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Box 2769, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-1329. **3** RETRO11 Intro/Hello 08/12/2004 11:22 AM Page 4 ❙❋❙P✄❍❇❋❙* | REGULAR:INSIDES | >insides 11 The GX Factor p22 Mac Attack p30 David Crookes explains why Amstrad’s GX4000 Jason Walsh gets the inside story on Apple’s failed to make the promised impact enduring flagship computer Talking Trash p54 Games of the Century p62 Craig Vaughan digs up the story of the Spectrum Dan Whitehead discovers 20th Century Fox’s classic Trashman and chats with its creator greatest movies on the Atari 2600 console Jet Set Go p72 Format of the Future p79 Matthew Smith’s greatest game is now available Shaun Bebbington takes Codemasters’ rare CD for your mobile courtesy of Carl Woffenden games collection for a spin **4** RETRO11 Intro/Hello 08/12/2004 11:22 AM Page 5 Superplay p47 How quickly can you complete Super Mario Brothers? Alicia Ashby has the stopwatch Keep the Faith p69 Discovering Durell p88 Per Arne Sandvik finds enlightenment in To tie in with this month’s coverdisc, Martyn Carroll Wisdom Tree’s games of Biblical proportions explores the history of 8-bit publisher Durell >Regulars Retro News p06 The latest retro news for your reading pleasure Retro Forum p10 Send us some feedback. You know you want to Retro Reviews p16 Old games, new games. As long as it’s retro we’ll rate it Desert Island Disks p39 IF Comp 2004 p85 TV presenter Violet Berlin reveals what she’d take to our Adventure legend Keith Campbell reveals the digital desert island winners of this year’s IF writing competition Retro Mart p108 Bargains galore in our virtual car boot sale Endgame p114 It’s the end of the magazine! **5** RETRO11 News 08/12/2004 11:36 AM Page 6 ❙❋❙P✄❍❇❋❙* | REGULAR:NEWS | More NES Classics Zelda II and Metroid heading to GBA Nintendo is to add four more top Adventures of Link for around styled GameBoy Advance to Japanese range (known as titles to its NES Classics range. £15 each. celebrate the console’s 20th Famicon Minis) has now grown to From January 7th you’ll be able The original range of eight anniversary. While we’re looking include 30 titles, compared to the to get Metroid, Dr. Mario, games launched back in July, forward to the new releases, 12 available in the UK and Castlevania and Zelda II: The along with a limited edition NES- we’re slightly envious that the Europe. Granted, some of the Japanese releases are a little obscure, but we’d welcome the release of Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, Dig Dug, Kid Icarus and especially Super Mario Bros 2 (as this would be the harder Japanese SMB sequel, released over here as Lost Levels in the SNES Mario All-stars pack). Regardless, Metroid and Zelda II are must-buys, and the whole series is sure to worth something to collectors in a few year’s time. We Have a Winner! Remake competition results announced name, while third place went to Andrew Pointon’s Trashman Anniversary (featured elsewhere in this issue). The overall quality of games in this year’s competition was incredibly high, so here’s to next year’s competition, right? Well, with the 2004 competition taking up nearly eight months Just as we were wrapping up average score of 91.5% from the opens to the very moment it of his life, Steve is not eager to this issue, the guys at the Retro four judges, with Steve Phelps closes.” For his efforts Robert commit just yet. “If there is a Remakes website revealed the (aka The Toker) commenting: wins over £1,200 in prizes, 2005 competition it will be in a winners of the Retro Remakes “This entry puts the nail in the including a two year subscription vastly different format, with Competition 2004. First place coffin of those who believe it is to Retro Gamer (so hopefully he many more people helping out.” went to Robert Lupinek’s not possible to produce an should be reading this right If you can offer your services, or Legend of Shadow, a remake of outstanding game in a click and now!) Second place was awarded maybe act as a sponsor, why Taito’s rather obscure 1985 play development system… this to Stop the Express by Jetman’s not stop by the website arcade game The Legend of is done in Game Maker and Dad, a remake of the old (www.remakes.org)? The Kage. The remake received an oozes class from the second it Hudson Soft game of the same remakes scene needs you! **6** RETRO11 News 08/12/2004 11:37 AM Page 7 Important happenings in the wonderful retro world This month // NES Classics Range // Retro Remakes Competition 2004 // Turbo OutRun on MAME // Retro Reading // Stunt Car Racer on Gizmondo // C64DTV Joystick // Retro Auction Watch // OrSam 2004 Show Report... Turbo power New MAME update plays host to Turbo OutRun It’s official. The arcade emulator Richard Burton MAME is exciting again, thanks to the latest build which includes full reports on the support for Sega’s Turbo OutRun. latest online The recent Xbox version of auctions OutRun 2 was packed with old- school extras, including the With the evenings drawing in earlier and original OutRun and tracks from the wintry fingers of Christmas flicking the Daytona 2, but Turbo OutRun was V-signs at you, the online auction sites are sadly omitted. This was becoming busier and chock full of particularly disappointing as it’s a nostalgic gaming wonderment as people well known fact that Turbo OutRun start flogging off their retro wares for an could not be MAME’d, as the extra bit of Christmas income. Of course, game is encrypted. According to with the hundreds of gaming bargains to an online source, “The encryption be had there are also several uses a epoxy block that contains a outstandingly overpriced items to dream custom 68000 processor, some of that means, but we’re guessing required version of MAME (v0.89) about and drool over.