Tomb Raider
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
This review originally appeared in Sega Power issue 86, December 1996 Has the best ever third-party game just arrived for the Saturn? Well you’ll just have to read the review, won’t you. Tomb Raider has always looked a bit special. When we previewed it (exclusively, I might add) back in Issue 78, we had to double-check which shots were artwork and which actually came from the game. We’ve been following the game’s progress ever since and now seven months later we finally have our finished copy. I must admit to a degree of pre- game cynicism. Can a game that looks and moves as well as Tomb Raid ..read more
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Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
I generally consider myself quite lucky to be able to play videogames, as it’s not something to be taken for granted. One of my younger sisters developed arthritis at an early age, and eventually found that playing her Nintendo DS was just caused her too much pain to be worthwhile. There’s little that can be done to work around that, but other barriers to accessibility are sometimes overlooked. For example, I remember hearing of a friend of a friend whose experience with Sonic Mania was soured by the inclusion of the Mean Bean Machine boss, as they were colour-blind and this had never been a p ..read more
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Acorn Electron
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by Retro Gamer Team
1y ago
Year Released: 1983 Original Price: £199 Buy It Now For: £20+ Associated magazines: Electron User, Micro User, Acorn User, A&B Computing, Acorn Programs Why The Acorn Electron Was Great: The Electron offered the main functionality of the BBC B at half the size, and at a fraction of the cost. It had strong software backing, and boasted one of the best keyboards of any computer, with great feel and responsiveness and a variety of shortcuts to common BASIC commands. And it was built to last, too. After the roaring success of the BBC Microcomputer, Acorn was a company going places. It had conq ..read more
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Attack Of The Mutant Camels
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
One of the benefits of growing up with older cousins was the hand-me-downs that you’d get, and the first time I benefited from that in a gaming sense was when I was given a Commodore 64 in 1994. My cousins were teenagers, and they’d made the switch up to the Mega Drive and SNES, so the trusty breadbin went to me. For the most part, the games they gave me were exactly what you’d expect – lots of sports stuff, TV and film licences like Ghostbusters and Knightmare, and of course arcade conversions like Space Harrier, Double Dragon and Paperboy. But like me, one or the other had an eye for silly c ..read more
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Mastertronic
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by Retro Gamer Team
1y ago
It’s hard to believe with today’s insane prices, but videogames could be bought for as cheaply as £1.99 back in the Eighties. These budget games became extremely popular, with companies such as Codemasters starting off this way. One of the most popular however was Mastertronic, which had a host of games that covered all sorts of different genres. Here we talk to the people who helped found this company, which is still going strong today. 1983. You are standing in a shop, probably one of the major chains on the high street such as WHSmith or Boots. There are rows and rows of bright and shiny ca ..read more
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Be Ball
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
At this point, we’ve had retro plug and play consoles for a good while, and I’m utterly convinced that I’ve fundamentally got them wrong in my mind. See, I’m pretty sure that what’s supposed to happen is that if you buy one of those systems and find a new favourite, you think to yourself “that’s good, I’m glad I own it via this mini console.” But that’s not what I do – I think “that’s good, I will now go and buy a copy for original hardware.” And while the PC Engine Mini certainly didn’t tempt me to drop ridiculous amounts of money on shoot-’em-ups, it did leave me convinced that Be Ball shoul ..read more
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Top Ten Amiga 500 Games
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by Retro Gamer Team
1y ago
For many, the Amiga 500 remains one of the best gaming machines of all time. It has a staggering arraay of games that cover all sorts of different genres, some cracking arcade conversions and a number of exclusive, groundbreaking games. It’s certainly been tough coming up with 10 games that define the machine, but we think we’ve done a pretty good job with the following. Don’t agree with us? Let us know in the comments section. Worms Released: 1995 You’d have thought that by 1995, ten years after the Amiga 1000’s launch, it had seen every one of its defining games already. Well, Andy Davidson ..read more
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The Legend Of Kage
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that Taito Legends 2 is one of the greatest compilations ever released. The first volume was full of familiar delights like Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Rastan and The New Zealand Story, but the second introduced me to many favourites that I’d never encountered before – games like Cameltry, Liquid Kids, Elevator Action Returns and Cleopatra Fortune. One game in the package that I became particularly enthralled with was The Legend Of Kage. The plot is simple – Kage must rescue the kidnapped princess Kirihime, by battling his w ..read more
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Aladdin
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
This review originally appeared in Edge issue 4, January 1994 After seeing Virgin’s smart Mega Drive version of Aladdin running at the Chicago CES last summer, it’s rumoured that Capcom went back to the drawing board to improve the animation in their long awaited SNES game. But with the finished game finally here, you can’t help feeling that their efforts might have been better directed at some of the game’s more immediate flaws. Chiefly its lack of levels. And accordingly, its lack of any real challenge. The game is way too short and horribly easy to finish. And this is a great shame when so ..read more
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Retro Gamer issue 241 is out today!
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by Nick Thorpe
1y ago
The last Retro Gamer of 2022 hits the shelves today, and we’re celebrating the sewer-dwelling saviours of the city, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! From Konami’s classic games to this year’s excellent beat-’em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, we chronicle the history of the licence with the help of Digital Eclipse – the team behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. It’s a fascinating licensed property – as well as the obvious choices for genuinely worthwhile games across the decades, there are overlooked entries like Ubisoft’s excellent Game Boy Adv ..read more
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