Cracking the scene

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Pressured by payment processors, games and their creators still struggle with adult material

From the skillo world of Your Sinclair to the Amiga revolution and beyond, the words of Phil ‘Snouty’ South have been entertaining gamers and tech fans since the mid-Eighties. Join Retro Gamer as we catch up with some of the best – and craziest – moments of his career

DIVING INTO DINAMIC SOFTWARE’S PUNISHINGLY DIFFICULT NAVY MOVES WAS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART BUT ITS CHALLENGING MIX OF FAST-PACED WATER ACTION, FRENETIC SHOOTING AND A DOLLOP OF DERRING-DO HAS HELPED TO MAKE THIS SPANISH GAME SOMETHING OF A CULT FAVOURITE

OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

AFTER THE RELEASE OF DOOM, FOR A WHILE THERE WAS ONE NAME TO SUM UP SIMILAR GAMES: DOOM CLONE. THIS EVEN APPLIED TO GAMES LIKE DESCENT, EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY THING IT HAD IN COMMON WITH DOOM WAS ITS FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE