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Paris-based digital artist Mikaël Aguirre, who goes by Orioto online, takes an almost classical approach to creating fine art out of video games.

Paris-based digital artist Mikaël Aguirre, who goes by Orioto online, takes an almost classical approach to creating fine art out of video games.

While he started off as a protective sidekick for Mario and Luigi, Nintendo's cuddly dino soon became a franchise star on his own.

The old 'Super Mario Bros.' game, originally released for the NES in 1985, just broke a world record for video games sales at auction.

Don't toss out your old Zapper light gun. Use it to annoy your cat instead.

Animal Crossing is one of the video game giant's quirkier franchises, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming a worldwide hit.

The console had a rudimentary version of downloadable content, gave birth to basic 3D graphics, inadvertently created the PlayStation, and probably turned yellow.

The NES Classic helped take the veil off a subculture of retro gamers who make their own classics, buy clone consoles, and know when a vintage side-scroller has the wrong frame rate.

On the surface, it seemed like an impossible task. Take an $8800, NASA-approved interface glove running on $250,000 worth of computer hardware, then replicate the performance in a consumer-grade toy with parts costing less than $26.

Nintendo's latest console touts some innovation, some nostalgia, and a whole lot of potential.

Nintendo's roster of 30 games just got a sizable increase, thanks to some friendly hackers.

Genesis, Nintendo 64, GameBoy, and PlayStation are just some of the consoles you can emulate at home.