Retro Gamer

For me it’s Turtles In Time. It builds on the craziness of the first arcade game and has a fantastic SNES conversion to boot. Expertise: Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful girls and an award-winning magazine, all under one roof! Currently playin

I’ve never read a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic in my life, but that doesn’t mean I’m not aware of the exploits of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello. Even if you did consider yourself too old for the Turtles during the late-Eighties

Iain Lee is a freelance broadcaster who loves gaming, particularly retro gaming. Join him as he hosts a phone-in show and plays games at www.twitch.tv/iainlee and also check out www.patreon.com/iainandKatherine Sometimes you can’t go back. I’m really

If you’ve any interest in retro gaming you’ll be well aware of Numskull Design’s miniature arcade cabinets. Released under its Quarter Arcades label and designed using authentic arcade parts, numerous cabinets have been released, including Namco’s Pa

Paul is probably better known as Mr Biffo – the creator of legendary teletext games magazine Digitiser. These days, he mostly writes his videogame ramblings over at Digitiser2000.com. If you want more Biffo in your eyes, you can catch him as the host

Some games start small and that’s exactly what happened with Space Runaway, Soleil’s excellent-looking mech-themed shoot-’em-up. Sergei Kolobashkin, CEO and creative director of 110 Industries, explains why the publisher decided to go big on its bran

APRIL 2006 – An unexpected shower of games greets players this spring, from racing classics to pugilistic paradise, as well as some handheld oddities. Nick Thorpe is the man delivering your weather forecast from the nottoo-distant past The Italian ge

When Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman dreamed up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the mid-Eighties, enormous global success wasn’t part of the design. The concept was full of parodies, with Daredevil being a notable inspiration, and the duo only used the

Like the Turtles’ arcade debut, the first game starring Springfield’s most famous family is a popular four-player beat-’em-up. That’s no coincidence, as Chris Kohler points out, “In the credits for The Simpsons, there’s a special thanks to ‘Team GX96

Whether it’s with pixel art or cel-shaded 3D models, capturing the distinctive looks of the comics and cartoons helps to lend the games an air of authenticity. The fact that the Turtles are a closely bonded quartet should be factored into gameplay, e

This free-to-play MOBA pits various deities and their minions against each other in a battle for supremacy. The Turtles arrived as part of a battle pass in 2020, with the characters acting as skins for Osiris, Loki, Mercury and Sun Wukong. This DC Co

It’s often forgotten that the UK home-computer boom of the early Eighties coincided with a recession. This general decline in economic activity, coupled with the fact that home-computer games were easily copied onto cheap blank cassettes, gave the em

You don’t have an energy bar in Sabre Wulf; if you take a hit you lose a life. You only have four to begin with, and extra ones can be scarce, so use some caution. That said, if you sheathe your sword you can often run right through screens before an

David Jones’ follow-up to Finders Keepers is one of the best 8-bit arcade adventures at any price, mixing puzzle and RPG elements with plenty of humour. It’s available on multiple machines but the standout is the Commodore 64 version thanks to Rob Hu

Kento is a Japanese martial arts fighter, the last student of the school of Shaolin Hakiota. He is his master’s pride and joy and participates in the tournament to show everyone why the Hakiota style is the most devastating of all. Burke is an Americ

For reasons that are likely obvious, when anyone thinks of MicroProse, of Firaxis Games and of any game tagged Sid Meier’s, the first thought is almost always Civilization. The reason is clear: it was a standout title that gave birth to its own breed

An inability to research anything for the early game is a disadvantage for the Believers, but this is a faction that is better suited to early game military offensives so that they can strongarm their way to the top for when it’s time to take science

1080º Snowboarding is a tough game and finishing all the courses and nailing all the tricks takes practise and patience. Giles feels that, “At that time, people expected the games to be hard and they were disappointed if they were too easy. So, you h

Akari is a happy-go-lucky boarder from Japan who focusses on technique over speed and power. She’s a good choice for beginners learning the game due to her great balance that will stop you from crashing out on jumps and turns. Being the fastest board

As well as enjoying the action, you’d look forward to the next well-crafted cutscene, finding yourself laughing out loud as familiar characters stumbled over blocks, failed to turn on their lightsabers in time or lit up the screen with a funny face.

» Buy it for: £18.99 » Buy it from: unbound.com Fans of Resident Evil would be wise to pick up Alex Aniel’s excellent new tome about Capcom’s popular horror series. While it’s not quite as definitive as the back cover claims – it only covers events u

What’s not to love about sports games? Familiar rules make them easy to pick up, they don’t require actual exercise and they even let you live out wild fantasies like Spurs winning the Premier League, so we got together to share the games in our pers

They may not hold up for most, but my nostalgia for Super Action Baseball and Super Action Football on the ColecoVision is really what keeps these in rotation for me. So many fond memories of playing these with my dad and brother while using those hu

Loose carts of the NTSC versions range from £30-£60 with complete copies hitting as much as £200. Mint PAL copies can reach £1,000, making The Cowabunga Collection a far cheaper alternative. If you fancy experiencing Sabreman’s first Spectrum adventu

When I realised when this issue would hit shelves, I just knew I had to write about the Master System. You see, it will be almost 30 years to the day since I received Sega’s 8-bit console – the first gaming machine that was ever bought just for me. I

Zelda might be one of the all-time big games series, but let’s not forget that for one brief shining moment Sega had a better Zelda than Nintendo did. I’d settle in for a nice, long Golden Axe Warrior session. Operation Wolf! Always thought it was a

What’s your favourite Turtles game? Having played The Cowabunga Collection freshly, I think it might actually be TMNT III: The Manhattan Project on NES. Although it’s vying against the modern Shredder’s Revenge. The Turtles In Time arcade game is my

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