Xmas special!

[Wil]

So then Mr.Strider, can we expect another bumper GamesTM Retro collection special this festive season? With maybe an original Oli Frey cover?

Go on, you know you want to.

[Big Seany]

Too right. The last retro collection was awesome and worth every penny of the ?9.99 I paid for it. Go on! You will! you will! you will! etc etc.

[Geoff D]

I'd buy it. It would provide a great distraction from the family.

[Duddyroar]

Me too!

[Mayhem]

Not sure if there will be. Simply because I still see the old one on the shelves in various shops!

[Wools]

That would be great!

I still have not fully read all of mine and pick it up for a flick through all the time. I also brought another copy for work

There still are a couple floating around my local WHsmith as well.

[Geoff D]

What's in the existing one? I never picked it up.

[Duddyroar]

All the retro gubbins that was featured in the GamesTM issues. Can't recall what issue it went up to. It's well worth buying for a tenner, but if you've got all the GamesTM issues up to this point it will probably be a waste of money.

[Geoff D]

Ah I see, cheers Duddy.

[gizmo1990]

Would rather see a new retro edge special or even better, another Retrogamer anthology.

EDIT: Oh dear looks like Retrogamer has biten the dust! Such a shame the best retro writing I've seen evar pretty much.

[gizmo1990]

Maybe this will be a good read? Anyone heard anything about it?

[Duddyroar]

I've pre-ordered...dunno what it will be like, looks good though.

[Wil]

Yep, I stuck my pre-order in too. Finger's crossed. What I'd personally like is something that really steeps itself the nostalgia. Everyone who writes in has to send in a pic of themselves circa 1983!

[Duddyroar]

I just hope they can get the bloody thing off the ground! The Editor's log makes for worrying reading - he even edited part of the magazine on a C128!

[Sketcz]

Retro Gamer may have officially bitten the dust, but it still lives on in spirit:

http://www.retrosurvival.co.uk/

Myself and other ex-RG freelancers have gotten together to release the above, featuring unpublished RG articles that never made it to print. It's being together solely by ex-freelancers, and is looking rather good.

It's release day is coming up rather fast, so while not quite in time for Christmas, it should provide some fun seasonal reading.

It'll include a rather excellent Vectrex article with some never seen before content, plus plenty of regular features that cropped in RG, and there's even an examination of a Japanese series of games, for all those import retro fans. We have also arranged a nice retro themed competition, with quite a nice high-value item up for grabs.

I'd hate to think everyone has forgotten about us just because Retro Bytes is launching.


EDIT:
The official tagline from Andrew Fisher, regarding Retro Survival:

- regular columns from RG including Auction Watch and Games That Weren't
- retro news
- at least two excellent hardware features, including issue 19's VECTREX feature by Mat Allen
- two famous games series profiled
- the unforgettable spoof ads
- a reader's competition with a great first prize