Retro Gamer Issue 111

Retro Radar:

Dizzy Returns? (The egg-based Dizzy attempts to find new life via Kickstarter)

Retro Revival (Interview with Chris Wilkins, organizer of new retro-focused expo called Revival)

New Year, New Games (Overview of the most anticipated games of the new year)

Retro Diary: 2 January - 1 February (Overview of Major Gaming Moments)

• 3 January 1966 - Game musician Martin Galway is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  
• 4 January 2001 - The popular MMORPG Runescape releases for the PC
  
• 6 January 2005 - Titus Interactive, the French game publisher, files for bankruptcy
  
• 7 January 1985 - Ocean's Match Day releases on the Spectrum
  
• 8-11 January 2013 International CES is held in Las Vegas, NV
  
• 9 January 1985 - Hewson's Technician Ted releases on the Spectrum
  
• 10 January 1986 - Robin of the Wood releases on the Commodore 64 and Spectrum
  
• 11 January 1985 - The follow-up to Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, is released
  
• 13 January 1984 - The first issue of ZX Spectrum-focused magazine Crash is published
  
• 15 January 1987 - First issue of the short-lived magazine LM is published
  
• 15 January 1990 - Lucasfilm's Loom is released on the PC
  
• 15 January 2013 - Lost Planet 3 is released for the PS3, XBOX 360 and PC
  
• 18 January 2013 - Sniper 2: Ghost Warrior is released on PS3, XBOX 360, PC and Wii U
  
• 19 January 2001 - Sony's Legend of Dragoon releases on the PlayStation in Europe
  
• 19 January 2012 - WipEout 2048 releases first in Japan for the PlayStation VIta
  
• 21 January 2011 - BioWare's beloved Mass Effect 2 is released on the PS3
  
• 25 January 2008 - Burnout Paradise arrives in Europe for the PS3
  
• 27 January 2006 - Nintendo's Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time releases in Europe for the Nintendo DS
  
• 29 January 2009 - Ensemble Studios, creators of Halo Wars and Age of Empires, closes
  

A Moment With... (Interview with Brian Baglow, who served as the top PR man for Rockstar games during the launch of Grand Theft Auto)

Back to the Eighties: October 19801 (A look back at the gaming news of October 1981)

Back to the Nineties: October 1995 (A look back at the gaming news of October 1995)

Cover Story: The Making Of Lode Runner (Extensive look at the creation of the Brøderbund platformer Lode Runner and it's surprising origin on the Commodore PET)

Cheap As Chips: Stonekeep (PC)(Profile on a classic game that can be bought for 5 pounds or less)

From the Archives: Imagitec Design (In-depth biography of one of the classic gaming companies, this month Imagitec Design, creators of games such as Xenophobe, I-War, Raiden and Bubsy In: Fractured Furry Tales)

Gaming Legends: David Perry (Profile of David Perry, who founded Shiny Entertainment and who worked on games such as Disney's Aladdin, MDK and Earthworm Jim)

Minority Report: (A look at some of fantastic games for lesser-known platforms and hidden gems of the more famous ones.)

• Magical Puzzle Popils (Game Gear)
  
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Atari 2600)
  
• Lock 'N Chase (Game Boy)
  
• Shin Kidou Senki Gundam W - Endless Dual (SNES)
  
• The Castle (MSX)
  
• Hard Hat Mack (Apple II)
  
• Dinosaurs For Hire (Mega Drive)
  

The Making Of: Carrier Command (A look at the creation of Realtime Games' simulation game Carrier Command)

The Unconverted: (Feature on Arcade games that were never ported to home consoles and suggestions on a similar game that did make it to consoles)

• Trick Trap 1771 (1987)
  
• Dr. Micro (1983)
  
• Ultra X Weapon (1995)
  
• Dark Tower (1992)
  

The Evolution of the PC Engine (Extensive look at the life of NEC's PC Engine, the small little console that gave Nintnedo's Famicom a run for it's money in Japan, but ultimately failed in the U.S.)

Future Classic: Portal (Feature about a more recent game and why it will become a classic in the future.)

20 Sega Games You've Never Played (A round-up on some of the more obscure Sega games that still deserve to be played)

• Fantasy Zone: The Maze (Master System)
  
• Cosmic Smash (Dreamcast)
  
• Alien 3: The Gun (Arcade)
  
• Pepenga Pengo (Mega Drive)
  
• Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
  
• Gunvalkyrie (XBOX)
  
• Galactic Protector (Master System)
  
• Confidential Mission (Arcade)
  
• Panic! (Mega CD)
  
• Initial D: Street Stage (PSP)
  
• Master of Darkness (Master System)
  
• Ghost Squad (Arcade)
  
• OutRun 2019 (Mega Drive)
  
• Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)
  
• Arabian Fight (Arcade)
  
• Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (Arcade)
  
• Burning Rangers (Saturn)
  
• The Typing of the Dead (Arcade, PC, Dreamcast)
  
• A.B. Cop (Arcade)
  
• Segagaga (Dreamcast)
  

The Making Of: Rampart (A look at the creation of Atari's competitive arcade game Rampart)

Back to Basic (A look at the history of Basic type-in games for computers such as the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum)

The Making Of: Warcraft (A look at the creation of Blizzard Entertainment's extremely influential real-time strategy hit)

Desert Island Disks (Feature on Shahid Ahmad, who has worked on games for over 30 years, from My Word on the Commodore 64 to Street Cricket on the PlayStation 2)

Reviews:

• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (XBOX 360, PS3, Wii U, 3DS, Vita, PC, iOS)
  
• New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U)
  
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (Vita, PS3)
  

Homebrew: (Reviews and news of the latest in homebrew video games)

• Hardsync 1st Mix (Commodore 64)
  
• Down (Sinclair ZX81)
  
• Asteroids Emulator (Atari 8-Bit)
  
• Totems (Amstrad CPC)
  
• Interview with Martijn Wenting, developer of Mage: The Enchanted Crystals for the Odyssey 2
  

Mailbag (Letters from the Readers)

Endgame: Total Recall (Retro Gamer spoils the ending cutscene for a retro game)