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ULTIMATE GUIDE: STUNT CAR RACER

OF ALL GEOFF CRAMMOND'S CELEBRATED 3D GAMING EXPERIENCES, STUNT CAR RACER IS ARGUABLY THE MOST FUN. RETRO GAMER IS YOUR NAVIGATOR, AS YOUR VEHICLE IS WINCHED ONTO THE STARTING LINE OF HIS DAREDEVIL RACING TITLE

SYSTEM 24 HEAVEN

SEGA'S SYSTEM 24 ARCADE HARDWARE HAS BEEN CALLED 'OBSCURE' BY SOME, AND THE GAMES THAT RAN ON IT CONSIDERED 'CURIOSITIES'. AT RETRO GAMER WE FEEL THERE HAS BEEN SOME KIND OF MISUNDERSTANDING. JOIN US AS WE UNCOVER THE REALITY

THE MAKING OF THE RUMBLE FISH 1+2

THE RUMBLE FISH MIGHT BE AN ODD NAME, BUT THE FIGHTING GAMES THAT BEAR IT ARE AN INTERESTING EVOLUTIONARY LINK BETWEEN FAR MORE FAMOUS FRANCHISES. WE SPEAK TO DIMPS TO FIND OUT WHY THESE FIGHTING GAMES ARE MORE SMOKED SALMON THAN CODSWALLOP

In the chair with...ROGER HECTOR

He joined Atari in its black-and-white days and is still making videogames almost half a century later. Roger Hector shares stories of holograms, vector tanks and scratched Sonic soundtracks

THE MAKING OF JET BIKE SIMULATOR

PHILIP AND ANDREW OLIVER HAD ALREADY ENJOYED DIZZYING SUCCESS BY THE TIME THEY MADE JET BIKE SIMULATOR. BUT WOULD GAMERS RACE TO PLAY THEIR LATEST CREATION OR WOULD A GAMBLE WITH A NEW PRICING STRUCTURE CAUSE IT TO SINK?

THE IMPACT RESIDENT EVIL 4

WHILE THERE HAD BEEN A HANDFUL OF INNOVATIONS DURING ITS FIRST THREE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GAMES, THE CORE GAMEPLAY OF THE MAIN RESIDENT EVIL SERIES HAD REMAINED BROADLY THE SAME BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. AS THE NEW MILLENNIUM DAWNED, IT WAS TIME FOR A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT WOULD COME TO REDEFINE THE SERIES FOREVER

CREATING DESPERATION

David Crookes remembers the time he made a game

THE ARCADE ARCHIVE

A collection where everyone is welcome

Evercade EXP

GOOD THINGS REALLY DO COME IN THREES

Fighting Vipers 2

DEFANGED BY TIME

LEVEL 9'S HUGE ADVENTURES

BEST KNOWN FOR TEXT ADVENTURES THROUGHOUT THE EIGHTIES, LEVEL 9 COMPUTING CHANGED DIRECTION AT THE START OF THE NEXT DECADE, CRAFTING A NEW VERSATILE GRAPHICAL GAME ENGINE AND ALSO CHALLENGING PLAYERS TO SOLVE PUZZLES ACROSS TIME ZONES IN A VERY FAMILIAR MAZE

Golden Axe

ARCADE PERFECT?

ULTIMATE GIIDE JOE & MAC CAVEMAN NINJA

IT HAS FINALLY HAPPENED THOSE CAVEMEN NINJAS JOE & MAC ARE BACK IN A NEW RELEASE FOR MODERN SYSTEMS. WHICH IS ALL THE IMPETUS RETRO GAMER NEEDS TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK AND REVISIT THEIR ORIGINAL JURASSIC LARK

THE EVOLUTION OF SHADOW OF THE BEAST

THE STRIKING SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF SHADOW OF THE BEAST PUSHED THE AMIGA FURTHER THAN EVEN MOST DEVELOPERS HAD KNOWN WAS POSSIBLE IN 1989. FROM SEQUELS AND CONVERSIONS TO A PLAYSTATION REMAKE THREE DECADES ON, THOSE INVOLVED EXPLAIN ALL

Bat 'N' Ball

DRIVING ME BATTY

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MAY 2006

After the disaster that was Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness and a transfer to American developer Crystal Dynamics, could Lara Croft regain her relevance?

Moai.games

Indie developer Matt Sephton has a passion for Spotting monolithic human figures in videogames

The sounds of gaming

What sounds do you associate with gaming? I'm not talking about in-game sounds - the music, the effects - but the sounds that comes from the physical act of playing games.

What do points win?

After a quiet couple of years during COVID, I am now working harder than ever before.

ARCHER MACLEAN - CELEBRATING A GAMING LEGEND

Friends and developers pay tribute to the creator of Dropzone

THE MAKING OF INDIANA JONES and the LAST CRUSADE THE GRAPHIC ADVENTURE

WHEN GEORGE LUCAS AND STEVEN SPIELBERG WANTED TO TAKE INDY FROM THE BIG SCREEN TO CRT MONITORS IN CINEMATIC STYLE, THEY KNEW WHO TO CALL. WE SPOKE WITH THE LUCASFILM GAMES TEAM WHO HELPED SHAPE THIS POINT-AND-CLICK CLASSIC

ULTIMATE GUIDE REBELSTAR

THE SECOND GAME IN THE REBELSTAR SERIES CATAPULTED THE ACTION STRATEGY GENRE INTO THE HOMES OF SPECTRUM OWNERS AND KICK-STARTED THE CAREER OF ITS AUTHOR, JULIAN GOLLOP. SO GET THAT PHOTON RIFLE READY THE CYBER HORDES AWAIT YOU...

EVERCADE EXPANDS

TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS INTO THE LIFE OF THE EVERCADE, A NEW HANDHELD LOADED WITH CAPCOM GAMES IS SWEEPING AWAY THE DEVICE THAT LAUNCHED THE DEDICATED RETRO PLATFORM. WE SPEAK TO BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT TO FIND OUT THE DECISIONS BEHIND ITS BOLDEST MOVE SO FAR

The Latest News From March 2001

The fallout continued from Sega’s console market exit, with Edge providing a blow-by-blow account of the week of the announcement, beginning with an oddly lavish preview event for Shenmue: The Movie and Shenmue II, where the expected announcement of a release date for the latter didn’t actually materialise.

Owlboy

DOES IT RULE THE ROOST?

Nex Machina

It takes a special game to receive a 100% score in Retro Gamer and Nex Machina is truly deserving of that accolade. Darran Jones explains how fortuitous timing led to gaming’s best modern shooter.

Paul Woakes - A Legend Passes

Developers pay tribute to the Novagen cofounder

The Doctor Will See You Now

THE COFOUNDERS OF TWO POINT STUDIOS CHECK IN WITH THEIR LOVE LETTER TO THEME HOSPITAL