This post is part of our Summer of Digital Love series, where we look at our favourite digital hardware, magazines, websites and assets.

Retro gaming is not a modern phenomenon!
Welcome to 2004!
You join us shortly before the announcement of the Nintendo ‘Revolution’ (later to be released as the Wii), and the year we found ourselves spending too much time playing Gran Turismo 4 Prologue and GTA Vice City on the PS2. Here are official images from their press packs back in the day. Tap an image to go large!






It was in April of 2004 that Retro Gamer Magazine (UK) dropped into news-stands ready to sate the gaming appetites of eager retro enthusiasts.
All these years later, it’s difficult to tell which cover ‘damage’ is real and which was part of the original design 🙂

‘What hope in hell have we got with 100 pages?’ Martyn Carroll welcomes us…

Yes, many of the early Retro Gamer editions arrived with a cover disc (in a proper hard case!). Just in case new readers were unfamiliar with emulators and roms, issue one included this handy guide…

No, this isn’t the cover disc from issue one, but who wouldn’t want a compilation of Jeff Minter’s greatest hits? Here’s our cover disc from issue 12:

Remember a time when you could pay a fortune to download a game to your wap-compatible mobile phone? Retro Retro Gamer for sure 🙂

Retro Gamer Magazine (UK) is still going strong – Check it out now!

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