It's surprising how relevant Nintendo's groundbreaking Super Mario 64 has remained in the six years since its release. Sure, other 3D platformers have refined the formula, such as Rare's Banjo-Kazooie ...

"Find a pulsing treasure on an ancient knuckle. Take care in each measure or it may just buckle." You can spot the location of the first heart tucked away within the knuckle of the dragon's skeleton.

Out back of the Hardcore Gamer office you’ll find our Graveyard, where countless long-dead classics lie. We come here to pay our respects, to reminisce, and to wonder aloud what a passing mad doctor ...

The platform genre is dying. At least, that's what everyone believes. The truth is, the genre simply has grown stale over the past few years with cookie-cutter revisions of the same ol' junk. But 2002 ...

Scan your eyes over this list of recently released games and ask yourself what they have in common: Ratchet & Clank, Sly Raccoon, Dr Muto, Haven, Ape Escape 2, Treasure Planet, Jinx, Rayman 3, Blinx, ...