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’S YOUR FAVOURITE SONIC MOMENT?

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THE HOUSE OF LARA • Luke Earle on turning Pickford’s House into a Tomb Raider shrine

The Computer People

NEWS WALL

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SNK • We talk to the creatives behind the Neo Geo rereleases now available on Steam

APRIL 1980 • Nintendo plays Ball with a new range of handheld games

The Way Of The Exploding Fist • A LOAD OF OLD BULL

CELEBRATING SONIC THE HALL OF FAME AWARDS • TO CELEBRATE THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, WE CAST A CRITICAL EYE OVER THE SPEEDY ONE’S MANY, MANY GAMES, HONOURING THOSE THAT HAVE HELPED DEFINE THE SERIES AND KEEP IT FIRMLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER ALL THIS TIME. WHICH TITLES WILL TAKE HOME A CHAOS EMERALD, AND WHO WILL EMBARRASS THEMSELVES AT THE AFTER PARTY? LET’S SPIN DASH TO IT

SHAPING SONIC • SONIC TEAM STUDIO HEAD TAKASHI IIZUKA REFLECTS ON A 30-YEAR CAREER CRAFTING SONIC GAMES

THE FAST TRACK •  SUMO’S STEVE LYCETT ON CREATING THE SONIC RACING SERIES

COMMUNITY CHAMPION • SVEND ‘DREADKNUX’ JOSCELYNE-SIM TALKS SONIC FANDOM AND KINSHIP

SONIC REBORN •  SONIC MANIA LEAD CHRISTIAN WHITEHEAD ON REVIVING AN ICON

SCORING SONIC •  COMPOSER RICHARD JACQUES REVEALS THE STORIES BEHIND THE MUSIC

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ULTIMATE GUIDE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 • THERE ARE VIDEOGAMES THAT AGE GRACEFULLY. AND THEN THERE’S SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2, WHICH STUBBORNLY REFUSES TO AGE. INSTEAD, IT SIMPLY RACES PAST TIME SO QUICKLY THAT TIME JUST CAN’T CATCH UP WITH IT

ZONED OUT • SONIC 2’S BEST ZONES

WHERE’S TAILS? • HOW SONIC TOOK THE 8-BIT ROUTE

SONIC’S SIDEKICKS • THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FROGGY

BOSS RUSH • DR ROBOTNIK’S FLEET OF MADNESS

THE KNUCKLES CONNECTION • HOW KNUCKLES ENDED UP IN SONIC 2

Alex Kidd In Miracle World • MORE THAN A GAMING MASCOT

THE MAKING OF Roller Coaster • ROLL UP, ROLL UP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! TAKE YOUR SEATS AND HEAR THE HITHERTO UNTOLD STORY BEHIND ROLLER COASTER, ONE THE MOST INGENIOUS PLATFORMERS TO EVER GRACE THE ZX SPECTRUM. IT’S A HAIR-RAISING TALE OF HIGH AND LOWS AND TWISTS AND TURNS. ROLL UP, ROLL UP!

A LEGEND REBORN • WHEN DIRK THE DARING BRAVED THE DODGEMS

PARKS AND INSPIRATION • THE REAL BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH RIDES FEATURED IN THE GAME

PLATFORMING PERFECTION • KEY TITLES FROM THE GOLDEN ERA OF CLASSIC SPECTRUM PLATFORMERS

ALIEN BREED • DARK AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC, ALIEN BREED IS ONE OF THE BEST TOP-DOWN, RUN-AND-GUN SHOOTERS OF THE 16-BIT ERA. SETTING THE SCENE WAS THE ACCLAIMED BROODING TITLE MUSIC WRITTEN BY BRITISH COMPOSER ALLISTER BRIMBLE WITH ITS DEEP SYNTH LEADS AND INTENSE, DRIVING BEATS

EVOLVING A CLASSIC • Remakes and insights

THE RETRO GAMER GUIDE TO MASTERTRONIC • THE EARLY MASTERS OF THE BUDGET GAME PUT GAMES FIRMLY IN THE PUBLIC...