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I can still remember the first time

SUPER SUMMER

The warm months brought some hot retro prospects

Konnichiwa

COLUMN Who is Iain Lee? Iain Lee is

Fun with Kirby

COLUMN Who is Paul Rose? Paul is probably

The Making Of Karateka

Game preservation has just gone up a level

THE LATEST NEWS FROM FEBRUARY 2007

FEBRUARY 2007 – It’s time to get muddy

THIS MONTH IN…

Play “This game will kill off all hope

WHY USE KEYS WHEN YOU HAVE A MOUTH?

» ARCADE » 1982 » NAMCO A smash-hit

DARH FORCES

WITH GEORGE LUCAS BUSY PLANNING THE NEXT STAGE OF HIS SCI-FI OPUS AND THE ALL-CONQUERING DOOM FRAGGING GAMERS EVERYWHERE, THE TIME WAS RIGHT FOR A FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER SET WITHIN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE. WITH A NEW REMASTER RECENTLY ANNOUNCED BY NIGHTDIVE STUDIOS, THE TIME IS ALSO RIGHT TO RETURN TO LUCASARTS’ ICONIC GAME

DIRECTING DARK FORCES

DARON STINNETT, PROJECT LEADER ONE OF DARK FORCES, TAKES US THROUGH THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST STAR WARS FPS

REFINING DARK FORCES

RETRO GAMER CHATS TO NIGHTDIVE’S LARRY KUPERMAN AND MAX WAINE ABOUT THE STUDIO’S DARK FORCES REMASTER

The Official Frogger

IT’S FROGGER,BUT SUPERCHARGED

THE MAKING OF KATAKIS

THE COMMODORE 64 WAS HOST TO MANY A GREAT SHMUP, SCROLLING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. ONE OF THE MORE NOTABLE EXAMPLES WAS RAINBOW ARTS’ KATAKIS – AND IT WAS NOT ONLY FAMOUS FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY BUT ALSO FOR ITS HIGHLY EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT STORY

Sega 3-D Glasses

» PLATFORM: Master System » YEAR: 1987 » COST: £39.95 (launch), £75+ (today, boxed), £55+ (today, unboxed)

Streets Of Rage

FIGHT TOGETHER, FIGHT FOREVER

Castlevania Chronicles

NOT AS SCARY AS THE PRICE

Initial D Arcade Stage Version 3

“SPEEDY SPEED BOY, GASOLINE’S BURNIN’”

Space Giraffe

MORE THAN JUST A TEMPEST CLONE

THE MAKING OF STAR WARS

STARFIGHTER & JEDI STARFIGHTER

LÁSZLÓ RAJCSÁNYI(WLS)

LÁSZLÓ HAS CREATED MANY COMMODORE 16 REMAKES AND ORIGINAL TITLES FOR THE GAME BOY

XBOX LIVE ARCADE

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

GALAXY QUEST

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

DOWNSIZING

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT OUR SHARED PASSION

MAIL BAG

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

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DONKEY KONG GAMES

The simian superstar may have been overshadowed by that pesky plumber, but Donkey Kong has been no stranger to great games over the years. Here are some you’ll go ape for – and others reserved for only the most bananas of collectors

ULTIMATE GUIDE LED STORM

CAPCOM’S ARCADE ARCHIVE IS SO STUFFED THAT FOR EVERY MEGA-HIT THERE ARE SEVERAL RELEASES THAT ARE REGULARLY OVERLOOKED. LED STORM IS ONE SUCH TITLE, AND THAT’S A SHAME BECAUSE IT’S A GREAT GAME – OR SHOULD WE SAY GAMES?

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

How NEC’s tiny console successfully pulled off the task of hosting the world’s biggest fighting game

THE RETRO GAMER GUIDE TO

JOIN RETRO GAMER AS WE CELEBRATE ONE OF KONAMI’S LONGEST-RUNNING FRANCHISES. PREPARE TO SHOOT THE CORE AND REVISIT A HOST OF ROCK-HARD SHMUPS

THE MAKING OF: CALLAHAN’S CROSSTIME SALOON

YOU’LL ENTER IT AS A STRANGER, AND YOU’LL LEAVE AS A FRIEND. JOIN ADVENTURE GAMING LEGEND JOSH MANDEL FOR A BEER OR TWO IN CALLAHAN’S CROSSTIME SALOON: A HILARIOUS, UNSUNG CLASSIC FROM THE LATER YEARS OF THE POINT-AND-CLICK ERA’S GOLDEN AGE…

POKÉMON PICROSS

Even if you lived by the motto ‘gotta catch ’em all’ in the Nineties, this puzzle game starring Pikachu and pals is the one that got away

ULTIMATE GUIDE HOGS OF WAR

TREMENDOUS TURN-BASED TACTICS AND VERY BRITISH HUMOUR BUILT HOGS OF WAR A CULT FOLLOWING IN THE YEARS AFTER IT FIRST BROUGHT BACON TO THE BATTLEFIELD. JOIN US ON A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION THAT YIELDS DEVELOPER INSIGHTS AND NEWS OF A REMASTER

HARDWARE HEAVEN

ESSENTIAL GAME Soul Of Darkness There is no

THE MAKING OF: CALL OF DUTY

THE STORY OF CALL OF DUTY BEGINS NOT AT ACTIVISION, BUT IN THE BOSOM OF ITS CHIEF RIVAL, EA. THE LATTER PUBLISHER HAD TASKED A DEVELOPER NAMED 2015 INC WITH EXPANDING ITS TERRITORY ONTO PC WITH MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT…

Taito Milestones 2

MILES BETTER, MILES STILL TO GO

The Art Of The Box

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MAKING MYSTIC SEARCHES

JOE GRANATO IV DISCUSSES HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM OF MAKING A NES GAME, AND THE NESMAKER UTILITY IT LED TO