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  Code Britannia: Mel Croucher

  The 8-bit Frank Zappa on nostalgia, crowd funding and his long awaited return to the games industry. 30

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  Five triple-pack NeoGeo X game bundles arriving 25th June for £25 each

  More money down the SNK. 10

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  The Black Tower: An old-but-new RPG inspired by Final Fantasy 7 asking for money on Indiegogo

  Oui? 25

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  Final Fantasy 7 retrospective

  The game that killed Squaresoft. 196

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  Legendary buried E.T. cartridges to be excavated

  "It belongs in a museum!" 60

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  Final Fantasy 9 sidequest discovered after 13 years

  Who knows what secrets Shadow of the Colossus could still be hiding. 42

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  Conker's Bad Fur Day creators get together for Director's Commentary over a decade after release

  Like the game, NSFW. 25

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  Herzog Zwei retrospective

  Always bet on duke. 30

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  Neo Geo X review

  Digital Foundry finds out if this pocket-sized arcade system lives up to the legend. 84

  Retro

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  Why are we stuck with games being released on a Friday?

  An investigation into the origins, arguments and potential for change. 118

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  UFO: Enemy Unknown retrospective

  X-COMmunicating a strategy classic. 63

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  Seller awaiting payment for $1.32m Ebay game collection

  Took 15 years of work to complete, he tells Eurogamer. 55

February 2013

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  This is my $550,000 30-year video game collection

  Oh it's not mine really but it could be yours. 87

January 2013

• New Dreamcast shooter The Ghost Blade due later this year

  What's dead may never die. 48

• NeoGeo X is not being discontinued. Only the Limited Edition with Ninja Masters is

  UPDATE: More UK stock coming the week after next. 24

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  Blaster retrospective

  The year is 2085... 17

• Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Retro Game Collection revealed

  UPDATE: Confirmed for the west, teases games. 54

December 2012

• Update: Blaze clarifies NeoGeo X Gold Christmas stock situation

  There it is, get it! 19

• Street Fighter x Mega Man goes live as the Blue Bomber celebrates 25th birthday

  Which Mega Man is your favourite? 17

• Pier Solar HD confirmed for Wii U

  Coming to Ouya and Android now, too. 12

• Microsoft denied Killer Instinct trademark because of little-known 7 year old TV show

  COMBO BREAKER! 57

November 2012

• Ron Gilbert wishes he owned Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion

  But it looks unlikely now Disney owns LucasArts. 31

• Hideo Kojima doesn't like being thought of as "the Metal Gear guy"

  "I haven't really shown the world what else I might be capable of yet." 50

• MOMA Mia! Plans for beefy video game collection next year

  "Are video games art? They sure are..." 17

• Pier Solar HD reaches its Kickstarter goal, gets Japanese translation

  Stretch goals announced. May come to Wii U and OUYA. 10

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  Why are we stuck with games being released on a Friday?

  An investigation into the origins, arguments and potential for change. 118

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  The man who made Conker - Rare's most adult game

  Chris Seavor on cancelled projects, the good old days and losing his rag. 49

• SEGA confirms AM2 fighting games for PSN and XBLA

  Fighting Vipers! Sonic the Fighters! Virtua Fighter 2! 43

• YouTube Shining Force 3 content suddenly targeted for copyright infringement

  SEGA re-releasing old Saturn game, or an act of some lone troll? 35

• 2010's Sega Mega Drive RPG Pier Solar coming to Xbox 360, PC and Mac in HD

  "The biggest 16-bit RPG ever" takes to Kickstarter. 38

• Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story developer Yasumi Matsuno exits Level-5

  Recharging before embarking on secret project. 11

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  Unirally retrospective

  Bike of the thinning tread. 50

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  Lost and Found: Blitz

  Kaboom. 31

October 2012

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  GameGadget: The empty promises and, finally, a response

  "Hands up! We are sorry! We got the launch wrong in a number of ways." 33

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  Eurogamer's favourite Halloween games

  Which grim grinning greats should keep you company on the scariest night of the year? 70

• GameGadget 2.0 and GameGadget Pocket promised

  And revised GameGadget 1 hardware in November. 7

• NeoGeo X console costs £175, Limited Edition includes Ninja Masters

  Out 6th December on these shores. 51

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  Making friends

  Eurogamer investigates the complex world of companion AI. 40

• Super Mario 64 mod adds online co-op to the 16 year old classic

  Play as Mario's never before heard of twin brother. 31

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  What if people don't like Jon Hare's first original game since Sensible Software?

  "That's it. End of. Simple." 50

• Lords of Midnight creator Mike Singleton dies

  Friends and fans remember the father of home computing. 57

• Soul Reaver was initially conceived as a new IP

  Amy Hennig reveals its original ending too. 65

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  UFO: Enemy Unknown retrospective

  X-COMmunicating a strategy classic. 63

• Blizzard planned Diablo for Game Boy Color

  It was called Diablo Junior. 20

• Sonic the Fighters, Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter 2 rated for XBLA

  Sega going old school fighting game crazy. 68

• Glossy Sensible Software biography book funded on Kickstarter

  Order one for your coffee table. 15

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  Lost & Found: The Red Star

  The first of our series on forgotten classics looks at this arcadey slice of Soviet might & magic 12

• TimeSplitters 2 HD was in development at Free Radical Design

  Ex-Rare vets talk canned Donkey Kong, Killer Instinct games. 33

September 2012

• Oddworld's Lorne Lanning recalls the Russians who made EA "afraid"

  Reveals horrific Japanese event that altered Mudokon Pops! logo. 18

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  Blowing on NES cartridges was actually bad for them

  My whole life was a lie! 96

• Ecco the Dolphin creator discussing new game with Sega

  Fin-ally. 30

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  Crippled by Nostalgia: The Fraud of Retro Gaming

  Does gameplay drive our love of vintage games, or is it something else entirely? 104

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  Vagrant Story Retrospective

  I predict a Riot. 57

• A slightly different Kickstarter for coffee table Sensible Software book

  An eye-feast of a retrospective. 51

August 2012

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  Cancelled Final Fantasy 2 American NES cartridge put on eBay

  "The only real copy in the world." 24

• Nintendo's timeline-plotting Legend of Zelda artbook to get UK release

  Hyrule Historia translation due next year. 27

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  SNK NeoGeo X Gold handheld arrives worldwide in December for $199

  Puzzled? Last Resort? 52

• This Wild West Zelda mash-up is actually worth watching

  A Fist Full of Rupees. 11

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  Retrospective: Habitat

  Tales from inside the first MMO. 24

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  Nolan Bushnell: Gaming's Absent Father

  In search of Atari's founder. 17

• The Commodore 64 turned 30 today

  Forget about Bradley Wiggins. 66

July 2012

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  Eurogamer.net Podcast #122: 1986-1992 A History

  Two old men alone with their memories. 18

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  Can you guess the top 10 UK games brands from 1996 to 2012?

  We were partially right. 129

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  Retrospective: Spy vs Spy

  Black and White and dead all over 24

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  Nintendo's History of Hardware Revisions

  Variations on a theme. 52

• ToeJam & Earl rerelease on PS3 - report

  Toetally kool! 20

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  Saturday Soapbox: Whatever Happened to the Working Class Hero?

  How gaming's obsession with empowering fantasy is making us lose the human touch. 71

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  GameGadget Review

  Inspect a gadget. 52

  Retro

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  Gunlord Review

  To be this good takes AGES - Simon Parkin assesses this all-new Dreamcast game. 43

  Retro

• David Perry "sure" a new Earthworm Jim will be made

  "I just can't tell you when." 25

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  Seller awaiting payment for $1.32m Ebay game collection

  Took 15 years of work to complete, he tells Eurogamer. 55

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  Probably the biggest game collection ever on Ebay sold for $1.32m

  Every game on every Sega system ever. Every game for a Nintendo system until GameCube. 83

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  Metal Gear - 25 Years On

  Snake shoots first! 37

• NiGHTS into Dreams HD remake teased

  Dream weaver, I believe you can get me through the NiGHT... 45

June 2012

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  Get all 100 iOS Atari's Greatest Hits games for free today

  What's that - Pong? 46