Latest Features
The Making Of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
"It was the most hectic nine months of my life"
The Making Of Langrisser / Warsong - Fire Emblem's Oft-Ignored Rival
"It is actually based on the flow of the Korean War"
Sacred Spaces Ocean Software's Central Street HQ / Manchester, England
"It could have been the biggest disaster ever, can you imagine?"
The Making Of Super Play, The Japan-Obsessed SNES Magazine That Inspired A Generation
"Super Play didn’t try to be all things to all people"
The Making Of Croc, 3D Platforming's Unsung Hero
"How can we make a 3D platform game?"
Talking Point Does Video Game History Have A "Nintendo" Problem?
"History is written by the victors"
The Making Of Star Fox, Nintendo's First 3D Smash Hit
"We didn't really know if that was even possible"
Feature Inside Nightdive's 8-Year-Long Odyssey To Remake The Original System Shock
"My number one feeling is I hope it was worth the wait"
Feature From Mark Hamill To Tim Curry: Hollywood Actors In Video Games
Christopher Walken! Dennis Hopper! Hulk Hogan!
Feature Everything Revealed At The Evercade Showcase Vol. 1
Duke Nukem! Sunsoft! Delphine! VS hardware!
The Making Of Microcosm, CD-ROM Gaming's First AAA Title
"We were part of a golden period in gaming"
Gallery Retro-Bit's Valis Collection Brings Telenet's Series Back To Life
Unboxing Valis, Syd of Valis and Valis III
The Making Of James Pond: Codename Robocod
"The quality of Super Mario World became an attribute I aspired to achieve"
The Making Of Mean Machines, The Magazine That Sold Console Gaming To The UK
"Like the Renaissance, Left Bank and Vietnam of vulgarity, all rolled into one"
Feature Sonic Bust: The Rise And Fall Of Sega Enterprises
"They thought we were crazy – and we were"
The Making Of Dangerous Heaven, The DVD Game That Aimed To Unify Hardware Platforms
"It was designed to work with a mouse, a PlayStation controller or TV remote"
Interview Konami Legends Reveal The Secrets Of The Arcade Hit Factory
A rare peek behind the curtain!
Feature I Just Fixed This Obscure Unlicensed NES Game
Nearly 40 years after the Famicom launch, and we're still finding things out
The Making Of Rez - Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Timeless Masterpiece
"When we first made this work, it felt like magic"
Feature The Incredible Story Of Satellaview, Nintendo's Satellite Modem SNES Add-On
An unorthodox radio station, exclusive games, and a bitter breakup
Feature Latest Crop Of Evercade Carts Shows The Ongoing Importance Of The System
Team17! Toaplan! C64! Piko!
The Making Of Chandragupta: Warrior Prince - The Indian 'Prince Of Persia' Published By Sony
"I wrote the entire design, but the implementation was catastrophic"
The Making Of Barbie (1984) - The First Ever Video Game Based On The Popular Doll
"It was something very different and time-consuming."
The Making Of The Menacer - How Sega Rustled Up A Super Scope Rival In Just Six Months
"It was for the American market, so let's have the Americans do it"
Feature Forest Of Illusion's Closure Shows How Precarious Video Game Preservation Is
"Video game preservation should not be this fragile!"
Feature Rockstar Co-Founder Explains Origins Of Rockstar Games Presents: Table Tennis
"F***ing EA’s just bought Renderware, we need to make our own engine..."
Feature How A Nintendo Game & Watch Bootleg Enraptured A Generation Of Russian Kids
This Soviet-era handheld gave many their first taste of games
Flashback Remembering The Jurassic Park Dreamworks Logo That Traumatized A Generation
"The main studio gave us a lot of freedom to just be creative."
Feature 20 Years After Atari's E.T., Another Company Made The Same Mistake
How NewKidCo gambled it all on E.T. with disastrous results
Feature What Do You Get If You Cross Contra With Canines? Wild Dogs, That's What
Run-and-gun nostalgia feels, with bonus good boys
The Making Of Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken - A Legendary SNES Mecha Epic
"It was such a wonderful time. I'm so grateful I was able to be a part of that"
Flashback Meet Ikegami Tsushinki, The Donkey Kong Developer That Sued Nintendo And Won
...and also created a similar game for Sega
The Making Of The Black Onyx, The Game That Hooked Japan On RPGs
How Henk Rogers, the man who bought Tetris, introduced the RPG to Japan
The Making Of Nintendo Magazine System's Street Fighter II VHS - The First 'Let's Play' Video Ever?
"It was basically an escalation of the 'cover-mounted gift wars' of the period"
The Making Of Soleil / Crusader Of Centy, Sega's Answer To Zelda
"I was desperate to create something that could not be beaten by Zelda"
Feature The PlayStation Performance Analyser, Ken Kutaragi's Secret Weapon In The 32-bit War
"You could understand almost everything about what the system was doing"
The Making Of The Iron Mask, The 'Transmedia' Springboard For Mario + Rabbids' Art Director
"I did try to make the character design like The Secret of Monkey Island"
The Making Of Panini's Sega Super Play Trading Cards - Jaz Rignall's One-Man Side-Project
"It was a huge departure from their usual football stuff"
Feature "It Became Almost Like A Cult" - The Untold Story Behind Rockstar's Iconic Logo
"We were so low-budget, which is funny to think about now"
The Making Of Music, The PlayStation Audio Creation Tool From WipEout's Tim Wright
"The deepest crunch development I've ever done"
