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It’s The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time for me. I told my brother I’d disown him if he didn’t buy it for me for Christmas. (He did.) Expertise: Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful girls and an award-winning magazine, all under one roof! Current

If the Eighties was when our hobby was still fresh and exciting, the Nineties was when it came of age. I was obsessed with consoles during this period, and would religiously import every big game I could afford from Japan or the US. Witnessing games

The special one-off print magazine Amstrad Addict is out now, celebrating the legacy of the CPC 8-bit computers. Editing duties were handled by regular Retro Gamer contributor David Crookes, with other articles contributed by the likes of Amstrad eng

Sega has recently revealed a raft of new entries in classic series, showing brief snippets of new Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Streets Of Rage games. None of these series has had a new console or PC game in the last decade, with

The first episode of Britain’s Got Talent aired on ITV1 on 9 June. Devised by music producer and The X Factor judge Simon Cowell, the show adopted a similar format to Cowell’s previous show but without the musical focus, allowing a broader range of a

1 – Crackdown (Microsoft) 2 – Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft) 3 – Gears Of War (Microsoft) 4 – Guitar Hero II (RedOctane) 5 – Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft) 1 – MotorStorm (Sony) 2 – Resistance: Fall Of Man (Sony)

“Zombies are so passé. Seriously, why are they in everything? From films, comics, TV programmes all the way back to games and perhaps pornography, we find ourselves in a quagmire of the semi-dead.” Agreed, Tim Empey. A new study by the BBFC has found

NINTENDO EAD ■ With its meticulous level design and tight controls, Mario’s SNES debut became the poster child for 2D platforming. Three decades on, it’s still unbeatable. ATARI GAMES ■ Atari wasn’t wrong when it said, “It is the Nineties and there i

Don’t be fooled by Robotron’s minimalist-looking visuals as it’s something of a powerhouse. Start reaching the later levels and the game starts throwing a huge amount of sprites around. It would be impressive, if it wasn’t so terrifying to experience

Raiders Of The Lost Ark was clearly a huge inspiration for the game. Were there any other influences? Raiders was the main inspiration. Maybe Romancing The Stone too. When Simon Phipps and I were brainstorming ideas, we were thinking at the time ther

By 1996 the videogame industry was rapidly changing. 3D gaming was swiftly taking over the market and developers were scrambling to stick the landing on the leap into the third dimension. In spite of this, Sega quickly greenlit a sequel for BlueSky S

» PLATFORM: PlayStation 2 » YEAR: 2000 » COST: £29.99 (launch), £17+ (today, boxed), £5+ (today, unboxed) When Nintendo put four control ports on the N64, the world took notice. The undeniable multiplayer appeal of games like Mario Kart 64 and Golden

◼ A classic puzzle game coded by Ross Goodley and Tony Crowther for 8-bit and 16-bit platforms. It was co-designed by David Bishop and Tony, with levels designed by games journalists and programmers, including Jeff Minter, Andrew Braybrook, Geoff Cra

>> Analogue is bringing the power of the PC Engine back with the Duo this month, but we’ve got plenty more in store including a quartet of brand-new Evercade cartridges, Chris Scullion’s Dreamcast Encyclopedia and Sonic’s new Apple Arcade outing Anal

» Buy it for: £30 » Buy it from: pen-and-sword.co.uk Chris Scullion is back with his latest console encyclopedia, this time covering every official Sega Dreamcast game. Like his previous N64 Encyclopedia, this book benefits from a relatively small li

by Jan Volz (apollo) by Alexander Bauer (R4G3H4CK3R)

I was undecided between Saturn and PlayStation, but the Tekken 2 attract mode swayed me. I don’t regret the decision at all, but during the next gen I got a second-hand Saturn, chipped it for imports, and caught up. Team Sega. Mega Drive to the almig

Although there are other distractions from time to time, I’m still collecting for the MSX. I’m up to 660 titles across three generations. Since earlier this year I’ve restarted my PS3 collection, and it’s been great fun. The console itself is only £6

WipEout, the first game I bought on the PS1, at launch. Doom had me actually applying mathematics I learned in school to understand the BSP format and raycasting engine. As well as reverse-engineering to understand the wad format, and it was the reas

Editor Darran ‘Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’ Jones darran.jones@futurenet.com 0330 3906443 Art Editor Andy ‘Quake’ Salter Production Editor Tim ‘Street Fighter II’ Empey Features Editor Nick ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Thorpe Photographer Phil ‘Tomb Raider’ Barke