THE RETROBATES

WHAT PUBLISHER WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE ON EVERCADE?

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The original Evercade launched in early 2020 and

IN MEMORY OF SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR

Tributes have been paid to the eccentric entrepreneur who brought home computing to the masses following his sad passing, aged 81

2p or not 2p

"There is one machine that spans the ages.

Monkey see, monkey do

T his may come as a surprise to

Dave Cook

If you love side-scrolling beat-’em-ups you’ll love Dave’s new book about the genre

THE LATEST NEWS FROM JANUARY 2005

JANUARY 2005 – The silly season might be

CHARTS

JANUARY 2005

THIS MONTH IN…

GamesMaster The 50 best games of the year

Galaxian

MAKE THE SCREAMING STOP

EVERCADE LEVELS UP

AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF ON THE MARKET, BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT’S EVERCADE IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE NEW GAMES AND HARDWARE THAT TAKE THE PLATFORM TO PLACES IT HASN’T PREVIOUSLY BEEN. WE SPEAK TO THE TEAM ABOUT HOW THE EVERCADE VS AND ARCADE CARTRIDGES HAVE COME TO BE

THE EVOLUTION OF BOULDER DASH TM

After wowing Atari 8-bit gamers in the mid-Eighties, First Star’s Boulder Dash went on to receive a number of followups. Creator Peter Liepa, First Star’s Richard Spitalny and IP owner Stephan Berendsen explain how the series evolved

Robotron: 2084

WHO NEEDS TWIN STICKS?

THE MAKING OF FIRST SAMURAI

HAVING CUT ITS TEETH WITH THE ACTION ADVENTURES TIME MACHINE AND HAMMERFIST, VIVID IMAGE CEMENTED ITS PLACE AS ONE OF EUROPE’S FINEST DEVELOPERS OF THE NINETIES WITH ITS THIRD GAME. RETRO GAMER CHATS TO THE TEAM BEHIND THIS FAST AND FURIOUS SAMURAI ADVENTURE

CONVERSION CAPERS

TRACING THE LONE SAMURAI ACROSS THE OTHER PLATFORMS

WHEN MIRRORSOFT SANK

SAVING THE FIRST SAMURAI

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

SMOKING RUINS

LocoRoco

GOTTA CATCH ’EM ALL

THE MAKING OF MICRO PROSE SOCCER

SENSIBLE SOFTWARE KICKED OFF ITS FOOTBALL VIDEOGAME CAREER IN STYLE WITH A CLASSIC SOCCER GAME THAT THRILLED COME RAIN OR SHINE. JON HARE TALKS TO RETRO GAMER ABOUT HIS SMALL TEAM’S GOAL WHEN DEVELOPING THIS PRECURSOR TO ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALL GAMES OF ALL TIME

REVISITING THE GAMECUBE

The team recall their early memories with Nintendo’s console

READERS REACT

You were only too happy to tell us your favourite GameCube games

TRUE COLECO VISION

How niche consoles and computers shaped a love for gaming

BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

WIGGLE IT,JUST A LITTLE BIT

Why Darran is a big fan of Nintendo’s Wii

WHAT WII GAMES ARE IN YOUR LIBRARY?

Readers reveal their personal favourites

MAIL BAG

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Your say

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

TOM & JERRY IN INF URNAL ESCAPE

» Those antagonistic animals have been at it

Minority Report

INTERESTING GAMES YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED

Minority Report

» [BBC Micro] The location graphics were generally

Hardware Heaven

Super Nintendo (SNS-101)

Batman Returns

» PLATFORM: MEGA-CD » RELEASED: 1993 » DEVELOPER:

PlayStation Controller

» PLATFORM: PlayStation » RELEASED: 1994 » COST:

THE MAKING OF: FUTURE COP: LAPD

A DYSTOPIAN LA, GUN-TOTING POLICE FORCE AND TRANSFORMING MECHS CREATED ONE OF THE PLAYSTATION ERA’S MOST UNDERRATED TITLES. WE SPEAK TO TWO OF THE GAME’S KEY DESIGNERS ABOUT HOW HARD WORK, A CLEVER ENGINE AND THE ASHES OF THE STRIKE SERIES LED TO THE CREATION OF THIS ADORED CULT CLASSIC

MOBA BEFORE

MOBA THE UNEXPECTED MULTIPLAYER MODE THAT INSPIRED A GENRE

THE STRIKE CONNECTION

HOW FUTURE COP WAS NEARLY ‘FUTURE STRIKE’

DESIGN: THE CHAOTIC N64 YEARS THAT LED TO ROCKSTAR NORTH

COTTISH DEVELOPER DMA DESIGN GOT APPOINTED TO NINTENDO’S ‘DREAM TEAM’ TO HELP LAUNCH THE NINTENDO 64. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GOLDEN ERA FOR DMA ENDED UP A CREATIVE BUT VOLATILE ONE, LEADING TO TWO CULT CLASSIC GAMES, A LOT OF JOB LOSSES AND – EVENTUALLY – GRAND THEFT AUTO III

MAUI MALLARD 2

If the release of the original Maui Mallard game was hamstrung by indecisive businessmen and marketers, then higher powers stood in the way of its sequel. Discover how Eurocom’s ambitious follow-up was scuppered by an Olympian god

PROJECT ZERO: MAIDEN OF BLACK WATERPROJECT ZERO: MAIDEN OF BLACK WATER

Twenty years since it first spooked the gaming world, the Project Zero series returns with a remaster of perhaps its most overlooked instalment. Series creators Makoto Shibata and Keisuke Kikuchi share how the Wii U inspired the most immersive and frightening entry yet

GUACAMELEE! 2

Moderngamesyou’llstillbeplayinginyearstocome

STEVE GOLSON

From hacking Missile Command to giving Pac-Man a makeover, Steve Golson tells us about his pioneering arcade days and the insides of the Atari 7800

NU WAVE SOFTWARE

The short-lived NU WAVE label from CRL was home to an eclectic and experimental series of games, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. Retro Gamer talks to founder Clem Chambers and the programmers to find out more

Metroid Dread

IS SAMUS’ NEW ADVENTURE DREADFUL OR AN EMMI WINNER?

PICK OF THE MONTH

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