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Retro Gamer Retro Gamer Issue 271
Published 10th April
Inside issue 271
Celebrate the incoming release of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle with our fantastic Indiana Jones cover feature. Inside we cover some of Indy’s greatest adventures, including Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Temple Of Doom, Fate Of Atlantis, Infernal Machine and the recently released The Great Circle. We also go behind the scenes of Destroy All Humans! and Combat Lynx, revisit Capcom’s Ghosts ‘N Goblins, chat to Dylan Cuthbert and much more.
The Evolution Of Indiana Jones Games Howard Scott Warshaw, Ron Gilbert and Julian Eggebrecht on creating digital adventures for the popular archaeologist
The Making Of This month we speak to the creative minds behind Combat Lynx, Destroy All Humans! and The Games: Summer & Winter Challenge
Ultimate Guide Our big features this month look at Capcom’s excellent arcade hit Ghosts ‘N Goblins and the highly atmospheric STALKER: Shadow Of Chernobyl
In The Chair: Dylan Cuthbert The creator behind X and Star Fox discusses grabbing chocolate biscuits for Shigeru Miyamoto, creating Super FX games and running his own studio
The Retro Gamer Guide To: Master System Nick Thorpe has curated a list of nearly 50 8-bit classics for you to enjoy. How many did you get to play on release?
There’s much more, including… Armor Ambush, Nebulus, Sonic 3D: Flickies’ Island, Dave Kelsall, Super Game Boy 2, GoldenEye 007, F-Zero X, PlayStation 3 Slim, Virtua NBA, Homebrew, Metroid: Other M
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