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SHOWING OFF COOL RETRO-THEMED STUFF THAT’S GOING ON

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I refuse to believe it was 40 years ago

HEAD OVER HEELS RETURNS

Colin Porch on his 36-year-journey to update the iconic adventure

TIME FOR A CRISIS

Anew lightgun designed for modern TVs has absolutely

JOE & MAC RETURN

While we’re on the subject of successful Kickstarters,

Mrs Cripps’ crack house

W hen I got a disk drive, I

NINJAS AND MERCH

SYSTEM 3 UPDATES ITS WEBSITE AND DARRAN PLAYS ITS INCOMING COMPILATION

A SUMMER OF GAMES

A LARGE NUMBER OF RETRO-RELATED GAMES ARE ON THE WAY

A MOBILE CULL

Sega and SNK recently removed a bunch of

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

Well this is certainly unexpected news. Undeadline ,

Tick, tock, TikTok

FEATURING IAIN LEE

Time for a truce

FEATURING DIGITISER’S MR BIFFO

THE LATEST NEWS FROM FEBRUARY 2009

» [Xbox 360] The Lord Of The Rings:

CHARTS

FEBRUARY 2009 PLAYSTATION 3 1 –

Auf Wiedersehen Monty

MONTY TAKES ON EUROPE

40 YEARS OF THE AMIGA

IN 1985, COMMODORE LAUNCHED A POWERHOUSE 16-BIT COMPUTER PLATFORM THAT WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME, AND HOSTED MANY ALL-TIME CLASSIC GAMES. FORTY YEARS ON, WE SPEAK TO DEVELOPERS AND FANS TO CELEBRATE A FAMILY OF COMPUTERS THAT HAS BECOME SIMPLY TIMELESS

THE HARDWARE

BETWEEN 1985 AND 1994, COMMODORE LAUNCHED AN ABUNDANCE OF AMIGA MODELS FEATURING CONSTANTLY EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY. THESE INNOVATIVE MACHINES – PARTICULARLY THE ICONIC AMIGA 500 – REACHED MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS AROUND THE WORLD, HAVING A SEISMIC IMPACT ON THE HOME-COMPUTING LANDSCAPE

HARDWARE TIMELINE

LOOKING BACK AT THE MAINSTREAM AMIGA MODELS

THE GAMES

FROM RAPID RUN-AND-GUN GREATS TO THOUGHTFUL STRATEGY GEMS, THE AMIGA WAS A VERSATILE GAMING SYSTEM THAT OFFERED SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. WE LOOK BACK ON WHERE IT EXCELLED AS A GAMES MACHINE, PLUS HOW IT COPED WITH ARCADE CONVERSIONS AND COMPETING WITH CONSOLES

BRILLIANT BUNDLES

REVISITING FOUR MEMORABLE AMIGA RETAIL PACKS

RME OF THE KİLLER APPS

THERE ARE SOME GAMES THAT JUST MAKE SYSTEMS SING, DEFINING GENRES AND SETTING UP THEIR DEVELOPERS FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. HERE ARE OUR PICKS FOR TEN GAMES THAT REPRESENT THE ABSOLUTE CREAM OF THE CROP FROM THE AMIGA’S VAST LIBRARY

Q&A MIKE DAILLY

THE DMA DESIGN LEGEND ON MAKING AMIGA GAMES

THE MAGAZINES

AMIGA OWNERS WERE SPOILT FOR CHOICE WHEN IT CAME TO MAGAZINES DEDICATED TO THEIR PLATFORM. STANDING OUT AMONG THESE WAS THE MUCH-LOVED AMIGA POWER. FORMER EDITOR CAM WINSTANLEY TAKES US BACK THROUGH THE RAUCOUS MAGAZINE SCENE OF THE TIME

THE AMIGA TODAY

FOUR DECADES ON, THE DEDICATED AMIGA SCENE IS BUZZING. IN THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY, THERE ARE EVENTS, COMMUNITY USER GROUPS, NEW GAMES AND HARDWARE, WEBSITES AND MAGAZINES KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE. THE PASSION AND INNOVATION SURROUNDING THE PLATFORM SHOW NO SIGNS OF WANING

LONG LIVE THE AMIGA

SIX WAYS TO ENJOY THE AMIGA TODAY

AMIGA MEMORIES

THE AMIGA HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEART OF GAMES DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS PLAYERS. WE ASKED THE PEOPLE BEHIND A VARIETY OF CLASSIC AMIGA GAMES TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE PLATFORM, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM 40 YEARS ON

IK+

THE CHEATS, GLITCHES AND HIDDEN BITS OF THE CLASSICS

THE MAKING OF TIGER HELI

TIGER-HELI ESTABLISHED TOAPLAN’S REPUTATION AS A SHOOTING GAME POWERHOUSE, EMERGING AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, INFLUENTIAL RELEASES THE GENRE HAS EVER SEEN. AND IT’S STILL NOT DONE. LATER THIS YEAR TIGER-HELI LANDS ON ATARI CONSOLES. BUT WHAT MADE IT SUCH A SPECIAL GAME?

STORMING PORTS

HOW THE ORIGINAL TIGER-HELI CONVERSION REINVENTED THE GAME

BY THE TAIL

USEFUL TIPS TO HELP YOU BEAT TIGER-HELI

AN ICON RETURNS

INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE ATARI CONVERSIONS WITH BRUNO STEUX

RICHIE SHOEMAKER

PC Zone is one of those magazines that fans still champion long after its closure, and Richie Shoemaker’s five years on its staff make him a familiar face to many of them. We learn about his start in games media, how he launched a single-game magazine that outlasted many more mainstream titles, and why he’s recently returned to print magazines

TURBO CHALLENGS 2

Behind the scenes of your favourite soundtracks

GOING UP A GEAR

Barry harked back to the Lotus series when composing the tunes for Top Gear

A TRIBUTE TO Laveller's Tales

BEFORE BECOMING PART OF TT GAMES, TRAVELLER’S TALES WAS BEST KNOWN FOR CHARACTER-BASED ACTION TITLES SUCH AS TOY STORY, SONIC 3D AND CRASH TWINSANITY. FOUNDER JON BURTON HELPS RETRO GAMER CELEBRATE THE STUDIO’S FINEST RELEASES

OFFICIAL UK PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE #39

The best way to spend your pocket money

THE MAKING OF RAYMAN 2

THE GREAT ESCAPE

CONVERSION CAPERS

RAYMAN 2’S DIFFERENT VERSIONS BRING DIVERSE CONTENT AND DESIGNS

THE MAKING OF DRAGON

Order of the Flame

Future Classic

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

TONY WARRINER

Before creating classics like Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword, the Revolution Software cofounder had a chaotic start to his career that saw him working on the infamous World Cup Carnival and programming flight control systems

Hardware Heaven ZX81

» MANUFACTURER: Sinclair Research » YEAR: 1981 »

Tusker

» RETROREVIVAL

All Japan Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua

JEFFRY’S TAKING YOU TO SPLASH MOUNTAIN

Onimusha Tactics

A TACTICAL RPG FOR BEGINNERS

The Legend Of Kage 2

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR NINJA-KIND

Donkey Kong Bananza

IT’S TOP BANANA

Super Pocket: Neo Geo & Data East Edition

WHO WILL WIN THE LATEST SUPER POCKET HEAD TO HEAD?

Gex Trilogy

» System: Switch (version tested), PS5, Xbox Series S/X, PC » Buy it for: £24.99 » Buy it from: Online

LET’S GET PHYSICAL

NEWS BYTES

Now organised by format, here are the latest news bytes to enjoy

CHRIS BRYANT

Chris is a lifelong Atari fan and was 11 when Mortal Kombat was originally released

GEMDALUS