Retro Gamer

DESIGNED TO PAC ARCADES

It’s a simple intermission scene, offering a little bit of humour and personality based on the hero’s ability to turn the tables on his foes, made to look quaint by the rapid progress of technology. But four decades on, it’s easy to forget just how unusual it was for a videogame to have a star character at all. Many games of the

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer9 min read
Ultimate Guide rolling Thunder
The mid-Eighties brought a nadir to the James Bond movies. Roger Moore had finally hung up his PPK after appearing in A View To Kill at the grand old age of 57, and the search for a new Bond was on. Yet despite the travails of the series, the public’
Retro Gamer1 min read
Charts
PLAYSTATION 3 1 – Resistance: Fall Of Man (Sony) 2 – The Darkness (2K Games) 3 – Fantastic 4: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (2K Games) 4 – Transformers: The Game (Activision) 5 – F1 Championship Edition (Sony) 1 – Wii Play (Nintendo) 2 – Big Brain Academ
Retro Gamer9 min read
The Making Of Star Trek 25th Anniversary
Interplay had been around since 1983, and by 1991 its portfolio was already quite impressive – but it didn’t include a typical adventure game. Company founder Brian Fargo wanted to make a point-and-click game in the style of Lucasfilm Games or Sierra

Related Books & Audiobooks