Retro PC Games (DE) Deep Dive Highlights WC Armada and More (November 16, 2024)

[ChrisReid]

Today we've got a different kind of video to share. PixelPusher Mailman is going page-by-page through a thirty year old copies of PC Games. I just like the concept of someone lovingly paging through a vintage magazine like this. There is a section in his latest issue on Wing Commander Armada that actually makes the game look really cool. Unfortunately the narrator here wasn't into it, but both the strategic gameplay portion and multiplayer are very special. Anyhow, this clip is in German, but you can turn on YouTube's automatic translation feature to get real time captions in your language of choice. Jump to 17:41 if it doesn't auto start in the right place.

Come with me back in time again – to 1994, to be precise! In this video, I flick through the 09/1994 issue of PC Games.
Star Wars is on the cover, unfortunately not quite as present in the inside pages. There is only a small preview box for Dark Forces. And Full Throttle has also only been given a small space. But there are more great previews of upcoming games from CES, such as NASCAR Racing, Descent, Deadalus Encounter and many more.

Theme Park from Bullfrog is game of the month. A top-notch fun game. We take a look at Star Wars TIE Fighter from Lucasarts, the quasi-successor to the ingenious game X-Wing, and I have more nostalgic pictures from my buddy CaesarC0mm0dus.
Further tests of Pizza Connection, Pinball Dreams 2 and its unspeakable copy protection, Wing Commander Armada and Overlord.
The current game charts for this month and, of course, another look at old hardware and Rainer Rosshirt's letters section, as well as his infamous ‘Down the Drain’ section.

Together we browse through the magazine and experience a piece of PC gaming history up close!

Upon looking through his library of clips, it also looks like he's got other issues that extensively cover WC3 and Privateer!

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Original update published on November 16, 2024