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Read about the making of Bart Vs The Space Mutants

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I spoke to the creator of the original Simpsons game for Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 8 September 2021 Features

I spoke to Violet Berlin for Retro Gamer

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And her life story is fascinating.

Lewis Packwood 9 June 2021 Features

The Making of Balance of Power

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How Chris Crawford managed to simulate the Cold War.

Lewis Packwood 22 May 2021 Features

I revisited the 1990s for Retro Gamer

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And I got to interview the wonderful Violet Berlin.

Lewis Packwood 26 March 2021 Features

I spoke to Jon Hare about the making of Wizkid

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Read all about Sensible Software’s weirdest game in Retro Gamer 217.

Lewis Packwood 17 February 2021 Features

The Story of Special Reserve

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I spent the best part of a year researching the history of this 1990s mail-order company for Retro Gamer magazine.

Lewis Packwood 29 December 2020 Features

Remembering Lure of the Temptress

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I talked to Charles Cecil about Revolution’s first game for Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 2 September 2020 Features

Read about the history of The Settlers in Retro Gamer

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My whopping eight-page feature on Blue Byte’s series is in issue 209.

Lewis Packwood 8 July 2020 Features

Read about the history of Destruction Derby in Retro Gamer

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I spoke to the developers behind the series for a feature in issue 208.

Lewis Packwood 20 June 2020 Features

The story behind the classic Amiga racing game Skidmarks

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Read my six-page feature on this classic game from Acid Software in Retro Gamer issue 205.

Lewis Packwood 30 March 2020 Features

Read about the history of Commandos in Retro Gamer

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I spoke to former developers at Pyro Studios for a huge feature in Retro Gamer issue 204.

Lewis Packwood 20 February 2020 Features

All hail the retro gaming podcasts

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I spoke to the folks behind some of the leading retro gaming podcasts for a feature in issue 203 of Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 30 January 2020 Features

Read about the making of BITS in Retro Gamer 201

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I wrote about the anarchic 2000s TV show for this month’s issue.

Lewis Packwood 30 November 2019 Features

The history of UK video-game magazines

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Check out this huge feature in the 200th issue of Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 31 October 2019 Features

I spoke to the coder behind Super Star Wars on the Super NES

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For a massive six-page feature in Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 13 August 2019 Features

Read my feature on the making of X-COM in the new Retro Gamer

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I spoke to the legendary Julian Gollop about the past, present and future of X-COM.

Lewis Packwood 21 July 2019 Features

That time when Casio made a game console that printed stickers

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I wrote a feature for Retro Gamer about the Casio Loopy, an utterly fascinating Japan-only 1990s console that was aimed solely at girls.

Lewis Packwood 19 April 2019 Features

My first article for Retro Gamer

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I did a feature on the Amiga CD32 for the latest issue of the magazine.

Lewis Packwood 16 March 2019 Editorial

Super Play is back and more beautiful than ever

Well this is a lovely thing. Bundled with the latest issue of Retro Gamer is a 52-page, one-off […]

Lewis Packwood 14 September 2017 Features
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