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THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE DOOM ENEMY?

RETURNING TO ONIMUSHA 2

Motohide Eshiro on updating Capcom’s supernatural sequel for contemporary systems

A VMU FOR YOU

If you still love Sega’s Dreamcast, you may

EARTHION INBOUND

Fans of Sega’s Mega Drive will be well

Blue light nights

Who is Mike Mika? Mike Mika’s official

MOUSE SUPPORT HITS THE EVERCADE

BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO PLAY CLASSIC GAMES

RETURN OF THE PRINCE?

UBISOFT HINTS THAT ITS CLASSIC IP COULD BE MAKING A COMEBACK

CAPCOM HITS GOG

GOG’s partnership with Capcom is certainly proving successful.

DREAMCAST VICE

Not content with converting Grand Theft Auto III

Car booty

Who is Iain Lee? Iain Lee is

Finding your game

Who is Paul Rose? Paul is probably

Axyz

Mark Robinson tells us about his new take on the PlayStation cult hit Kula World

THE LATEST NEWS FROM DECEMBER 2008

DECEMBER 2008 – Tired of scavenging through devastated

Starglider

WHO NEEDS STAR WARS?

The Simpsons: Bart Vs The Space Mutants

NOT ENTIRELY CROMULENT

Super R-Type

SUPER BY NAME, BUT NOT BY NATURE

Breath Of Fire III

SLAY THE DRAGON? NO, BE THE DRAGON

The House Of The Dead: Overkill

CHEAP THRILLS

Capcom Fighting Collection 2

A BRAWL FOR ALL

Flower, Sun, And Rain

TROPICAL TURMOIL

THE EVOLUTION OF DOOM

AS NOTABLE FOR ITS GENRE-PEFINING PESIGN AS ITS GROUNPOREAKING TECH, DOOM REPEFINED THE FPS AND DEGAN AN EPIC FRANCHISE, DOOMGUYS JOHN ROMERO, JONATHAN MOSES, ROBERT DUFFY AND JASON O'CONNELL EXPLAIN HOW IP'S HELL-RAISING SERIES EVOLVED

Match Day II

» PLATFORM: ZX SPECTRUM » RELEASED: 1987 »

THE MAKING OF 750.. GRAND PRIX

INSPIRED BY SUPER HANG-ON AND HAVING SEEN HIS PREVIOUS RACER ZOOM TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, TWIN TURBO V8 DEVELOPER KEN MURFITT PRODUCED A SUPERFAST, GRAPHICALLY STUNNING MOTORCYCLE GAME FOR THE AMSTRAD CPC THAT COULD DRIVE PLAYERS ROUND THE BEND

Four Player Adapter

» PLATFORM: Game Boy » YEAR: 1990 » COST: £19.99 (launch), £30+ (today, boxed), £5+ (today, unboxed)

PAUL GLANCEY

Paul was a kid that got his wish – landing his dream job of writing about something he loved for a magazine he loved in equal measure. He still has the pinch marks. From words in Zzap!64 to takedowns in Burnout, settle down and read more of Paul’s career with a nice cup of PG Tips!

AMIGA POWER #13

GAMES WEREN’T CHEAP IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, AND WITH POCKET MONEY AT A PREMIUM, COVERMOUNTS WERE THE BEST WAY FOR PLAYERS TO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE. FOR COVERMOUNT CORNER’S DEBUT WE’LL BE LOOKING AT ISSUE 13 OF AMIGA POWER. A NUMBER UNLUCKY FOR SOME, BUT NOT FOR AMIGA OWNERS

THE MAKING OF ALESTE

WITH AMAZING ART DESIGN, IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMMING AND A SPECTACULAR SPEED-METAL SOUNDTRACK, MUSHA ALESTE ON SEGA’S MEGA DRIVE IS A TIMELESS CLASSIC. WE TALKED TO ART DIRECTOR KAZUYUKI NAKASHIMA ABOUT ITS CREATION AND THE VARIOUS STRUGGLES THE TEAM FACED IN THE PROCESS

16-BIT KONAMI GAMES

KONAMI WAS ON FIRE DURING THE NINETIES, RELEASING A SOLID NUMBER OF HITS ACROSS THE SNES AND MEGA DRIVE. HERE ARE TEN WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT

THE RETRO GAMER GUIDE TO THE GAME GEAR

SEGA’S HANDHELD HARDWARE MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE HEIGHTS THE MEGA DRIVE DID, BUT IT OFFERED PLENTY OF FUN ON THE GO FOR PLAYERS IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE SYSTEM’S BEST EXCUSES TO BURN THROUGH A PACK OF BATTERIES

THE PRECINCT

New games that wish they were old

PUXELS OR MAGIC

THE RISE OF DISNEP GAMES THROUGH THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES

THE MAKING OF APE ESCAPE

SHUHEI YOSHIDA AND KENJI KAIDO SHED LIGHT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APE ESCAPE, THE FIRST PLAYSTATION GAME TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE DUALSHOCK’S ANALOGUE CONTROLS. THIS INFLUENTIAL 1999 GAME WOULD SPAWN NUMEROUS SEQUELS, SPIN-OFFS AND CAMEOS, MOST RECENTLY REAPPEARING IN SONY’S 2024 HIT ASTRO BOT

MUSIC MEMORIES: HITMAN: THE EARLY YEARS

Behind the scenes of your favourite soundtracks

ULTIMATE GUIDE SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI DEVIL SUMMONER

RAIDOU KUZUNOHA VS THE SOULLESS ARMY

HARDWARE HEAVEN

ESSENTIAL GAME Art Academy While the DS

PICK OF THE MONTH

I, Robot » System: PC (tested), PS4,

DREAMING OF DREAMCAST

< Your monthly guide to everything happening in the homebrew scene />

CLAY LANCASTER

Childhood Nintendo fan and musician Clay discovered NESmaker, and has been making new games since 2020

BOMB JACK EXTRA SUGAR EDITION

MISTER SCARY

OLD TOWERS

PROCESSING

Snuggsy is mixing Chuckie Egg with Nebulus to create a BBC and Electron masterpiece called Chuckulus

DOOM MEMORIES

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

SEGA FOREVER

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

THE GENERATION GAME

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT OUR SHARED PASSION

MAIL BAG

Every month, one lucky writer-in will receive a copy of one of our classic retro books from our archives. Good luck everyone!

retro GAMER

Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, Somerset,

THE MAKING OF OSU! TATAKAE! OUENDAN!

DISCOVER HOW INIS CORPORATION MADE ONE OF THE GREATEST RHYTHM ACTION GAMES OF ALL TIME FOR NINTENDO’S DS

END GAME

IZZY’S QUEST FOR THE OLYMPIC RINGS

MIYAMOTO MAGIC

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NINTENDO’S LEGENDARY CREATOR

SHERIFF 1979

ARCADE • ARTIST

RADAR SCOPE 1979

ARCADE • DESIGNER

DONKEY KONG1981

ARCADE • DESIGNER

POPEYE 1982

ARCADE • DESIGNER

EXCITEBIKE 1984

NES • DESIGNER

DUCK HUNT 1984

NES • DESIGNER, DIRECTOR

FAST-PACED ACTION

1985 NES • DESIGNER, DIRECTOR Although Shigeru

SUPER MARIO BROS 1985

NES • DESIGNER, DIRECTOR

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 1986

NES • DESIGNER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

MARIO SUITS UP

NES • DIRECTOR 1988 With the

SUPER MARIO WORLD 1990

SNES • PRODUCER

F-ZERO 1990

SNES • PRODUCER

THE FRANCHISE MAKER

A QUICK LOOK AT THE BIGGEST GAMING FRANCHISES SHIGERU MIYAMOTO HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH

PILOTWINGS 1990

SNES • PRODUCER

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PART 1991

SNES • PRODUCER

WAVE RACE 1991

GAME BOY • PRODUCER

SUPER MARIO KART 1992

SNES • PRODUCER

STAR FOX 1993

SNES • PRODUCER

SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS 1993

SNES • PRODUCER

KIRBY'S ADVENTURE 1993

NES • PRODUCER

STUNT RACE FX 1994

SNES • PRODUCER

DONKEY KONG 1994DONKEY KONG 1994

GAME BOY • PRODUCER

SUPER MARIO WORLD 2: YOSHI'S ISLAND1995

SNES • PRODUCER

MOLE MΑΝΙΑ 1996

GAME BOY • PRODUCER

SUPER MARIO 64 1996

N64 • DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

PILOTWINGS 64-1996

N64 • DESIGNER

POKEMON: RED & BLUE 1996

GAME BOY • PRODUCER

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 1998

N64 • DESIGNER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

F-ZERO X 1998

N64 • PRODUCER

F-ZERO X N64 PRODUCER 1998

N64 • PRODUCER

LUIGI'S MANSION 2001

GAME CUBE • PRODUCER » [GameCube] It’s

PIKMIN 2001

GAMECUBE • PRODUCER

METROID PRIME 1991

GAMECUBE • DESIGNER

SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE 2002

GAMECUBE • PRODUCER

PAC-MAN VS 2003

GAMECUBE •, DESIGNER, PRODUCER

DONKEY KONG: JUNGLE BEAT 2004

GAMECUBE • PRODUCER

NINTENDOGS 2005

DS • GENERAL PRODUCER

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS 2006

GAMECUBE/WII • PRODUCER

WIL SPORTS 2006

WII • PRODUCER

NEW SUPWER MARIO BROS 2006

DS • SUPERVISOR

SUPER MARIO GLAXY 2007

WII • DESIGNER, PRODUCER

WII FIT 2007

WII • DESIGNER

WII MUSIC 2008

WII • DESIGNER, PRODUCER

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD 2011

WII • GENERAL PRODUCER

STEEL DIVER 2011

3DS • DESIGNER

SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 2011

3DS • GENERAL PRODUCER

NEW SUPER MARIO U 2012

WII U • GENERAL PRODUCER

NINTEND LAND 2012

WII U • GENERAL PRODUCER

LUGI'S MANSION 2 2013

3DS • PRODUCER

PIKMIN 3 2013

WII U • GENERAL PRODUCER

SUPER MARIO MAKER 2015

WII U • GENERAL PRODUCER

SPLATOON 2015

WII U • GENERAL PRODUCER

STAR FOX ZERO 2016

WII U • SUPERVISING DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD 2017

WII U/SWITCH • GENERAL PRODUCER

STAR FOX 2 2017

SNES • PRODUCER

SUPER MARIO BROS WONDER 2023

SWITCH • SUPERVISOR