THE retrobates
WHAT’S your favourite game boy game?
DARRAN JONES
Revenge Of The Gator is a charming pinball game that I still play on my Super Game Boy. Expertise:
Planning expensive birding trips to Scotland
Currently playing:
Dragon Force
Favourite game of all time: Strider
DREW SLEEP
My parents took me along to see Jools Holland once, but I didn’t actually see anything because I was too busy hunched over on the ground playing Super Mario Land 2. Expertise:
Leaving the team high and dry on deadline day
Currently playing:
Final Fantasy IX
Favourite game of all time: Final Fantasy VIII
NICK THORPE
You would expect me to say Tetris, but it’s actually Pokémon Blue, which I received for my 13th birthday.
Expertise:
Owning five Master Systems (I sold two)
Currently playing:
Donkey Kong
Favourite game of all time: Sonic The Hedgehog
WOZ BROWN
R-type was one of my first games; I was gobsmacked that it ran on a handheld.
Expertise:
Hooking up every Nintendo home system to one a single HDMI input
Currently playing:
Super Smash Bros Wii U Favourite game of all time: The Legend Of Zelda:
Ocarina Of Time
IAN LEE
Here’s something pretty awful, I honestly don’t think I’ve ever played the original Game Boy. I am so sorry and hang my head in shame.
Expertise:
Buying overpriced stuff on ebay then never touching it
Currently playing:
Antstream
Favourite game of all time: Elite (BBC Model B)
DAVID CROOKES
I’m going to have to say Tetris. I played it to the point of developing ‘Tetris Syndrome’, which meant I really could enjoy the game everywhere I went! Expertise:
Amstrad, Lynx, adventures, Dizzy, and Playstation (but is it retro? Debate!)
Currently playing:
Football Glory
Favourite game of all time: Broken Sword
PAUL DRURY
Pokémon Red without a doubt. I spent 102 hours totally filling up my Pokédex and have fond memories of every minute. Expertise:
Train games
Currently playing:
Donkey Kong 2:
Jumpman Returns
Favourite game of all time: Sheep in Space
ANDREW FISHER
Link’s Awakening, a huge quest packed into a tiny cartridge. Expertise:
Over 35 years of gaming, from Commodore 64 to Wii U Currently playing:
Splatoon
Favourite game of all time: Paradroid
RORY MILNE
I’ll go for Monster Max. It’s not as colourful as Batman or Head Over Heels, but its gameplay is less linear and it’s full of fresh mechanics. Expertise:
The game that I’m writing about at the time of writing Currently playing:
Super Robin Hood
Favourite game of all time: Tempest