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The Making Of Exolon
Hewson published a number of great games on the 8-bit computers, but Raffaele Cecco’s superb run-and-gun, Exolon, remains one of the best.…
Author: June Park
Fresh Cartridge reporter. Covers launches, remasters and the modern retro scene as it happens. Owns more handhelds than handbags, has opinions about all of them, and filed this bio from a Game Boy she modded herself.
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In Memoriam: Ralph Baer
This weekend, we were saddened to hear of the passing of Ralph H Baer. The inventor, who was 92 years of age,…
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The Legacy Of Ralph Baer
Ralph Baer is the father of videogames, but many of today’s gamers are unaware of how important his contributions were. He created…
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Retro Gamer 136 is on shelves now!
Issue 136 has arrived in dock, and Elite is our cover star this month as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the…
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Six Batteries at a Time: The Top Ten Game Gear Games
Colour screen, television ambitions, and an appetite for AA batteries that bordered on performance art. Photo: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons The Game…
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Drained and Restored: Sonic 1 Color Contrast, the Hack That Makes You Earn Green Hill’s Colours Back
Most Sonic ROM hacks begin with a simple transaction: take the game you love, repaint it, rearrange it, hand it back. Sonic 1: Color Contrast begins with a…
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The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Volume 2 – Kickstarter campaign by Chris Wilkins
Following on from his successful first book (delivery of that one is imminent, yay!) Chris has decided to make it a 3…
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The PlayStation Is 20 Years Old!
20 years ago today, the world gained a new major console manufacturer. The arrival of Sony’s PlayStation permanently altered the balance of…
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega – a new games computer based on the ZX Spectrum
I must admit to exclaiming “What the **** is this?” when I first came across this a day or so ago. As…
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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
This article is written by Nick Herc. You start the game in front of sleazy “Lefty’s bar”. In 1987 we got our…