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Few modern systems have captured the spirit of

TOAPLAN SHOOTERS HEAD TO PC

Carl-Henrik Skårstedt on porting Toaplan’s classic shmups

GOLDENEYE 007 RETURNS

One of gaming’s worst-kept secrets was finally revealed

NINTENDO MOTHER LODE

GoldenEye wasn’t the only big news out of

Combat jinx

Growing up there were a few things I

An unreal PC experience

I haven’t owned a PC in years. I’m

Atari Mania

Producer Mark Perloff tells us about Atari’s new microgame-themed release

BACK TO THE NOUGHTIES

FEBRUARY 2006 – In the month of Valentine’s

THE LATEST NEWS FROM FEBRUARY 2006

» [PS2] Reviewers felt that Codemasters was catching

CHARTS

FEBRUARY 2006

Ice Hockey

WHEEL, SNIPE, CELLY, BOYS

EVERCADE EXP NDS

TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS INTO THE LIFE OF THE EVERCADE, A NEW HANDHELD LOADED WITH CAPCOM GAMES IS SWEEPING AWAY THE DEVICE THAT LAUNCHED THE DEDICATED RETRO PLATFORM. WE SPEAK TO BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT TO FIND OUT THE DECISIONS BEHIND ITS BOLDEST MOVE SO FAR

Prince Of Persia

FAULTY MEMORIES

A • TRIBUTE• TO SYSTEM•3

BUILT ON THE BACK OF AN ASTUTE DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH ACTIVISION, SYSTEM 3 MADE ITS NAME WITH INTERNATIONAL KARATE AND ITS POPULAR LAST NINJA GAMES. FOUNDER MARK CALE CHATS TO RETRO GAMER ABOUT HIS FIRM’S 40 YEARS IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY

INTERNATIONAL KARATE

VARIOUS, 1985

TWISTER: MOTHER OF CHARLOTTE

ZX SPECTRUM, 1986

THE LAST NINJA

VARIOUS, 1987

IK+

VARIOUS, 1987

LAST NINJA 2

VARIOUS, 1988

MYTH: HISTORY IN THE MAKING

VARIOUS, 1989

TUSKER

VARIOUS, 1989

VENDETTA

VARIOUS, 1990

FLIMBO’S QUEST

VARIOUS, 1990

LAST NINJA 3

VARIOUS, 1991

TURBO CHARGE

COMMODORE 64, 1991

FERRARI GRAND PRIX CHALLENGE

VARIOUS, 1992

PUTTY

VARIOUS, 1992

PUTTY SQUAD

VARIOUS, 1994

CONSTRUCTOR

VARIOUS, 1997

MOB RULE

VARIOUS, 1999

INTERNATIONAL KARATE 2000

GAME BOY COLOR, 2000

INTERNATIONAL KARATE ADVANCED

GAME BOY COLOR, 2001

CREATURES: RAISED IN SPACE

VARIOUS, 2004

ROBOCOD: JAMES POND II

VARIOUS, 2005

IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

VARIOUS, 2007

IK REBORN!

MARK CALE ON SYSTEM 3’S UPCOMING REBOOT – IK++

CONSTRUCTOR PLUS

VARIOUS, 2019

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

MARK CALE ON SYSTEM 3’S INCOMING SIMULATOR – BUILD A CITY: CONSTRUCTOR 2025

Electrocop

JUST PUT IT AWAY ALREADY

THE HISTORY OF AKKANOW

IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS PONG, AND PONG BEGAT BREAKOUT, AND BREAKOUT BEGAT ARKANOID, AND THUS A GENRE WAS BORN INVOLVING BATS, BALLS, WALLS AND… LASERS? JOIN US AS WE CHRONICLE THE HISTORY OF THE SERIES FROM ITS GLORIOUS PAST TO THE PRESENT DAY

Puchi Carat

WHERE’S PUCHI?

Trails in the Sky

THE LEGEND OF HEROES IS ONE OF FALCOM’S OLDEST FRANCHISES IN THE JAPANESE COMPANY’S 40-YEAR HISTORY. TOSHIHIRO KONDO, FAN TURNED DEVELOPER AND THE STUDIO’S FUTURE PRESIDENT TELLS US HOW HE LAID THE TRAILS FOR A NEW EXPANSIVE RPG SAGA

90 Minutes: Sega Championship Football

A RAINY 0-0 DRAW OF A GAME

Jetpac Refuelled

A RARE TREAT

REBEL STAR

THE SECOND GAME IN THE REBELSTAR SERIES CATAPULTED THE ACTION STRATEGY GENRE INTO THE HOMES OF SPECTRUM OWNERS AND KICK-STARTED THE CAREER OF ITS AUTHOR, JULIAN GOLLOP. SO GET THAT PHOTON RIFLE READY – THE CYBER HORDES AWAIT YOU…

Operation Wolf

» PLATFORM: ARCADE » RELEASED: 1987 » DEVELOPER:

THE MAKING OF INDIANA JONES and LAST CRUSADE

THE GRAPHIC ADVENTURE

VIDEOGAME DEATHS

If videogames have taught us anything, it’s that death can strike at any time, in the most unexpected manner. Here are our favourite stupid deaths – not the sad and epic type (sorry Aeris) but the bizarre and brutal…

THE MAKING OF Heroes OF MIGHT AND MAGIC II

TURN-BASED STRATEGY GAMES RARELY GRAB THE HEADLINES IN THE HISTORY OF GAMING. BUT FOR JON VAN CANEGHEM AND MARK CALDWELL, A LOVE OF CHESS AND BOARD GAMES LED TO ONE OF THE GENRE’S BEST TITLES, THE ACCLAIMED HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC II

Neo Geo AES

» MANUFACTURER: SNK » YEAR: 1990 » COST:

THE MAKING OF WiZNLiZ

THE SEGA MEGA DRIVE HAD ITS FAIR SHARE OF PLATFORMERS, BUT THERE WERE NONE QUITE LIKE WIZ ‘N’ LIZ. DEVELOPED BY RAISING HELL SOFTWARE (SOON TO BECOME BIZARRE CREATIONS) AND PUBLISHED BY LIVERPOOL’S PSYGNOSIS, THIS IS THE MANIC AND RATHER EXCITING STORY OF TWO WABBIT-OBSESSED MAGICIANS…

Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw

Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw fact ■ AGameCube version

RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND

MORE THAN THREE DECADES SINCE CREATING A TIMELESS GOLD STANDARD FOR THE POINT-AND-CLICK ADVENTURE GENRE BEFORE SAILING ONTO NEW HORIZONS, RON GILBERT AND DAVE GROSSMAN REUNITE AND SHARE THEIR JOURNEY ON THEIR RETURN TO MONKEY ISLAND

Return To Monkey Island

NO CURSE TO ESCAPE FROM HERE

GamesMaster: The Oral History

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THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT

LICENSED GAMES

Good licences, bad licences, the team has experienced them all

COLLECTOR’S CORNER

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

MY RETRO LIFE

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT OUR SHARED PASSION

MAILBAG

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

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FATAL FURY: WILD AMBITION – XIANGFEI’S ENDING