![]() Your complete guide to Konami’s incredible scrolling beat-’em-up Your complete guide to Tehkan’s insanely addictive bomb defusing game Your must-read guide to David Theurer’s frantic shoot-’em-up classic THE MAKING OF 30 COMPUTER SPACE We reveal the origins behind the early arcade game from Nutting AssociatesĤ6 PACMAN Discover how a pizza was responsible for one of gaming’s greatest maze gamesġ68 78 OUTRUN Yu Suzuki reveals how the Cannonball Run inspired his seminal racing gameġ16 SPACE INVADERS Tomohiro Nishikado explains the origins of his best-known game and classic shoot-’em-up, Space Invadersġ42 PAPERBOY Find out how a game about a boy delivering newspapers became a worldwide phenomenon that made Atari a fortuneġ56 POINT BLANK Everything you need to know about Namco’s incredibly quirky lightgun gameĭEVELOPERS 38 NUTTING INDUSTRIES We take a look at one of the earliest arcade manufacturers, formed in 1965Ĩ4 ATARI INC Find out how Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney helped create the arcade sceneĮverything you need to know about Thomas’s quest to save his girlfriend SylviaĪn exhausting look at Nintendo’s most important arcade gameįind out why Namco’s classic maze game is still an amazingly addictive treat ![]() ULTRATRON SHOOTY PET GLITCH MOVIEWHEN ARCADES RULED THE EARTH We chart the story of the arcade, from its triumphant beginning to eventual endĦ2 THE LEGACY OF ROBOTRON Key developers celebrate Eugene Jarvis’s iconic twin-stick shoot-’em-upĩ6 THE HISTORY OF STREET FIGHTER We celebrate one of the most important one-onone fighters of all timeġ24 THE LEGACY OF DRAGON’S LAIR Discover how Don Bluth created one of the arcade’s most mesmerising laserdisc gamesġ58 THE STORY OF STRIDER Key Capcom developers explain the origins behind gaming’s greatest arcade ninjaĪrcade games were a key force 6 | ARCADE CLASSICSĬelebrating the game that was instrumental to creating the arcade sceneĥ2 STAR WARS Recreate blowing up the Death Star in one of the greatest movie licences of all timeġ22 GOLDEN AXE How a fantastical spin made Sega’s scrolling fighter stand out from the crowdġ48 ASTEROIDS Ed Logg is one of arcades greatest legends and Asteroids is the proof Retro Gamer Book of Arcade Classics © 2015 Imagine Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 1785 462 078 This bookazine is fully independent and not affiliated in any way with the companies mentioned herein. Although the bookazine has endeavoured to ensure all information is correct at time of print, prices and availability may change. All copyrights are recognised and used specifically for the purpose of criticism and review. ![]() Nothing in this bookazine may be reproduced in whole or part without the written permission of the publisher. All text and layout is the copyright of Imagine Publishing Ltd. From the origins of Space War to the creation of OutRun and Pac-Man, this book will give you fascinating insight in to one of the gaming’s most significant periods.ĪRCADE CLASSICS Imagine Publishing Ltd Richmond House 33 Richmond Hill Bournemouth Dorset BH2 6EZ 44 (0) 1202 586200 Website: Twitter: Facebook: Publishing Director Aaron Asadi Head of Design Ross Andrews Editor Darran Jones Senior Art Editor Greg Whitaker Designer John Ndojelana Printed by William Gibbons, 26 Planetary Road, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 3XT Distributed in the UK, Eire
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