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FInally got round to the SNES article, loved it, well done to whoever to put that together. You forget how spreadout console launches between Jap, US and EUR used to be!!

I’ve been reading magazines (mostly computers, gaming , sports and cars) for 40 years and always read the monthly regular columns first. The RG ones always seem a bit short. I’m curious what the required word count is for the Mr Biffo and Iain Lee columns. Each month it seems like they are just gett...

jdanddiet wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:01 am

joefish wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 03, 2020 9:01 am

Just seen the next issue in Tesco, a day before it's supposed to be out.
Any subscribers got theirs yet?

211? Got mine yesterday

Yup me too.

I'm surprised there's no thread for this issue yet. I had to create one just to say how great the Tony Pomfret interview is, he's a character, just don't mention Wigan

That Chris Cannon interview is superb. Also enjoyed the 3d Monster Maze, BBC Minority report and Rebel Assult articles.

That said, I'd say retail sales are absolutely crucial, because they attract new readers who otherwise would never hear about Retro Gamer. A very good point, for some reason I'd not thought of that. Once you become a subscriber to something you sort of stop thinking about the buying of it in a shop...

This is all very interesting, I don't give two hoots about whether the mag has 100 pages or 116 pages. I just get it and read it. But I am curious what the % split is between retail sales and subscriber numbers is? I always assumed RG was much for of a Subscriber heavy publication which meant retail...

I read the Formula One article today, loved it. I don't think I was ever even aware it existed, although more than likely I did see the adverts for it, but not having a Speccy didn't pay much attention to it. Will have to give it a go via emulation.

Yeah looks like a great issue, I actually got mine on Monday! I was surprised to see no Homebrew section but learnt (via the AtariAge Forums) today that Jason Kelk is laid up in hospital due to Covid-19! https://atariage.com/forums/topic/307853-have-just-read-in-june-2020s-retro-gamer-magazine/ I th...

Was Daley Thomsons's Decathlon influenced by Konami's Track & Field or Activision's Decathlon, or both or neither?

Lets have: Commodore 64. The best selling computer in history can't be wrong! Nintendo Wii. I hated Nintendo until this came out!! Had the family engrossed in gaming for years! Gauntlet. Four player cab. Four mates around and a bag of 10p's... Yes please! I think all your picks need to be from the ...

Loved the article about the recent developments in CPC Homebrew, it boggles my mind how much that machine can be pushed given it's lack of any real custom hardware (well on the 464/6128 anyway).

But I don't take kindly to being talked down to by smug folk who don't even bother to read what I actually wrote (that's not directed at you, by the way) yet feel it's important to be snide about it. Fair enough, although I'm not reading anything in this thread that suggests there are any "smug" pe...

Weblaus wrote: ↑

Fri May 08, 2020 12:08 pm

Wrote some stuff.....

Please have some perspective, is this stuff really that important?

Does it bother you that most people associate Software Projects with Matthew Smith and his games and little else?