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Aqua (Amstrad CPC)

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Reviewed By SirClive

CEZ Games Studio's latest release pushes SirClive's Amstrad tolerance to the edge...

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Barbie Seahorse Adventures (PC)

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Reviewed By Dudley

Dudley is given the 'enviable' (Ha ha! - JM) job of reviewing Imitation Pickles' super-cute platformer featuring a bubble-blowing seahorse called Barbie. Say no more...

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Blizzard's Rift (Spectrum 128K)

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Reviewed By Neil E.

Jonathan Cauldwell's explosive cocktail of Thrust, Star Raiders and Poker... Complete with developer interview!

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Burn The Trash (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Described by it's creator as 'the ugliest game ever', Cactus' latest shooter plays like a Kenta Cho game that's been run over by a bus and forced to operate in a circuit-bent Atari 2600. And we love it.

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Daedalian Opus (MSX)

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Reviewed By R. O'Toole

Top quality MSX remake of the popular GameBoy game.

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Elevators Amiss (Atari 2600)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Ever wanted to dress up as a French maid and run around a hotel? Elevators Amiss makes it possible without the embarrasment.

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Fraxy (PC)

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Reviewed By M. Bevan

Everyone knows that boss battles are the best part of a good shoot 'em up. Like Warning Forever, Fraxy disposes of all those flak-fodder small fighter craft and instead confronts you with boss after boss after boss. And when you get tired of that, you can go and design your own in the comprehensive editor. Nice.

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Frogger '07 (VIC20)

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Reviewed By SirClive

Victragic's definitive VIC20 frogger clone for 16Kb machines. Ribbit!

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Gangsters / Sniper (Atari XE/XL)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

James reveals why you should never play light gun games via joystick.

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Hurrican (PC)

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Reviewed By Dudley

Poke53280's high-octane homage to the Turrican series.

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Ifrit (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Old-school horizontal shooter recently translated for Western gamers by those busy guys at Romhacking.net.

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Io (The Remake) (PC)

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Reviewed By T.M.R

Looks great, sounds great, but somewhere along the line the remaking of this hardcore C64 shoot 'em up has gone a bit Pete Tong...

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Joe Gunn (C64)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

A modern C64 masterpiece! Essential exploratory-platform-puzzle action for your C64.

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Kikstart (C64)

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Reviewed By SirClive

RGCD's T.M.R presents his latest game, a C64 port of the C16 classic Kikstart.

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Lemmings DS (NDS)

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Reviewed By Dudley

Another homebrew handheld smash from Matt Carr. The 16-Bit classic meets its perfect hardware match...

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Malaika - Prehistoric Quest (MSX)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

James puts his lame jump 'n' run skills to the test with Karoshi Corporation's MSX platfom romp.

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Marble Logic (C64)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Fresh production and presentation, stale old genre. Yep, it's match-three time!

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Mechatron: 2154 (PC)

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Reviewed By M. Rawlings

Mike Rawlings gets all ambidextrous with Ray Norrish's tribute to Robotron.

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Millenipede (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Firestorm Productions come correct with a blistering remake of Atari's 1980 arcade masterpiece!

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Reaxion (GBA)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

Added to Issue #03 minutes before going to press, Cosine's GBA debut is high-carrat GameBoy gold and unquestionably the best version of their popular game to date. Be sure to grab yourself one of the limited cartridges from the RGCD shop!

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Spiga (PC)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

The second centipede remake reviewed this issue, Spiga is probably the most frenetic clone of Atari's popular franchise you'll ever play.

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Stranded 2.5 (Spectrum 48/128K)

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Reviewed By Neil E.

Top spectrum coder Bob Smith returns with his follow-up to Stranded (reviewed in the previous issue of RGCD).

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The Rebels (C64)

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Reviewed By T.M.R

Lace up those steel-capped boots, it's time to kick-start a revolution! T.M.R kicks the crap out of the evil regime in this lost-and-found commercial gem.

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Thrust Advance (GBA)

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Reviewed By J. Monkman

RGCD's latest side project - quality GBA homebrew games re-released in cartridge format! Our debut release is already a hit amongst the team - Grumpy Cat's remake of Thrust, GBA style.

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Traffic Jam (MSX)

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Reviewed By R. O'Toole

Commercial quality MSX conversion of the popular mind-melting, car-shuffling 'Rush Hour' board game.

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Ultra Violent Worlds (Amiga)

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Reviewed By G. Humphrey

One of the games originally released at the end of the Amiga's commercial life, Ultra Violent Worlds has been near impossible to find anywhere - until now. But has this re-release been worth the wait?

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Urban Legend (PC)

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Reviewed By Gnome

Electronic Entertainments Studio present their PC debut, a modern retro-style game with top-notch pixel art and turn based combat - just like what we used to have in the old days before RTS. RGCD's newest recruit has put in over 30 hours playing the game and he still can't get enough...

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Zub (PC)

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Reviewed By SirClive

SirClive returns to his youth with Richard Jordan's sterling remake of Zub. Definately a Zub for modern Retro Zubbers.

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