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Atari 7800 Ritman Report Super Spectrum Street Fighter II RETRO14 Cover UK:RETRO14 Cover UK 15/9/06 10:19 Page 1 retro gamer COMMODORE • SEGA • NINTENDO • ATARI • SINCLAIR • ARCADE * * retro gamer £5.99 UK • Aus $13.95 • NZ $27.70 VOLUMETWOISSUETWO >SYNTAX ERROR >MISSING COVERDISC Atari <CONSULT NEWSAGENT> 7800 The console, the games, the legacy Ritman Report Head over Heels creator talks Super Spectrum Gaming greats on the Speccy 128 Street Fighter II The Arcade Legends return V2 02 Untitled-1 1 1/9/06 12:55:47 RETRO14 Intro:RETRO14 Intro 15/9/06 14:59 Page 3 <EDITORIAL> Editor = Martyn Carroll ([email protected]) Deputy Editor = Aaron Birch ([email protected]) Art Editor = Mat Mabe Additional Design = Roy Birch Sub Editor = Rachel White Contributors = Mat Allen + Richard Burton Alex Carroll + Jonti Davies Paul Drury + Andrew Fisher Frank Gasking + Richard Hewison Andy Krouwel + Peter Latimer Craig Lewis + Per Arne Sandvik John Szczepaniak + Craig Vaughan Dan Whitehead + The Boy Warde <PUBLISHING & ADVERTISING> Operations Manager = Debbie Madden Group Sales & Marketing Manager = Tony Allen Advertising Sales = Linda Henry elcome to Volume still got the same amount of pages were roughly 41,000 words in issue Accounts Manager = Two Issue Two (#14 but there’s so much more content. 12, and over 59,000 words in this Karen Battrick helloin old money). 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Box 2769, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-1329. q 3 q RETRO14 Intro:RETRO14 Intro 15/9/06 14:59 Page 4 >Content v2.02 Japan Happy Play Noise p24 Atari 7800 ProSystem p34 Jonti Davies sends his latest piece direct from Peter Latimer completes his Atari retrospectives The Land of the Rising Sun with an in-depth look at the ProSystem The Ritman Report p48 Retro Treasure p54 Alex Carroll chats to Jon Ritman, the man Aaron Birch uncovers gaming gold in the lastest behind Match Day, Batman and Head over Heels PC and console releases Next Level Gaming p66 Hollywood Player p74 Martyn Carroll looks at the benefits of owning a Richard Hewison charts the history of games super-powered Spectum 128 based on blockbuster movies q 4 q RETRO14 Intro:RETRO14 Intro 15/9/06 14:59 Page 5 >Regulars Retro News p06 Three pages of the latest retro news Back to the Eighties p10 A look back at what was happening in the gaming world 20 years ago this month The History of Star Wars Videogames p44 Dan Whitehead continues his epic journey to a Retro Rated p14 galaxy far, far away... Retro Gamer reviews the latest commercial game releases Retro Revival p20 A look at game series that are about to be updated on modern consoles Desert Island Disks p28 Paul Drury talks to ex-Zzap!64 editor Gordon Houghton Games That Weren’t p80 We talk to GTW founder Frank Gasking Retro Passion p60 Craig Vaughan asks retro gamers to recount Retro Scene p92 tales from their misspent youth The latest news from the retro scene, including our Retrovision 5 report and an interview with Music by Design’s Neil Carr High Score p98 The stories behind the scores. This month we talk to Mark Robichek, the world’s best Frogger player Auction Watch p101 Richard Burton keeps his eye on eBay Retro Forum p102 p84 Control & Conquer Reader feedback and Web forum posts John Szczepaniak explores the vast Star Control universe Retro Coverdisc p106 Getting started guide to The Ur-Quan Masters Endgame p114 Another issue draws to a close q 5 q RETRO14 News:RETRO14 News 15/9/06 14:51 Page 6 More Midway gold Third Arcade Treasures collection revealed Following its success with the Rather than another random has been announced and the full previous two Arcade Treasures assortment of titles, this third line-up is: Badlands, Hydro packs, Midway is currently in the pack focuses on man’s love of all Thunder, Off Road Thunder, San process of developing a third things fast and furious. It will Francisco Rush 2049, San collection of retro-themed riches. include Midway’s classic racing Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Unsurprisingly entitled Midway titles, bringing eight rubber- Edition, STUN Runner, Super Off Arcade Treasures 3, the compilation burning greats to today’s Road and the Hard Drivin’ sequel, is due out later in the year. consoles. The selection of games Race Drivin’. Although there are fewer games than in the previous packs (which featured more than 20 each), arcade driving fans should certainly be happy as every type of racer is represented, from 3D speeders like San Francisco Rush and Hydro Thunder, to top-down multiplayer games like Badlands and Super Off Road. The Xbox version will also include Live support so you can post and boast about your high scores. Midway Arcade Treasures is due out in the autumn, and will retail for around £20 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. Capcom legends The vaults are being raided again News of a new console release has It’s a fair bet Street Fighter II been floating around the Internet of will make it into the collection, but late. Nothing is known about the depending on how far back the content of the game, which goes company goes, the rest of the by the name of Capcom Classics contents could be very interesting Collection, and Capcom itself is indeed. Will the original Resident keeping quiet. We do know that Evil make it into the mix? Or will Capcom plans to release a number Capcom go truly old skool and of volumes in the series, which will wheel out classics like Black Tiger, each be themed in some way. But 1942, Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins and Bionic details of exactly what games will Commando? An announcement is be revived are still top secret. expected at this year’s E3 in May. q 6 q RETRO14 News:RETRO14 News 15/9/06 14:51 Page 7 REGULAR | RETRO NEWS Important happenings in the wonderful retro world Coin-op Mario Kart Arcade GP races into town cabinets, connected to other units Daytona-style, and it’s claimed that that it will eventually support up to eight players. A nice touch is the presence of Namco star Pac-Man, which bodes well for Namco and Nintendo’s future plans. Namco reps revealed that the final game will boast 24 courses, six worlds and a special card system that will contain race- and kart-modification data. Even more impressive is the fact that the game runs on enhanced GameCube hardware. The new game, which is a Here’s hoping that a home version collaborative effort from Nintendo, will follow in its tracks… Sega and Namco, is currently titled Mario Kart: Arcade GP. The game itself was recently revealed at the AOU Games Show in Tokyo, Nintendo’s cutesy racer Mario Kart able to steal the original’s crown. where it was easily the main is perhaps one of the finest Now the go-karting legend is attraction with hour-long queues multiplayer games ever devised, back, but not on the GameCube, forming, despite the fact that it and like all great games, clones the GBA, or even the DS. In fact, was only 50% complete. have sprung up all over the Mario will soon be found ripping The unit is a full-on arcade place, none of which have been around your nearest arcade. racer, complete with sit-down Sonic RIP? New survey sparks rumours of rodent’s death Sega’s big wigs are obviously franchise in the very near future, brainstorming because the gaming following the huge success of giant has posted a survey relating Sonic Mega Collection Plus on PS2 to all things Sonic on its US site.
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