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Contents
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POKEMON — GUIDE FOR UNINITIATED
Ryan Coleman is a huge fan of the Pokémon franchise
— here is his guide for all things Pikachu.
Retro
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THE FREY ARCHIVE
Roger Kean talks to Oliver Frey about the thinking
behind Issue #5 of SEGA FORCE Magazine.
88
JAGUAR HOMEBREW WITH CLAWS
The Jaguar has a thriving scene with many new games
being released all the time. Fusion investigates...
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WING COMMANDER
Jonathan Hamblin dons his Wing Commander flight
jacket, and goes into space battle.
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OCEAN’S 11
We asked Simon Butler to think back on his Ocean
Software days and give us his favourite Ocean titles.
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GAMES CHART FLASHBACK
Colin and James from Lets Talk Retro look back to
September 1998 and the Nintendo 64 charts.
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TERRIBLE GAMES
Stuart Ashen picks another terrible game off his long
list — C’mon boys, boys, boys, let’s take a look.
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THE STORY BEHIND.
Philip and Andrew Oliver talk to Chris Wilkins on the
release of The Oliver Twins Collection on the Evercade.
114
BASKET BALL CLASSICS
DJ Slopes follows the story of two Tecmo Super Bowl
fans and their journey in making a basketball game.
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PACMAN HANDHELD
Could a cheap handheld live up to the experience of a
full blown arcade cabinet?
120
DOOM 64
The Nintendo 64 had its very own version of Doom.
Arron Davis looks back at the classic.
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TRANSFORMER CONSOLES
A Sony PlayStation and Sega Megadrive Transformer
— every retro collector should have these.
124
JOYSTICK MADNESS
Colin Bell takes a look at some more joysticks — these
are the handheld ones, the ones that had no suckers.
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TO SIMPLY POINT
James Woodcock reminisces on a time when Point
and Click Adventures were common place.
Indie
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ASOBI TECH
Quang is not just a collector, he has written a few
games also in his time. Check out his latest title.
HERO CORE — REVIEW
Simon Butler remembers a time when his family TV was
Black and White — Hero Core sure does take him back!
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MSX
The Retro Shed’s Barry Morse goes back to XMAS 1984,
and the start of his love affair with the MSX computer.
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LITTLE NIGHTMARES— REVIEW
A scary game about a little girl in a yellow rain coat trying
to escape the Maw.
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THE FREY ARCHIVE
Roger Kean talks to Oliver Frey about the thinking
behind Issue #88 of CRASH Magazine.
Current Gen
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TOP 10 VECTREX HOMEBREW
The Vectrex is still going strong — Mat Allen looks at
the top 10 homebrew games for the system.
BROTHERS — A TALE OF TWO SONS
Simon Butler takes two brothers on an adventure —
what a tale there is to tell!
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FUSION
Other
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HEAVEN & HELL
The Gamecube was Nintendo’s first CD based console
— after the N64 they had something to prove.
72
PENNY RACERS
Toy Polloi needs to spend a penny — maybe check out
the Penny Racers first Mr Polloi?
22
TANK COMMAND
Take charge of a squadron of tanks and head out into
the battlefield to destroy the enemey.
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ROLAND TO THE RESCUE
Roland Perry was drafted in to rescue the launch of the
Amstrad CPC — did his presence turn things around?
44
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Toy Polloi introduces us to the Battlestar Galactica
range of toys.
100
Wabi-Sabi
What does Toy Polloi do with broken toys? Throw them
away? No, he repairs them.
47
I AM GAMES ANIMAL
The Games Animal returns, and this time he tells us
what his favourite game is.
110
RETRO MAN CAVE
Neil Thomas goes cruisin down the M4 in Atari’s Hard
Drivin’.
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CROSSFIRE
Anyone see my ball bearings? They have gone missing
again, so please be aware!
112
OCTAV1US
Chubby Gristle — a portly chap with a big nose. He
appeared in a game — Octav1us looks back at the
game.
Editor’s Note
Incredibly a year has gone past, and you
have our second Fusion Annual in your
hands.
We had some amazing feedback
on our first and we hope you enjoy this
year’s – it sure has a huge variety of
content for you to read and is now 132
pages – an increase of a full 12 pages
from our first outing.
It has been a tough year, and I really
do hope our Fusion magazine has kept
you entertained during a time when
many have looked for activities to keep
themselves busy and occupied. We love
creating Fusion and there is so much
to cover – the ideas for Fusion Specials
are endless, and we believe you will find
content in the magazine that you will find
nowhere else.
We have some familar names once again
providing content this year such as Simon
FUSION
Butler, The Oliver Twins and Dave Perry.
In addition, please welcome Stuart Ashen
and DJ Slopes to the team.
Enjoy the Annual,
Editor
Chris Wilkins
Sub-Editor :
Alan Hammerton
Layout:
Chris Wilkins / Alan Hammerton
Proof Reader :
Colin Bell / Alan Hammerton
Cover :
Trevor Storey
Contributions from :
Chris Wilkins,
David Crookes, Barry Morse, Lawrence Stavely, Colin Bell,
Alan Hammerton, Simon Butler, Stuart Ashen,
Joanna McDermott, Jonathan Hamblin,
Stoo Cambridge, Let’s Talk Retro,
Dave Perry, Neil Thomas, Toy Polloi, James Woodcock,
Roger Kean, Ryan Coleman, Mat Allen,
Aron Davies, Oliver Twins, DJ Slopes, OctavIus, Quang.
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FUSION
Fusion
Game : Empire Strikes Back
Year
: 1982
System : Atari 2600
With my formative years being in the 80s, the Atari
2600 sort of passed me by — a Grandstand pong
type game was my first foray into TV gaming followed by
the ZX Spectrum in 1983.
I remember seeing the Woody in Argos catalogues
each Christmas as I ticked those toys I wanted Santa to
bring me on the big day and curiosity drew me to the
games that were available for the system.
Being a late fan to the Star Wars hype machine of the
time, it was The Empire Strikes Back game that created
the most intrigue through its fancy box art emblazoned
with the Star Wars name and a huge AT-AT being attacked
by a Snow Speeder. It was many years later though that
I finally managed to play this game — probably through
emulation first and then when I owned my first 2600
console a little later on.
The game is similar in style to the popular Defender
arcade game though for this game you are flying a Snow
Speeder over the Hoth landscape holding off AT-AT walkers
intent on destroying the Rebel’s Echo Base. Repeated
shots to the head of a Walker will see its ultimate demise
but there so many more ready to take its place — the
game ends if five of your lives are lost, or a Walker
reaches and destroys the base.
Hugely simplistic graphics and sound effects still
conjure up a heart thumping gaming experience for this
Star Wars fan.
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