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"The very idea of making a prequel to Silent Hill wasn't good," says Origins and Shattered Memories designer: "That game told its story brilliantly through flashbacks, and there weren't really any unanswered questions"

Feature | Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories developers discuss tackling the difficult task of reinventing Silent Hill by going back to the series' roots on PSP and Wii

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Fatal Frame's iconic camera exists to force players to "look straight at something scary" says series creator: "We thought it would really bring out the scariness of the ghosts"

Feature | Fatal Frame series creator Makoto Shibata and producer Keisuke Kikuchi on how they delivered a trilogy of the scariest horror games ever made on PS2

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"Fate Of Atlantis felt like the movie we never got," says Indiana Jones and The Great Circle producer as devs reflect on the series' gaming legacy: "It really captured the spirit of the movies that came before it"

From the Atari to Xbox Series X and PS5, Indiana Jones game devs past and present discuss the archaeologist's immense and lasting legacy in the medium

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How Resident Evil 2 came to Nintendo 64 despite Capcom's doubts: "I recall having daily meetings and someone asked, 'Should we be worried?'"

Interview | Project director Chris Fodor reveals how small US developer Angel Studios defied the odds – and Capcom's own doubts – by squeezing Resident Evil 2 onto the Nintendo 64

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Resident Evil 2 still deserves its high praise 27 years on, but how did it turn a one-off PS1 success into an unstoppable horror franchise juggernaut?

Feature | In 1998, Capcom returned to the world of survival horror with an ambitious sequel that would propel the Resident Evil series into the stratosphere

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20 Years of the Nintendo DS: "If someone had told you in 2004 that Nintendo was about to abandon the Game Boy, would you have believed them?"

Game developers and media reflect on the hugely successful launch and mass appeal of the Nintendo DS, celebrating 20 years of the twin-screen handheld

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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was almost "based on an unproduced Indy script," says project lead: "But after reading it, I decided it was unproduced for a reason"

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: "The main research was done sitting on a couch watching the movies unspool on video tape"

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Amazing PS2 gifts in this month’s Retro Gamer

Issue 270 includes a double-sided poster and 32-page magazine

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Retro Gamer celebrates Capcom’s greatest fighting games

The community weighs in on Capcom’s impressive track record

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"Sony would also turn to Mercury for all their tech demos for publishers": Jeb Mayers talks us through the creation of the portable puzzler

Feature | The mini making of Arthur Maclean's Mercury

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30 years on, developers reflect on Super Metroid's impact: "Like Zelda and Mario, there is almost nothing else out there like it in tone. Still to this day, even"

Feature | Super Metroid: An Enduring Legacy – As Nintendo's sci-fi classic turns 30, Retro Gamer revisits Zebes to speak with developers of both Metroidvanias and actual Metroid games to learn what makes Samus Aran's 2D adventure so special

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"We would look at all the American RPGs and the JRPGs at the time and just go, 'Right, if they're doing it, we're not": Peter Molyneux and John McCormack talk the development of Fable 20 years on

Feature | The Making of Fable: Celebrating 20 years, Retro Gamer talk with Peter Molyneux and John McCormack about the highs and lows of creating Fable

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26 years on, developers discuss the massive impact Metal Gear Solid had on the industry: "This was going much further than all previous action games. And that was totally inspiring"

Feature | The Impact of Metal Gear Solid: Retro Gamer talks with a selection of developers about the stealth game's 1998 release, and how it changed the industry forever

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"The PSP was one of the first machines that had the hardware to allow you to play 'proper console games' on the go": Developers celebrate 20 years of Sony's handheld

Feature | "We're in the big leagues now": Retro Gamer talks to the devs and media who worked with the PlayStation Portable from its 2004 launch

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26 years later, Codemasters' Chris Southall talks Colin McRae Rally: "We wanted to do something that was an authentic rally experience for the hardware of the time"

Feature | The Evolution of Colin McRae Rally: Retro Gamer talks with former Codemasters creative Chris Southall on the racing series' legacy

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"Beyond Good and Evil's influence is 2000% Miyazaki": 21 years on, the developers behind Ubisoft's cult classic reflect on how it came to be

Feature | The Making of Beyond Good and Evil: Retro Gamer talks with the developers behind Ubisoft's unique hidden gem about creating a classic

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"We were honouring Sonic's holistic history which includes both designs": 13 years on, Takashi Iizuka reveals why Sonic Generations need twice the 'hogs

Feature | The Making of Sonic Generations – Retro Gamer talk with Sonic Team creative director Takashi Iizuka about the game's original 20th anniversary release

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20 years of the Nintendo DS: celebrating the innovative handheld in the latest Retro Gamer

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Retro Gamer charts the creation of Sonic Generations and its new remaster

Takashi Iizuka on updating the platforming classic for a new generation of gamers

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Retro Gamer celebrates Namco’s Ridge Racer series

Ex-Namco members revisit the iconic arcade racer

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Nintendo accidentally created one of the best-selling PS1 games by saying no to a 3D Yoshi platformer that Miyamoto "loved," and after 27 years it's getting remastered

"We showed it to Miyamoto-san and he was blown away"

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Retro Gamer Celebrates 20 Years Of The PSP

Developers revisit the legacy of Sony’s first handheld

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Check out a magazine to surpass Metal Gear as Solid Snake sneaks onto Retro Gamer's cover

Developers recall the impact of Hideo Kojima’s PlayStation masterpiece

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How the war began – the making of Call of Duty

Interview | The story of Call of Duty begins with one of its fiercest rivals – here, Retro Gamer goes deep into the history of an FPS dynasty

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30 years later, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still a stone-cold classic: "We wanted to make the third game more epic than Sonic 2"

Interview | In conversation with the creators of Sonic 3 and its expansion Sonic & Knuckles

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