Retro Gamer issue 160 is out now in all good newsagents, and you can buy it directly from us via ImagineShop.co.uk or get a digital copy from GreatDigitalMags.com. It’s been 20 years since players first got their hands on Super Mario 64, and gaming was never quite the same again. From the free-form game design to the […]
Watch live video from on www.twitch.tv Nintendo has given the world its most in-depth look at the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System today, with a stream on Nintendo UK’s Twitch channel – and our editor Darran Jones was lucky enough to be invited along to try it out. You can see a replay of […]
Despite having six main games, three particular entries seem to hog all the glory in the Thunder Force series – the third, fourth and fifth. We can see why the first and last don’t get so much love, as they’re Japan-only and the original is wholly top-down, but the second game feels like a bit […]
If you’re a home computer of a certain age, you might well remember Colin Jones’ Slightly Magic – an arcade adventure released through Codemasters for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST. It was well-received when it launched in 1991, earning 94% from Your Sinclair and 89% from Sinclair User. The good news […]
Nintendo has shown off the Nintendo Classic Mini: NES in action for the first time in a trailer, giving us our first idea of how the system will actually function – and it’s looking like a pretty good buy. The first bit of good news is that the European model has been confirmed to run […]