LOADING... THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE MOMENT FROM RESIDENT EVIL 4?

HORROR TAKES SHAPE

They say horror has many faces and that’s

DIRECT HITS

Nintendo delivers a wealth of retro delights

The unpopular choice

I have written in the past about how

Hooked on a feeling

I’m hooked on a couple of games at

Clive ‘N’ Wrench

We chat to Rob Wass about his brand-new platformer which is inspired by the 3D classics of yesteryear

THE LATEST NEWS FROM JULY 2006

JULY 2006 – All the E3 reactions have

Crush Roller

KEEP ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’

THE IMPACT OF RESIDENT EVIL 4

WHILE THERE HAD BEEN A HANDFUL OF INNOVATIONS DURING ITS FIRST THREE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GAMES, THE CORE GAMEPLAY OF THE MAIN RESIDENT EVIL SERIES HAD REMAINED BROADLY THE SAME BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. AS THE NEW MILLENNIUM DAWNED, IT WAS TIME FOR A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT WOULD COME TO REDEFINE THE SERIES FOREVER

CONVERSION CAPERS

RETRO GAMER TAKES A FEARFUL PEEK AT ALL THE MAIN VERSIONS OF RESIDENT EVIL 4

Space Harrier 3-D

FANTASY ZONE IN THE THIRD DIMENSION

ULTIMATE GUIDE STUNT CAR RACER

OF ALL GEOFF CRAMMOND’S CELEBRATED 3D GAMING EXPERIENCES, STUNT CAR RACER IS ARGUABLY THE MOST FUN. RETRO GAMER IS YOUR NAVIGATOR, AS YOUR VEHICLE IS WINCHED ONTO THE STARTING LINE OF HIS DAREDEVIL RACING TITLE

James Bond 007: The Duel

THE NAME’S GAMES. GAMES JAMES, MAYBE?

Sengoku Blade

REWRITING HISTORY

ULTIMATE GUIDE SHINING FORCE

SEGA’S SHINING FORCE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST TACTICAL RPGS TO BE RELEASED BUT OVER 30 YEARS LATER, ITS UNIQUE WORLDVIEW AND CAST OF MEMORABLE CHARACTERS ENSURE IT HAS LOST NONE OF ITS SHINE

Densetsu No Stafy 2

PUTTING THE STAR IN STARFISH

Pure

THRILLS AND SPILLS

Bally Professional Arcade

HARDWARE HEAVEN: BALLY PROFESSIONAL ARCADE

THE MAKING OF: JET BIKE SIMULATOR

PHILIP AND ANDREW OLIVER HAD ALREADY ENJOYED DIZZYING SUCCESS BY THE TIME THEY MADE JET BIKE SIMULATOR. BUT WOULD GAMERS RACE TO PLAY THEIR LATEST CREATION OR WOULD A GAMBLE WITH A NEW PRICING STRUCTURE CAUSE IT TO SINK?

CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT

A version of Konami’s classic was set to terrorise the most unlikely of platforms, but received a stake in the heart before it could draw blood

STUDIO PROFILE TWILIGHT

Twilight was formed when a group of programmers and graphic artists split from Harrogatebased developer and publisher Enigma Variations. They went on to produce games for many UK publishers and affect a change in British Law thanks to a chicken

SYSTEM 24 HEAVEN

SEGA’S SYSTEM 24 ARCADE HARDWARE HAS BEEN CALLED ‘OBSCURE’ BY SOME, AND THE GAMES THAT RAN ON IT CONSIDERED ‘CURIOSITIES’. AT RETRO GAMER WE FEEL THERE HAS BEEN SOME KIND OF MISUNDERSTANDING. JOIN US AS WE UNCOVER THE REALITY

LOVABLE LOSERS

If we desire to be heroes and winners we naturally need villains and rivals, but all of them would feel thoroughly ordinary without regular suckers and schlubs to contrast against, so here are ten downtrodden dorks we can’t live without

THE MAKING OF LIONHEART

UNLEASHED INTO A CROWDED AMIGA GAME MARKET, LIONHEART CAME OUT FIGHTING WITH CONSOLE-COMPETING GAMEPLAY AND VIVID VISUALS. NOWADAYS PLACED ON A PEDESTAL BY RETRO GAMERS AND COLLECTORS, THE LEGACY OF THIS AMBITIOUS PLATFORM ADVENTURE BURNS BRIGHT

FUTURE CLASSIC DICEY DUNGEONS

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

THE MAKING OF THE RUMBLE FISH 1+ 2

THE RUMBLE FISH MIGHT BE AN ODD NAME, BUT THE FIGHTING GAMES THAT BEAR IT ARE AN INTERESTING EVOLUTIONARY LINK BETWEEN FAR MORE FAMOUS FRANCHISES. WE SPEAK TO DIMPS TO FIND OUT WHY THESE FIGHTING GAMES ARE MORE SMOKED SALMON THAN CODSWALLOP

Vertical Stand

» PLATFORM: PlayStation 2 » YEAR: 2000 »

ROGER HECTOR

He joined Atari in its black-and-white days and is still making videogames almost half a century later. Roger Hector shares stories of holograms, vector tanks and scratched Sonic soundtracks

Kirby’s Return To Dream Land Deluxe

A REMASTER THAT CERTAINLY DOESN’T SUCK

Akka Arrh

RETRO ROUNDUP WE LOOK AT THE LATEST RETRO-RELATED

THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT

HOT TOPIC

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

READERS REACT

What parts of the Resi series do readers remember?

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

LOST AND FOUND

What’s your biggest retrorelated surprise?

MAIL BAG

HAVE YOUR SAY… SEND US A LETTER OR MAKE YOURSELF HEARD ON SOCIAL MEDIA – TWITTER.COM/RETROGAMER_MAG

retro GAMER

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END GAME

FORGOTTEN WORLDS » Here’s a question for you

RESIDENT EVIL

PLAYSTATION, VARIOUS, 1996

RESIDENT EVIL: DIRECTOR`S CUT

PLAYSTATION, 1997

THE MINIMARKET OF RESIDENT EVIL

SHINJI MIKAMI REVISITS HIS HIT SURVIVAL HORROR GAME

REMAKES RESIDENT EVIL

GAMECUBE, VARIOUS, 2002

RESIDENT EVIL: DEADLY SILENCE

DS, 2006

REMAKING A MASTERPIECE

HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI ON THE GAMECUBE UPDATE OF RESIDENT EVIL

RESIDENT EVIL SURVIOR2- CODE: VERONICA

IMPROVEMENT NEEDED

RESIDENT EVIL DEAD AIM

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK

RESIDENT EVIL SURVIVOR

FUN, BUT FIDDLY

RESIDENT EVIL THE  Umbrella Chronicles

ON RAILS AND ON TARGET

RESIDENT EVIL THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES

UPPING THE ANTE

RESIDENT EVIL2

THE BLOCKBUSTER SEQUEL

PLAYSTATION, VARIOUS, 1999

Set 24 hours before the events of Resident

RESIDENT EVIL3: NEMESIS

DREAMS BECOME NIGHTMARES

RESIDENT EVILCODE: VERONICA X

THE VIRUS MUTATES

RESIDENT EVIL 2

VARIOUS, 2019

RESIDENT EVIL 3

THE GHOST SURVIVORS VICTIM BLAMING IS FUN A

RESIDENT EVIL GAIDEN

GAME BOY COLOR, 2001

MOBILE MADNESS

RESIDENT EVIL GETS DOWNSIZED

PORTABLE HORROR

TIM HULL ON THE CULT GAME BOY COLOR GAME

RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATIONS

3DS, VARIOUS, 2012

RESIDENT EVIL: REVELATIONS 2

VARIOUS, 2015

RESIDENT EVIL ZERO

GAMECUBE, VARIOUS, 2002

SILVER SCREEN SCARES

RESIDENT EVIL AT THE MOVIES

RESIDENT EVIL 4

GAMECUBE, VARIOUS, 2005

REDEFINING SURVIVAL HORROR

HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI ON RESIDENT EVIL 4

RESIDENT EVIL 4

VARIOUS, 2023

TIME FOR A CHANGE

WHAT’S DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL GAME?

RESIDENT EVIL OUTBREAK

PLAYSTATION 2, 2003

DIVIDED WE DIE

JOIN THE WINNING TEAM ?

RESIDENT EVIL OUTBREAK: FILE #2

PLAYSTATION 2, 2004

RESIDENT EVIL: RESISTANCE

VARIOUS, 2020

RESIDENT EVIL 5

VARIOUS, 2009

RESIDENT EVIL 6

VARIOUS, 2012

MULTIPLAYER MADNESS

THE DLC THAT EXPANDED RESIDENT EVIL 6’S ONLINE PLAY

RESIDENT EVIL 7 BIOHAZARD

VARIOUS, 2017

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE

VARIOUS, 2021

FEELS FAMILIAR

VILLAGE’S SIMILARITIES TO RESIDENT EVIL 4

RESIDENT EVIL: THE MERCENARIES 3D

3DS, 2011

RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCON CITY

VARIOUS, 2012

UMBRELLA CORPS

VARIOUS, 2016

RESIDENT EVIL: RE VERSE

VARIOUS, 2022