Retro Live Magazine - Issue 1

EDITOR
FROM THE
When I think about it, the real
reason I love old games is that
I never stopped playing them. I
owned my original Amstrad CPC
until the mid 90s, and I was playing
games on that computer right
up to the birth of the 32-bit era.
Today I own a Wii U that rarely
gets touched, and I see no point
in buying an Xbox One or PS4.
I have a huge backlog of games
on old consoles that I need to get
through first.
I suppose I am experiencing the
problems of adulthood. I have a
full time job, I’m studying journalism
at uni, I write for several
different retro sites and magazines…
I have no time to get to
that backlog of games. So it will
continue to sit there and grow as
I discover more titles from classic
systems that I want to play.
Before we get into the magazine
let’s look at a question; what is
Retro? It’s a question that is often
asked, but one in which the
answer is always subjective. We
could look at cold numbers and
dates, though I prefer to look at
the warm and fuzzy aspect of retro
gaming, and that is the playing
of the games. While people argue
over dates and times, people
bond over discussions of playing
games. That’s how it should be.
I hope that when you read the
stories contained within this magazine
that it fills you with your
own positive memories, of times
when you beat that nearly impossible
boss, that you discovered a
new game that you could share
with your friends. That is our mission
at Gametraders Retro, and I
hope that you enjoy this inaugural
issue of our magazine.
Paul Monopoli
Editor