THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE EARTHWORM JIM MOMENT?

ACTIVISION ACQUISITION

Microsoft to absorb gaming’s original third-party developer

So that was Christmas

Who is Iain Lee? Iain Lee is a

A history of violence

Who is Paul Rose? Paul is probably better

A MOMENT WITH... Remute

We chat to the DJ who is taking the N64’s sound to a whole new level

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2005

MAY 2005 – It’s not the biggest gaming

Terra Cresta

DEFINITELY WORTH THE WAIT

THE EVOLUTION OF EARTH WORM JIM

Having made a string of hits for Virgin Interactive, a number of its developers left to form Shiny Entertainment. David Perry, Nick Bruty and Tommy Tallarico discuss Earthworm Jim, the series it led to and their new efforts to continue the series

Attack Of The Mutant Camels

CAUGHT IN ITS CAMEL CLUTCHES

Rolling Thunder 2

MAGICAL THUNDER INDEED

ULTIMATE GUIDE pinball DREAMS

There’s nothing like a great pinball game – and before Pinball Dreams, Amiga owners had nothing like a great pinball game. We look back at the game that set Digital Illusions up for future success and made pinball wizards of us all

R-Type Delta

DIFFERENT, BUT FAMILIAR

THE HISTORY OF SSX

THE PS2 HAD HUNDREDS OF EXTREME OR ZANY SPORTS TITLES TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT ONLY A FEW MANAGED TO ACHIEVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RECOGNITION AS SSX. WE EXPLORE THE ‘PEAK’ OF SSX’S CAREER AND HOW THE GAME TOOK THE WORLD BY (SNOW) STORM…

Sega Touring Car Championship

“SO HIGH, LIKE THE SUN UP IN THE SKY”

Windjammers 2

THE JAM, PUMPED UP

Melkhior’s Mansion

» System: PC » Buy it from: bitglint.itch.io

Disaster: Day Of Crisis

A DISASTER IN NAME ONLY

THE MAKING OF Storm

STORM WASN’T JUST ANOTHER GAUNTLET CLONE – IT WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON HOME COMPUTERS, AND IT WAS A BUDGET GAME TO BOOT. RETRO GAMER DISCOVERS HOW THE GAME’S CREATORS THREW DOWN THE GAUNTLET AND WHIPPED UP A STORM

Mikie

Buoyed by the success of Track & Field, the following year Konami tried its hand at a totally different type of arcade game. Inspired by the Fifties nostalgia of films such as Grease and American high-school flicks, this is the story of the amorous Mikie and his quest to deliver a heartfelt message to his girlfriend

Paperboy

» PLATFORM: ARCADE » RELEASED: 1985 » DEVELOPER:

The Making of DARK SEED

Cyberdreams’ take on psychological horror was infamous for its dark subject matter, crushing difficulty and involvement of esteemed artist HR Giger. Michael Cranford and Joby Otero reveal how real-time puzzles and a Stephen King novel shaped this distinctive game

SONIC GAMES

Sega’s mascot has starred in plenty of games, from quality outings to questionable releases – and as always, the price doesn’t always match the pleasure. Here are some of the most interesting items in the speedy little chap’s repertoire

Network Adaptor

» PLATFORM: PlayStation 2 » RELEASED: 2001 »

ALIEN RESURRECTION

The sci-fi movie Alien Resurrection was released in 1997. The videogame for Sony’s PlayStation, published by Fox Interactive and developed by Argonaut Software in the UK, started development in 1996 but was not published until 2000. What happened?

THE MAKING OF CRASH BANDICOOT FUSION & SPYRO FUSION

AFTER BOTH DOMINATING THE LATE-NINETIES WITH TRILOGIES ON SONY’S PLAYSTATION, TWO ICONS CAME TOGETHER FOR THE ULTIMATE CROSSOVER. ALMOST TWO DECADES ON, HERE’S HOW CRASH AND SPYRO’S HANDHELD TEAM-UP ADVENTURE CAME TO BE

AGGELOS

New games that wish they were old

CHIPTUNE CONCERTO

CHIPTUNE REMAINS A DISTINCTIVE PART OF MODERN MUSIC, BOTH IN THE GAMING COMMUNITY THAT POPULARISED IT AND IN WIDER CULTURE. WE SPEAK TO MODERN COMPOSERS TO FIND OUT HOW THEY CREATE CHIPTUNE AND HOW THE MEDIUM IS EVOLVING

Hardware Heaven

PlayStation 3 fact ■ If you want one

JAMES ROLFE

The creator and star of the Angry Video Game Nerd comedy series looks back at his 200 episodes of creative obscenities, raw reviews and raised middle fingers that he’s lobbed at some of the worst games of all time

THE HOMEREWER'S KIT

CPC COMPETITION IMPRESSES

THE AMSTRAD HOMEBREW SCENE HAS EXPLODED IN RECENT YEARS, SO ANDREW DECIDED TO COVER CPCRETRODEV2021, THE LATEST GAMES JAM FOR THE SYSTEM

NEWS BYTES

YOUR SNACK-SIZED NEWS ITEMS

CHESTER KOLLSCHEN

THE KNIGHTS OF BYTES PROGRAMMER TALKS ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING NES CONVERSION OF SAM’S JOURNEY

PROCESSING

HERE’S A SELECTION OF INTERESTING GAMES THAT WEREN’T READY IN TIME FOR THIS ISSUE. LOOK OUT FOR THEM SHORTLY

FIRST LOVES

The machines that formed our gaming habits

THE CONSOLE ENTHUSIAST

Oliver Hale shares his impressive collection with us

SIGNED, UNSEALED AND DELIVERED

“Sign your name across my retro,” asks Paul Drury, politely

MAILBAG

HAVE YOUR SAY… SEND US A LETTER OR MAKE YOURSELF HEARD ON THE ONLINE FORUM – WWW.RETROGAMER.NET

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