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Welcome to 100 GAMES TO PLAY BEFORE YOU DIE
100 GAMES TO PLAY BEFORE YOU DIE • You’re only on this planet for a short time, so you need to cram in as many games as possible. Our reader vote reveals the many classics that you really must play
Q&A: ROBERT FENNELL • Known online as GreenDeathFlavor, this speedrunner shares his insight on demolishing Mario’s finest game
BOSS RUSH • What kind of hero would Mario be if he didn’t bring down a few behemoths on his travels? Here’s a rogue’s gallery of the miscreants he comes up against in Super Mario World
DEFENDER • One of the most ruthless blasters to hit arcades, Defender is the sort of game that puts hairs on your chest (even if you’re a girlie). Eugene Jarvis chats to Craig Grannell about the title that started him off, detailing Defender’s rise from a wannabe Space Invaders clone to the iconic game we know today
MANIC MINER • Sat at the very desk where it was written, Matthew Smith watches Miner Willy leap through all 20 screens of his Spectrum masterpiece. Paul Drury holds the ashtray and takes notes
SPEEDBALL 2 BRUTAL DELUXE • A classic that’s so good it’s made the top of two of our reader surveys. With that in mind we felt it was high time that David Crookes interviewed Mike Montgomery and Robert Trevellyan about their smash hit sports game
FEELING HUNGRY? IT’S RICHARD JOSEPH’S FAULT • Discover why Speedball 2 loves its icecream
HISTORY OF SPEEDBALL • Your guide to the short-lived series
POWER-UP • Spending a little bit of time in the gym to upgrade the attack, defence, stamina, aggression and intelligence levels of your team is well worth your while
SPEEDBALL TIPS • Learn to play with Robert and Mike
GAME ON • More sports game with a heavy sci-fi influence to discover
STREET FIGHTER II • Whether you were working on a follow-up, working on a competitor or simply feeding arcade machines your hard-earned coins, Street Fighter II changed the gaming landscape. Nick Thorpe looks back at the impact of Capcom's classic brawler
ART ATTACK • Mick McGinty talks us through some of his Street Fighter II box art
TEAM PICKS • The Retro Gamer team looks back at their favourite Street Fighter characters
DID YOU KNOW
STAT FIGHTER • The tale of the tape on Capcom’s prize fighter
CONVERSION CAPERS • We take a look at all the ports of Capcom’s arcade smash hit
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SEGA • A powerful new 16-bit games console, continued pressure from a portly plumber, and a company firing on all cylinders led to one of Sega’s finest hours in June 1991. Discover how a little blue hedgehog became the face of Sega
THE ANTHRO ALSO-RAN
THE OTHER SONIC 1
ZONED OUT • The many levels of Sonic The Hedgehog
super castlevania IV • It heralded the evolution of the franchise into 16-bit and was a technical showcase for the SNES. John Szczepaniak speaks with main programmer and total director, Jun Furano – known by his real name, Masahiro Ueno
ROGUE’S GALLERY • Your guide to Super Castlevania IV’s superb bosses
SUPER CASTLEVANIA IV THE DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY • Masahiro Ueno gives us the lowdown on Super Castlevania IV’s creepy castle
STREETS OF RAGE • Artist Atsushi Seimiya explains how he helped create Sega’s answer to Final Fight
POWER-UP! • Take on the gangs with these handy items
BOSS RUSH • The mayors of Streets Of Rage and how to defeat them
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA A LINK TO THE PAST • Refreshing a series for a new generation is tough, especially when it’s a Zelda title....
