Puzzle-gaming
Retro Gamer
WarTech: Senko No Ronde
As a frequent importer of Dreamcast games, I came to love a small studio called G.Rev.
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
GAMING 101
Adam Barnes formulates the perfect gaming education for his kids
3 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
FORMULA 1 97
PLATFORM: PLAYSTATION » RELEASED: 1997 » CHEAT TYPE: SECRET STAGE » CHEAT COMPLEXITY: VERY HIGH
1 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
ALIEN SYNDROME
REMEMBER THE BACK OF THE ARCADE, WHERE THE NOT-SO-FLASHY COIN-OPS LURKED IN THE DARKNESS, WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED? BACK IN 1987, THIS IS WHERE YOU'D LIKELY HEAR A BLOODCURDLING FEMALE SCREAM THAT COULD BELONG TO ONLY ONE GAME...
10 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
A MULTITUDE OF MEGA MAGAZINES
Marc Jowett holds the front pages with his impressive Sega magazine collection
2 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
THE MAKING OF EARTHWORM JIM 2
THERE AREN'T THAT MANY GAMES THAT CAN CALL THEMSELVES \"ONE OF THE CRAZIEST ADVENTURES OF ALL TIME\". EARTHWORM JIM 2 IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
KNUCKLES' CHAOTIX
Released on Sega's 32X add-on for the Mega Drive, Knuckles' Chaotix is a colourful 2D platformer that introduced some unique gameplay elements and new characters, as well as giving Knuckles his only ever starring role
3 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
Evercade Multi-Game Cartridges
BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT FINISHES 2025 WITH A BANG
3 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
ENIGMATIC EXCAVATIONS
GAMES ARE OFTEN CANCELLED, AND THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THOSE TURBULENT EARLY YEARS OF THE UK VIDEOGAMES INDUSTRY. MOST DEVELOPERS WOULD EXPERIENCE A FEW, BUT ENIGMA VARIATIONS AND THE OWNERS' SUBSEQUENT COMPANIES HAD MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE. IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER WHY
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
It's-a me, Pauline!
My daughter turned 16 this year, which means I've officially entered the stage of parenthood where anything I say is answered with eye-rolling. It also means I've been thinking a lot about when she was small - specifically the time she inadvertently sent me on one of the strangest, most meaningful missions of my life.
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
GOAL SMASHED
THE VECTREX MINI CRUSHES ITS KICKSTARTER TARGET
1 min |
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Retro Gamer
Sky Jinks
If you've been reading the magazine for any length of time, you'll know me to be something of a score chaser.
1 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
THE EVOLUTION OF METROID PRIME
A FLAWLESS REIMAGINING OF NINTENDO'S 2D SERIES IN 3D, METROID PRIME WAS MET WITH UNANIMOUS ACCLAIM AND RECEIVED TWO POPULAR SEQUELS. PRIME TRILOGY CREATIVES JASON BEHR, KYNAN PEARSON AND VINCE JOLY EXPLAIN HOW THE SERIES EVOLVED
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Retro Gamer
NiGHTS Into Dreams
Being a big Sonic fan, I spent years wondering what NiGHTS Into Dreams might be like.
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
DAN CURLEY
In the early Nineties, Dan was a TV regular as the European Sega Champion. Over the decades that followed, he'd head into development, write gargantuan guides, break big news stories and help to guide a beloved magazine's final issues. We catch up with him to relive the ups and downs of a sometimes tempestuous career
10+ min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
Lilo & Stitch 2
After living with me for over 30 years, my wife Melanie is used to buying me things that you wouldn't typically associate with the average 52-year-old man.
1 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
DOMARK
TWO MARKETING EXECUTIVES WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY, DOMARK WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT UK SOFTWARE HOUSES OF THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES. RETRO GAMER LOOKS BACK AT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT GAMES WITH COFOUNDER DOMINIC WHEATLEY
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Retro Gamer
AMIGA CD32 ISSUE 1
THE CD ERA PROMISED MUCH, BUT WHILE DEVELOPERS TOOK A WHILE TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE FORMAT, COVERDISCS NAILED IT FROM THE START. FILLED WITH A BEWILDERING MIX OF DEMOS, GAMES AND MORE BESIDES, GAMERS HAD NEVER SEEN SO MUCH BOUNTY IN ONE PLACE
2 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
G'AIM'E Time Crisis
The decline of CRT displays has been a huge problem for lightgun games, and despite some valiant efforts, scratching that itch without going to an arcade has become quite difficult.
2 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
WIZBALL
MARTIN GALWAY MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE EIGHTIES AS ONE OF THE FINEST COMPOSERS OF COMMODORE 64 SID MUSIC. HERE, HE AND JON HARE RECOLLECT THE HIGHLY CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WIZBALL'S BLISTERING SCORE WAS COMPOSED
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
QUACKSHOT STARRING Donald Duck
THERE ONCE WAS A TIME, WHEN GAMES BASED ON FAMOUS DISNEY PROPERTIES WERE ALMOST GUARANTEED HITS - THAT ESPECIALLY GOES FOR GAMES MADE BY SEGA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EMIKO YAMAMOTO. QUACKSHOT STARRING DONALD DUCK WAS MAYBE HER MOST AMBITIOUS WORK FOR THE 16-BIT CONSOLE
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Issue 280
Retro Gamer
THE LATEST NEWS FROM JULY 2009
Mixed martial arts enthusiasts got a game for the ages from THQ and Yuke's, as UFC Undisputed 2009 earned 90% from Play and 9/10 from X360, on top of 9/10 from Official PlayStation Magazine the previous month.
3 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
Commodore International
Commodore CEO Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson is leading the brand's revival at commodore.net
3 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
Pac-Man VCS rulez!
will have said this a million times before, but it is worth repeating - Pac-Man is the greatest videogame of all time.
2 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
SPECIAL SPECTRUM
RETRO GAMES LIMITED UNVEILS A LIMITED BUNDLE
1 min |
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Retro Gamer
REBECCA HEINEMAN: AN ENDURING LEGACY
Veterans pay tribute to the gaming legend that cofounded Interplay
4 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
Utterly consumed
It has been a long time since I've had to force myself to stop playing a game, but recently I've been horribly addicted to Baldur's Gate 3. You'll no doubt be aware of the reviews, but I'm not sure any game in recent memory has hooked me in quite the same way.
2 min |
Issue 280
Retro Gamer
Back to R-Type
It's very important for you to know one thing: I'm not an actor.
2 min |
Issue 279
Retro Gamer
BROKEN SWORD II REMASTER TAKES SHAPE
Charles Cecil talks us through Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror Reforged
4 min |
Issue 279
Retro Gamer
Blippo+
We speak to the designers of an indie game about retro TV that's out of this world
4 min |