In an effort to shake off the winter cold, Retro Gamer interviews the team behind the excellent California Games
It is arguably one of the greatest 8-bit movie conversion of all time, but just how difficult was it for Ocean to turn Robocop into a hit videogame? Gary Bracey has the answers.
In the first of a brand new three-part series we take a look back at the publishing behemoth Electronic Arts and find out how its evolved over the past 25 years. Some compilations are born for greatness, others have the misfortune to feature 8-bit rubbish like Golden Axe… Starting up an atari 2600 collection? Want to know what the best games are? All the answers are hereįorget Lara Croft, it was Rick Dangerous who was Core Designs's first real action hero. It may have sported a low-resolution display, but Commodore's little VIC-20 still had plenty of great games.
How many have you got in your collection?Īnd much more including Ristar, Terminator 2, Pokemon Snap, Scramble and some other stuff that I can't check because our copies haven't come in yet.Ī new issue of Retrogamer, with special attention for the Vic 20 Top 25 Racers of all time Retro Gamer lists the top retro racing games ever. Retroinspection : Atari 800XL Atari’s underachieving 8-bit home computer, that is still influencing computers today, gets a once over The Making of Magic Carpet We take a look at Bullfrog’s brilliant ahead-of-its-time first-person shooter The Big Feature Fruit Machine Spin-Offs: If you were one of the few people that felt Pinball games had no place in Retro Gamer, you’re going to love our new fruit machine feature. In the Chair with Will Wright Sim Genius Will Wright takes a break from his highly anticipated Spore to talk to Retro Gamer about his contributions to the industry The Making of Berzerk We go behind the scenes of one of gaming’s earliest run-‘n’-gun games. Part two of our three-part feature looks back at what Electronic Arts was up to in the Nineties. The Making of Chip's Challenge Discover how the talented folks at Epyx created one of the Lynx’s best puzzle games.ĭeveloper Lookback Electronic Arts Part 2
The Complete History of Elite It’s one of the most infuential games of all time, but what was the inspiration behind Elite? Retro Gamer investigates… They mentioned this site again, so let's return the favour. The making of Wizard: Discover what happened when a director who hated videogames teamed up with Nintendo.īest of British: see our all emulators list for the emulators of british computers The making of Pastfinder: Shoot 'em ups were ten a penny on 8-bit computers, but seldom did they match the brilliance of Pastfinder. Retroinspection: Best of British: Martyn Carroll proudly hoists the Union Flag and celebrates some of Britain's finest 8-bit computers.Ĭompany Profile: Epyx: It was behind some of the best 8-bit sports games and also created the Lynx. Find out about the genesis of the two Skweek games.Ĭomplete history: Might and Magic: After 22 long years, Might and Magic remains as popular as ever. The making of Skweek and Super Skweek: He's the cutest character to come out of France. The making of Medieval: Find out how the creator of James Pond went from 2D to 3D Top ten racers you've never heard of: Peeved by the selection in the recent top 25 racers, Stuart Campbell retaliates by revealed the best ten racers you've never heard of. Top 25 beat 'em ups: Retro Gamer reveals the greatest brawlfests of all time. Great Giana Sisters: Manfred Trenz talks about the C64 game that made Nintendo very angry indeed. The big interview: Roger Dean, cover artist for many classic Amiga titles, designer of the Tetris logo, and more, talks to Craig Grannell about his work. Gunstar Heroes: Retro Gamer talks to Treasure about one of its most influential 16-bit shooters. Zombie Nation: Sega's popular series, The House of the Dead, investigated. Reader special: your favourite gaming moments. Retro Gamer: Martyn Carroll looks back at the making of the original version of the magazine. Grand Theft Auto: one of gaming history's coolest franchises charted. The Dream Machine: Find out why Sega's innovative console didn't stop the Japanese giant from crashing out of the hardware race. Still LXDream, a Linux based Dreamcast emulator is working on OSX support (probably intel macs only though)
There is no good Dreamcast emulator for the Mac yet.