Retro Gamer issue 228 divulge ‘Arcade Style Games’ with Confidence

Issue 228 of the Retro Gamer magazine is out!

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Here’s what you can look forward to in our next issue.

Get ready to race! The next issue of Retro Gamer features an exhaustive look at Codemaster’s brilliant Micro Machines series. Learn how the devs, artists and designers behind the game turned Galoob’s toy line into a gigantic multiplayer hit.

Issue 228 also features some amazing behind the scenes access, including an interview with Tim Schafer, who chats to us about the excellent Psychonauts series. We also speak to Matthew Stibbe and Louis Castle about the Dune games they worked on and quiz the coders who left Elite to form Arc Developments.

Other highlights include in-depth looks at Beach-Head, Streets Of Rage 3 and the excellent Ridge Racer Revolution, as well as Making Of articles on Doctor Who And The Mines Of Terror, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers and the controversial arcade game Chiller.

We also explain why Ori And The Will Of The Wisps is a Future Classic, and reveal if the new Game & Watch celebrating Zelda’s 35th anniversary is worth picking up.

Our smaller articles look at Out Run, Jet Set Willy, Dead Or Alive, Neo Turf Masters, Berzerk, Spectacular Sparky, Metroid: Zero Mission and much, much more

Thanks for your continued support. We’ll see you next month!

Darran Jones
Editor, Retro Gamer