While the arrival of HDTV has generally been a boon to the game industry, it's definitely caused headaches for at least one shrinking but still important sector of the industry -- 2D sprite ...

Mode 7 could even be used on moving sprites, such as the boss fight against the monstrous Jaws in "Super Turrican 2." Obviously, gaming hardware is well past Mode 7, as we can easily create real ...

Oftentimes, the results were beautiful. We still admire sprite-based games, not just because they whisk us back to past console generations, but because they look good.

Torn between your love of the original Cave Story's beautifully pixel-drawn sprites and your excitement for Cave Story 3D's complete reinvention of the game's hovering island-world? You can now ...

Confederate Express, a just-announced tactical RPG from indie developer Kilobite, will feature all of my favorite things: permadeath, zombies and 2D sprite graphics. It is almost completely funded ...