The New Retro Gamer will be in U.S. stores soon (if not already). I usually pick mine up at Barnes and Noble but they only have limited quantities and they sell out rather quickly. I wish I had the money to run a U.S. version of this magazine as it costs about $13 on the news stand. However you do get a free CD with either full versions of games, multiple retro style games or emulators on it. I have not put up the money for a subscription to this magazine yet but I really want to.
In the latest issue they are including the complete Last Ninja Trilogy. The CD contains the original 8-bit ROMS (for the C64, Spectrum, Amstrad and NES versions) and a selection of emulators with which you can use to run the games on your PC or Macintosh. Last month I got the full version of Arena the precursor to Daggerfall. That’s where I got my Dos Box emulator and also when I figured out I’d be able to run my Space Quest games (as posted earlier).
This issue will also feature the 1989 classic Atari Lynx. Remember that ultra cool portable that was released by Atari featuring a full-color, 16-bit interface? Yeah, I barely do too. At $150 it was too much money back then. I see them on eBay frequently. Gameboy eventually killed it with its less expensive black and white screen and weaker processor.
There is also some C64 stuff in this issue worth picking up. In addition they’re going to profile Robocop the video game, the Sega 32x, their imported games segment as well as their continuing coverage of “A Brief History of Video Games” last months started with Pong.
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