Retro Gamer Issue 35

Excuse the dodgy image, I'll correct it monday
I've been told by Bobak that it's ok to promote this. Mainly as it features an 8-page piece on the King of Fighters with brand new artwork that was drawn by Falcoon for me.


The Definitive Contra - Stuart Campbell is back with another definitive. This time it's Konami's classic Run N Gun franchise

Retroinspection - Vectrex
JoinRetro Gamer as it pays homage to one of the coolest consoles ever created - the awesome Vectrex

Company Profile - Zenobi Software
The Balrog talks to Retro Gamer about the rise and eventual fall of text adventure specialist Zenobi Software

The Making of Cauldron 1 & 2
The creators of the 8-bit Cauldron games reveal the magic behind the popular platformers

Gaming Illuminati Part 2
In the final part of his undercover journey, John Szczepaniak looks back at the games you may never play

The Making of Smash TV
How do you go about creating a follow-up to Robotron 2084, one of the greatest arcade blasters ever made? Eugene Jarvis has two words for you: Smash TV

The History of The King of Fighters
If you thought that 2D beat-em-ups began and ended with Street Fighter then prepare for a new challenger

The Making of Wipeout
In an exclusive new interview, Sony Liverpool talks to Retro Gamer about its influential futuristic racer

The Classic Game - Feud
Feud: A complete load of rubbish or misunderstood genius? Retro Gamer investigates...

Plus
Cannon Fodder
Mickey's Magical Quest
Hudson's Lost Mario Trilogy
Forgotten Worlds
Desert Island Disks
Before They Were Famous and much, much more

Hi,

where can I get this magazine...
Is there a way to order it over the internet?
Please tell me,

Regards,
Toni

Here you go

http://www.imagineshop.co.uk/products_show.php?typeID=65

Retro Game is an excellent read, i suggest if you can get hold of it you do..........

Here's the exclusive art that Falcoon drew to complement the article

NICE!
Reto Gamer improved a hell of alot after it's re-birth. It was a good mag from the get go but too stale.
With features on Contra, Vectrex (on kick ass little system) & KOF thsi is one of the best issues yet.
thier feature on Street Fighter two issues ago was amazing as well.

strider said:

Here's the exclusive art that Falcoon drew to complement the article

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NICE!!!!!!!

strider said:

If you thought that 2D beat-em-ups began and ended with Street Fighter then prepare for a new challenger

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Very nice. Luckily I do know a book store who carries it, so I will pass
by and pick this issue up.

Very nice indeed. Luckily I will find a copy of that magazine in my country.

Must have this, must resist temptation...

wicked


how much is your mag mate?

soulthug said:

wicked


how much is your mag mate?

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I subscribe to it, but issue price is £4.99. Worth every penny as well !

Andyh said:

I subscribe to it, but issue price is £4.99. Worth every penny as well !

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Fair enough, still cheaper than XOM that i had 30 odd issues of

I went to B&N the other day and they still had the Street Fighter issue out.

Retro Gamer is indeed awesome. I just wish it wouldn't take so long to get here! I love how they get interview with folks that made the classic games and I like their system retrospects.

The people on the boards are really cool too, they all seem to like my webcomic and a few of them want me to send a letter to the main editor to see if he'll put it into the magazine as a feature. Who knows? Maybe you'll be seeing me in there one day.

It's a good mag.

John Szczepaniak redeems himself after the Last Hope business with the hella cool gaming illuminati 2 part feature... That was his magnum opus before leaving the mag.
Issue 34 you should pick up just to read the 1st part plus SNK/Atari's Mirai system gets a mention along with the Euro Kizuna.

And at last John "Balrog" Wilson gets an 8 page Zenobi special this month then

You can download quite a few Zenobi titles for free from John's site, you will need a spectrum emulator such as http://www.spectaculator.com/ or better still buy the Zenobi CD for a few paypal bucks.

Links:
www.zenobi.co.uk main site.
http://sthelens-connect.net/zenobi/index.php?PHPSESSID=0ef2d9054b860c09c9e6c70a471c86ff& free downloads and forum.

Oh and if by chance anyone knows this elusive Mr. ASSEMbler...
I'm after a mint boxed Sony Yaroze

I have a yaroze, not mint or boxed though.

If you want to contact assembler I suggest the easiest way would be though his site.

He has been back recently briefly but the guy is another website owner lost by WoW.

I haven't bought any since a year or two ago, I may have to get a subscription later.

My copy turned up yesterday, a good read indeed ! also worth reading for the gamings illuminati part 2.

Mine too...
I asked John if he would sign the Zenobi feature for me and he will

Does anyone know where i can get a copy of the retro gamer compilation magazine volume 1? WHSmiths has loads of volume 2 copies but i cant find volume 1 anywhere!

This one ? looks a bit meh tho...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Retro-Gamer-A...yZ101067QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

From my experience, B&N (which is the only place in Minnesota I've found it) runs about 1-2 issues behind the actual UK-current issue. So yeah, I bought the Street Fighter issue a few weeks ago. Sometimes the new issue doesn't even make it

I look forward to picking this up in a month or so.

What really annoys me though, is that you cannot get older issues of the mag.
Retro-Retro-Reprints - one day....
Great art(icle) though!