(uk) Retro Gamer magazine bankrupt?

[thx1138]

According to reports posted on some bulletin boards on the retro community, RETRO GAMER has gone bust, weeks after announcing it's move from monthly to bi-monhtly publishing...

 

 

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/view...0093&forum=14&8

[SteveW]

This just sucks. When I was at the bookstore yesterday picking up the latest copy that's come over to this side of the pond, I was thinking about Games™ Magazine, since I hadn't seen an issue of that one in several months, and thinking that all the magazines I like get cancelled. Now, it seems like another one of my favorites has gotten the axe. Damn. I just hope that they can manage to pull themselves out of the nosedive the company's in.

[Albert]

Wow, that's a shame. I had not been following the speculation on the RG forums, so I didn't know there was trouble brewing. It was a great magazine, even if it was Euro-centric. Seems pretty difficult to keep a magazine of this type afloat..

 

..Al

[Mayhem]

I should point this out here though... RetroGamer was fine, it was doing almost 20k sales per issue. It was everything else that has brought Live Publishing down and caused it to go into administration.

[Flojomojo]

Crapsnackers. I liked that mag. I was subscribed to Games TM, but let it lapse because it was so expensive. I renewed Retro, since it was so unique, and am trying to figure out if I can get any of my renewal fees back. It was around $140 to get a subscription to this thing.

[Brad2600]

So this is it? Dammit!

[Malc74]

"Bugger" is the only word I can think of right now. I knew Live Publishing were having problems but not of this magnitude.

 

And GamesTM (the next best thing) doesn't make it up here, so I'm now retro publication-less.

 

Like I said... bugger.

[+davidcalgary29]

Argh! I was just about to send in my subscription to RG, and then this. Well, I suppose it's on to ST Magazine...

[J.Max]

I loved that magazine, but they really needed a US and/or international version, and if it comes back, they need to make the disc optional. That damn DVD raised the price to nearly $20 USD and usually had a lot of worthless stuff on it. The magazine was awesome though!

[SteveW]

I always liked the fact that it was Eurocentric. It gave the magazine more personality. And I know about classic computers in America already, so it's nice to hear how the '80s computer scene was going in Ol' Blighty.

 

Since reading about it in a blurb in RG, I'd love to get a Sinclair C5 electric trike/car. I remember reading about it back in the day, and reading about it in RG peaked my interest in it. The thing's so retro '80s looking. It looks like a prop out of an old episode of Blake's 7. Which is the reason I'd love one. Too bad there's absolutely no way I could ever afford one of the things.

[Duke 4ever]

damn, man.

 

I loved that magazine

 

Makes me sad to see it go down.

[Nick Harlow]

Real shame to see a decent magazine go down... it's sister mag dealing with PC upgrades etc was also a good read... just can't remmber title at moment

 

 

 

shame

 

nick

[Bruce Tomlin]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! VERY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

And from what I'm reading here, the worst part is that the magazine itself was doing quite well. It was the publishing company that went Tango Uniform.

[Laner]

Bah... that sucks. I really enjoyed that mag. Is the Sega-feature issue the last one?

[+remowilliams]

This just blows mightily. I hope they're not gone for good, RG is my favorite magazine.

 

The last issue I believe (and the last one I received) is the Lynx/32X special one.

 

Bugger indeed

[pinball22]

Well that sucks. Guess we all liked it too much for the universe to let it keep going.

[SteveW]

I'm guessing that we here in the US will never get to see the last issue. If the publisher's dead, they won't be exporting issues overseas. We'll never get to see the Lynx/32X issue.

[+davidcalgary29]

I'm guessing that we here in the US will never get to see the last issue. If the publisher's dead, they won't be exporting issues overseas. We'll never get to see the Lynx/32X issue. 

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I bought the Lynx/32X issue here in Calgary about a week ago. It's definitely available in North America.

[Brad2600]

I still haven't picked up the latest issue with Sega related stuff. That's on my to-do list for this coming week, providing the bookstore doesn't run out of copies.

 

I'm gonna miss RG though. Would be nice to see someone pick up the reins and keep it going somehow.

[Mayhem]

The last issue is #18, the one with Last Ninja on the cover CD and you get the Zzap!64 supplement free (which I also worked on). If that doesn't make it to the States/Canada... well I do have a spare complete copy of the mag here...

[Zonie]

Sure learned a lot of new "british-ism's" in this thread. Not to be a turd in the punchbowl, but I have picked up a few issues here and there. Some were good, Others I felt were lacking. Content was about what you can find on the web. At $140 for 6 or 7 issues per year, I felt it was not worth the cost. The DVD's didn't have much content (in my opinion) that made them worth the extra price. I have seen many small-circulation magazines die in similar manner. First they get fewer pages, then they go bi-monthly, then they lose the "All color", then some even go to a smaller page format, (like an 11x14 folded in half) I also suspected the mag was too expensive to produce. All those thick glossy pages cost $$$. I wouldn't mind seeing something with more B&W pages for the text and some photos. Save the color for the cover and a few features. The Euro-centric theme was nice, but probably didn't appeal to many over here. Even I go tired of reading about the spectrum and BBC micro.

[homerwannabee]

It really sucks to see that mag go. Never bought the thing but I would gloss through it at my local barnes and noble. If the magazine was truly profitable maybe another company will buy the retrogamer rites.

[+bcombee]

I just picked up issue #17 at the local Austin Fry's Electronics. Hopefully, they'll get in issue #18 -- I'll look for it in California on my trip this week too. It was always a fun read, and I really learned a lot about the European computer scene.

[Mayhem]

Doubtful though... I think it only went out to subscribers and the odd shop before everything came crashing down. You can keep looking though. Only people in the US I know with issue #18 were either subbers or ordered it direct from the website.

[liveinabin]

I'd like to have bought it more regularly, but as a Mac owner, paying all that money per issue for a disc I couldn't use was a terrific waste of money.