Frank Cifaldi, founder of the Video Game History Foundation and one of the most respected prototype archivists alive, broke down the contents in a recent video. His reaction says everything: “Not only ...

Every time a rare piece of video game history goes up for sale, the preservation community holds its collective breath. Will that item be made available for historians to study, or will it rot in a ...

The story of Xcavator is a fascinating one. It was originally the brainchild of legendary programmer Chris Oberth (1982's Anteater) and built for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. However, ...

Two ultra-rare Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games are currently up for auction on eBay, and they might rack up a price in the tens of thousands of dollars. Each cartridge is one of a kind: they ...

Two extremely rare "unreleased, one-of-a-kind, never-digitized" Nintendo NES games have appeared on eBay, according to a tweet from the Video Game History Foundation's Frank Cifaldi, seen by Kotaku.

The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a never-before-played Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game that will be ...

Two unreleased NES games have recently appeared on eBay, and one of them in particular should be of huge interest to fans of the Nintendo Power Glove, and/or Donkey Kong Country developers Rare.

What just happened? Two ultra-rare, unreleased Nintendo Entertainment System games have found their way to eBay where bidding has already reached the $6,000 mark. The auctions are from separate ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to the eBay listing for Battlefields of Napoleon, the game was "rescued from a dumpster after The Learning Company acquired ...

When Frank Cifaldi, founder and co-director at the Video Game History Foundation, finds an unreleased original NES game on eBay, it’s cause for celebration. Unearthing never-before-published games is ...