THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S THE FIRST GAME YOU’LL PLAY ON THE ATARI 2600+

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While we’ve seen many Mini consoles in recent

ACTIVISION ACQUIRED

Microsoft finally completes gaming’s biggest acquisition

AN ATARI ACQUISITION

Atari recently revealed that it had purchased Digital

ANALOGUE LEVELS UP

Analogue recently announced its next FPGA-based project –

Random Access Memories

Istarted a gaming pod because there are not

DRACULA RETURNS

AN OFFICIAL ADVENTURE IS HEADING TO THE GAME BOY COLOR

COMPETITION

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Confession time

I’ve a confession to make: I haven’t been

RetroTink 4K

Mike Chi talks us through his incoming upscaler

THE LATEST NEWS FROM APRIL 2007

APRIL 2007 – The new generation sales race

CHARTS

APRIL 2007

THIS MONTH IN…

Official Xbox 360 Magazine UEFA Champions League 2006-2007

Krillys

SCRAMBLE HITS THE ORIC

INSIDE THE ATARI 2600

ATARI’S SEVENTIES CONSOLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SMASH HIT WITH PLAYERS, BUT ITS UNIQUE HARDWARE AND SEVERE LIMITATIONS POSED A NOTORIOUSLY TRICKY CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPERS. WE SPEAK TO CODERS PAST AND PRESENT TO EXPLAIN JUST HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS

THE MAKING OF THE ATARI 2600+

ATARI RECKONS ITS FUTURE LIES IN ITS PAST SO, AS WELL AS RELEASING RETRO-INSPIRED GAMES, IT’S GONE ALL-IN WITH A MODERN-DAY RECREATION OF ITS BEST-LOVED CONSOLE. BEN JONES, CREATOR OF THE ATARI 2600+, REFLECTS ON A JOB WELL DONE

Chase HQ

THE POWER OF A V8-BIT ENGINE

F-Zero

A TIMELESS CLASSIC

THE MAKING OF ANCIPITAL

RIGHT-MINDED COMMODORE 64 GAMERS ALREADY KNOW JEFF MINTER IS THE GOAT, SO OF COURSE YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE TIME HE MADE HIS OWN 8-BIT GOAT SIMULATOR

KIDS CAN CODE

For the last few years, father and son team Sloanysoft have been a prolific presence in the Spectrum homebrew scene

JOHN GIRVIN

CHAMPION OCODER

A LOOK AT LUCASARTS

Reminiscing about a studio from a galaxy far, far away

ARCADE ANTICS

Candy cabinets and NES nostalgia drive this month’s collector

PRECIOUS MEMORIES

Darran gets a time machine

MAIL BAG

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END GAME

TEKKEN 5: LEE’S ENDING » Can you imagine

the Map Makers

AS VIDEOGAMES MOVE INCREASINGLY INTO THE DIGITAL AGE, PHYSICAL MAPS, LIKE SO MUCH ELSE WE DISCOVERED INSIDE WONDROUS GAME BOXES, ARE FAST BECOMING A RELIC OF THE PAST. RETRO GAMER LOOKS BACK AT SOME OF THE FINEST AND TALKS TO THE EXPERTS AND ARTISTS BEHIND THEM

THE MAKING OF PARASOL STARS

THE STORY OF BUBBLE BOBBLE III

HOME ALONE 2: KEVIN’S DREAM

Having hit gold releasing games based on the popular Home Alone movies, publisher THQ dreamt up a brand-new adventure for crafty young Kevin McCallister… but it soon turned into a nightmare

LUCASARTS GAMES

From point-and-click perfection to Star Wars wonders, LucasArts – originally and latterly known as Lucasfilm Games – is synonymous with superb adventures. Here are some noteworthy collectables that may tempt you to select Pick Up from your inner SCUMM Engine menu

TurboStick

» PLATFORM: TurboGrafx-16 » YEAR: 1989 » COST:

THE EVOLUTION OF Disnep's Illusion Games

SEGA AND DISNEY’S CASTLE OF ILLUSION WAS A LANDMARK TITLE FOR THE MEGA DRIVE, AND IT INSPIRED A NUMBER OF SEQUELS. CREATIVES STEPHAN BUTLER, ARA SHIRINIAN AND AJ GRAND-SCRUTTON EXPLAIN HOW THE ILLUSION SERIES EVOLVED

Volition

Retro Gamer looks back at the 30-year history of Volition, one of the games industry’s more recognisable developers, to celebrate its creations, honour the team and pour one out for the untimely loss of a beloved studio…

Future Classic

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

THE MAKING OF SPIDER-MAN

SPIDER-MAN HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER. CREATED BACK IN 1962 BY STEVE DITKO AND STAN LEE, HE HAS SINCE BEEN FRONT AND CENTRE OF THOUSANDS OF ADVENTURES, THROUGH ALL TIMES, DIMENSIONS, MULTIVERSES – AND VIDEOGAMES. LET’S SWING BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE ICONIC SUPERHERO’S FIRST 3D ADVENTURE

Game Boy Advance SP

HARDWARE HEAVEN: GAME BOY ADVANCE SP

In the chair with... PAUL CUISSET

Programmer and game designer Paul Cuisset tells us about a career punctuated with videogame masterpieces, discusses his most recent project, Flashback 2, and shares his feelings about the industry, now and then

MotorStorm

FAST, FURIOUS, FLAWED, FORGIVABLE

Super Mario Bros Wonder

A WONDER BY NAME, A WONDER BY NATURE

Super Pocket

AN ARCADE IN YOUR POCKET

Sonic Superstars

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