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 ATARI GAME?

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IN MEMORY OF REIKO KODAMA • Tributes flood in for a Sega legend

RETURN TO SILENT HILL

NEW EXPO HEADS TO NOTTINGHAM

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Gaming goes mainstream

Arcade Paradise • Andreas Firnigl on combining arcade gaming with laundry

THE LATEST NEWS FROM MARCH 2006

NEWS MARCH 2006 • MARCH 2006 – While it might be a slow month for games, Nintendo has caught everyone by surprise with an unexpected revision of its hot new handheld. Once again, Nick Thorpe travels through time to bring you yesterday’s hottest news

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Cybernoid II: The Revenge • IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT

50 YEARS OF ATARI • TO MARK ITS HALF CENTURY, WE REVISIT THE TRIUMPHS AND DISASTERS OF THE COMPANY THAT INVENTED THE VIDEOGAME BUSINESS. WELCOME TO THE ATARI STORY, TOLD DECADE BY DECADE BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE

THE SEVENTIES • FROM ITS FIRST BIG SUCCESS IN THE ARCADE TO PIONEERING THE CARTRIDGE-BASED CONSOLE, ATARI IN THE SEVENTIES LED THE WAY BUT THE ROAD WAS PAVED WITH POTHOLES AS WELL AS GOLD

THE EIGHTIES • AS THE NEW NEON-TINGED DECADE ROLLED AROUND ATARI WAS IN A VERY GOOD PLACE. BOTH ITS ARCADE AND HOME DIVISIONS WERE FORGING AHEAD, BUOYED BY EXCITING NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES, WITH NO APPARENT HEADWINDS ON THE HORIZON

THE NINETIES • ATARI CORP STARTED THE NINETIES AS IT HAD THE EIGHTIES WITH EXCITING NEW HARDWARE LAUNCHES. BUT AS JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS CORNERED THE CONSOLE MARKET AND THE PC BECAME THE DOMINANT COMPUTER FORMAT, IT BECAME A QUESTION OF WHETHER ATARI WOULD SEE OUT THE DECADE

THE NOUGHTIES+ • THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM SAW ATARI CHARTERING STORMY WATERS AND IT DIDN’T ALWAYS NAVIGATE THEM SUCCESSFULLY. NOW, HAVING WEATHERED MORE THAN ONE STORM, ATARI HAS A NEW CAPTAIN, WHO AIMS TO STEER THE SHIP TOWARDS NEW SEAS. CEO WADE ROSEN LOOKS FORWARD AND ASTERN

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THE MAKING OF ATARIR® 50 THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION • VIDEOGAMES WOULDN’T BE WHAT THEY ARE TODAY WITHOUT ATARI, SO CELEBRATING ITS LEGACY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. WE SPEAK TO THE TEAM AT DIGITAL ECLIPSE TO DISCOVER HOW IT HAS REIMAGINED ITS APPROACH TO THE RETRO COMPILATION TO DO JUST THAT

JUST AS YOU REIMAGINED THEM • A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES OF SOME OF ATARI 50’S BRAND-NEW GAMES

VINTAGE VIDEO • DREW SCANLON EXPLAINS THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF PUTTING TOGETHER ATARI 50’S VIDEO CONTENT

TURTLE POWER • HOW DID THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WIND UP IMPACTING VCTR-SCTR?

Trailblazer • GIZ’ A HAND

ULTIMATE GUIDE ROBOCOP • AFTER MAKING MILLIONS AT THE BOX OFFICE, ROBOCOP BECAME A MUST-RENT VIDEOTAPE. OCEAN’S 8-BIT ROBOCOP GAMES WERE RELEASED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE VIDEO, AND HELD THE NUMBER-ONE SPOT ON THE ALL-FORMAT CHART FOR A RECORD 36 WEEKS

CONVERSION CAPERS • HOW THE NUMEROUS...