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Sony’s PlayStation 2 remains the most popular console of all time, having now sold over 160 million units.While it’s unclear if this impressive figure will ever be beaten, what is clear is that Sony’s second console is an incredibly interesting one and we’ve gone all out to celebrate it this month.

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THE RETROBATES
WHAT’S YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE PS2 GAME?
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GIVE US TWO MINUTES AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE RETRO WORLD
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SHOWING OFF COOL RETRO-THEMED STUFF THAT’S GOING ON
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REVIVALS
Fantasy World Dizzy
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R-Type DX
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THAT’S A SWERVE, BRO!
Virtua Fighter 5 REVO
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THE DRUGS DO WORK
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BUBBLE BOBBLE
LET US JOURNEY INTO THE DEADLY CAVE OF MONSTERS ONE MORE TIME AS RETRO GAMER PRESENTS THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TAITO’S MARVELLOUS BUBBLE-BLOWING EXTRAVAGANZA. CUE THE MUSIC…
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JULIAN RIGNALL
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GAMES WITH MINE CARTS
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TURRICAN II: THE FINAL FIGHT
Manfred Trenz’s Turrican II is one of the really, really great home-computer classics that has shot its way into the hearts of all run-and-gun fans, especially its 1991 Amiga incarnation. But did you know that almost five years later there was a much-improved conversion for DOS computers?
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SIMULATOR EXPERTS MICROPROSE AND TEXT ADVENTURE MASTERS MAGNETIC SCROLLS JOINED FORCES ON A TERROR-INSPIRED GRAPHIC ROLE-PLAYING PC GAME PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WITH RENDERED MONSTERS, RPG TROPES GALORE AND A STRONG LOVECRAFTIAN VIBE, PREPARE TO EXPERIENCE THE HORRORS WITHIN THE LEGACY…
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REVIEWS
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NEWS BYTES
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MATTHEW KERSEY
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PROCESSING
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HAFOC TOR
HOT TOPIC
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BARGAIN HUNT
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MY RETRO LIFE
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MAIL BAG
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ROGUE GALAXY 2005
ROGUE WONDER
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DODONPACHI DAIOUJOU 2003
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MARS ATTACKS
ODIN SPHERE 2007
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PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 5 2005
STILL THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
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TIME CRISIS II 2001
A CRISIS SHARED
FLIPNIC 2003
PINBALL WITHOUT THE TABLE
WWE SMACKDOWN: HERE COMES THE PAIN 2003
A REAL ROCKET BUSTER
GITAROO MAN 2001
SHRED YOUR TROUBLES AWAY
SOS: THE FINAL ESCAPE 2002
TOTAL TECTONIC TERROR
VIRTUA FIGHTER 4: EVOLUTION 2003
EVOLVING THE ORIGINAL
REZ 2001
WELCOME TO SYNAESTHESIA
SILENT HILL 2 2001
A DARK DELIGHT
RESIDENT EVIL 4 2005
SURVIVAL HORROR REIMAGINED
COLLECTOR'S CHECKLIST
WHAT’S ON YOUR SHELF?

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