Retro Gamer is the world's biggest - and longest-running - magazine dedicated to classic games, from ZX Spectrum, to NES and PlayStation. Relaunched in 2005, Retro Gamer has become respected within the industry as the authoritative word on classic gaming, thanks to its passionate and knowledgeable writers, with in-depth interviews of numerous acclaimed veterans, including Shigeru Miyamoto, Yu Suzuki, Peter Molyneux and Trip Hawkins.
Latest articles by Retro Gamer Team

Feel the force of Retro Gamer 251
By Retro Gamer Team published
News There’s a Star Wars double bill in the latest issue

Retro Gamer's latest issue goes big on Rare, and it's out now
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Issue 250 has a gigantic Rare feature and a fantastic 32-page book

The latest issue of Retro Gamer Celebrates Sonic The Hedgehog 3
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Takashi Iizuka looks back at the classic Mega Drive game

Don’t miss Retro Gamer’s Sega special
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Issue 247 features OutRun 2 and includes a fantastic 32-page book

A Tomb Raider double-bill hits Retro Gamer 145
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Lara's original devs revisit a digital legend

The first Legend of Zelda game is a masterpiece that has enthralled us for almost 40 years
By Retro Gamer Team published
FEATURE And here's why it's still well-worth playing today

Celebrate the 80s with Retro Gamer
By Retro Gamer Team published
News This month’s feature reveals the decade’s defining games

Retro Gamer reveals the Amiga’s defining games
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Discover the classics that shaped Commodore’s 16-bit computer

The making of Alien Resurrection: Why did the high-profile movie tie-in arrive three years late?
By Retro Gamer Team published
FEATURE Lost in space

The evolution of Project Gotham: from Metropolis Street Racer to the original Xbox and beyond
By Retro Gamer Team published
FEATURE The chequered history of how Metropolis Street Racer transformed into Project Gotham Racing

Retro Gamer celebrates the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Discover the turtles’ many classic videogames

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami on the making of a horror classic: "one by one staff would resign from the job"
By Retro Gamer Team last updated
Feature Retro Gamer investigates the making of Resident Evil, 25 years on from its PlayStation debut

Capcom wants Street Fighter to be around in another 35 years
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Retro Gamer 236 grapples with three and a half decades of the iconic fighter

Discover the greatest lightgun games of all time in Retro Gamer magazine
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Plus Donkey Kong, Wonderboy, and D&D

How Super Mario Kart and dance music created WipEout
By Retro Gamer Team published
News Retro Gamer outlines the making of the racing classic

Retro Gamer celebrates the Spectrum’s 40th anniversary
By Retro Gamer Team published
News And looks back at Simpsons Hit & Run

The creators of Earthworm Jim on what’s in store for his new Amico adventure
By Retro Gamer Team published
News David Perry, Tommy Tallarico and Nick Bruty outline the past and future of Earthworm Jim

Developers reveal their favourite SNES games in Retro Gamer
By Retro Gamer Team, Ali Jones published
News Plus Top Gear on the SNES and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

The latest Retro Gamer outlines how pub breaks led to Micro Machines’ best levels
By Retro Gamer Team, Ali Jones published
News Plus, a look at how Psychonauts started life as a Full Throttle fever-dream

Legendary Mario voice actor Charles Martinet on his favorite characters and why he now 'dreams in 2D'
By Andrew Fisher, Retro Gamer Team published
Feature In the chair with Super Mario Bros. voice actor Charles Martinet

50 things that changed gaming, from Computer Space to virtual reality
By Nick Thorpe, Retro Gamer Team published
Feature Retro Gamer looks back at 50 moments that had a major impact on the trajectory of games over the last five decades

Pixels to polygons: How 2D games tried to shine in a 3D world
By Retro Gamer Team, Stephen Wilds published
Feature Retro Gamer speaks with veteran developers to explore the transition from 2D to 3D
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