Retro Gamer

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.

THE RETROBATES • WHAT GAME DEFINED THE NINETIES FOR YOU?

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MARCH OF THE MINIS • What does the year ahead have in store for Quarter Arcades?

SEGA RETRO REVEALS

SUGARY SWEET

Love from Wii to U

Seismic shifts

RetroRGB • Robert Neal on the origins of his essential hardware website

RETRO GAMER’S GREATEST GAMES • WE’RE CELEBRATING HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT GAMES – AND WE NEED YOUR HELP

THE LATEST NEWS FROM JUNE 2007

NEWS JUNE 2007 • JUNE 2007 – We’re having something of a summer blockbuster season, with the first preview of next year’s guaranteed hit and the return of megastars Mario and Lara Croft. Buckle up, Nick Thorpe is at the wheel of the DeLorean without a licence

CHARTS • JUNE 2007

THIS MONTH IN…

Asteroids • IT ROCKS

THE 90S A DECADE OF DEFINITIVE GAMES! • THE NINETIES SAW GAMING GO THROUGH A HUGE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAT MAY NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. IT LED TO INNOVATION, EXCITING NEW IDEAS AND THE GENERAL EXPANSION OF THE VIDEOGAME INDUSTRY. JOIN US AS WE REVISIT THIS INCREDIBLE DECADE AND THE MANY HIT GAMES IT SPAWNED

INTERVIEWEES

DEFINING GAMES!

Odyssey

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THE RETRO GAMER GUIDE TO… Brøderbund • FOUNDED IN 1980, BRØDERBUND HELPED DEFINE COMPUTER GAMING WITH GROUNDBREAKING TITLES SUCH AS CHOPLIFTER, LODE RUNNER AND PRINCE OF PERSIA. RETRO GAMER LOOKS BACK AT THE CELEBRATED PUBLISHER’S GREATEST HITS

Robotron: 2084

MORE CLASSIC ROBOTRON: 2084 MOMENTS

ULTIMATE GUIDE RICK DANGEROUS • ARMED WITH A SIX-SHOOTER, SOME DYNAMITE, A POINTY STICK AND A CHEESY GRIN, RICK DANGEROUS WAS CORE DESIGN’S ORIGINAL TOMB RAIDER. JOIN US AS WE RISK LIFE AND LIMB TO EXPLORE THE CURIOUS APPEAL OF THIS PERILOUS PLATFORMER

NOT SO DANGEROUS • TIPS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE (A TINY BIT) EASIER

RICK RELOADED • THE MAN WITH THE HAT WAS BACK IN A FLASH

CONVERSION CAPERS • DISCOVER HOW THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS MATCH UP

DEVELOPER Q&A • THE GAME’S CO-CREATOR TERRY LLOYD ANSWERS OUR QUESTIONS

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles In Time • A FLING YOU NEVER GET OVER

THE MAKING OF VECTORMAN 2 • RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY IN NORTH AMERICA IN LATE-1996 ON THE MEGA DRIVE, VECTORMAN 2 IS AN ENIGMA. INFORMATION ON THE GAME HAS BEEN SCANT AND RIFE WITH HEARSAY FOR DECADES, BUT RETRO GAMER FINALLY UNCOVERS THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THIS 16-BIT CULT FAVOURITE THAT MANAGED TO RECAPTURE ITS PREDECESSOR’S SPIRIT, DESPITE A TIGHT DEADLINE

BETA-MAN 2 • HIDDEN ARTEFACTS WITHIN THE UNCOVERED VECTORMAN 2 PROTOTYPES

VECTROID? • THE VECTORMAN 2 THAT COULD HAVE BEEN

Elfmania • Looking back at one Finnish team’s attempt to bring arcade fighting to Commodore’s capable computer

HOW IT PUSHED THE LIMITS…

THE MAKING OF BUDOKAN THE MARTIAL SPIRIT • WHEN YOU THINK OF FIGHTING GAMES, STREET FIGHTER, TEKKEN OR MORTAL...