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Official Feedback FOR ISSUE 42

Post by Darran@Retro Gamer » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:55 am

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Retroinspection - BBC Micro
An In-Depth Look at Acorn's entry into the overcrowded 8-bit market

The Definitive - Space Invaders Part II
Will the evil alien invaders take over planet earth? Not if Stuart Campbell has anything to do with it.

Developer Lookback - SSI Part 1
In the first of a two-part series, we look back at the colourful history of Strategic Simulations Inc

The Making of Tetris
Creator, Alexey Pajitnov talks to us about pentominos, tetrominoes and coding on ancient computers

Complete Guide - Shoot-em-ups
Darran Jones takes to the skies and looks back at the convoluted history of the shoot-em-up - once one of gaming's most popular genres

The Making of Crazy Taxi
Hey, hey, hey! It's time to make some crazy money. Retro Gamer jumps into a cab, turns off the meter and interviews the mind behind Sega's brilliant Crazy Taxi

Company Profile - Big Red Software
friends of Dizzy and fans of Seymour rejoice as you discover the history of Big Red Software

Arcade Inspection - CPS-2
We take a detailed look at one of Capcom's most successful arcade boards - the mighty CPS-2

The Making of Sheep in Space
Find out what happens when a four-legged hairy quadropod gets flung into outer space.

and much much more including CGE, California Games, Micro Machines, Starbike, Skweek, Cybernator, Silhouette Mirage, Raid over Moscow[/img]
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Post by Dudley » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:08 am

Find out what happens when a four-legged hairy quadropod gets flung into outer space.
Tut. Redundancy in a single sentence... ;)
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Post by Darran@Retro Gamer » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:44 am

Dudley wrote:
Find out what happens when a four-legged hairy quadropod gets flung into outer space.
Tut. Redundancy in a single sentence... ;)
Yeah, I still don't know why I wrote that :?
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Post by The Master » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:48 am

WANNA SEE THE COVER!!!!!!!!! :o
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Post by felgekarp » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:00 am

Looking forward to that complete guide to shoot em ups and the CPS-2 feature.
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Post by Darran@Retro Gamer » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:04 am

felgekarp wrote:Looking forward to that complete guide to shoot em ups and the CPS-2 feature.
The complete shoot-em-up guide was originally printed a few months ago in GamesTM. We had a feature fall out at the last minute so I needed to put something in its place relatively quickly.

I don't like reusing old features as a rule, but in this case it was unavoidable. Apologies for anyone who has already seen this in gamesTM.
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Post by Duddyroar » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:04 am

Crazy Taxi?

I'm sure that will reopen the usual 'what is retro?' argument, but I can't wait to read that! :)

Awesome game.
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Post by SirClive » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:10 am

Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:
Dudley wrote:
Find out what happens when a four-legged hairy quadropod gets flung into outer space.
Tut. Redundancy in a single sentence... ;)
Yeah, I still don't know why I wrote that :?
Not gonna win any awards like that ;)

Looks like another great issue (though I am not keen on the 2 and 3 part articles). Nice cover too.
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Post by Dudley » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:14 am

Seems a touch strange to put space invaders on the front now. People will buy the mag to read the complete history only to find out they've already missed half of it.

Still, I can see the problem, there's nothing else that demands the cover.
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Post by mikeb » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:38 am

Actually 'quadropod' sounds like something from a Minter game ;)

And personally I think that cover looks amazing.
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Post by CraigGrannell » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:05 am

The new design creeping in looks rather natty. However, what's with newbie's image on page 3? It looks very strange and somewhat fanzine-like to have a bunch of Zzap!-like Markie-drawn heads and then one screen-grab 'character' bunged in there.
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Post by Darran@Retro Gamer » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:09 am

CraigGrannell wrote:The new design creeping in looks rather natty. However, what's with newbie's image on page 3? It looks very strange and somewhat fanzine-like to have a bunch of Zzap!-like Markie-drawn heads and then one screen-grab 'character' bunged in there.
Stuart started really late in the issue and Mark didn't have enough time to get him drawn up. I actually think it looks really funny and already have plans to replace your image with Mario ;)
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Post by LeeT » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:34 am

Dudley wrote:
....still, I can see the problem, there's nothing else that demands the cover.
I would have thought Tetris would have been the cover feature.. :?
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Post by mikeb » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:37 am

Heh.. as iconic as Tetris surely is I can't imagine some magnified pixellated falling blocks making as striking a cover as the 'classic' Invaders art ;)
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Post by yethboth » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:43 am

Good Front Cover.
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