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APRIL 2008 PLAYSTATION 3 1 – Burnout Paradise

20 YE ARS OF WORLD WAR CRAFT

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I’m always impressed with the unwavering popularity of

THE RETROBATES

WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONIC CHARACTER?

EASTERN PROMISE

GIVE US TWO MINUTES AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE RETRO WORLD

THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME

CHRIS SERLE PASSES The family of Chris Serle

May I see your boring passes?

I was just scrolling through Facebook Marketplace and a

Gone, but not forgotten

" Spec Ops: The Line really deserves to

Voultar

How the well-known modder is making your SNES look better than ever

NEWS APRIL 2008

APRIL 2008 – There’s gunfire in Vegas,

THE LATEST NEWS FROM APRIL 2008

» [Xbox 360] They weren’t kidding, we struggled

Wizball

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

THE MAKING OF SONIC GENERATION

THEY SAY THAT IF YOU WANT A JOB DONE WELL YOU’VE GOT TO DO IT YOURSELF, BUT WHEN ALL OF TIME AND SPACE ARE IN DANGER, ONE SONIC JUST ISN’T ENOUGH. TAKASHI IIZUKA EXPLAINS THE CREATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY GAME THAT CELEBRATED SONIC’S PAST WHILE PAVING THE WAY FOR HIS FUTURE

BRING A BUDDY

THE TWO SONICS MAY BE THE STARS, BUT HIS FRIENDS HAVE THEIR MOMENTS IN THE CHALLENGE ACTS

3D BLAST FROM THE PAST

HOW SONIC’S 3DS DEBUT DIFFERED FROM ITS CONSOLE COUNTERPARTS

BOSS RUSH

SIX FAMILIAR FOES AND ONE NEW NEMESIS STAND IN SONIC’S WAY

A NEW GENERATION

IF ANYONE HAS ATORTURED PAST TO RESOLVE, IT’S SHADOW –AND HE’S ABOUT TO GET HIS CHANCE IN SONIC XSHADOW GENERATIONS

TIME TRIAL

OUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SHADOW’S VOYAGE INTO HISTORY

Alien Syndrome

PUTTING THE RUN IN RUN-AND-GUN

Super Smash TV

AAAARGH, THUMB CRAMP!

THE MAKING OF TIN HEAD

INSPIRED BY SONIC, THE TALENTED TEAM BEHIND TINHEAD REACHED FOR THE STARS AND CREATED AN ACTION-PACKED PLATFORMER FEATURING A RESOURCEFUL ROBOT CAPABLE OF FIRING BULLETS FROM THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. DESIGNER RICHARD LEMARCHAND AND PRODUCER STUART WHYTE BRING US UP TO SPEED

TINHEAD’S TUNES

LESS HEAVY METAL, MORE TECHNO-POP Play Tinhead today

One Piece Grand Battle: Swan Colosseum

GRAND SCALE, POCKET SIZE

The Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay

A UNEXPECTED TREAT

THE MAKING OF FIRE TRUCK

WHERE’S THE FIRE, BUDDY? PROGRAMMER WENDI ALLEN AND HARDWARE ENGINEER JOHN RAY TEAM UP TO TELL US ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE FIRST TRUE CO-OPERATIVE GAME IN ARCADE HISTORY

HEY JOE

THE STORY BEHIND THE SINGLE-PLAYER SEQUEL, SMOKEY JOE

ULTIMATE GUIDE PASTAN

WELCOME TO THE DANGEROUS REALM OF RASTAN, BRAVE WARRIOR, THIEF AND... MURDERER? IT’S AN UNCONVENTIONAL BEGINNING FOR THIS TALE OF EPIC BRAVERY AND SWORDSMANSHIP, AS THE MIGHTY BARBARIAN TAKES ON A HORDE OF CLASSIC MONSTERS, DRESSED IN JUST A FUR-LINED LOINCLOTH. TREASURE, GLORY – AND HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH COLD WEATHER – AWAIT

BOSS RUSH

RETRO GAMER’S GUIDE TO RASTAN’S DEVILISH BOSSES AND HOW TO BEST THEM

DEVELOPER Q & A

RETRO GAMER SPEAKS TO BRIAN BEUKEN ABOUT HIS AMSTRAD CPC PORT OF RASTAN

CONVERSION CAPERS

AND LO, THE WARRIOR KING APPEARED IN OUR HOMES – HOW FARED HE?

THE SAGA CONTINUES

THE ONGOING ADVENTURES OF THE ARCADE’S FINEST WARRIOR KING

THE RETRO GAMER GUIDE TO AMSTRAD CPC

LORD SUGAR’S BUDGET COMPUTER MIGHT HAVE TRAILED BEHIND ITS PEERS, BUT IT STILL HAD PLENTY OF GREAT GAMES TO DISCOVER

A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH JIM BAGLEY

THE VETERAN DEVELOPER TALKS AMSTRAD GAMING

ULTIMATE GUIDE X-OUT

IF THERE WAS ONE THING THE AMIGA COULDN’T COMPLAIN ABOUT, IT WAS A LACK OF HIGHQUALITY HORIZONTAL SHOOT-’EM-UPS: APIDYA, AGONY, PROJECT-X AND URIDIUM 2 ARE JUST SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN NAMES. WAS THERE ROOM FOR MORE SHOOTER ACTION? HELL, YEAH!

CONVERSION CAPERS

WHICH HOME-COMPUTER VERSION NEEDS TO BE CROSSED OUT?

BOSS RUSH

HOW TO CROSS OUT EVERY BOSS

UNDER PRESSURE

THE FOUR DIFFERENT SUBMARINES YOU CAN BUY IN X-OUT

REMASTERING X-OUT

ININ’S PRODUCT MANAGER SIMON KRENKEL ON HOW X-OUT RESURFACED

A TRIBUTE TO FACTOR

AFTER FORMING IN GERMANY IN 1987, FACTOR 5 GRACED THE AMIGA WITH THE TURRICAN SERIES AND WOWED CONSOLE GAMERS WITH ITS ROGUE SQUADRON GAMES. COFOUNDER JULIAN EGGEBRECHT REMEMBERS THE GAMES THAT THE STUDIO BUILT ITS REPUTATION ON

KATAKIS

AMIGA, VARIOUS 1988

R-TYPE

AMIGA, VARIOUS 1989

AWESOME ADDITIONS

HOW MASTERBLAZER IMPROVES ON BALLBLAZER

TURRICAN

AMIGA, VARIOUS 1990

TURRICAN II: THE FINAL FIGHT

AMIGA, VARIOUS 1991

BC KID

AMIGA, VARIOUS 1992

MEMORABLE MECHANICS

THE PREHISTORIC PLATFORMER’S FUN FEATURES

MEGA TURRICAN

MEGA DRIVE, AMIGA 1993

AWESOME ARMAMENTS

THE BEST WEAPONS IN THE INTENSE RUN-AND-GUN

SUPER TURRICAN

SNES 1993 ■ With just four worlds,

CONTRA: THE ALIEN WARS

GAME BOY 1994

INDIANA JONE S’ GREATEST ADVENTURES

SNES 1994

SET-PIECE SURVIVAL

HOW TO BEAT THE INDY EPIC’S SET-PIECE STAGES

ANIMANIACS

GAME BOY 1995

SUPER TURRICAN 2

SNES 1995

STAR WARS: REBEL ASSAULT II - THE HIDDEN EMPIRE

PLAYSTATION 1996

EPIC EXPERIENCES

TOP CHALLENGES FROM FACTOR 5’S STAR WARS TITLE

INTE RNATIONAL SUPE RSTAR SOCCE R DE LUXE

MEGA DRIVE, VARIOUS 1996

BALLBLAZE R CHAMPIONS

PLAYSTATION 1997

STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON

NINTENDO 64, PC 1998

COMPELLING CHALLENGES

MUST-PLAY MISSIONS FROM THE STAR WARS SHOOTER

INDIANA JONES AND THE INFE RNAL MACHINE

NINTENDO 64, PC 2000

STAR WARS: EPISODE I – BATTLE FOR NABOO

N64, PC 2000

STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON II – ROGUE LEADER

GAMECUBE 2001

STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON III – REBEL STRIKE

GAMECUBE 2003

LAIR

PLAYSTATION 3 2007

TURRICAN TIME

A ROUND UP OF THE LATEST TURRICAN TITLES

It Came From The Desert

» PLATFORM: AMIGA » RELEASED: 1989 » DEVELOPER: CINEMAWARE

THE MAKING OF: RIVEN

THE BEST-SELLING GAME OF 1997 WAS A CEREBRAL SLOW-BURNER SET ACROSS FIVE CDS. ITS PICTURESQUE SCENES AND CRYPTIC PUZZLES HAVE NOW BEEN REMADE IN FULLY EXPLORABLE 3D. GAME DIRECTOR RICHARD VANDER WENDE HELPS US UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF RIVEN, THE SEQUEL TO MYST

Sharp Shooter

» PLATFORM: Xbox » YEAR: 2003 » COST: £24.99 (launch), £40+ (today, boxed), £15+ (today, unboxed)

THE MAKING OF: PROJECT EDEN

BY THE TIME TOMB RAIDER II CAME OUT IN 1997, CORE DESIGN WAS WONDERING WHAT TO DO NEXT – EVENTUALLY THIS LED THE SERIES INTO A NEW DIRECTION, AS WELL AS THE BIRTH OF A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL GAME THAT’S MOSTLY BEEN FORGOTTEN TO TIME… UNTIL NOW

EDEN ARENA

THE TEAM REVISIT PROJECT EDEN’S UNDERRATED MULTIPLAYER MODE

A NOT-SO EDEN ENDING

GAVIN AND PETER RECALL WORKING ON, THAT ENDING

BursTrick Wake Boarding!!

TIME TO WAKE UP

RETRO INSPIRED: CYGNI: ALL GUNS BLAZING

New games that wish they were old

RETRO INSPIRED: CYGNI: ALL GUNS BLAZING

New games that wish they were old

HARDWARE HEAVEN: HYPERSCAN

» MANUFACTURER: Mattel » YEAR: 2006 » COST: $69.99 (launch), £120+ (today, boxed), £50+ (today, unboxed)

MIKE TUCKER

Well known amongst retro enthusiasts for his work at Bitmap Bureau, on games like Xeno Crisis and Final Vendetta, Mike Tucker’s background encompasses controversial classics, Flash smashes and chart-topping mobile games

UFO 50

UNBELIEVABLY FUN OBJECT

Evercade Multi-Game Cartridges

PICK OF THE MONTH

The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom

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The Game Boy Encyclopedia

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Cash Cow DX

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TENGEN TAKE TWO

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GROWING UP IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND A CHILDHOOD SWISS HOLIDAY INSPIRED JON DAY’S ALPINE R

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