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Alien Abduction (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

The previously shareware and critically acclaimed defender tribute gets a full freeware re-release courtesy of Pumpkin Games!

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Bomb Chase 2007 (C64)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

T.N.D.'s most accomplished title to date (we're still waiting for Sub Hunter though). Features an interview with T.N.D.'s head honcho, Richard Bayliss!

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Bomberman C64 (C64)

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Reviewed By R. O'Toole

Runner up in the Game(Over) View Freestyle Jam and one of the highest scoring releases on CSDB, Samar Production's latest game is, quite literally, the bomb.

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Bubble Dizzy (GBA)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Awesome GBA-porting skills vs questionable game design...

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Cannon Bubble (Spectrum 128K)

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Reviewed By SirClive

The Spectrum finally gets a long overdue Bust-A-Move clone!

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CarVup (GBA)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Core Design's cutesy platform drive 'em up gets an unofficial GBA port.

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Chocolate Castle (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

An *original* puzzle release? What, you mean it's not a casual match-three title? Don't be fooled by the oh-so-cute presentation - Chocolate Castle is a game that separates the men from the boys...

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Echoes (PC)

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Reviewed By R. O'Toole

It's a bit like asteroids.

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Farmer Jack In Harvest Havoc (Spectrum 48/128K)

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Reviewed By SirClive

Ignore what you may have read elsewhere (*cough* -RG- *ahem*), Farmer Jack beats the crap out of Mr Do! RGCD celebrate their favourite Cronosoft game to date with an interview with the biggest-name in retro publishing, Simon Cronosoft himself!

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Goldrunner (GBA)

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Reviewed By T.M.R

Retro GBA fanboy's rejoice - FoxySoft has returned with a port of Steve Bak's Goldrunner! And yes, it's still rock-hard...

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Guxt (PC)

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Reviewed By T.M.R

RGCD resident shoot 'em up veteran T.M.R gets to grips with Pixel's first game release since Cave Story!

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Groops! (Amstrad CPC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Binary Sciences' debut release, and one of the best puzzle games available for the CPC.

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Izzy Wizzy (Spectrum 48/128K)

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Reviewed By SirClive

Retro platform action from Spectrum-Deity Jonathan Cauldwell.

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Kunkun & Kokokun (SMS)

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Reviewed By Dudley

A new SMS platformer from the coder behind the excellent Meka emulator.

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La Mulana (PC)

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Reviewed By T. Fahs

GR3 Project's epic homage to the MSX...

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Mind Blast (Atari XE/XL)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Fandal's latest release (and our only 8-bit Atari game this issue) features 150 super-colourful levels and lots of balls.

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mini01 (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

The first in a mini-game series? We hope so...

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Pulse Blade (PC)

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Reviewed By T.M.R

Another previously full-price retro shooter gets an official freeware re-launch!

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Q Game (C64)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Thanks to Papposoft you can now play a faithful port of Sony Ericsson's popular 'Q' game on your C64.

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rhacp (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Crostar produces one of the best Snake clones available for the PC.

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Square Pit 64 (C64)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Richard Bayliss' second C64 offering in this issue of RGCD. Is there no stopping The New Dimension?

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Stranded (Spectrum 48/128K)

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Reviewed By SirClive

OK, OK, so it's not new - but as Cronosoft were kind enough to send us a bunch of full games to review it's only fair that we cover some of their early releases. Developers take note...

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Streets Of Rage Remake (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

The ultimate tribute to the Streets Of Rage/Bare Knuckle series and the remake against which all future homebrew releases will be judged.

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Stronghold (Spectrum 48/128K)

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Reviewed By SirClive

SirClive faces his inner demons in reviewing Red Triangle's RPG-style dungeon-crawl.

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Veck SE (PC)

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Reviewed By Dudley

Hardcore dual-analogue, shoot 'em up that's guaranteed to hurt your eyes! Now with added XBOX 360 joypad support for all your vibratory needs...

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X-It Again (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Puzzlehouse Finland's tribute to Psygnosis' overlooked Amiga underdog. Classic puzzle action from the days when 16-bit machines ruled the gaming world.

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