Retrocade Magazine Volume 1 Issue 3 Now On Sale!

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What's Inside:

128 pages

Event Coverage: CAGDC 2012, ACAM Championships, Too Many Games & Classic Gaming Expo 2012 Preview

Columns
Original PSP
by Patrick Scott Patterson

British Backtrack with Mike James
by Retrogaming Roundup's "UK Mike" James

Spega
by Jeff Spega of Digital Press

My View (of Classic Arcade Gaming...the hobby)
by Mark Alpiger of Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)

Articles
Cleaning & Maintenance Part 2: The Atari 5200 Super System
by Michael Allard

Batari Basic
VCS programming tips by Forrest Hodges

Twin Galaxies Trading Cards
by Catherine DeSpira

I'm Taking Him Into the Maze
A look at the snake games by Kevin Armstrong

Cover Story: Tron
From box office bomb to arcade super hit, R'cade Mag covers Tron in the special section containing reviews, strategy sessions and more!

Jay Smith: An Engineer's Engineer
Transcription of Retro Gaming Roundup's interview

The Juraszek Period: An Interview with Steve Juraszek
Catherine DeSpira interviews the Defender arcade champ

The Perfect Fraudman
An interview with Dwayne Richard whose new film is creating waves in the gaming community

35 Years and Counting: The Story of Pinball Pete's
Randy D. Pearson interviews Ted Arnold, co-owner of the Michigan arcade

Rip Off
A review of the Cinematronics classic recently ported to the Atari 7800

Commencing Counterattack: It's All Action and No Hesitation With Contra!
An in-depth review of the NES classic by Elena Garcia Mendez



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[TrekMD]

Excellent!

[VectorX]

Jul 8, 2012 19:06:38 GMT -5 VectorGamer said:

The Perfect Fraudman
An interview with Dwayne Richard whose new film is creating waves in the gaming community

What is that?

Jul 8, 2012 19:06:38 GMT -5 VectorGamer said:

Rip Off
A review of the Cinematronics classic recently ported to the Atari 7800

How was this ranked? Good/bad/in between?

[TrekMD]

I went through the issue quickly and looked at the review for Rip Off. It was rated "C" which is "average." Bob did a good job translating the game into the 7800, however. I guess Rip Off is Rip Off.

[VectorGamer]

Jul 11, 2012 9:56:32 GMT -5 TrekMD said:

I went through the issue quickly and looked at the review for Rip Off. It was rated "C" which is "average." Bob did a good job translating the game into the 7800, however. I guess Rip Off is Rip Off.

There's a saying "you can't polish a turd"

Rip Off is an average game - not much substance in the game play and as I stated in the review he probably programmed it with his eyes closed. Definitely not one of the more challenging games for Bob to translate but for what it's worth he did a good job with it.

If I had my choice between the Vectrex and the 7800 version I'd pick the Vectrex.

[TrekMD]

Jul 11, 2012 14:09:34 GMT -5 VectorGamer said:

There's a saying "you can't polish a turd"

Quite true!