Toshihiro Nagoshi's account of the project from Edge issue 323 seems to support this idea: The final build date of the game was 22 November...
Two of my formative gaming experiences were with Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Sonic 1, so it's fair to say that Rieko Kodama worked on games...
I've written about Harlow's Sega Park in issue 238 of Retro Gamer. It's mostly personal memories, but I did get some very kind assistance from...
Sure thing. Digital issues can be purchased through Pocketmags, Amazon Kindle, Zinio, the Retro Gamer iOS app and potentially other places too....
Just to note, it doesn't have any comments from Taxman as he was busy moving house. Stealth provides plenty of insight though, and there are also...
Born 86, Sonic fan from day dot, UK-based. I've always thought of Sonic as primarily being a video game character, because when I first became...
For what it's worth, Iizuka has done two recent interviews in which he expressed interest in both developing further 2D games and continuing to...
1. What is your earliest memory of seeing Sonic anywhere? I was only a tiny child, but I believe it was on a TV advert. Probably this one. 2....
Some context on how badly the currency fluctuations were a problem in 1993-1994 - Sega Europe lost £100 million in the year up to February 1994,...
Lately I've really been getting back into the Dreamcast, and a big part of that is down to the fact that I've put together a DreamPi setup so that...
According to Iizuka, the original plan to make Windy Valley fit the other stages was to revise the existing design. The eventual decision to start...
Okay, let's take a quick look at the core contention of Overlord's post: People are asking, what right do you have to say this? and they're right...
Cheers, apology accepted.
If you bought the issue expecting the story to be more than it was, I apologise. Hopefully you enjoyed the rest of the magazine, which is packed...
I think it's fair to say that if you're reasonably familiar with the original game, you'd probably find something that felt off - the Sega sound...
Thursday 21 January, it's issue 216 and will have a PlayStation 2 on the cover.
There’s a bit more story about how this all came to be in the next issue of Retro Gamer - it’s not incredibly dramatic, but I was able to...
For what it's worth, I ordered my set from Rakuten - the four-console, pins and Big Window set. Zenmarket sent everything in one box, which means...
For what it's worth, Sonic 2 wasn't even Sega's first, not by a long shot. Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars featured two-player co-op platforming in...
If the last part of Final Zone was meant to take place outside, those unused "distant explosion" sprites make a lot more sense. Good work.
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