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Issue 57

Retro Features
Level 9's 8-bit text adventures
We speak to ‘Wild’ Bill Stealey about MicroProse
The scariest movie licences ever

The Making of…
Alien Vs Predator
Panzer Dragoon 1 & II
International Soccer

Reviewed
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Pipe Mania
Final Fantasy IV

Retroinspection

It may have been a seriously cut down BBC Micro and featured a host of clones, but Acorn’s Electron was still worth owning. Find out why inside.
 


Issue 56

Retro Features
- Celebrating 23 years of Atari's Gauntlet
- Interview with Hideo Kojima
- Dave Perry and Shiny Entertainment

The Making of…
- Rampage
- Super Pipeline I & II
- Samba De Amigo

Reviewed
- Gauntlet
- Galaga Legions
- Bionic Commando Rearmed

Retroinspection
- We take a fond look back at the Commodore 16 and celebrate its excellent and varied games library.
 


Issue 55

Retro Features
- Sandy White's Spectrum hit Ant Attack
- How Chase HQ made it to 8-bit computers
- Dave Perry on more than Earthworm Jim

The Making of…
- Defender
- Soul Calibur
- Night Shift

Reviewed
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
- 1942: Joint Strike
- Portable Mega Drive

Retroinspection
- Nintendo's Game & Watch system


Issue 54

Retro Features
- Yu Suzuki speaks to Retro Gamer.
- An indepth look at Konami during the 90's.
- Our top 25 arcade games of the 80's & 90's.

The Making of…
- Q*bert
- New International Track & Field
- Cannon Fodder

Reviewed
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced 2
- Space Invaders Extreme
- Arkanoid DS

Retroinspection
- We take a look at Mattell’s Intellivision.


Issue 53

Retro Features
- Discover the origins of Konami.
- The final part of our Star Wars saga is unveiled.
- Take Yu Suzuki’s Enduro Racer for a spin.

The Making of…
- Border Down
- Marble Madness

Reviewed

- Star Soldier R
- Super Smash Bros Brawl

Retroinspection

- We uncover one of NEC’s biggest failures: the PC-FX
 


Issue 52
Retro Features
- Prepare to enter the Star Wars universe.
- King of Kong, what happened behind the scenes?
- Atari Game’s Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters.

The Making of…
- Ridge Racer
- Star Wars
- Eye of the Beholder Trilogy

Reviewed
- SNK Arcade Classics Vol 1
- Everybody’s Golf 2

Retroinspection
- Discover why Alan Sugar’s failed Amstrad GX4000 never stood a chance

Issue 51
Retro Features
- Discover the history behind Link and The Legend of Zelda franchise.
- Obscure videogames and how they are linked to more obvious classics.
- We look back at Pit-Fighter and its many conversions.

The Making of…
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Contra 4
- R-Type Delta

Reviewed
- Sega Superstars Tennis
- Namco Museum DS
- The King of Kong

Retroinspection
- Discover why Alan Sugar’s failed Amstrad GX4000 never stood a chance

Issue 50
Retro Features
- 50 members of the industry, from developers to public relations managers tell us about the games that defined their lives
- Prepare to battle the zombies from Sega’s House of the Dead franchise
- Our readers share with us their greatest gaming moments of all time.

The Making of…
- Gunstar Heroes
- Retro Gamer
- The Great Giana Sisters

Reviewed
- Ikaruga
- Triggerheart Exelica
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return

Retroinspection
- Find out why the Dreamcast, Sega’s greatest ever console, never stood a chance

Issue 49

Features
- We bring you the top 25 beat-’em-ups ever made
- It’s time to bring the Might and Magic universe to a bigger audience
- Discover ten of the best racing games that you’ve probably never heard of, let alone played.

The making of...
- Pastfinder
- The Wizard
- Skweek

Reviewed
- Omega Five
- Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
- Theme Hospital

Retroinspection
- In a break from the norm Retro Gamer decides to celebrate some of Britain’s best computers

Issue 48

Features
- Legendary Spectrum coder Matthew Smith comes out of hiding.
- Discover why, after 25 years in the industry, EA have finally come full circle.
- Debates a plenty as we unveil the best ZX Spectrum games that were ever made.

The making of...
- Manic Miner
- MDK

Reviewed
- Nights: Journey of Dreams
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Ghost Squad

Retroinspection
- Everything you ever needed to know about the Spectrum 128K

Issue 47

Features
- What Electronic Arts was doing on home consoles & computers during the 90s.
- Discover the complete history of Elite.
- Retro Gamer looks back at its top 25 racing games.

The making of...
- Magic Carpet
- Berzerk

Reviewed
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat
- Myst DS
- Tomb Raider Anniversary

Retroinspection
- Retro Gamer takes a closer look at the underrated Atari 800XL

Issue 46

Features
- Discover the best 25 Atari 2600 games of all time
- We take a look back at Electronic Arts and reveal why they are one of gaming’s most important publishers
- Some of Atari’s biggest developers reveal what it was like working there in the late Seventies and early Eighties

The making of...
- Robocop
- Loom
- Rick Dangerous 1+2

Reviewed
- Contra 4
- Boulder Dash Rocks!
- Konami Arcade Classics

Retroinspection
- Retro Gamer looks back at the wonderful Commodore VIC-20

Issue 45

Features
- How the festive season has been represented by videogames
- A look back at the Official Sega Saturn Magazine
- How pinball games stack up against their videogame counterparts

The making of...
- NiGHTS into Dreams
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Strike franchise

Reviewed
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Nintendo DS Round-Up

Retroinspection
- RG looks back at many gamer’s first computer, the humble ZX81.

Issue 44

Features
- DOOM - we look back at id’s classic franchise
- How Green Beret was converted to home computers
- Discover the Atari 2600 horror that is E.T

The making of...
- Rescue on Fractalus
- James Pond Trilogy
- Populous

Reviewed
- Virtual Console Round-Up

Retroinspection
- Sega’s Master System may have been dominated by the NES, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t worth owning.

Issue 43

Features
- Learn the complete history of Nintendo’s lovable ape
- The first of a two-part look at strategy kings SSI
- We go behind the scenes at Bullfrog

The making of...
- Donkey Kong Country
- Colin McRae Rally
- Sensible Soccer

Reviewed
- Xbox Live Arcade Round-Up
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Retroinspection
- Discover why Atari’s powerful handheld, the Lynx never stood a chance

Issue 42
Features
- The final part of our definitive Space Invaders guide
- Discover the history of the shoot-’em-up
- The first of a two-part look at strategy kings SSI

The making of
- Tetris
- Crazy Taxi
- Sheep in Space

Reviewed
- Virtual Console Round-Up
- Worms: Open Warfare 2
- Sonic Rush Adventure

Retroinspection
- A new look retroinspection, as we celebrate Acorn’s BBC Computer

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