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Interview Secret Of Mana Composer Hiroki Kikuta Reflects On The Timeless SNES Soundtrack
"I'm sure the long development period of two years put a lot of stress on my heart"
The Making Of Powermonger, Bullfrog's Forgotten RTS Follow-Up To Populous
We chatted to ex-Bullfrog staff about the often-overlooked title
Feature How X8's Contra: Super Wall Storm Is Taking Konami's Series Into The Realm Of VR
"These are all things you can only experience with VR"
We speak to sculptor Phil Ramirez about his work on Toy Biz's Video Game Superstars
Retail Therapy Super Game Shack Powers Up With "Level 2" Arcade Coffee Shop And Store
One of the UK's best video game stores gets a level-up
Feature A Tribute To Jason Brookes
"To the very end, he was thinking of others, with kindness"
Feature The Story Of The Indiana Jones Adventure We Never Got To Play, And The Comic It Inspired
Indiana Jones & The Iron Phoenix was in development at LucasArts between 1993 to 1994
"Having real names provides evidence of what each person contributed to the game"
Feature How John Ferrari's Kids (And Grandkids) Are Helping Resurrect C64 Superstar Maximus Mouse
"He loved what he did and was brilliant at it"
Feature The Untold Story Of WipEout Zero, The PS4 Anti-Grav Racer We Never Got To Play
"I’m pretty gutted that Zero never got finished"
The Making Of Wizardry, The Landmark RPG That Inspired Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy
We take a closer look at one of the most influential RPGs of all time
Interview Meet The Man Who's Upgrading SNES Doom With The "Super FX 3" Chip
"Super FX 3 is a great nickname that we've been using internally"
Interview Capcom Legend Harumi Fujita Reflects On Her Impressive 40-Year Career In Games
Harumi Fujita is responsible for the music to many of Capcom's biggest titles
The Japan-only 1997 classic might soon be playable in English
"It seemed there'd been a not-very-robust sign-off process"
Interview How NES RPG Former Dawn Is Bringing CD-ROM Power To Nintendo's 8-Bit System
"Not only was this possible, it almost happened in reality in 1990"
Gallery Remembering Legendary Sega And Data East Artist Jun Satoh
The late artist behind Japanese covers for notable Mega Drive games
The Making Of The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, Capcom's SNES Classic
"Nobody at Disney really understood what the hell we were doing"
Talking Point Is There Such A Thing As "Bad" Nostalgia?
"I tried to think of the most harmless thing"
Interview Shadowgate's Co-Creator On Returning To The NES Classic 30 Years Later
"I kept this massive design document in my basement for 30 years"
Interview Super Mario Kart & SimCity Composer Soyo Oka On Her Most Iconic Nintendo Soundtracks
"I wasn’t really the kind of kid who played video games."
Feature Meet The Unsung Hero Behind The Vectrex
Mark Indictor also worked at NASA and Disney
Interview "Creating Cores Isn't Profitable" - Pr4m0d On The Challenges Of FPGA Retro Gaming
"Most people I know who do this do it for preservation"
Feature The Story Of 'Infinity', The Game Boy Color RPG 25 Years In The Making
"Infinity gave me the confidence to follow a lifelong passion to tell my stories"
Interview "We Were World Leaders" - The History Of System 3 And The Last Ninja
We speak to System 3's Mark Cale on why the series is making a return
Interview Jason Bradbury Talks 'Crtl AI Delete', A Comedic Take On The AI Apocalypse
Super Intelligence vs Super Nintendo
Interview "Switch Has Been Big For Us" - Skunkape On Remastering Telltale's Sam & Max Trilogy
"We've introduced the game to a lot of people there"
Opinion Electronic Arts Used To Empower Developers; Now It Looks To Replace Them With AI
Company goes in-all on generative AI
Feature Gimmick! Designer Tomomi Sakai On Making A Nintendo Masterpiece
"Gimmick! is a completed work, so I can’t imagine there being a sequel"
"It still feels great to be able to hold a game in your hands"
The Making Of Do Me A Favour (Sega Master Mix '90) - Sega's Fan-Made Rap Masterpiece
"We still have a laugh about it"
Feature The Inside Story Behind Grand Theft Auto III's Japanese Release
"You could say that GTA 3, in part, helped shape the games industry in Japan into what it is today"
Feature The Grand Theft Auto Games, Ports, & Expansions We Never Got To Play
From unreleased ports to unrealized spin-offs and abandoned ideas
"Clearly Quest wasn't the last name of Simon Belmont"
Omega 6: The Triangle Stars is coming to Switch & PC in the West in 2025
The remake aims to pay tribute to Rainbow Arts & the late artist Celâl Kandemiroğlu
The Making Of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Konami's Underrated N64 Classic
Goemon's first adventure on the N64 originally launched in August 1997
"There were so many firsts with this game"
Feature Forget The Olympics, Extra Life Café Is The Best Reason To Visit Paris
Gaming, arcades, manga - but no smoking or drinking!
"I enjoyed this work more than anything else I've done since"
Interview Antstream's Steve Cottam On Bringing Retro Gaming To The Masses Via The Cloud
"I am so proud of how far Antstream has come"
The Making Of Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 3's Iconic James Bond-Style Anthem
"I mentioned I'd worked on Snake Eater, and my three young nephews went wild"
"I never had the conscious intention of becoming a musician"
