RELIVE THE GLORY DAYS OF HANDHELD SUPREMACY

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WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE TEKKEN GAME?

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It’s certainly Tekken a long time, but Namco’s

HARDWARE HEAVEN

Analogue unveils its love letter to the Nintendo 64

Let the music play

I’ve been playing a bit of Sega Saturn

Lost connections

Games aren’t as tactile as they used to

Retro Racing

Jamie Woodhouse talks us through the sequel to his popular iOS racer

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2008

MAY 2008 – Spiky shells have got

Gumball

BALLS, BINS AND BRAIN-BENDING

Save Your Bacon

BRINGING HOME THE BACON

THE MAKING OF Gimmick!

THIS IS THE TALE OF GIMMICK! AND HOW ONE OF THE NES’ BESTKEPT SECRETS TOOK YEARS TO DEVELOP AND ALMOST GOT SHUT DOWN – TWICE! IT’S ALSO A STORY ABOUT REDEMPTION AND HOW A FORGOTTEN GEM ROSE FROM OBSCURITY TO BECOME A CLASSIC

Haunting Starring Polterguy

HOME IS WHERE THE HORROR IS

Rival Schools: United By Fate

THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

MOUKO KOUHAZAN

Virtua Quest

Gitaroo Man Lives!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE ROCK & ROLL

TEKKEN

THE UNDISPUTED KING

MINORITY REPORT

ZX SPECTRUM

ULTIMATE GUIDE Fairlight

THE NAME FAIRLIGHT WILL MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT FOR FANS OF 8-BIT GAMING, NO DISAMBIGUATION IS NEEDED – FAIRLIGHT IS ONE OF THE FINEST ISOMETRIC ADVENTURES OF THE ERA. JOIN US AS WE RETURN TO THE LAND OF FAIRLIGHT AND CHAT TO ITS CREATOR, BO JANGEBORG

CAPCOM CPS-1

WITH COMPETITION IN ARCADE HEATING UP, CAPCOM DECIDED TO UP ITS GAME WITH A BRAND-NEW ARCADE BOARD. WE REVISIT EVERY GAME RELEASED FOR THE POPULAR SYSTEM

ULTIMATE GUIDE STUNT RACE FX

AS THE SECOND GAME TO UTILISE THE SUPER FX CHIP, STUNT RACE FX PUSHED THE SNES TO THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT IN ITS PURSUIT OF POLYGONAL THRILLS. HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CLASSIC RACER, PLUS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF PROGRAMMER GILES GODDARD

Altered Beast

» PLATFORM: ARCADE » RELEASED: 1988 » DEVELOPER: SEGA

THE EVOLUTION OF colin mcrae rally

INSPIRED BY SEGA RALLY AND ENDORSED BY A LEGENDARY DRIVER, COLIN MCRAE RALLY IMPRESSED ON THE PLAYSTATION AND INFORMED A LONG LINE OF SEQUELS. FORMER CODEMASTERS CREATIVE CHRIS SOUTHALL EXPLAINS HOW THE SERIES EVOLVED

THE MAKING OF THE THING

RELEASED IN THE EARLY NOUGHTIES, THE THING PROVED TO BE AN AMBITIOUS SEQUEL TO JOHN CARPENTER’S CULT EIGHTIES HORROR. KEY MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM RETURN TO THE SNOWY WASTES OF ANTARCTICA TO DISCUSS ITS CREATION AND NIGHTDIVE STUDIOS’ INCOMING AMBITIOUS REMASTER

Xbox Debug Kit

» MANUFACTURER: Microsoft » YEAR: 2001 » COST: N/A – never sold at retail (launch), £1,000+ (today, boxed), £400+ (today, unboxed)

DOUBLE DRAGON REVIVE

DOUBLE DRAGON IS ONE OF THE FOREFATHERS AND GRE AT CL ASSICS OF THE BE AT-’EM-UP GENRE, WHICH WILL ENTER A COMPLE TELY NEW ROUND IN 2025 WITH DOUBLE DR AGON REVIVE. DOES THE OLD FIGHTER STILL STAND A CHANCE AGAINST YOUNGER AND FRESHER OPPONENTS?

WORLD IF WARCRAFT An Enduring Legacy

Whether or not you have any idea what Leeroy Jenkins, Bubble Hearthing and Thunderfury, Blessed Blade Of The Windseeker actually mean, you have surely heard a fair bit about WOW over the years. To celebrate its massive anniversary milestone this month, we look back at 20 years of World Of Warcrack… sorry, Warcraft

Evercade Alpha

ARCADE THRILLS AND SPILLS

RETRO ROUNDUP

WE LOOK AT THE LATEST RETRO-RELATED RELEASES

THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT

HOT TOPIC

RETROBATES MULL OVER THE SCENE’S MOST INTRIGUING ISSUES

COLLECTED WORKS

Childhood passions and career memories motivate this month’s collector

MOVIE NIGHT

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT OUR SHARED PASSION

MAIL BAG

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RETRO GAMER

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