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Kingdom Hearts at 20: How a Mickey Mouse RPG pitch spiraled wildly out of control
By Samuel Roberts last updated
Feature Director Tetsuya Nomura charts the making of Square's iconic RPG as Kingdom Hearts celebrates its 20th anniversary

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

Exploring the legacy of Fatal Fury: The legendary fighting game series that's returning after 23 years
By Nick Thorpe published
Feature Looking back on the history of Fatal Fury, SNK's fighting series that's set to return more than 20 years later

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

The Simpsons: Hit & Run devs explain how they were influenced by GTA 3
By Elizabeth Fryer published
News “If there was no GTA III, there wouldn’t have been a Simpsons: Hit & Run”

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

Monkey Island creators recount the origins of its infamous Insult Sword Fighting
By Josh West published
Feature Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer reflect on 30 years of fighting like dairy farmers ahead of Return to Monkey Island

God of War's Kratos was partially inspired by one of the faces of Fight Club
By Elizabeth Fryer published
News Ed Norton's role in American History X helped shape Kratos' original look

The Need for Speed team helped turn SSX into a high-speed downhill racer
By Elizabeth Fryer published
News EA's racer, a 1996 arcade game, and one rogue artist helped turn SSX into an extreme sports classic

The success of Tomb Raider was partially responsible for this Alien game's three-year delay
By Elizabeth Fryer published
News Lara bested the Xenomorph way back in 1996

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

Here's why EA's Lord of the Rings games start with The Two Towers and not Fellowship of the Ring
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Peter Jackson works fast, apparently

How an accounting mix-up led to 2 Dune games in 1 year
By Connor Sheridan published
News "You have to admit Cryo really pulled a rabbit out of the hat"

Psychonauts originally started life as a peyote trip scene in Full Throttle
By Hope Bellingham published
News Retro Gamer issue 228 delves into the history of Psychonauts

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