Retro
Gamer
is a
British
magazine,
published
worldwide,
covering
retro video
games.
It
was the first
commercial
magazine to be
devoted entirely
to the subject.
Although
launched (in
January 2004) as
a quarterly
publication,
Retro Gamer's
soon became a
monthly. In
2005, a general
decline in
gaming and
computer
magazine
readership led
to the closure
of its
publishers,
Live Publishing,
although the
rights to the
magazine were
later purchased
by
Imagine
Publishing
The
first 18
issues of
the
magazine
came with
a
cover disk.
It usually
contained
freeware
remakes of
retro
video
games
and
emulators,
but also
videos
and free
commercial
PC
software
such as
The Games
Factory
and
The Elder
Scrolls:
Arena.
Some
issues had
themed CDs
containing
the entire
back
catalogue
of a
publisher
such as
Durell
or
Llamasoft.
On 27
September
2005, the
magazine's
original
publishing
company,
Live
Publishing,
went into
bankruptcy.
The
magazine's
official
online
forums
described
the
magazine
as
"finished"
shortly
before
issue #19
was due
for
release.
However,
rights to
Retro
Gamer
were
purchased
by Imagine
Publishing
in October
2005 and
the
magazine
was
re-launched
on 8
December
2005.
The
magazine
is now £1
cheaper,
but lacks
a cover
disc. The
website
was
re-launched
with a new
forum,
which can
be found
at
www.retrogamer.net/forum.
* - From
Wikipedia