Retro Gamer Issue 3 (Contents)

[Arcturius]

Page 3 - Credits & Editorial
Page 4 - Contents
Page 6 - Retro News
Page 8 - The Retro Forum (Letters)
Page 14 - Acorn Archives (Feature)
Page 22 - Repton Petrospect (Feature Repton Software)
Page 32 - Retro Revival (Feature)
Page 34 - Retro Revival Space Invaders
Page 36 - Retro Revival Sabre Wulf
Page 37 - Retro Revival Altered Beast
Page 38 - Retro Revival Metal Gear
Page 39 - Retro Revival Ghost n Goblins / Doom
Page 40 - Retro Revival Prince of Persia / Spy Hunter
Page 41 - Retro Revival Mortal Kombat / NARC
Page 42 - Retro Revival Out Run / Shining Force
Page 43 - Retro Revival Shinobi / The Last Ninja
Page 44 - Retro Revival Castlevania
Page 45 - Retro Revival Contra
Page 46 - Retro Revival Ninja Gaiden / Metal Slug
Page 47 - Retro Revival Pitfall / Metroid
Page 48 - Retro Revival Spy Vs Spy / Leisure Suit Larry
Page 49 - Retro Revival R-Type
Page 50 - The Clone Wars (Feature about Copy protection devices)
Page 55 - Back Issues
Page 56 - Hero Worship (Feature about game heroes)
Page 64 - Cronosoft Chronicles (Feature about Chronosoft's current 8-bit games)
Page 70 - Gaming on the Go (Feature about Handheld Consoles)
Page 78 - Arcade at Home (Feature about JAMMA, games & the people who made them)
Page 84 - PCB Prices
Page 88 - 1985 Advertising Gallery
Page 98 - Subscriptions
Page 100 - Retro Gamer Coverdisc (Over 250 Classic games from Gremlin)
Page 106 - Ten of the Best (Top Gremlin Games)
Page 109 - Retro Mart
Page 113 - Issue 4 on sale 27th May 2004
Page 114 - End Game Prince of Persia (Megadrive/Genesis)


Retro Gamer Coverdisc 3
Over 250 Classic games from Gremlin
31 Amiga Games (WinUAE)
53 Amstrad Games (Caprice)
36 Atari ST Games (Steem)
3 BBC Micro Games (Model 8)
25 Commodore 16 Games (WinVICE)
58 Commodore 64 Games (WinVICE)
73 Spectrum Games (ZX32)

[YoshiM]

I actually got a chance to read this magazine. Barnes & Noble sells 'em, but they are maybe an issue behind. I just picked up Issue 2. It's pricey ($11 cover price) but you get a pretty meaty retrogaming magazine along with the software disc. Issue 2 had mostly classic remakes and emulators, but some of the games I've played thus far are pretty cool. The Spy Hunter clone (can't think of the name at the moment) is 3D but is more like the classic than the Midway remakes.

One of the really neat things for me is the European perspective on gaming.

[Mayhem]

You'll find a lot of people then bypassed console gaming completely in the 80s. Spectrum, C64, ST, Amiga, BBC even... they were pretty much stables in households. Sure some kids got NES, SMS, even a Megadrive, but console gaming post 2600 didn't really take off here once again on a large enough level until the SNES came out.

[richmond]

My issue arrived this morning, along with the free Namco TV system for subscribing (why are these things packed so well? grr!). Only had quick flick through, but the content seems to be improving.

Do any of the Brits know what happened to Edge Retro? There hasn't been one for awhile..

[Arcturius]

Edge's Retro mag is just one of the special issues they do it doesn't have a fixed release date unfortunatly they did get some really nice articles and interviews in those.