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ONE LIFE LEFT 2023

Faith Johnson reports on Norwich’s premiere gaming convention

RETURN TO BATEN KAITOS

Producer Koji Nakajima on updating the classic GameCube RPGs

Our friends are all aboard

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Rise of the machines

Who is Paul Rose? Paul is probably better

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SHOWING OFF COOL RETRO-THEMED STUFF THAT’S GOING ON

THE LATEST NEWS FROM OCTOBER 2006

OCTOBER 2006 – With the holidays and two

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COMING UNDER FIRE

The Legend Lives On: 20 YEARS OF Out Run 2

TWENTY YEARS AGO AN ARCADE RACING LEGEND WAS BORN AND GAMERS WERE TAKEN ON A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY BY SITTING DOWN WITH SUMO DIGITAL TO CHART THE ENDURING HISTORY OF OUTRUN 2

Mayhem In Monsterland

PLAYING THE LONG GAME

THE MAKING OF TURBO THE TORTOISE

TURBO THE TORTOISE RACED ON TO THE THREE MOST POPULAR 8-BITS JUST AS THEY WERE REACHING THE FINISHING LINE. SO, TO MAKE THIS BUDGET RELEASE MORE ATTRACTIVE, THE DEVELOPERS DECIDED TO GIVE PLAYERS A TASTE OF GAMING ON CONSOLES

Star Parodier

IT’S NO JOKE

THE MAKING OF BLADE WARRIOR

BEFORE CREATING MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING EMPIRE REBELLION WITH HIS BROTHER CHRIS IN THE EARLY NINETIES, JASON KINGSLEY SET OUT TO CREATE A UNIQUE AND HUGELY ATMOSPHERIC 16-BIT GAME CALLED PALADIN – LORD OF THE DANCING BLADES, LATER RENAMED TO BLADE WARRIOR

International Superstar Soccer ’98

A GAME OF TWO HALVES

TINGLE: UNSUNG HERO

HE’S ONE OF THE ODDEST AND MOST DIVISIVE CHARACTERS NINTENDO HAS EVER CREATED. ONCE A REGULAR GUEST STAR IN THE LEGEND OF ZELDA SERIES AND NOW A FORGOTTEN MISFIT WITH A CULT FOLLOWING, THERE’S JUST NO STOPPING TINGLE

The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

NOTHING TO CRY ABOUT

Mirror’s Edge

FRAMERATE MATTERS

Pac-Mania

» PLATFORM: ARCADE » RELEASED: 1987 » DEVELOPER: NAMCO

ULTIMATE GUIDE GHOST BOOSTER

YOU MIGHT THINK SOMEONE TRYING TO BOLT THIS MOVIE LICENCE ONTO A CAR COMBAT GAME WOULDN’T HAVE A GHOST OF A CHANCE, BUT DAVID CRANE MADE IT WORK. WE LOOK BACK AT A GAME THAT, DESPITE THE ODDS, CAPTURED THE SPIRIT OF ITS SOURCE MATERIAL

ADVERGAMES

Most of the time, developers just want to sell you a game, but sometimes developers want a game to sell you something – and if they can, to sell you that game too. Here are some of the most memorable examples

A T RIBU T E TO T OAPL AN

FAMED AS THE STUDIO THAT INTRODUCED BULLET HELL TO THE SHMUP GENRE, TOAPLAN’S ARCADE LEGACY IS BEYOND SIGNIFICANT. STAFF WOULD GO ON TO FORM ICONIC ARCADE STUDIOS INCLUDING SHOOTER HEAVYWEIGHT CAVE. YET SHMUPS ARE ONLY ONE STRING IN TOAPLAN’S MIGHTY BOW

Supervision

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MAGIC POCKETS

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Sixaxis

» PLATFORM: PlayStation 3 » YEAR: 2006 » COST: £34.99 (launch), £40+ (today, boxed), £15+ (today, unboxed)

Matt Householder

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THE MAKING OF CLOCKWORK KNIGHT 1 & 2

INITIALLY A STAND-ALONE TITLE, CLOCKWORK KNIGHT WAS SPLIT INTO TWO SO THAT THE FIRST PART COULD BE RELEASED SOON AFTER THE SATURN’S LAUNCH. FORMER SEGA DESIGNER KATS SATO REVEALS HOW HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN EVOLVED INTO TWO MEMORABLE PLATFORMERS

Final Fantasy I-VI: Pixel Remaster

» System: PS4 (version tested), Switch, PC

THERE’S NONO LIMIT

PCNONO Games has been making brilliant Spectrum titles, and we talked to founder Antonio Róman about the Spanish homebrew

NEWS BYTES

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TEAM SWORD

After meeting at the Midwest Gaming Classic, Nathan Tolbert (Gauauu) and Jordan Davis (Raftronaut) joined f

BRUXÓLICO

MARIA RENARD’S REVENGE

RENEGADE RELOADED

PROCESSING

The stakes are high in Matt Bennion’s incoming Mega Drive dungeon crawler Crypt Of Dracula

TIME TO ACCESSORISE

Looking back at our favourite peripherals

READERS REACT

Which peripherals left an impression on you?

FROM BIG BOX TO BIG WEBSITE

Meet the collector who shares his collection online

BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING

Darran investigates the Xbox Series X

MODERN COLLECTORS

Readers reveal the newer systems they collect for

MAIL BAG

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R-TYPE COMPLE TE CD

SEGA FOREVER

I’ll always associate Sega with the arcades of

THE DRIVE OF YOUR LIFE

OUT RUN 1986

CRAFTING THE ULTIMATE RIDE

OUT RUN’S YU SUZUKI LOOKS BACK AT HIS EXCEPTIONAL ARCADE RACER

LIVE FAST, DIE IN A CRASH

HEAD ON 1979

ANTARCTIC ANTICS

PENGO 1982

UP AND DOWN AND ALL AROUND

POWER DRIFT 1988

COP A LOAD OF THIS

VIRTUA COP 1994

FRUIT PURSUIT

WONDER BOY 1986

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR

CARNIVAL 1980

GAUNTLET WITH ALIENS

ALIEN SYNDROME 1987

LEAPS AND BOUNDS

UP’N DOWN 1983

GOING FOR GOLD

DECATHLETE 1996

THE POLYGONAL PUNCH-’EM-UP

VIRTUA FIGHTER 1993

SUZUKI SENSEI SPEAKS

VIRTUA FIGHTER DIRECTOR YU SUZUKI REFLECTS ON A GROUNDBREAKING GAME

SAVE YOUR STASH

ALI BABA AND 40 THIEVES 1982

SHAKIN’ MONEY MAKER

SAMBA DE AMIGO 1999

HOW TO START A PARTY

DIRECTOR SHUN NAKAMURA LOOKS BACK AT MAKING SAMBA DE AMIGO

A FANTASY EPIC

GOLDEN AXE 1989

REVISITING GOLDEN AXE

MAKOTO UCHIDA DISCUSSES HIS FANTASY FIGHTER

TINGLING FUN

SPIDER-MAN THE VIDEO GAME 1991

ADVANTAGE, SEGA

VIRTUA TENNIS 1999

FAR FROM FOWL

DYNAMITE DUX 1988

CHEEP TRILLS

FLICKY 1984

GET HOOKED

SEGA MARINE FISHING 1999

POLE POSITION

TURBO 1981

THE NEED FOR SPEED

AFTER BURNER 1987

GHOUL PATROL

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 1996

RED-HOT NINJA ACTION

SHINOBI 1987

A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE

ALTERED BEAST 1988

A BEASTLY CREATION

MAKOTO UCHIDA ON THE GENESIS OF ALTERED BEAST

LONG MEDIUM RIGHT

SEGA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 1995

REVISITING RALLY

SEGA AMUSEMENTS INTERNATIONAL R&D HEAD PATRICK MICHAEL EXPLAINS WHAT MAKES SEGA RALLY SO SPECIAL

A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

STAR WARS ARCADE 1993

A DRIVE ON THE WILD SIDE

JAMBO! SAFARI 1999

THE CUTE SHOOTER

FANTASY ZONE 1986

ROCK ’EM SOCK ’EM ROBOTS

VIRTUAL ON: CYBER TROOPERS 1996

DESERT DUST-UP

ARABIAN FIGHT 1992

BREAK THROUGH AND CONQUER

BORDERLINE 1980

A DIMENSION ABOVE THE REST

ZAXXON 1982

SPECTACULAR SUPER SCALER ACTION

SPACE HARRIER 1985

CREATING THE FANTASY ZONE

YU SUZUKI ON THE ORIGINS OF SPACE HARRIER

REINVENTING THE ARCADE RACER

CRAZY TAXI 1999

HOW SEGA MADE CRAZY MONEY

CRAZY TAXI’S DIRECTOR KENJI KANNO REVISITS HIS HIT ARCADE GAME

LET’S GO AWAY

DAYTONA USA 1994

TUNED TO PERFECTION

THE CREATION OF THE ICONIC RACER, AS REMEMBERED BY DIRECTOR TOSHIHIRO NAGOSHI

TIME TO GO APE

CONGO BONGO 1983

MODEL 1 FORMULA 1

VIRTUA RACING 1992

MAYHEM IN MANHATTAN

GUNBLADE NY 1995

THERE’S RUNNING AND SCREAMING

THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK 1997

LIGHTS, WIPERS, ACTION

RAD MOBILE 1991