Retro Live 2017 - issue 2

RETRO TOP
We’ve all seen top 10 lists in
magazines, on YouTube and in
podcasts. These are all subjective,
and everybody will have a
different opinion based on what
they know. I decided to take the
matter further, and rather than
subject you to my personal top
10 I thought I would turn to those
who were in the gaming industry
as these now retro systems were
current.
Hewson Consultants were the
developers of many games during
the 8-bit and 16bit eras, both
in their original incarnation and
later on as 21st Century Entertainment.
Hewson and 21st Century
were responsible for Uridium,
Exolon, Nebulus (Castellian or
Tower Toppler on the NES and
Gameboy) and the almighty Pinball
Dreams and Pinball Fantasies.
After nearly a couple of decades
out of the limelight Hewson are
back with a new title called Hyper
EXPERT PICKS!
Sentinel. This fast paced shoot
em up was a recent success story
on Kickstarter, and details can be
found on their website:
www.hewsonconsultants.com
The phoenix-like re-emergence of
Hewson Consultants was bought
about by founder Andrew Hewson
and his son Rob Hewson.
Rob has been involved in the video
game industry ever since he
was a child, playing the games
published by his father’s company.
As an adult, he has become a
successful coder in his own right,
working on many high profile titles
such as the Lego series.
Both of them took the time to
share their choice of top 10 gaming
systems with Gametraders
Retro Live.
So I present to you the
system choices from 2
veterans of the gaming
industry...