A link to the past

Who is Paul Rose? Paul is probably better

Ratcheteer DX

Shaun Inman on converting a Playdate hit to Steam

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VERY SMALL VECTREX

David Oghia tells all about the upcoming mini console

The Bat Man of Best Buy

Who is Mike Mika? Mike Mika’s official videogame

YOU CAN’T SPELL DEAL WITHOUT EA

THE GIANT PUBLISHER HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR $55 BILLION

Misery guts

Who is Iain Lee? Iain Lee is a

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2009

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Atlantis

SO THAT’S WHY ATLANTIS SUNK

Mission Impossibubble

THE NAME GAME

Wing Commander

CHRIS ROBERTS DOES STAR WARS

Burnout Dominator

HEY, HEY, YOU, YOU, I DON’T LIKE YOUR SOUNDTRACK

The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

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THE EVOLUTION OF BANJO-KAZOOIE

THE FINAL ITERATION OF RARE’S PROJECT DREAM, BANJO-KAZOOIE BECAME A BESTSELLER THAT RECEIVED MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UPS. BANJO CREATORS CHRIS SUTHERLAND, ED BRYAN, GAVIN HOOD, GARY RICHARDS AND STEVE MALPASS EXPLAIN HOW THE SERIES EVOLVED

8-BIT JOBS

THIS MONTH SEES US LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF JOB-BASED ROLES YOU COULD PLAY ON 8-BIT HOME COMPUTERS. HOW MANY DID YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE?

THE MAKING OF MAGICLAND DIZZY

THERE WASN’T ENOUGH TIME FOR THE ORIGINAL CREATORS OF THE DIZZY SERIES TO HAVE A FOURTH CRACK AT PRODUCING A NEW DIZZY ADVENTURE FOR HOME COMPUTERS. BUT WITH THE BATON PASSED TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT TEAM, ANOTHER CRACKING QUEST EMERGED

The Great Escape

IT’S 1942 AND HALF-TIME IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WITH THE ALLIES AND AXIS POWERS LOCKED IN A BRUTAL CONFLICT. FOR YOU, THOUGH, THE WAR IS OVER. OR IS IT? JOIN RETRO GAMER AS WE DIG INTO OCEAN’S MAGNIFICENT WARTIME ADVENTURE, THE GREAT ESCAPE

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2

THE CHEATS, GLITCHES AND HIDDEN BITS OF THE CLASSICS

THE MAKING OF OPERATUON WOLF

FEW ARCADE GAMES WERE AS IMPOSING, AS ICONIC OR AS INFLUENTIAL AS TAITO’S HIT COIN-OP THAT REDEFINED THE LIGHTGUN GENRE. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, THE GAME’S DIRECTOR TOSHIAKI KATO REVEALS THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND THE MAKING OF THIS ARCADE MILESTONE

THE HISTORY OF SIMON THE SORCERER

AS THE TEENAGED WIZARD DUSTS OFF HIS HAT AND ROBE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS, WE CAST OUR MINDS BACK TO 1993 AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST ENDURING ADVENTURE GAME SERIES, AND MEET THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE MAGIC HAPPEN…

OFFICIAL UK PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE #31

THE PLAYSTATION HAD TAKEN THE WORLD BY STORM AND BUILT AN EARLY LIBRARY OF ICONIC TITLES. NOW THEY WERE GETTING SEQUELS, WHICH WOULD BUILD ON THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND DELIVER SOME OF THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE. THIS MONTH’S DISC FEATURES ONE OF THEM

STEVE JARRATT

Whether it was in the Newsfield office in Ludlow or Future Publishing in Bath, Steve Jarratt spent years reporting on the gaming scene as it went through its most dramatic changes. We join him to look back on a career that includes many beloved and enduring titles, from Zzap!64 and Commodore Format, to Edge and the Official UK PlayStation Magazine

007 nightfire

THE LATE-NINETIES AND EARLY NOUGHTIES WERE THE GOLDEN YEARS OF JAMES BOND VIDEOGAMES. AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL IS THE MUCH-LOVED 2002 RELEASE NIGHTFIRE. THE GAME’S CO-COMPOSER, AND LIFELONG BOND FAN, JEFF TYMOSCHUK KEENLY PAID HOMAGE TO THE SERIES’ ICONIC MUSIC WITH HIS OWN REFERENCE-LADEN SOUNDTRACK

THE MAKING OF KILL SWITCH

BEFORE GEARS OF WAR CEMENTED COVER-SHOOTING AS THE INDUSTRY’S STANDARD, THERE WAS KILL.SWITCH – A BOLD EXPERIMENT THAT MADE DUCKING BEHIND WALLS AS VITAL AS PULLING THE TRIGGER. DEVELOPED FAST AND ON A TIGHT BUDGET, IT QUIETLY BIRTHED MECHANICS THAT WOULD GO ON TO DEFINE MODERN SHOOTERS

HARDWARE HEAVEN

3DS

THE MAKING OF LUMINES

PUZZLE FUSION

BURNING RANGERS

EXAMINING OUR HOBBY’S BIGGEST HITTERS

Silent Hill F

KONAMI FINDS ITS ROOTS

Bubsy In: The Purrfect Collection

THE SCORE TELLS HALF THE TAIL

Evercade: Multi-Game Cartridges

» System: Evercade family » Buy it for: £19.99 each » Buy it from: Online, retail

THE HOMEBREWER'S

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FREE-RANGE PLATFORMING

Looking back at Nineties 3D platformers

THE COLOSSUS HUNTER

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

FEELING THE FORCE

Darran looks back at his longtime Darran looks back at his longtime

MAILBAG

STAR LETTER

END GAME

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