Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi

THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE CORE DESIGN GAME?

GUNS OR SWORDS?

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The kids are alright

When my boys were very little, they didn’t

A real connection

Ihad the good fortune recently to interview Sir

Xenotilt: Hostile Pinball Action

Ralph Barbagallo and Adam Ferrando on creating a sequel to Demon’s Tilt, their first pinball hit

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Ms Pac-Man

AN A-MAZE-ING SEQUEL

Air Rescue

THIS WHIRLYBIRD WON’T FLY

Worms World Party

FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT

Jaws Unleashed

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

Resident Evil 4

CAPCOM BRINGS A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT

Tetris

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Virtua Tennis: World Tour

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A TRIBUTETO DESIGN

CREATED BY FORMER GREMLIN GRAPHICS’ DERBY STAFF, CORE DESIGN FOUND SUCCESS WITH RICK DANGEROUS AND CHUCK ROCK BEFORE CAPTURING THE ZEITGEIST WITH LARA CROFT. RETRO GAMER CELEBRATES THE WORLD-BEATING STUDIO WITH COFOUNDER JEREMY HEATH-SMITH

THE MAKING OF TOMB RAIDERII

HAVING TO FOLLOW ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC GAMES OF ALL TIME IS A HIGH-CLASS PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT A PROBLEM ALL THE SAME. GAVIN RUMMERY TELLS US HOW CORE DESIGN MANAGED TO ENSURE THAT TOMB RAIDER II LIVED UP TO THE HYPE

RAPID RAIDER

TWITCH STREAMER TAYLORMADEAIDENTAYLOR DISCUSSES SPEEDRUNNING TOMB RAIDER II

SURVIVAL of the FITTEST

JOUST WAS A TRUE ORIGINAL AND A BONA FIDE CLASSIC OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF ARCADE VIDEOGAMES, BUT THE SEQUEL HAD ITS WINGS CLIPPED BEFORE IT EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO SPREAD THEM. DESIGNER JOHN NEWCOMER AND PROGRAMMERS KRISTINA DONOFRIO AND WARREN DAVIS SPIT FEATHERS

Atari 5200

» MANUFACTURER: Atari » YEAR: 1982 » COST:

THE WEIRD WORLD OF ATARI 2600 ACCESSORIES

THE STELLAR SUCCESS OF THE ATARI VCS/2600 LED TO AN EXPLOSION OF PERIPHERALS BEING RELEASED FOR THE MACHINE, SOME OF WHICH WERE VERY STRANGE INDEED, ENCOMPASSING EVERYTHING FROM FOAM EXERCISE MATS TO PLASTIC MACHINE GUNS

THE POWER-STICK/THE JOYBOARD

AMIGA CORPORATION • 1983

Fatal Fury

» PLATFORM: NEO GEO » RELEASED: 1991

ULTIMATE GUIDE GAME OVER

IT’S THE SPANISH-MADE GAME THAT CAUSED A COLOSSAL – AND HYPOCRITICAL – STIR IN THE UK THANKS TO ITS CONTROVERSIAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. JOIN RETRO GAMER AS WE LOOK BACK AT THE 8-BIT RUN-AND-GUN GAME THAT CEMENTED DEVELOPER DINAMIC’S REPUTATION – FOR BETTER OR WORSE

ULTIMATE GUIDE ZOOL

YOU COULDN’T ESCAPE PLATFORMERS IN THE EARLY NINETIES WITH EVERY DEVELOPER AND ITS ANTHROPOMORPHIC DOG RELEASING ONE. GREMLIN GRAPHICS WAS NO EXCEPTION AND BROUGHT ITS OWN BRAND OF PLATFORMING TO AMIGAS IN THE FORM OF A TWIRLING, STAR-THROWING NINJA

C-SMASH VRS

New games that wish they were old

THE MAKING OF HEROQUEST

THE BEST-SELLING BOARD GAME WAS FAITHFULLY BROUGHT TO LIFE ON HOME COMPUTERS BY 221B AND GREMLIN GRAPHICS. GRAB YOUR SWORD AND COME QUESTING AS WE HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE PUBLISHER, PLUS THE CREATOR OF THE ORIGINAL TABLETOP CLASSIC

THE MAKING OF SENTINEL RETURNS

GEOFF CRAMMOND’S THE SENTINEL WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE COMPUTER GAMES TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE EIGHTIES. A DECADE LATER A DARKER, MORE TWISTED AND EVEN MORE INTRIGUING VERSION EMERGED FROM PSYGNOSIS FOR THE PC AND SONY’S PLAYSTATION

Nyko Intercooler EX

» PLATFORM: Xbox 360 » YEAR: 2007 » COST: £14.99 (launch), £10+ (today, boxed), £6+ (today, unboxed)

THE HISTORY OF STRONGHOLD

MUCH LIKE THE FORTRESSES YOU BUILD IN THE GAME, STRONGHOLD HAS HELD STEADY OVER THE YEARS DEVOTED TO ITS ONE UNIQUE NICHE: BUILDING AND DEFENDING YOUR CASTLE. WE SPEAK TO THE SERIES’ DEVELOPER FIREFLY STUDIOS, WHOSE HISTORY HAS BEEN TIED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE STOIC STRATEGY SERIES

THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT

REVISITING THE GAME BOY ADVANCE

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

READERS REACT

What’s your favourite Game Boy Advance game?

RPG HEAVEN

READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE

BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

ONE DAY IN STROUD

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT OUR SHARED PASSION

EVENT GOERS

Readers let us know why they head to retro events

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A TRIBUTE TO

FROM KNIGHT RIDER TO WIZBALL: GARY BRACEY SHARES

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