Julian rignall

PC Zone is one of those magazines that fans still champion long after its closure, and Richie Shoemaker’s five years on its staff make him a familiar face to many of them. We learn about his start in games media, how he launched a single-game magazine that outlasted many more mainstream titles, and why he’s recently returned to print magazines

Before creating classics like Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword, the Revolution Software cofounder had a chaotic start to his career that saw him working on the infamous World Cup Carnival and programming flight control systems

AMIGA OWNERS WERE SPOILT FOR CHOICE WHEN IT CAME TO MAGAZINES DEDICATED TO THEIR PLATFORM. STANDING OUT AMONG THESE WAS THE MUCH-LOVED AMIGA POWER. FORMER EDITOR CAM WINSTANLEY TAKES US BACK THROUGH THE RAUCOUS MAGAZINE SCENE OF THE TIME

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I refuse to believe it was 40 years ago ...

The disks to die for