Retro Gamer
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Retro Gamer is a magazine which as of 2017 is printed and published in the UK by Future plc. It is almost exclusively dedicated to re-visiting the halcyon days of 8-bit and 16-bit gaming (with the odd splash of 32-bit to provide controversy!)
Each issue (priced at £4.99 as of 2017) features a range of articles with a wide reaching brief to entice as many readers in as possible, and as a result the CPC and some of its games have been featured a number of times (although not as much as most of us would like - such is the nature of personal prejudice!)
List of Amstrad CPC games reviewed in Retro Gamer
| Name | Issue | Page | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Smirking Horror | 10 | 15 | 65% | |
| Columns CPC | 10 | 16 | 75% | |
| Yarkon Blues | 12 | 15 | 75% | |
| Iron Sphere | 18 | 79 | 7/10 | |
| Groops! | 40 | 16 | 86% | |
| Magical Drop CPC | 48 | 97 | 62% | |
| Star Sabre | 51 | 96 | 88% | |
| Mariano the Dragon in Capers in Cityland | 53 | 96 | 78% | ZX Spectrum version was also reviewed |
| 3D Deathchase | 54 | 96 | 82% | |
| Sudoku | 57 | 100 | 89% | ZX Spectrum version was also reviewed |
| Frogger | 59 | 103 | 89% | |
| Sort'em | 61 | 105 | 71% | |
| BeTiled! | 63 | 99 | 88% | |
| Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle | 66 | 99 | 82% | |
| Sewer Rat | 68 | 99 | 51% | |
| Sudoku Master | 69 | 99 | 81% | |
| Robotron: 6128 | 71 | 99 | 63% | |
| Rick Dangerous 128+ | 74 | 99 | 85% | |
| Dead on Time | 77 | 98 | 93% | Awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler |
| Orion Prime | 83 | 98 | 92% | |
| Cheril of the Bosque | 84 | 101 | 83% | |
| Uwol 2 | 88 | 101 | 62% | |
| Sub Hunter | 89 | 100 | 90% | Awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler |
| Hora Bruja | 91 | 101 | 67% | |
| BB4CPC | 100 | 104 | 87% | |
| R-Type (Easter Egg remake) | 104 | 103 | 94% | Originally rated 82% in issue 101, page 100; rating in issue 104 is for updated release with bug fixes |
| Imaginario Colectivo | 108 | 103 | 59% | |
| Totems | 111 | 105 | 86% | |
| Knights and Demons | 115 | 104 | 84% | ZX Spectrum and MSX versions were also reviewed |
| Invasion of the Zombie Monsters | 116 | 105 | 83% | |
| Amstrad CPC 16KBs ROM Game Development Competition 2013 | 120 | 104 | 81% | Cyber Huhn, Overkoban, Relentless and Subtera Puzlo reviewed |
| Lab Escape | 121 | 105 | 70% | |
| La Guerra de Gamber | 127 | 105 | 70% | |
| The Prisoner | 137 | 104 | Not rated | |
| Megablasters: Escape from Castle in the Clouds | 140 | 107 | 87% | |
| A Prelude to Chaos | 156 | 107 | 8/10 | |
| Jewel Warehouse | 157 | 107 | 7/10 | |
| Space Invaders Arcade Emulator | 158 | 107 | 8/10 | |
| Defence | 161 | 106 | 8/10 | |
| Golden Tail | 161 | 107 | 8/10 | |
| Magica | 163 | 107 | 80% | |
| Chibi Akuma(s) Episode 1: Invasion! | 165 | 106 | 85% | |
| El Tesoro Perdido de Cuauhtemoc | 170 | 109 | 92% | Awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler |
| Bears! | 176 | 109 | 81% | |
| Chibi Akuma(s) Episode 2: Confrontation! | 177 | 109 | 88% | |
| Galactic Tomb | 183 | 108 | 83% | |
| The World War Simulator: Part II | 185 | 106 | 70% | ZX Spectrum version was also reviewed |
| The Dawn of Kernel | 187 | 104 | 93% | Awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler |
| Phantomas 2.0 | 192 | 104 | 88% | |
| Pinball Dreams | 201 | 106 | 96% | Awarded a Retro Gamer Sizzler |
| Puzzle Bobble | 230 | 101 | 84% | |
| Spaceman Kerl | 240 | 101 | 81% | |
| Lala Prologue 2022 | 239 | 101 | 80% | |
| Toki | 241 | 101 | 88% | |
| CPC Jewels | 242 | 87 | 79% | |
| Hyperdrive | 243 | 87 | 79% | |
| Revenge of Trasmoz | 245 | 101 | 86% | |
| SOH Tactics GX | 246 | 101 | 81% | |
| Renegade Reloaded | 247 | 101 | 88% | |
| Pang+ | 259 | 101 | 89% | |
| Dark Knight: Shadow of Madness | 264 | 101 | 81% |
