Ruminations The original Cannon Fodder was one of the best selling, most successful games to be released for the Amiga, receiving conversions to machines as diverse as the Atari ST, 3DO and Jaguar. To this day it remains my favourite game of all time. So imagine my excitement as a grubby-handed 16 year old when […]
When you want to be kept up to date on the latest Sonic news, it’s pretty likely that you’ll look for it on some Sonic fansite. Not this one obviously, we do a pretty poor job at reporting all the news about the franchise on time. But general video game/entertainment websites, where the normal people get their […]
With the Sonic series getting older, it’s also becoming harder to find copies of prototypes of both released and unreleased games in the series. Aside from old video game companies not having put enough effort into archiving their work, game cartridges and arcade boards don’t last forever and will probably start to decay in a decade or two. Meaning […]
Believe it or not but Sega had originally hoped to throw their bright blue mascot into yet another realm. Calling upon the creator of Puzzle Bobble, Fukio Mitsuji, the Japanese gaming giant began work on SegaSonic Bros. Although failing to see release, a working prototype of the game has recently been discovered.
Whether you’re in a fighting mood because of our amazing Street Fighter II cover on issue 151 or clutching your arcade stick in anticipation of Street Fighter V, you’ll probably be interested in a new clothing line recently launched by Numskull. The officially licensed line features a wide variety of designs based on both Capcom’s classic […]
In part of a presentation highlighting the company’s strongest performers, Sonic Runners is ranked as a failure. The game generates a little between ¥30 million [$256,563 USD] to ¥50 million [$427,588 USD] a month. It should come as little surprise to anyone following industry news that the mobile market is a veritable shark tank, fighting […]
As far as fan translations for older games go, there are very few stand out titles for the earlier systems which are still in need of localisation. One glaring omission from the ROM hacking scene however, is an English language patch for the Japanese exclusive Game Boy Advance adventure Magical Vacation – a title which […]
Here’s a puzzle for the weekend! A mysterious image of a game titled “SegaSonic Bros” appeared online earlier in the week, seeming to be an arcade game with some resemblances to 1993’s SegaSonic Arcade – three primary coloured heroes, that odd title and more. The Sonic community has been known for its hoaxes over the […]
Retro Gamer freelancer Paul Drury has written for the magazine for longer than even editor Darran Jones (who’s been on it for a decade), and recently spoke to Dan Wood and Ravi Abbott of The Retro Hour, a new podcast discussing all things retro gaming that’s currently riding high in the iTunes technology charts. It’s […]
With a history reaching back over 20 years, id Software has cemented itself as one of the premier developers when it comes to first person shooters. Doom revitalised the genre and the legacy of that game in particular needs no introduction. But what of the other titles in the id Software library?