A TRIBUTE TO LLAMASOFT

THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE ISSUE OF RETRO GAMER?

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I’ve always known that readers love Retro Gamer.

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF RETRO GAMER

For our 20th anniversary we felt like doing

A TRIBUTE TO ROSS GOODLEY AND ANTHONY TAGLIONE

Paying respects to two classic gaming developers

EASY FREEZY

If you’re a fan of the Commodore 64

AERO ON EVERCADE

Blaze Entertainment has announced that Sunsoft Collection 2

Falling, yes I am falling

Who is Iain Lee? Iain Lee is a

Gaming guinea pigs

Who is Paul Rose? Paul is probably better

TR Fight Stick

Going behind the scenes of a new multiformat arcade stick

THE LATEST NEWS FROM AUGUST 2007

AUGUST 2007 – With broken consoles, ports and

Super Sprint

SPIN THAT WHEEL

THE 100 GREATEST RETRO GAMES

JOIN THE RETRO GAMER TEAM AS WE HIGHLIGHT THE CLASSIC GAMES THAT HAVE HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON BOTH READERS AND DEVELOPERS

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island

THE LEGEND OF MARIO: TEARS OF THE INFANT

GAMING FINDS A WAY

» RETROREVIVAL

RETRO GAMER’S MISSING ISSUE

GAMES THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY

SPELLBOUND

TWENTY YEARS AGO, RETRO GAMER CELEBRATED MASTERTRONIC INSIDE ITS FIRST ISSUE. TODAY, WE LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE BUDGET SOFTWARE HOUSE’S GREATEST GAMES, THE SECOND ENTRY IN THE WONDERFUL MAGIC KNIGHT SERIES

FROM ACROSS TIME

THE CAST OF SPELLBOUND, HOW THEY CAN HELP MAGIC KNIGHT, AND VICE-VERSA

DEVELOPER Q&A

RETRO GAMER TALKS TO TRACY LEWIS, THE CODER BEHIND SPELLBOUND’S RECENT MSX PORT

Grind Stormer

PREPARE FOR A BULLET STORM

ULTIMATE GUIDE COUNTER STRIKE

WHE THER IT’S THE TENS OF THOUSANDS STILL PL AYING COUNTER-STRIKE 1.6 DAILY OR THE MIL LIONS PL AYING ALONG WITH E ACH NE W MODERNISATION, THE ETERNAL BAT TLE BET WEEN TERRORISTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISTS HAS BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF SHOOTER HISTORY. RETRO GAMER E XPLORES HOW THIS ICONIC FPS BECAME AN INDUSTRY MAINSTAY 

Virtua Racing

» PLATFORM: ARCADE » RELEASED: 1992 » DEVELOPER: SEGA AM2

THE MAKING OF FABLE

TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF RETRO GAMER, WE LOOK BACK AT AN ICONIC GAME THAT WAS RELEASED IN THE SAME YEAR THE MAGAZINE LAUNCHED. PETER MOLYNEUX AND JOHN MCCORMACK REMEMBER THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CREATING FABLE, ONE OF THE MOST HYPED GAMES OF 2004, AND ONE OF THE HARDEST TO CREATE

Hardware Heaven

GameCube » MANUFACTURER: Nintendo » YEAR: 2001 »

THE MAKING OF DAXTER

SIDEKICKS RESCUING THE MAIN CHARACTER OF A SERIES IN STANDALONE GAMES IS FAIRLY COMMON. IN DAXTER’S CASE, IT TOOK HIM TWO YEARS TO FREE HIS FRIEND JAK. VETERANS OF READY AT DAWN STUDIOS EXPLAIN HOW DAXTER’S QUEST BECAME ONE OF THE PSP’S MOST AMBITIOUS PLATFORMERS

Tekken 8

30 YEARS IN, THE ACTION IS STILL HEATING UP

PICK OF THE MONTH

WE LOOK AT THE LATEST RETRO-RELATED RELEASES

THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT

HOT TOPIC

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

READERS REACT

What is your favourite Retro Gamer feature?

COLLECTOR’S CORNER

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

RIDING THE RETRO WAVE

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT OUR SHARED PASSION

MAILBAG

HAVE YOUR SAY… SEND US A LETTER OR MAKE YOURSELF HEARD ON SOCIAL MEDIA – TWITTER.COM/RETROGAMER_MAG

Your say

Every month, Retro Gamer asks a question on social media and prints the best replies. This month we wanted to know…

END GAME

COOL SPOT

THE LIVE PUBLISHING ERA 2004-2005

One issue, four at the most. That was

SHAUN BEBBINGTON

RG’S ORIGINAL STAFF WRITER LOOKS BACK AT HIS TIME ON THE MAG

FAVOURITE FEATURES

The best received articles were those that covered

THE COVERDISCS

Most of Live’s titles featured coverdiscs, to make

OLD BUT NEW

Mat Mabe was the art editor during Retro

GAME OVER

When the receivers arrived at Live on 22

THE IMAGINE PUBLISHING ERA 2005-2009

Although it was 19 years ago, I can

A TRIBUTE TO OLIVER FREY

Mark Kendrick had worked at Newsfield and both

THE STAMPER BROTHERS

One of Darran’s proudest moments was interviewing Chris

COVER MEETINGS

» Darran would love to take full credit

SLEEPY TIME

We’d often put long hours into Retro Gamer

JOHN SZCZEPANIAK

CONTRIBUTOR Q&A

VISITING RARE

Darran, Stuart and Nick are big fans of

CVGIDDY

CVG was Stuart’s favourite magazine to read growing

COMMUNITY SPIRIT

We’ve always been proud of our relationship with

KIM WILD

CONTRIBUTOR Q&A

THE IMAGINE PUBLISHING ERA

2010-2014

THE GMAS WIN

One of our biggest achievements in those early

LOST COVERS

Four cover options every month meant many options

ISSUE 100

We wanted to do something special for issue

WIPE OUT

Darran and technology don’t mix. While we were

KATIE STEVENSON

CONTRIBUTOR Q&A

STUART HUNT

REVISITS HIS TIME ON RETRO GAMER

NEVER STOP GRINDING

Everyone was worried about Darran when he was

FAVOURITE COVERS

Some of the best covers from this period

REBECCA RICHARDS

ON SUBBING RETRO GAMER

INTO THE FUTURE 2015-2019

We opened 2015 with a brand-new addition to

DUNGEON DWELLER

» Jonny was fond of getting us to

SPECTRUM SPECTATORS

» If you’re wondering about the lens flare,

POST FOR YOU THANKS

» Darran lording it over his latest stack

THE BOOK OF JIBJOB

Named after Darran’s favourite substitute for nouns he

DREW SLEEP

SHARES HIS MEMORIES

UNCOOPERATIVE MODELS

» Arcade Club is an awesome day out,

COVER STORY

» You can see our point here, right?

A NEW EDITOR?

Back in 2016, it looked as though Darran

DIVA DARRAN

» “It was like Christian Bale filming Terminator

CONTRIBUTOR Q&A SAM RIBBITS

ON DESIGNING RETRO GAMER

GOING REMOTE 2020-2024

After the highs of issue 200 and a

REMEMBERING JASON KELK

The severity of the pandemic hit close to

HEROIC FAILURE

In February 2020, before all the lockdowns kicked

LIFE IMITATES ART

Production of RG 206 started in the office

THE LOST COVERS

Due to the fact that RG 206 and

ANDY SALTER IS IN THE HOT SEAT

YOU CAME TO RETRO GAMER IN 2019 –

GOING LOO-PY

When we put Micro Machines on the cover

TWITCH STREAMING

» Nick managed to capture this oddball moment

EMERGENCY TINKERING

During our recent review of the RetroTink 4K,

HOME CONSOLE

» Ironically, Nick had to ask his dad

CONTRIBUTOR Q&A TIM EMPEY

ANSWERS OUR QUESTIONS

RICHARD JACQUES

Over a career spanning 30 years, Richard Jacques has composed music for some of gaming’s most recognisable franchises. Recently, Richard spoke with us about his early work at Sega, the industry today and what might come next