Retro Gamer

YouTube video by Zen Studios 25 Years of Gaming with Zen Studios

Great to see @zenstudios.bsky.social celebrating 25 years. We're big fans of its many great pinball games.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXlT...

Today, Nick's been thinking about Kurushi (or Intelligent Qube, as it's known elsewhere in the world) - a PlayStation puzzle game that probably wasn't intended to be as nightmarish as its demo disc appearance made it seem.

Promotional art featuring Mumbo Jumbo, Banjo and Kazooie (L-R).

Are you a Banjo-Kazooie fan? If so, we want to know your favourite memories of the bird and the bear.

Maybe you grew up with the N64 and GBA games, or loved Nuts & Bolts? Did you go crazy for their crossover appearances? No matter what, they all count.

Some replies will be printed in the magazine.

The latest issue of the magazine is now on sale and celebrates 25 years of the Total Wars series. Grab it in shops now or buy it directly from us.
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It will be print only.

Included in this month's Retro Gamer – a special issue of Nintendo Magazine! Featuring 80 pages of information about Nintendo Switch 2 and upcoming games.
You can grab issue 277 in stores or online now. www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
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Many thanks to Creative and Kevin McDowell and Ian Roxburgh for adding some neat insider context to @adambarnes0.bsky.social great feature.

The weekend will be here shortly. What game are you hoping to spend some time with?

Yes, unfortunately this issue has gone out for delivery later than usual. The good news is that the first copies have started arriving with subscribers today, so keep an eye out and your copy should arrive shortly.

The cover of Retro Gamer 277, with the 25th anniversary of the Total War strategy game series as the main feature.

Retro Gamer 277 is out today, celebrating 25 years of the Total War series. Also inside: World Series Baseball, The Chaos Engine 2, Mortal Kombat 3, Heretic, Bully, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and much more.

Pick it up in shops or buy online at: www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...

This looks absolutely fantastic!

You just know there are going to be shenanigans when two unorthodox fighters like Yoshimitsu and Voldo square off. Who even starts a fight by sitting on the ground?

Who else is looking forward to this? We love the first game.

What's your favourite Star Wars games and why? Some answers will appear in the magazine.

A PAL copy of Burning Rangers for the Sega Saturn.

A screenshot of regular stage gameplay in Burning Rangers. Tillis, a young woman in an orange jumpsuit and high-tech firefighting equipment, is in an industrial location, standing in front of a raging fire that blocks the path ahead.

A screenshot of a boss battle in Burning Rangers. Shou, a young man in a blue jumpsuit and high-tech firefighting equipment, stands on a metal mesh platform floating in a room flooded with water. A blue explosion is visible to his left, and a large robotic fish is swimming in the water in the centre-right of the picture.

Burning Rangers is a firefighting game famous for pushing the Saturn hardware to its limits, and its English versions are now expensive. Do you own it? If so, let us know when and where you got it, the rough price you paid and which region it's for.

Some replies will be printed in the magazine.

A screenshot from Super Mario 64. Mario stands atop a flying carpet travelling along a rainbow path, in a blue sky filled with floating platforms.

A screnshot of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. Croc hangs on to a purple balloon as it transports him from one grassy platform to another, with a caged Gobbo on the destination platform.

A screenshot of Banjo-Kazooie. Banjo and Kazooie swim through murky water, past a huge metal fish called Clanker. Is it a shark or a whale? Nobody seems able to decide.

A screenshot of Sonic Adventure. Sonic makes a daring leap between icicles hanging from the ceiling, in order to cross a gap that Tails is casually flying over.

From the mid-Nineties, powerful new hardware enabled platform games to take a big leap into 3D - one taken by both established stars like Mario and Sonic, as well as fresh newcomers. What's your favourite 3D platformer from the Nineties?

Some replies will be printed in the magazine.

Can reading Retro Gamer make you as cool as a ninja on a surfboard? We can't say for sure. What we can guarantee is that if you pick up Retro Gamer 276, you'll be able to read about Shinobi, a series of games that can make you feel exactly that cool. So what are you waiting for?

YouTube video by Acclaim, Inc. #PlayAcclaim Transmission Received: A New Era is Coming

Anyone want to guess what games Acclaim could be bringing back?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYGv...

Celebrate the release of @sega-west.bsky.social and @lizardcube.bsky.social excellent Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance by buying our new issue, which covers the entire series. Grab it in shops or from
www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...

We hear some of you are having trouble purchasing new games right now. While you wait, how about taking some time to read about old games?

Was a fantastic read 👍🏻

The cover of Retro Gamer issue 276, featuring artwork of Joe Musashi from The Revenge Of Shinobi.

Issue 276 of Retro Gamer is on sale today, and we're looking back at the evolution of the Shinobi series! Also inside: Championship Sprint, Frontier: Elite II, Final Fantasy VI, Descent, Jak And Daxter and much more.

Grab it in shops, or buy it online at www.magazinesdirect.com/uk/retro-gam...

Nick, receiving his copy of Sonic The Hedgehog for the Master System as a gift from his dad.

Nick getting a Nintendo GameCube for Christmas.

Nick's been looking through old photos, and they capture some great gaming memories. But there are others he wishes he had, like photos of his day at Sega World in London.

Which of your gaming moments do you wish you had photos of?

Some replies will be featured in the magazine.

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