The Story Of Prince Of Persia
The Sands Of Time
JORDAN MECHNER, PATRICE DÉSILETS AND PIERRE-SYLVAIN GIRES ON RESURRECTING AN ICONIC HERO FOR TWO NEW GENERATIONS...

Classic Moments:
Project Firestart
It was scary, but Nick managed to highlight
the best bits from this C64 horror game...

The Making Of: Dan Dare III: The Escape
Nick Bruty explains how the latest game he was working on turned into a big licence at the very last moment.

The Making Of: ZX Interface 1&2
Discover how these popular hardware add‑ons expanded the humble 8-bit micro.

Ultimate Guide: Skies Of Arcadia
Alan Wen is on hand to explain why Sega’s ambitious RPG is one of the best games to play on your Dreamcast..

Mr Biffo
Paul is pondering what makes some games perfect and how you build on that.

Back To The Noughties
It’s November 2003, and Nick is once again exploring gaming history.

Retro Inspired: Battletoads
Discover why it was the right time to bring back Rare’s anthropomorphic amphibians..

The Making Of: Dominos
Before Snake there was Blockade. Dennis Koble talks about his arcade alternative.

The Making Of: Lure Of The Temptress
Fresh off the success of Beyond A Steel Sky, Charles Cecil is on-hand to discuss Revolution’s epic fantasy adventure.

Tom And Jerry
Nick tells us about his killer NES haul, which included this particular addition.

So You Want To Collect… Mega Man Games
If you love Capcom’s Blue Bomber you’ll need to have some very deep pockets.

The History Of: Tony Hawk’s
Pro Skater Mick West and other Neversoft luminaries discuss the early years, and we look at the brand-new HD remake..

A Moment With
Philip and Andrew Oliver tells us about their new website and Evercade project.

Asteroids
Darran never owned an Atari 2600, but that didn’t mean he never got to experience lots of games for it.

Classic Moments: Knight Lore
Darran recalls all the memorable bits from Ultimate’s excellent Sabreman adventure.

THE HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION DERBY
YOUR CRASH COURSE TO THE E XPLOSIVE PLAYSTATION FRA NCHISE.

THE MAKING OF PLOK
THE STAFF OF SOFTWARE CREATIONS REVISIT THEIR BIZARRE SNES PLATFORMER.

OUTRUNNERS
EVERY THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEGA’S AMBITIOUS TURBO OUTRUN SEQUEL..

A Moment With
Aubrey Hodges tells us about his plan to put all his classic game soundtracks online.

Ultimate Guide: Sakura Wars
With a new game making a rare western appearance, we revisited the Saturn original..

The Making Of: Grand Prix Simulator
Philip Oliver explains how a trip to Windsor Safari Park made Activision angry.

Ultimate Guide: Special Criminal Investigation
We examine Taito’s Chase HQ sequel, from its bosses to its many home conversions..

A Moment With
Warren Davis shoots the breeze about his brand-new book about his industry days.

Minority Report: Commodore 64
Andrew Fisher highlights a selection of gems to make your C64 do cartwheels.

The History Of: Heretic
Robert Zak discovers what happens when you take the Doom engine and add an occult theme to it.

A Moment With
Jun Senoue chats to us about being in the Sonic Adventure Music Experience.

Arkanoid
Guess what happens when you stick an arcade game with a spinner in a school.

The Making Of: Nosferatu The Vampyre 
Learn how Piranha’s first licensed videogame had plenty of bite.

Pushing The Limits: Street Fighter Alpha 2
Gamers said a port of Capcom’s fighter on SNES was impossible… until they played it..

The Making Of: Ghost Hunters 
Philip Oliver explains how Impossible Mission and action movies inspired this interesting Super Robin Hood follow-up.

Garou: Mark Of The Wolves
Nick rarely gets angry about idiots on the internet, but the recent backlash against Terry Bogard must be addressed.

The Making Of: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
Greg Zeschuk, James Ohlen and Drew Karpyshyn return to their legendary sci-fi RPG..

The Making Of: Conan Eric Parker looks back on turning his game into a licensed Conan adventure, A New Challenger Approaches Andrew Byatt explains how the Evercade is carrying the torch for classic games...

Rise Of The Bedroom Coders - David Perry, Jon Romero, Steve Crow, David Jones and the Olivers recall bedroom coding.

A New Dimension: 3D Games Take Over - Alex Trowers and Shinichi Ogasawara explain how the Nineties became a 3D arms race.

The Retro Revolution - Nick Thorpe talks to a host of luminaries about the decade’s big retro boom..

In this issue:

Classic Moments: Worms: The Director’s Cut All the best bits from Team17’s final Amiga game. Now where’s our baseball bat?

The History Of: Alien Videogames Graeme Mason and a squad of developers get up close with Xenomorphic classics

Virtua Fighter 2 Nick just can’t work out why this rather poor
Mega Drive port keeps showing up

In this issue:

Peripheral Vision: HyperBoy This month’s showcase looks at Konami’s interesting add-on for the Game Boy

In this issue:

Ultimate Guide: Gemini Wing Everything you need to know about Tecmo’s insanely colourful shoot-’em-up

Highlander Not all games are worth waiting for, as Darran discovers

Peripheral Vision: Virtua Stick Discover why you should own this amazing joystick for Sega’s Saturn

In this issue:

The Making Of: Loco Antony Crowther explains how a ten-minute
play on an arcade game led to this classic

From The Archives: PF Magic Learn how a company on the brink of
destruction turned it all around

In this issue:

Arcade Perfect: After Burner Another coin-op classic we’d love to own

Back To The Noughties Nick is once again dipping into the time
streams and has landed in July 2002

In this issue:

The History Of: Guilty Gear Nick Thorpe rocks out with developer
Daisuke Ishiwatari and talks us through this unique fighting series

From The Archives: Tower Studios How Jon Hare, Mike Montgomery and John Phillips gave their famous franchises a new lease of life on mobile devices

In this issue:

The Strange Story Of The Casio Loopy Lewis Packwood speaks to the developers behind Casio’s odd console

Conversion Kings: Lemmings Discover how Jonathan Dye crammed a  hit Amiga game into the ZX Spectrum

In this issue:

Mr Biffo This month our columnist looks at *checks page twice* “old game stink”. Lovely.

The Making of: Space Taxi John F Kutcher looks back at his
Commodore 64 adventure 

From The Archives: Mythos Games Julian Gollop talks us through the life and death of his strategy specialist studio and much more...

In this issue:

Ultimate Guide: Bounty Bob Strikes Back Everything you need to know about the sequel to the Atari 8-bit hit

The Making Of: Fat Worm Blows A Sparky Learn how this fantastic looking Spectrum game was made

Back To The Noughties Nick continues his time-travelling journey
and stops off in March 2002 and much more...

In this issue:

Arcade Perfect: Joust Nick makes an argument for why Atari’s versus game makes for a nice-looking arcade cabinet

Classic Moments: NBA Jam Tournament Edition Nick loves Midway’s game and wants to share all its best bits with you

A Moment With… The general manager of Demiurge Studios on Sega Heroes and much more...

Back To The Noughties Nick has touched down in January 2002. It’s a brand new-year people!, From The Archives: Coktel Vision
We speak to the French developer about its
popular edutainment and adventure games, Future Classic: Diablo III With a new Switch version out there’s never been a better time to revisit Blizzard’s hit role-playing sequel...

Classic Moments: Devil Crash MD All the coolest bits from Technosoft’s superb Mega Drive conversion, From The Archives: Bits Studios We take a look at the British developer that loved the Game Boy and licences, Back To The Noughties Nick’s time machine stops off in December 2001. Care to join him?, The Vault Christmas is just around the corner, so we take a look at some of the latest stocking filler ideas...

Homebrew Jason Kelk navigates the world of hobbyist retro gaming creations, How To Bolstered by writing a Lost In Translation
this issue, Nick shines a light on the Japanese language, Endgame “Crooked Yoshi stole my crown. He had ZERO racing ability. SAD.” Tweets an angry mushroom...

Arcade Perfect: Frogger Why did the frog cross the road? Well, to get a high score…obviously, Classic Moments: Wonder Boy In
Monster Land All the coolest bits from Sega’s classy Master System adaptation, From The Archives: WJS Design Wayne Smithson on how a love of videogames at a young age led to him
forming his own company...

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