Retro Gamer Issue 119

Retro Radar:

Amiga Classic To Hit Mobile Devices (Interview with Eric Mitchess and Patrick Roberts of Amiga Games INC about releasing 16-bit classics on mobile devices)

The Wall: (News tidbits from the world of retro gaming)

• Mega Drive Gems Go PC (Super Fighter Team announces it's three Mega Drive homebrews: Beggar Prince, Legend of Wukong and Star Odyssey, shall receive PC and Mac ports)
  
• Dead or Alive 5 Goes Ultimate (Tecmo Koei announces new version of DOA 5 to include addition content from Vita version as well as additional bonus content)
  
• Casltevania Power-Ups (Konami announces enhanced PC port of Casltevania: Lords of Shadow)
  
• Metal Gear Legacy Confirmed (Konami confirms release of PS3-exclusive collection that spans entire series)
  
• Strider Returns (Capcom announces new Strider games to be developed by Helix Games)
  

Retro Diary: 16 August - 12 September (Overview of Major Gaming Moments)

• 23 August 1991 - Nintendo's SNES releases in the U.S. with Super Mario World and F-Zero
  
• 23 August 2013 - Saints Row IV releases in Europe on the XBOX 360 and PS3
  
• 25 August 1983 - Acorn Computers announces the Electron at the Acorn User Show
  
• 26 August 1985 - Gremlin Graphics releases platformer Monty On the Run
  
• 27 August 1979 - Lunar Lander, Atari's first vector graphics game, releases into arcades
  
• 27 August 1992 - Super Mario kart releases for the SNES
  
• 30 August 1987 - Capcom releases the original Street Fighter into arcades
  
• 31 August 1997 - id Software releases Hexen II for the PC
  
• 1 September 1982 - Atari and Namco's Pole Position releases in Japan for arcades
  
• 1 September 1997 - Rare releases Blast Corps in Europe for the Nintendo 64
  
• 1 September 2006 - Hack-and-slash game N3: Ninety-Nine Nights releases for the XBOX 360
  
• 3 September 2013 - Console ports of Blizzard's Diablo III release for PS3 and XBOX 360
  
• 3 September 1998 - The original Metal Gear Solid release on Sony's PlayStation
  
• 6 September 1982 - Activision's popular game Pitfall! release for the Atari 2600
  
• 6 September 1993 - The Amiga CD32 releases in the UK, only to be discontinued seven months later
  
• 9 September 1998 - Sega's Dreamcast releases in North America
  
• 9 September 2011 - Deep Silver's Dead Island releases in Europe fro PC, XBOX 360 and PS3
  
• 10 September 1997 - Treasure releases Silhouette Mirage for the Sega Saturn exclusively in Japan
  
• 11 September 2012 - Double Dragon Neon releases on the PlayStation Network
  

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

Back to the Nineties: June 1996 (A look back at the gaming news of June 1996)

Cover Story: The Story of Q*Bert (Feature of the famous foul-mouthed arcade mascot and his path from fame to his cameo in Disney's Wreck-It Ralph)

A Moment With... (Interview with Teddy Lee, developer of the roguelike game Rogue Legacy)

The Making Of: Super Castlevania IV (A look at the creation of Konami's debut Castlevania title for the SNES)

Brain Strain: A Bluffer's Guide To Puzzle Games (Feature that explores the birth and evolution of puzzle games, from Taito's Qix to Portal and the Professor Layton series)

The Making Of: Deactivators (A look at the creation of puzzle/adventure game Deactivators)

Top 25 Super Nintendo Games (List of the top 25 games for the SNES as voted on by the readers)

• 25 - SimCity
  
• 24 - ActRaiser
  
• 23 - Cybernator
  
• 22 - Zombies Ate My Neighbours
  
• 21 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
  
• 20 - Super Aleste
  
• 19 - EarthBound
  
• 18 - Super Mario All-Stars
  
• 17 - Super Tennis
  
• 16 - Super Bomberman
  
• 15 - Donkey Kong Country
  
• 14 - Chrono Trigger
  
• 13 - Star Fox
  
• 12 - Final Fantasy VI
  
• 11 - F-Zero
  
• 10 - Super Castlevania IV
  
• 9 - Secret of Mana
  
• 8 - Pilotwings
  
• 7 - Contra III: The Alien Wars
  
• 6 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
  
• 5 - Super Metroid
  
• 4 - Super Mario kart
  
• 3 - Street Fighter II Turbo
  
• 2 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  
• 1 - Super Mario World
  

Power-Up: The Spectrum 128 (Article that looks at the birth and life of the Spectrum 128k computer)

In Pole Position - Zeppelin Games (Overview of Zeppelin Games, creators of games such as Stack Up, Titanic Blinky and Auto Club Revolution)

The History Of Cannon Fodder (A look at Sensible Software's Cannon Fodder, one of the earlier strategy games before Command & Conquer)

Jaguar: 20 Years On (Feature that explores the life and death of Atari's last game console and why some still have a fond memory of the system)

Future Classic: Pikmin 2 (Feature about a more recent game and why it will become a classic in the future)

The Making Of: Counter-Strike (Article on the creation of the popular Half-Life mod, Counter-Strike, that spawned an entire life of its own)

Minority Report: (A look at the little-known platforming gems. This one covers a wide variety of consoles)

• The Apprentice (CD-i)
  
• Tempo (Sega 32X)
  
• Jungle Eddi (Sinclair QL)
  
• Hunkidory (BBC Micro)
  
• Elevator Fight (Super Cassette Vision)
  
• Bull and Mighty's Slim Chance (MSX)
  
• Sammy Lightfoot (Apple II)
  

In The Chair: Sandy White (Extensive interview with Sandy White, who worked on Ant Attack, Zombie Zombie and I, Of the Mask for the Spectrum)

Reviews:

• Rogue Legacy (PC)
  
• Sturmwind (Dreamcast)
  
• Hotline Miami (Vita, PC, PS3, Mac, Linux)
  
• Pikmin 3 (Wii U)
  
• Willy's Great Adventure (iOS, Android)
  

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

• Covertape #2 (Spectrum)
  
• Russian Blob (GBA)
  
• Shmup! (MSX)
  
• Lunar Rescue (Commodore 16)
  
• Interview with Davit Masia, who developed the monochrome puzzle Ninja Twins
  

Mailbag (Letters from the Readers)

Endgame: Prince of Persia (Retro Gamer spoils the ending cutscene for a retro game)