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» Robert enjoys his AtGames Mega Drive, but he

advises you don’t play Sonic 2 on it.

» [Switch] Darran is obsessed with Pinball FX3 and has

ever y single table that ’s currently available.

Peter Leigh

Batman: The Movie captured the

essence of the 1989 film so well.

The Speccy 128k music is also

mind-tingling good.

Alix Bergeret

It’s very tricky to pick just the

one, but I would go for Beach

Volley on the Amiga, because it’s

great multiplayer fun, and I spent

countless hours on it.

Adam Jones

Midnight Resistance. I spent so

many hours on the Amiga on this

game alone. It was fun with just the

right level of challenge to me!

Lee Collins

Batman for me. It was a great 3D

puzzle game.

Dave Adamson

Hudson Hawk or the isometric

Batman game. Both were excellent

and occupied hours of my time in

single sessions.

Kevin McDonald

Jurassic Park on the SNES. A good

mix of FPS and top-down action,

with some memorable music.

Big Shoes

Batman on the Amiga, what a

game! Played that so many times

and still play it now.

Antiriad2097

I have to say Hunchback on the

Oric, Its full of happy memories

and is one of the first games

I mastered, looping it round

several times.

Merman

The Magnificent 7 on C64, not only

does it contain Wizball (one of my

all-time favourites) but it also has

Head Over Heels and the sublime

Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Great

value at the time.

Lee Ackerley

I have fond memories of Navy

Seals on the Atari ST, as the theme

tune has always stuck in my head.

I remember seeing the film on telly

one night when I was a kid then

finding out there was a game!

Rick Hynes

Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt! One

of the best and most creative 2D

platformers ever made.

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» Well done, Kevin McDonald. You’ve enabled Darran to sneak an image of Jurassic

Park into the mag.

fan of games like Devil Crash, Pinball
Fantasies and the releases by Zen
Studios, and it would be fantastic to
see more coverage about them in the
magazine. For me, pinball games are
just as important as the arcade games
I loved playing as a kid as they would
often exist side by side. Don’t cover
Advanced Pinball Simulator, though, as
I didn’t like it.
Yours hopefully,
James Binns

Darran plays Pinball FX 3 more than
any other game on his Switch, so
he’s certainly up for more coverage.
We ran an article about videogame
pinball in issue 157, and there’s
been a making of Pinball Dreams in
issue 26.

IT’S NOT THAT BAD
Hello Retro Gamer,
In addition to a proper Mega Drive I
also own the cheaper AtGames version
with wired controllers (which are
excellent considering the price).
It’s an odd machine that has its
problems, mainly affecting the Sonic
games (Sonic 2’s special stage is
completely ruined), but there is a
wealth of other titles on the system
that play well and are absolutely
nowhere near as bad as online,

DISCUSSED THIS MONTH

Darran’s PVM

There’s been lots of drama for Darran this

month. It took him two weeks to decide

whether he should pick up a nearby Sony

Trinitron PVM, and when he finally purchased

it, he couldn’t stop going on about its scanlines.

Tragedy stuck at the end of February, though, as

it made its way to the PVM junkyard in the sky.

hyperbolic reviews suggest. It pains me

to keep hearing bad reviews.

I am not a collector, but consider

myself to be more than a casual gamer

and I have been staying up at night

later than I should playing the AtGames

Mega Drive. Not bad for a product that

YouTubers and the like feverishly warn

others to “DO NOT BUY”, eh?

Robert Mcmillan

While you’re right that many of the

games are perfectly enjoyable, it

is worth noting that devices like

the SNES Mini have raised the

bar significantly. Even Sega has

changed direction with its incoming

Mega Drive Mini, and the lukewarm

reception of the PlayStation Classic

has highlighted just how much

companies need to up their game.

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