David Reeves, Mark Cerny and many other industry veterans look at the success of Sony’s PlayStation 2 and explain why it became the industry’s best-selling console. We also go behind the scenes of the Project Zero games, chart the evolution of The Last Ninja and discover what makes Metroidvanias so popular

Features

The Story Of The PS2

Mark Cerny, David Reeves and other gaming legends look at the many things that helped Sony’s second console become the best-selling of all time

The Evolution Of The Last Ninja

Mark Cale looks at the isometric legacy of System 3’s popular Commodore 64 action series

Bluffers Guide To Metroidvanias

A host of indie developers, including Thomas Happ and Jens Andersson explain why the subgenre has become so popular with gamers and developers

In The Chair With Betty Ryan

The trail-blazing programmer tells us about working at GCC and Atari and creating Quantum

The Retro Gamer Guide To Tim Schafer & Double Fine

The great man himself looks back at the many games he has worked on across his impressive 30-year plus career 

The Making Of

This issue we take a ride on The Last Express, learn about the spooky going ons connected to the first three Project Zero games, and discover how Insomniac Games made Spyro: Year Of The Dragon

Ultimate Guide

Our latest in-depth feature is a celebration to Matthew Smith’s famous 8-bit platformer Manic Miner

And much more including…

Penguin Land, Missile Command, Neo Geo Pocket, Rambo III, Doom 64, G-Con 2, RetroMania Wrestling, Hades, Earth Defence Force 2017, Wonderful Dizzy