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How the N64 "confidently signposted our way into the 3D future"
Feature Retro Gamer takes an in-depth look at the strengths, influence, and legacy of the N64 with veteran developers
Halo: Combat Evolved didn't have a campaign for a long time
News It's strange to think of Halo without a campaign
The making of Enter the Matrix, the game that defied the foundations of interactive storytelling with messy results
Feature The creators of Enter the Matrix reflect on its messy and ambitious development
The making of Splinter Cell – How the decision to "ruthlessly enforce stealth" created a classic
Feature The making of Splinter Cell – how a decision to "ruthlessly enforce stealth" helped create a classic
How we chose the Ultimate Game of All Time shortlist for the Golden Joystick Awards 2021
GJA 2021 How we created a voting shortlist of 20 titles from the 1.1 million games that have been released in the last 50 years
The new Retro Gamer goes hands-on with the Evercade VS console
News And outlines how two N64 games paved the way for GTA3
The making of Resident Evil 4: "By that point in the series, zombies were simply no longer scary to players"
Feature Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi looks back on how this genre defining monster was made
Golden Joystick Awards 2021: see the full list of nominees and how to vote today
News What gets your pick in the world's biggest player-voted gaming awards?
Best retro games of all time
Best list Our ranking of the best retro games of all time, from GTA Vice City to Super Mario World
The making of Super Metroid: Looking back at the origins of an all-time classic
Feature With Metroid Dread bringing Samus back, Retro Gamer explores the making of one of series' most memorable entries
The Golden Joystick Awards celebrates 50 years of games this November
News The Golden Joystick Awards is back for another virtual show and will focus on gaming's 50th anniversary
Crash Bandicoot turns 25 – How Naughty Dog transformed Willie the Wombat into a PlayStation icon
Feature Retro Gamer explores how Crash Bandicoot shaped 3D platforming, the PS1, and even Naughty Dog itself
The new Retro Gamer reveals the Nintendo 64 didn’t need to be 64-bit
News Giles Goddard and other veteran coders debunk Nintendo’s popular console
Quake turns 25: John Romero looks back on the legendary FPS that almost tore id Software apart
Feature The making of Quake is a story of messy, ambitious development that changed the Doom and Wolfenstein creators forever
This handheld PS2 is like the Sony Switch circa 2000
News The 'PS2 Eclipse' uses the original PS2 motherboard and PS Vita buttons
From Dark Forces to Battlefront, Retro Gamer charts the history of Star Wars video games
News “When you look at the whole saga, the real hero might be R2-D2”
New Retro Gamer discusses Yasuyuki Oda's big plans for The King Of Fighters XV
News Retro Gamer 222 looks back over the iconic fighting franchise
Celebrate Sonic's 30th Anniversary with the latest issue of Retro Gamer
News Takashi Iizuka admits to Retro Gamer that Sonic’s look needed to be rethought after that first movie trailer dropped in an amazing new Retro Gamer exclusive
