Retro Gamer

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%

Links

• Official web site