …