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Few games have seeped into popular culture like

WAR GOES RETRO

Ian Kikuchi on using videogames to explore the themes of war

Sunday, flippin’ Sunday

Iam old enough to remember when Sunday was

Feel the sunshine

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Super

WAVE Game Studios

Daniel Crocker talks making waves in the Dreamcast scene

THE LATEST NEWS FROM NOVEMBER 2005

» Production lines struggled to keep up with

Starquake

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

35 YEARS OF STREET FIGHTER A CULTURAL PHENOMENON

FEW SERIES TRANSCEND THE GAMING BUSINESS, BUT STREET FIGHTER HAS COME TO BE MORE THAN JUST A COLLECTION OF GAMES – IT’S A YARDSTICK BY WHICH ITS GENRE IS MEASURED, AND A BELOVED ICON OF POP CULTURE. DEVELOPERS AND FANS TELL US WHY CAPCOM’S CLASSIC IS SUCH A UNIQUE PROPERTY

Ninja Gaiden

NINJA TUNE

Code Masters BUDGET GAMES

THE CODEMASTERS LOGO WAS INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE AND FOR MANY GAMERS IT WAS A BADGE OF REASSURANCE. JOIN US AS WE REVISIT 40 OF ITS 130-ODD RELEASES THAT HELPED CODEMASTERS CORNER THE BUDGET-GAMES MARKET MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO

Klax

A TOWERING CONVERSION

League Bowling

STRIKE ACTION

KLONOA-Door To Phantomile

A PLAYSTATION GAME WITH NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO FULL REMAKES? IT’S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A DREAM. SPEAKING OF WHICH… HERE’S A LOOK AT KLONOA: DOOR TO PHANTOMILE, JUST IN TIME FOR THE NEWLY RELEASED KLONOA PHANTASY REVERIE SERIES

Ridge Racer 64

HEY! STOP CHEATING!

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

» GAMECUBE » 2004 » NINTENDO EAD TOKYO

Amstrad GX4000

» MANUFACTURER: Amstrad » YEAR: 1990 » COST:

ELITE ULTIMATE GUIDE

THE BEAUTY OF ELITE IS THAT IT REWRITES THE RULES. IT’S A SHOOTER WITH TRADING, YOU DON’T GET LIVES AND ITS OPEN WORLD HAS NO LEVELS OR GOALS. RETRO GAMER REVISITS THE ACORNSOFT CLASSIC, ITS MANY CONVERSIONS AND THE SEQUELS THAT FOLLOWED

THE UNCONVERTED

Arcade games that never made it home

SOFTWARE INVASION

The BBC Micro arrived in 1981, and brothers Simon and David Vout were quick to embrace the home-computer boom on the system with their game-development and publishing company, Software Invasion. Journey back and discover how the invasion began

SPACE INVADERS

STRANGE SIGHTINGS IN THE SKY. INCREDIBLE REPORTS OF CATTLE MUTILATION. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE EXPLANATION: THE INVADERS ARE BACK! AND THIS TIME, THEY’RE FASTER, MEANER AND MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE! FORTUNATELY, IN TAITO’S 1990 FOLLOW-UP TO THE CLASSIC ARCADE SHOOT- ’EM-UP, SO ARE YOU…

ToeJam & Earl In Panic On Funkotron

» PLATFORM : MEGA DRIVE » RELEASED

THE MAKING OF AGONY

STUNNING VISUALS AND A HAUNTING DARK FANTASY SETTING ESTABLISHED AGONY AS A VIDEOGAME THAT FLIES HIGH IN THE MEMORIES OF MANY AMIGA FANS. THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW THE TECHNICALLY IMPRESSIVE SIDE-SCROLLING SHOOTER GREW WINGS AND SOARED

ELDEN RING

Modern games you’ll still be playing in years to come

THE MAKING OF NOCTURNE!!!

VAMPIRES AND ZOMBIES AND WEREWOLVES, OH MY! DON YOUR BEST T RENCH COAT, SHARPEN THOSE STAKES AND KEEP THE SILVER BULLETS HANDY: WE’RE DOING SOME SUPERNATURAL SLEUTHING TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES BEHIND THIS FORGOTTEN PC HORROR CLASSIC

Wireless Controller

» PLATFORM: Xbox 360 » YEAR: 2005 »

FRANZ LANZINGER

From creating arcade games for Atari in the Golden Age to converting the classics for home consoles, Franz Lanzinger is certainly the king of his castle

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined

A REMAKE FOR THE AGES

Capcom Fighting Collection

» System: Switch (Tested), PS4, Xbox One, PC

SCORPION RISING

Erik Hogan’s Scorpion Engine is creating amazing new Amiga games without the need for coding know

STREET FIGHTER

The team look back at Capcom’s acclaimed series

HOOKED ON ATARI

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

PUZZLE PARADISE

Nick is the man who arranges the blocks. But why?

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE PUZZLE GAMES

If four readers share the same answer, they all disappear

MAILBAG

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

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