THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S THE FIRST GAME YOU’LL PLAY ON THE ATARI 2600+

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While we’ve seen many Mini consoles in recent

ACTIVISION ACQUIRED

Microsoft finally completes gaming’s biggest acquisition

ANALOGUE LEVELS UP

Analogue recently announced its next FPGA-based project –

Random Access Memories

Istarted a gaming pod because there are not

DRACULA RETURNS

AN OFFICIAL ADVENTURE IS HEADING TO THE GAME BOY COLOR

COMPETITION

WIN A SWITCH OLED AND SONIC SUPERSTARS*

Confession time

I’ve a confession to make: I haven’t been

RetroTink 4K

Mike Chi talks us through his incoming upscaler

THE LATEST NEWS FROM APRIL 2007

APRIL 2007 – The new generation sales race

CHARTS

APRIL 2007

THIS MONTH IN…

Official Xbox 360 Magazine UEFA Champions League 2006-2007

Krillys

SCRAMBLE HITS THE ORIC

INSIDE THE ATARI 2600

ATARI’S SEVENTIES CONSOLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SMASH HIT WITH PLAYERS, BUT ITS UNIQUE HARDWARE AND SEVERE LIMITATIONS POSED A NOTORIOUSLY TRICKY CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPERS. WE SPEAK TO CODERS PAST AND PRESENT TO EXPLAIN JUST HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS

THE MAKING OF THE ATARI 2600+

ATARI RECKONS ITS FUTURE LIES IN ITS PAST SO, AS WELL AS RELEASING RETRO-INSPIRED GAMES, IT’S GONE ALL-IN WITH A MODERN-DAY RECREATION OF ITS BEST-LOVED CONSOLE. BEN JONES, CREATOR OF THE ATARI 2600+, REFLECTS ON A JOB WELL DONE

Chase HQ

THE POWER OF A V8-BIT ENGINE

F-Zero

A TIMELESS CLASSIC

THE MAKING OF ANCIPITAL

RIGHT-MINDED COMMODORE 64 GAMERS ALREADY KNOW JEFF MINTER IS THE GOAT, SO OF COURSE YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE TIME HE MADE HIS OWN 8-BIT GOAT SIMULATOR

KIDS CAN CODE

For the last few years, father and son team Sloanysoft have been a prolific presence in the Spectrum homebrew scene

JOHN GIRVIN

CHAMPION OCODER

DATA BURST

ASSEMBLOIDS