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Secret Service: Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Nick Thorpe is our resident Sonic master so when he shares a bunch of cheats, you know they’re going to be useful

Magazine Craft:Steve Jarratt
This legendary editor has launched some of gaming’s biggest mags, from Commodore Format to Edge

Hardware Heaven: 3DS
Nintendo’s remarkable 3D handheld is now old enough to be considered retro. Nick revisits its original release

Hot Topic: Free-Range Platforming
The team discuss the popularity of 3D platformers during the Nineties

VERY SMALL VECTREX

David Oghia tells all about the upcoming mini console

3 mins

The Bat Man of Best Buy

There was a time, before online preorders, when a console launch felt like a holiday. You circled the date on the calendar, started saving up your money and cleared your schedule as if the whole thing was a proper vacation. And back then, scarcity wasn't much of a concern. As long as you had a retailer nearby and some patience, you had a fair shot. Then came the Flippers.

2 mins

YOU CAN'T SPELL DEAL WITHOUT EA

THE GIANT PUBLISHER HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR $55 BILLION

2 mins

Misery guts

We are a silly old bunch, aren't we? Us retro gaming enthusiasts. Getting upset at so many things that don't matter in the slightest. A little of that playground rivalry can be fun, but only if it isn't taken too seriously. If we mean

2 mins

A link to the past

Retro games aren't just old games. I mean, obviously. Duh. They're nostalgia – a gateway to simpler, more innocent times. Yadda yadda. The term 'retro gaming' has come to mean playing and collecting old games.

2 mins

Ratcheteer DX

Shaun Inman on converting a Playdate hit to Steam

3 mins

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2009

Real-time strategy isn't the genre you'd necessarily associate most closely with the Wii, but the Pikmin-alike Little King's Story delighted reviewers this month.

3 mins

Atlantis

SO THAT'S WHY ATLANTIS SUNK

1 mins

THE EVOLUTION OF BANJO-KAZOOIE

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

10+ mins

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

7 mins

Mission Impossibubble

>> COMMODORE 64 >> 1989 >> HEWSONIt's fair to say that I was completely ignorant about the Commodore 64 when I received it as a hand-me-down from my cousins.

1 mins

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

9 mins

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2

Collecting the Chaos Emeralds in the original Sonic The Hedgehog was a fun task, but one that only offered a slightly altered end sequence as a reward.

1 mins

THE MAKING OF OPERATION 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

10+ mins

Wing Commander

CHRIS ROBERTS DOES STAR WARS

1 mins

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

2 mins

007 night fire

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'C CO COMPOSER, AND LIFELONG BOND FAN, JEFF TYMOSCHUK KEENLY PAID HOMAGE TO THE SERIES' ICONIC MUSIC WITH HIS OWN REFERENCE-LADEN SOUNDTRACK

3 mins

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

6 mins

Hardware Heaven

Following the enormous success of the DS, Nintendo didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel.

1 mins

THE MAKING OF LUMINES

FOR OVER 20 YEARS, TETSUYA MIZUGUCHI HAS CHASED THE DREAM OF SYNESTHETIC GAMING WITH SUCH TITLES AS REZ, CHILD OF EDEN, TETRIS EFFECT AND LUMINES. WITH LUMINES ARISE JUST WEEKS AWAY, WE TALK TO THE LEGENDARY GAME CREATOR ABOUT THE MAKING OF HIS ORIGINAL MUSICAL PUZZLER

9 mins

Burnout Dominator

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

1 mins

Silent Hill F

It's a brave developer that takes on a revered series like Silent Hill, but Neobards Entertainment certainly hasn't shirked from the challenge.

3 mins

Bubsy In: The Purrfect Collection

THE SCORE TELLS HALF THE TAIL

2 mins

THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT

INTERESTED IN WANTING TO PROGRAM IN SINCLAIR BASIC? WE TALK TO TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LEARNING AND EXPERIMENTING THEMSELVES

2 mins

THE COLOSSUS HUNTER

Shawn Reed on his quest to track down Team Ico memorabilia

2 mins

BURNING RANGERS

Sonic Team designed one of the last major Saturn games to show off what the outgoing hardware could really do, and it has you rescuing civilians and putting out fires. But should you pick it up if there's money burning a hole in your pocket?

3 mins

FEELING THE FORCE

Darran looks back at his longtime affection for Star Wars

3 mins

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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.