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In this issue

Main News - We pay tribute to the retro veterans that have recently passed away, including Mark Sibly, Stéphane Picq, Jonathan Nash and Alan Emrich.
Retro Gamer’s Favourite… Games With Mine Carts - David Crookes picks ten bangers for you.
The Making Of: The Legacy: Realm Of Terror - We go behind the scenes of this ambitious PC horror adventure.

RICH LEGACIES

Retro Gamer pays tribute to the recent gaming legends we've lost

3 mins

David Jones

The Spectrum legend is working on a brand-new Magic Knight game

3 mins

THE LATEST NEWS FROM SEPTEMBER 2008

After plenty of hype, the arcade version of Street Fighter IV was ready to go, and it scored 9/10 in both games™ and Edge.

3 mins

INSIDE THE PlayStation

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO SONY LAUNCHED A CONSOLE THAT ENCOURAGED DEVELOPERS TO DREAM BIG, AND CAUSED THEM THE ODD NIGHTMARE. SPEAKING WITH DEVELOPERS WHO TACKLED ITS TRICKY TECHNOLOGY, WE DISCOVER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CREATE GAMES FOR A CONSOLE THAT TRULY TRANSFORMED WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN VIDEOGAMES

10+ mins

ULTIMATE GUIDE BUBBLE BUBBLE

LET US JOURNEY INTO THE DEADLY CAVE OF MONSTERS ONE MORE TIME AUBERGIN AS RETRO GAMER PRESENTS THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TAITO'S MARVELLOUS BUBBLE-BLOWING EXTRAVAGANZA. CUE THE MUSIC...

9 mins

MAGAZINE CRAFT JULIAN RIGNALL

With a knack for quickly identifying and reacting to shifts and patterns in games media, much in the same way he did when notching up videogame high scores, Julian Rignall launched some of the most prominent and successful gaming magazines in the UK. We chat to him about his career, his mags and being a videogame influencer decades before the term was ever coined

10+ mins

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?

6 mins

THE LEGACY REALM OF TERROR

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...

7 mins

HOW ADVERGAMES CONQUERED EUROPE

Throughout the Eighties and Nineties, Europe fell in love with advergames as they were used to sell all kinds of products, from cigarettes to chocolate, as well as political parties and banking services. What was going on?

7 mins

ASTRO BOT

After delighting new PS5 owners as an opening act to showcase the console’s unique features, Astro Bot was finally ready for prime time as Team Asobi made a fully fledged 3D platformer with polished production values channeling Nintendo magic and PlayStation history

3 mins

DINO CRISIS

IN 1999, RESIDENT EVIL CREATOR SHINJI MIKAMI SWAPPED GROANING GHOULS FOR RAMPAGING REPTILES AND THE RESULT WAS DINO CRISIS, ANOTHER SURVIVAL HORROR HIT FROM CAPCOM. JOIN RETRO GAMER AS WE DISCOVER WHY THIS FAN FAVOURITE SHOULDN'T BE DISMISSED AS 'RESIDENT EVIL WITH DINOSAURS'

7 mins

PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE

HOW DID THE TALENTED TEAM AT UBISOFT MONTPELLIER COPE WITH THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A VIDEOGAME BASED ON AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING BLOCKBUSTER FILM? WITH AS MUCH PASSION AND DEDICATION DEVELOPERS COULD PROVIDE TO ACHIEVE A UNIQUE PROJECT. THIS IS THEIR STORY

5 mins

WWF Royal Rumble

Nostalgia has recently drawn me back to the time I became a wrestling fan - the Attitude Era of the WWF, when Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock ruled the wrestling world.

1 mins

Virtua Fighter 5 REVO

SEGA'S VETERAN FIGHTER STILL PACKS A PUNCH

3 mins

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

It's all about the next generation for this collector

2 mins

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Retro Gamer Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Puzzle_Gaming

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

The world’s best guide to classic gaming, Retro Gamer is the only magazine in the UK that’s fully dedicated to the halcyon days of classic gaming. If you’ve ever fondly blasted away at the Bydo Empire in R-Type, swung Bowser by the tail in Super Mario 64, or navigated all 20 levels of Matthew Smith’s Manic Miner, then this is the magazine for you. Created by a dedicated team of experts, Retro Gamer’s mission is to deliver constantly engaging and passionately written articles that cover a wide range of subjects. We offer our readership in-depth looks at classic games and franchises, behind-the-scenes glimpses of the software houses from yesteryear, and one-on-one exclusive interviews with industry veterans such as Archer Maclean and Hideo Kojima. Stylish, entertaining and beautifully presented, Retro Gamer is the ultimate guide to videogaming’s rich and diverse history.