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There can’t be many Master System owners who weren’t aware

THE RETROBATES

WHAT FRANCHISE DO YOU WANT SEGA TO REVIVE?

LORD SUGAR’S MARVELLOUS AMSTRAD MUSEUM

The Amstrad founder is looking to build a collection of his past products and put them on display – but which machine does he regret making?

WESTONE RELIC UNEARTHED

I NIN Games has announced that it will be releasing

LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE

A complete and unpublished Days Of Thunder game for the

MICRO MACHINES

SEGA UNVEILS ITS LATEST RETRO CONSOLE PROJECT

Give it a waggle

Iain Lee is a freelance broadcaster who loves gaming, particularly

The great escape

Paul is probably better known as Mr Biffo – the

A dizzying website

The Oliver twins on preserving history and heading to Evercade

THE LATEST NEWS FROM AUGUST 2003

AUGUST 2003 - As temperatures rise across the UK, are

Asteroids

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The Making Of ALEX KIDD

As well as being the first game that many Master System players ever got their hands on, Alex Kidd’s debut adventure was one of the system’s best. Rieko Kodama joins us to look back at how this ambitious platform adventure came together

The History Of the settlers

Tiny people invaded the Amiga in 1993, building a franchise that, despite several ups and downs, is still going strong some 27 years later

Felony 11-79

» PlayStation » 1997 » Climax Entertainment You can develop

TurboPad

■ The version of the TurboPad included with the TurboGrafx-16

Minority Report:BBC MICRO

The BBC micro launched nearly 40 years ago. Despite having only eight colours and limited RAM, it gave us such seminal classics as Elite, The Sentinel and Ropton. Let’s take a look at some of the system’s hidden gems

Knight Lore

AMSTRAD CPC » RELEASED: 1984 » DEVELOPER: ULTIMATE PLAY THE

BLAK TIGER

LONG LONG AGO, THREE DRAGONS DESCENDED AND DESTROYED THE KINGDOM. FROM THE ASHES RISES A HERO, ARMED AND ARMOURED, PRIMED TO RESCUE THE WISE MEN, DESTROY THE ENEMIES AND FREE THE WORLD. PICK UP THAT FLAIL AND FIGHT!

Mr Heli

You have to hand it to Irem, it certainly knew

Cannon Fodder

War has never been so much fun – and it had never been so small, until this miracle port came along

THE MAKING OF STAR WARS REBEL ASSAULT

NOT SO LONG AGO IN A PLACE NOT TOO FAR AWAY, THERE WAS NO BATTLEFRONT, NO X-WING VS TIE FIGHTER, NOT EVEN DARK FORCES OR JEDI KNIGHT. RETRO GAMER PEEKS INTO THE FORCES BEHIND THIS OFT-MALIGNED, YET INFLUENTIAL EARLY ENTRY INTO THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE

California Games

You have to feel sorry for Atari’s Lynx. It was

FUTURISTIC RACING GAMES

Often defined by unusual vehicle types, high speed and powerful weaponry, futuristic racers are a great subgenre. There’s something for everyone here, from bargain basement curiosities to forgotten classics, so strap in and fire up the thrusters

Tekken 3

You’ve always enjoyed the lighter side of fighting games –

THE MAKING OF MONSTER HUNTER

As Capcom entered the brave new world of online gaming, the company’s unusual spin on the MMO would eventually become one its greatest successes. Kaname Fujioka tells us how his team began a series that laid the groundwork for connecting hunters together

iQue Player

» MANUFACTURER: iQue/Nintendo » YEAR: 2003 » COST: 498 Yuan

CHRIS CANNON

He was right at the heart of the early Liverpool software scene when the city was at the centre of the whole computer games revolution. Prepare for some manic tales from Chris

Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection

A CUTTING-EDGE COMPILATION

Sega Ages: Thunder Force AC

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ALXE KIDD IN MIRACLE WORLD

After 30 years on the sidelines, Alex Kidd is back

THE EVOLUTION OF 3D MONSTER MAZE

When Malcolm Evans got a ZX81 for his birthday he created a killer app for it – 3D Monster Maze, followed by four 3D sequels. Malcolm remembers how high anxiety and immersive gameplay defined his first-person perspective series

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