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Retro Gamer is a British magazine published worldwide, devoted entirely to retro video games. It launched in January 2004 as a quarterly publication and was the first commercial magazine dedicated entirely to the subject, later becoming a monthly.
Retro Gamer is published by Future plc, which took over the magazine on the 21st of October 2016 following Future's acquisition of Imagine Publishing. Before that, it was published by Imagine Publishing after the original publisher Live Publishing went bankrupt in September 2005.
Live Publishing went bankrupt on the 27th of September 2005, and the magazine's online forums declared it "finished" before issue 19 could be released. Imagine Publishing purchased the rights in October 2005 and relaunched the magazine on the 8th of December 2005. Freelance writers also released a CD publication called Retro Survival in November 2005, containing content intended for the lost issue 19.
The Making Of's is a recurring feature in which well-known game developers are interviewed about the creation and design of specific games. Subjects have included Alexey Pajitnov on Tetris, Jordan Mechner on Prince of Persia, Steve Wozniak on Breakout, and Yu Suzuki on Out Run, among many others.
Retro Gamer won Best Magazine at the 2010 Games Media Awards.
Retro Gamer celebrated its 200th issue in October 2019. The magazine is available as an iOS app for iPhone and iPad, and three DVD compilations were released covering issues 1 through 80.