At the summer Consumer Electronics Show in 1991, Sony announced that it was jumping into the video game hardware market for the first time, partnering with Nintendo to release something called a “PlayStation.” The device never made it to market—for reasons I’ll explain shortly—but someone on reddit may have come across a very rare prototype.

Mike Tyson, of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, was one of the most fearsome Nintendo bosses of any '80s kid's childhood. He hit extremely hard, and it was hard to hit him back. So it's understandable that the real Mike Tyson might be a little nervous to face himself in his 8-bit prime.

For all you literary gamers out there, two tech-savvy literary nerds have created an 8-bit video game version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel The Great Gatsby get ready to waste your entire afternoon.

Remi Gaillard continues to pull pranks on an unsuspecting public, this time by bringing MarioKart to the streets. He seems to be on his way to winning the Mushroom Cup... until he has to stop and buy more bananas.

Here is the touching story of Roy and his enduring love for the original Nintendo gaming system. After watching this video it's going to be almost impossible for you not to want to break out your old Nintendo NES.

A ballet based on video games has been created for Svetlana Zakharova, the noodle-limbed star of the Bolshoi Ballet. The result is something that looks incredibly tacky...yet intriguing? Does anybody speak Russian?

Those of us who had poor aim would stand right next to the TV to play the original Duck Hunt for NES. Hey, wouldn't you know—this cat has the same moves! Watch the video inside.

With URBD officials standing beside him and 60 seconds on the clock, Jimmy Fallon played his way through 9 (almost 10!) consoles. From Zelda to Halo, he samples our favorite games with hilarious 80s game show-style music in the background.

This video maestro teaches us how to hack old Nintendo cartridges. Davis does so for the sake of art, mostly datamoshing. He talks about the technical and political aspects of doing this, which creates interesting proprietary issues for an artist.

Watch this music student from Emory University, who created a guitar hero like violin, perform a simple violin piece he wrote for his music theory class using a Wiimote and Bio-Glove.

Nerdgasm! This basically epitomizes cool: a Japanese man named Hikakin uploaded a video today in which he beatboxes the music from Super Mario. Who knew you could rock out to a video game soundtrack? The sure to amaze video, inside.

Based on the 1991 Nintendo hit, Battletoads as a cartoon only lasted one episode. Some say it was nothing more than a blatant Ninja Turtles rip off, but Shredder had nothing on the Toads' sexy nemesis, The Dark Queen.

Kirstie Allie may be a profanity-spouting Scientologist, but she's no fool. Tonight on Kirstie Alley's Big Life, when her daughter tries to convince her that Wii Fit can help with her weight loss, Kirstie wants no part of it.

In a single hour, Macy's sold 72,000 bottles of Beyonce's new perfume yesterday. If you think that's impressive, check out all the other stuff she uses her famous face to sell. A portrait of the artist as a commodity.

Check out this hilarious clip of Mario's internal monologue as he races through a level. He just wants to find the princess and get laid...if only the flaming sticks and bottomless pits didn't get in the way.

This is brilliant in its simplicity. Using only one color on an LED screen and two buttons for move forward and jump, Carnegie Mellon student Chloe Fan recreates the original Super Mario Bros (without any secrets, though).

Remember the 3DO? Or the Power Glove? It's easy to forget that the lineage of today's Playstations and Xboxes is filled with so many odd mutants never fit for mass consumption. Here's a look into the awkward, gawky past.

Back when everything was 8-bit, kids were always happy to have something to enhance their video-gaming experience. Captain N did just that running from 1989-1991, it featured such old school Nintendo favorites as Megaman, Simon Belmont, and Metroid's Mother Brain.

Tonight's finale of Jersey Shore will leave a gaping hole in our cultural quilt, one that can only be filled with endless parodies and reimaginings of those bronzed demigods and their summer of wonder. Here, Mario's gang pays homage.

See how many of the following classic moments you can spot in this clip: