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>> Load 194 Breathing new life into classic games
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06 Sega Forever
Rieko Kodama and Yosuke Okunari on delivering Sega classics to Nintendo Switch
08 News Wall
Capcom and Koch Media unveil their gigantic plug-and-play device, and Nintendo stops a C64 port of Super Mario Bros
12 Mr Biffo
The Digitizer creator gives his thoughts about old Nintendo products
14 A Moment With…
Richard Lewis talks to us about his chiptune-infused event, Chip Bit Day
16 Back To The Noughties
Nick’s time machine lands in June 2002, a summer full of high-profile releases such as Spider-Man and Medal Of Honor: Frontline
Featured 32 The History Of: Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Martyn Carroll guides us through the Bruce Lee-infused 8-bit brawler series
48 The Evolution Of: Cybernoid
Raffaele Cecco talks us about the inspirations and legacy of his ZX Spectrum shoot-’em-up
54 The Making Of: Ultracore
How Strictly Limited Games dusted off an unreleased DICE run-and-gun and finally put it to market
58 The History Of: Guilty Gear
Revivals 18 Formation Armed F
Darran flashes back to when he used to bunk off from work at Tesco playing this scrolling shoot-’em-up
Nick Thorpe rocks out with developer Daisuke Ishiwatari and talks us through this unique fighting series
68 The Making Of: Army Men
Trip Hawkins and Keith Bullen return to this satirical top-down action game that spawned countless sequels
66 T2: The Arcade Game
84 The Making Of: The X-Files: Resist Or Serve
98 Earthworm Jim 2
88 From The Archives: Tower Studios
Nick revisits one of the most difficult sequences ever put in a videogame – the one with the rusty red truck
A pack of puppies are in mild peril, and it’s up to our plucky Production Editor, and a dumb worm, to save them
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The History Of: Burnout
Concept designer Alex Ward steps on the boost pedal as he speeds us though the entire history of the much-loved racing series
We go inside the troubled development of this TV licence. The truth is out there…
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How Jon Hare, Mike Montgomery and John Phillips gave their famous franchises a new lease of life on mobile devices
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Ultimate Guide: Skool Daze
Class clown Graeme Mason tells you all you need to know about this 8-bit classic
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