THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE DS GAME?

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PRESERVING THE PAST

GOG’s Marcin Paczynski discusses the publisher’s new preservation project

A CRASH SMASH

©Paul Davies Kenilworth’s Holiday Inn recently hosted Fusion

Mister MiSTer

Who is Iain Lee? Iain Lee is a

Nostalgia done right

FEATURING DIGITISER’S MR BIFFO Who is Paul Rose?

ModRetro Chromatic

Meet the new handheld aiming to provide the ultimate Game Boy experience

THE LATEST NEWS FROM JUNE 2008

JUNE 2008 – It’s appropriate that a

Cyclone

COSTA’S CEREBRAL FOLLOW-UP

Mr Robot And His Robot Factory

I HEARD RAMI MALEK WOULD BE HERE

Undeadline

RETRO ALCHEMY

ESPN Extreme Games

A LEGAL WAY TO PUNCH CYCLISTS

Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009

IT’S COMING RIGHT FOR US

20 Years of The NINTENDO DS

NINTENDO’S QUIRKY HARDWARE DESIGN MAY HAVE RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS TWO DECADES AGO, BUT THE BRILLIANT GAMES IT ENABLED DREW IN PLAYERS REGARDLESS OF AGE OR GENDER. RETRO GAMER SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE, SOLD AND DEVELOPED GAMES FOR THE DS AS WE CELEBRATE THE BEST-SELLING HANDHELD EVER

THE MAKING OF Wizardry

PROVING GROUNDS OF THE MAD OVERLORD

A TRIBUTE TO team 17

FORMED AFTER A MERGER BETWEEN SWEDISH DEVELOPER TEAM 7 AND UK PUBLISHER 17-BIT SOFTWARE, TEAM17 HELPED DEFINE AMIGA GAMING WITH ALIEN BREED, SUPERFROG AND WORMS. FOUNDER ANDREAS TADIĆ REVIEWS THE FIRM’S GREATEST AMIGA RELEASES

PAUL DAVIES

In the first of a brand-new series, we interview the game journalists behind the most iconic gaming magazines of the past. We kick off by speaking to Paul Davies about his time as editor of CVG. We discuss the videogames that hooked him growing up, his time in the industry, and how he became an unlikely hero in revamping the iconic multiformat mag

THE MAKING OF Cadaver

PUTTING FRENETIC-PACED ARCADE GAMES TO ONE SIDE FOR A MOMENT, THE BITMAP BROTHERS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE WORLD OF ISOMETRIC 3D ADVENTURES AND FOUND AN AUDIENCE EAGER FOR MORE. MIKE MONTGOMERY, DAN MALONE AND GRAEME BOXALL RECALL THE EXPERIENCE

METAL SLUG TACTICS

SNK’S METAL SLUG SERIES IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC RUN-AND-GUNS AROUND WITH A LEGACY AS RICH AS ITS METICULOUS 2D ART. SO WHAT CONVINCED SNK TO GREENLIGHT AN ISOMETRIC TACTICAL RPG? WE SPEAK TO LEIKIR STUDIO’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR AURÉLIEN LOOS TO FIND OUT MORE

ULTIMATE GUIDE: RESIDENT EVIL 2

IN 1998, CAPCOM RETURNED TO THE WORLD OF SURVIVAL HORROR WITH AN AMBITIOUS SEQUEL THAT WOULD PROPEL THE RESIDENT EVIL SERIES INTO THE STRATOSPHERE. JOIN US AS WE REVISIT EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE NECROPOLIS, RACCOON CITY, AND REACQUAINT OURSELVES WITH ITS SHAMBLING POPULACE

THE MINI-MAKING MAKING OF RESIDENT EVIL 2

PROJECT DIRECTOR CHRIS FODOR REVEALS HOW SMALL US DEVELOPER ANGEL STUDIOS DEFIED THE ODDS – AND CAPCOM’S OWN DOUBTS – BY SQUEEZING RESIDENT EVIL 2 ONTO THE NINTENDO 64

PLAYSTATION

INTERESTING GAMES YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED

FUTURE CLASSIC

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

THE MAKING OF: JACKIE CHAN STUNTMASTER

MOST GAMES WITH A REAL PERSON’S NAME IN THE TITLE HAVE ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH THEM. BUT THERE ARE SOME STARS WHOSE INFLUENCE ON A GAME GOES FAR BEYOND THEIR FACE AND VOICE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE IS THE GREAT ACTION GOD HIMSELF: JACKIE CHAN

Wii Balance Board

» PLATFORM: Wii » YEAR: 2007 » COST:

ULTIMATE GUIDE: PROJECT RUB

OF ALL THE GAMES THAT LAUNCHED WITH THE NINTENDO DS, NONE WERE AS INVENTIVE, CHARMING, OR OVERLOOKED AS PROJECT RUB. TWENTY YEARS LATER, SONIC TEAM’S DS DEBUT REMAINS ONE OF THE SYSTEM’S MOST ENJOYABLE AND ENDEARING GAMES

Tetris Forever

T-SPINS A GOOD TALE

Evercade Multi-Game Cartridges

» System: Evercade series » Buy it for: £17.99 each » Buy it from: Online, retail

ALLAN’S MIDNIGHT MAGIC

From distant Kazakhstan, Spectrum fan Allan Turvey is running his homebrew label Midnight Brew Games and creating dazzling arcade conver

NEWS BYTES

All the latest news, handily arranged by f

TONY WARRINER

Industry veteran Tony is working with artist Stoo Cambridge on UrbX War

MARLOW IN APOCALYPTIC ACID WORLD