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Hi Retro Gamer,

I’m getting old and I don’t like it. Aside from gaining increased girth around my stomach and a loss of hair, I’m also losing the gaming legends I grew up with and it’s becoming hard to deal with. I’m in my early 50s and have been enjoying games since the likes of Space Invaders and Pac-Man hit arcades, so I’ve certainly seen a lot from a gaming perspective.

As much as I love reading your magazine, the news section has made for some sobering reading lately because so many classic developers are dying. It’s obviously inevitable, of course, but it doesn’t make the news any less easier to deal with, particularly when the games by those talented people have given me so many years of pleasure.

Paul Woakes, Bernie Drummond, Ian Hetherington, Dave Lawson, Gordon Hall and Masayuki Uemura have all recently passed, so I was pleased to find them all celebrated on a moving tribute site by Don Daglow, another gaming legend. It’s truly fantastic to see these people rightly celebrated, and it’s equally saddening to learn just how many have passed away.

Yours sincerely, James Baker

Thanks for getting in touch, James. You’re right, it has been a difficult year with a lot of great gaming legends passing, and what you’ve shared with us is a fitting tribute to everything they’ve done. Anyone interested in learning about Don Daglow’s memorial project can find it by visiting www.daglowslaws.com