" 4 TOR GARY GOLDMAN patti sue OF THE oN So a ne BP aT ~THE UK’S BIGGEST MODERN POP CULTURE EVENTS 24-26 MAY 2013 \hiranon “bude COW EXCEL - ROYAL VICTORIA DOCK - LONDON ay TEATS INLNE: an JOINED memcomiccon.comLOADING THE RETROBATES can still remember the first time I saw Dragon's Lair. We were staying at a DARRAN JONES © STUARTHUNT PAUL DRURY. alleay comp in Eocthoaad veles: RAN STUART ANT x the same rented caravan site that my Si grandparents took us to every year. Once we were unpacked and had chosen bunk beds rushed off to the on-site arcade “And that’ when saw tn fact twas imposstle o miss ove ts prorinent plac, huge sae and mesmerising seen. AS | watched the atat sequence play out knew that | as looking at he future of videogames. There was inst one problem... iit have ary 50 pence | rushed back the caravan and convinced ry Nan to give me a pound my pocket mon forthe week When I ete to the arcade there was a saeable crowd growing round Dragon's Lat | was oly rine years od atthe tine and arcade etiquette meant | had to wat ry tan, but | ebowed my way past the oder boys who were only to kind to let me pas | tiumphanty slapped my coins down, saying im net”. After fading my fst 60 pence to the machine | realised why everyone was So keen to et me play. agar’ Lar was tough butally tough anc my money disappeared in moments. But didi ae loved the style ihe game, the bridge it promised to new gaming experiences. Based onthe fescack weve had incur forum t's obveus Im not the only one Enjoy the magazine,>> Load 114 Breathing new life into classic ¢ FEATURED 30 Stuart decides to brave the revisits Konami me NESlicence 36 Get the low dow impressive Mega Dr ‘As Sony discontnues its PS2 we look at events and games that shaped the worlds bes seling console Stuart reveals more arcade games that never reachedhome systems 86 Michael Beriyn revels the creation of his 16-bit Sonic competitor a athe Aimee) Tee fundeder book——— Subscribe here! imagineshop.o.x ITNT} Youcannow order Retro Gamer and.any ofyour ther favourite Imagine tiles from our online eShop. Don't delay, make sure you get your order today www.imagineshop.co.uk One of the only Wii games to get motion eee eS control right RetoRadar 16. BackTo A eulees pecs W(MEUUU CME 10 PaulDavies 60 Subs 12 AMoment With 104 Homebrew Classic Pee a ed Samuel Roberts cee Sed ~ eplinswhy nen Sudat's Br fantastically ss foxes (a iia ORS on ESB] the Wii's greatest videogames 38 Punch-Out! imate Guide to Nintendo's edboxing game ee er Be ad ee mn eh Sa Doc) e . error ey 66 The Evolution ieeemeeess Casey exer Of Platformers [Sierras How the popular genre has evolved ae over the last three decades Geen 32 Deatchasea GIVE US TWO MINUTES AND WE’LL GIVE YOU THE RETRO WORLD Tao en feta bt The big news is 1 So ALES re returning after a 20-year break, ie ore Petes ca) Pca y Cee er Eee CONTENTS asa ok LEE TEAMI7 GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON ITS HD RE! a {you were aPC or Am Sowhyhave you deciedt ring What wilthe HO version offer Pad Nk | back Supertrog? ‘over the original ge? 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My name is Paul Davies | used tobe the editor of C&VG and have also worked on anumber of classic gaming magazines over the years in 1080p (yawn), some footage of > A month of retro events both past and pre: oer Reed reer annals Pe portion Pacis aaa nal 29 March ros Sey i PECeTe! cae pea ected Pre pores rer cael Paes Pee arr Beata oreo es DeSean)THE LATEST NEWS FROM JULY 1981 JULY 81 — Donkey Kong rols out the barrel while Mari debuts, SNK’s Vanguard is 5 a multi-directional su Centur's Pleiads wasn't, Octopus grabs you and Polybies melts your brain.JULY 1981 NEWS ‘Deney mov, Condorman, _Fatees agree tothe gamebut decide to KGB agent The Clare ors ‘bo bottord by Pete's equating 7 dy was lo te wer 383500 song, Pld with waves of swooping ike |. games and was anotho ht fer Nrtondo ‘Sips and wel petocted mothersips. | With sales wal over 250,000 units Ilcoked and played great but was nat_| Octopus was the tenn release n very wel recewed by aeade dvelers” | Game & Watch seresin the TS months With the tas of Vanguardshowing how | since they were vediced. Lit div ch regression nthe shostermup | know that these handhelds would ra (pre tere ed boon, Ptr was ‘rental ange of 69 games, sling in ‘Considered ald hat even mi 1981. frcess of 43 maion units ver 11 years Pocket vdeogaming wes sl reatwely | snd woud inspire the Netendo DS son but Rondo was slowly agning | A new aad comnap may of ay not) to dominate wih steady fow of fun | have been released his month. Povous and simeie mes nts expanding Game | wasthe te andan uban legend was {Watch sores. The last ofetegin ths | bor. Poius was epee relesce ‘se was Octocus whch was leased | gma numbers in a test tea Portian on 16 by (regan, USA. Ths new and 20 fr "You conte a deepsea ver who must | unheid ofaeade game was described as ngs from the safety ofthe bostno the | Dang vector grate ted shootem-p ean ive downto he sea fore take | the mou of An's Tempest 235 much god fom the suntan wessue itwas supposedly massiay popular ‘chest a posible Unfortunate the is | wih queuosn arads to pay oon ‘gant octopus garding the ches which | resuthg in vont seanes as gamers were hs eavaly gant tontacses which must be | tusated with the wat to ploy. obs negotted pact. Touch one and you losaa_| tas wihdravm atra shor perod He, ose tee ves ad is geme ove | timeafter gamers wer found 10 suler ‘Octopus was the second nthe from a vane of min. bendlg aliments Widesoren sees of Gane & Welch | ickng intense svess, nso ight toro, pane stacks and even suc tendencies. Lich forthe eee hey Seo sffered arneea ‘uring te sho rleese mystaous goverment oficial coated unknown Romain for each macro. People nave stated they tought Pos was 8 govermentfunded paycoacive twperment and that the game teal ‘ontaed svi messe6ng, ‘No machines were ever seen agai, no OMS have ever been found and no proof of exstonce ever forhcamng Fo} remens en uen legend thovaht to have Stated at» Usenet hoax yt every 20 aften someone cams to have a potoyEe ofthe ROM or an orignal ate THIS MONTH IN.. ATARI CONNECTION Bushnell and Dabnoy ato re comgnry Ata Tot frstchoce, Syaygy had aeady nen rogers eo they des com th favour eae Go Sent, Aan ond Hane vere stn proteretal nor and rly hoe soon Sente 2000 COMPUTER YClocked at he tas 300/800 ana how hoy fares gaves ‘machines. he tevener was ‘ones sning hat computer ‘ores ad and woul ‘ome of ae uta Raareehic ‘erson of Stor Racers ine ‘lable to convince me was inspace, Some mght say ho was p= COIN CONNECTION Thamainsryin Con Connect, te rmopaanater con-ep arcade gre duos, ‘hater vou sponsoring thefist conn goves Wes Cramponshotbaneldn (Gticago wit rie money of ‘$50,000, Theman compton ‘ame woul be Aas nent reoasad Cotpode. JULY 1981 ‘ARCADE 1 PacMan Narco) 2 Conpede art 23 Nesia Command (aser) 4 Phoenix (Centar {5 Batiemno Aar) 1 Masie Command (aser) 2 Pos Sacco A 3 Wiad (in 1 Space mado (Ar 1 Frat Machine (Bup 0) 2 mer Fore Mico Power 3 Ato invacers (Bue Byte). {Deron Dungeon (Mico 5 Bcigeron G09 Bye) 1 Gost Town The Soe 2.3.5 On 45: voure 2 (Sereound) [3 Con Can (86d Manner) ‘4 Body Tk mograion) ' One Dy n Your Lie (Wiehe ockeon) enJANUARY 1996 - Duke Nukem annoys ‘em, a pair of Darkstalkers arrive, In The Hunt appears on the radar, Manx TT arrives quickly, The Ooze arrives slowly and the Virtual Boy goes into early retirement. Richard Burton takes another headache tablet. ..| THIS MONTH IN... 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As Dragon’s Lair celebrates its 30th anniversary, Martyn Carroll unravels the tangled history of Dirk’s most dari: adventureeee) Cer er er tere ete eee re at Cr end bbecalled a game,asits his garage he crested a faniasythemed eon at Caer nee eae Denote aie eee Ol eee ae ee eon) others, the tle alone is enough to excite hand-drawn picture and a txt dosriton peer eit tate a ene Eero) 1883 when goggle-eyed gamers bumped mulipiochoice option andthe computer == vag? 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