From the forum - Retro Gamer turns 100

[look at it sideways]

I first picked up the magazine thinking "better get this while it lasts..." but what would you know, retro sells. It would be a discredit to the magazine to say "nostalgia" sells (what I'd initially written until I reconsidered) - Retro Gamer is the closest thing the UK has to a chronicled history of gaming, and all staff deserve massive credit for what they've achieved.

[NorthWay]

100 issues in and you still can't get retro right with all this newfangled stuff and bits. In my days we had to handcrank our machines! And we liked it that way!! Bah...

[NorthWay]

100 issues of being better than all the rest.
100 issues of listening to your readers more than anything else I've ever seen.
100 issues of good journalism and not by the dozen articles that competes for attention with every other magazine on the shelf that has exactly the same content.

A hundred congratulations for surviving against what everyone must have told you. Cheers!

[fulgenzio]

Per aspera ad astra.

[djcarlos]

100 not out!

Well done folks.

[dubchaser]

Still miss the cover disks. Ho hum. Well done on reaching 100, hears to another 100 more. Always look forward to the next issue of Retro Gamer.

[nakamura]

I feel I should put a lovely heartwarming message what with Darran being my cousin and all, but I know the guy too well and his head barely fits on the planet as is!

[felgekarp]

Was it really that long ago I dithered over picking up issue 1 of this new magazine I'd seen in WHSmiths, congratulations on reaching 100!

[PrimalScientist]

I think the magazine has just gone from strength to strength.
Well done RG. It really is the one magazine that I look forward to each month.
What happened to the podcasts though?
They were quality???
I still listen to the Oliver Twins and Jon Ritman on the way to work!!
Need some new material guys!!

Here is to the next 100!!

[neuromancer]

100 issues, two publishers, 11,546 pages - 100% retro heaven. A ray of sunshine every month, RG is consistently well written, passionately researched, informative, entertaining, and an important record of the birth of gaming. Many Happy Returns Retro Gamer!

[DreamcastRIP]

... 100% retro heaven.

Minus the PS2 content because we all know PS2 is not retro, right?

[DigitalDuck]

Quack!

[Jet Pilot]

The best retro gaming magazine on both sides of the Atlantic!

[Graham Humphrey]

I remember, by sheer chance, finding the very first issue in the Virgin Megastore in Norwich (that's how long ago it was) and bought it immediately. Even at six quid for a magazine that only contained 100 pages, a coverdisc I never really played much and was only going to be quarterly, I thought it was a fantastic idea that deserved support. It never was quarterly, though, and due to the overwhelming demand it immediately became bi-monthly, then six-weekly, then monthly, then every four weeks, all within the space of what, seven or eight issues, if that? I never expected it to be such a success but I was pleased it was doing so well, but of course Live Publishing going under looked like ending things rather prematurely.

As we all know, Imagine Publishing stepped in and the magazine really is better than it's ever been. It's come a long way from its early days; the writing is better, the magazine has a lot more balance in terms of the machines and games it covers, and it looks extremely professional while maintaining its own identity. In fact it's one of the few games magazines that really does have its own character.

I've got every single issue and I don't intend to stop my subscription for quite a while yet. A big thanks to everybody who has ever contributed to the magazine in the last seven or so years and long may the good work continue.

[TwistedScrote]

It's a complement in itself that years after I stopped buying any magazines I picked RG and was hooked. Only mag I've ever subscribed to and still as brilliant as the first time I read it. Long may RG continue to rock it old skool.

Only needs type in listings and it'll be like I've been trapped in the 80's forever.