THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE MICRO MACHINES GAME

DARRAN JONES

It’s Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament 96 for me. I’m still laughing to myself over my last sponge duel with the team.

Expertise: Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful daughters and an award-winning magazine, all under one roof!

Currently playing:

Jurassic Park: The Game

Favourite game of all time:

Strider

ANDY SALTER

The first Micro Machines game for the Mega Drive. Never been a huge fan of racing games but it felt more like a party game.

Expertise: Modding games, no ‘vanilla’ versions for me, thanks!

Currently playing: M&B2: Bannerlord… Modded of course

Favourite game of all time: Rome: Total War

HARETH AL BUSTANI

It’s got to be Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament. A fantastic sequel and great fun to play.

Expertise: Juggling obscure games, words and guitar and seeing where it all lands

Currently Playing: Chivalry 2

Favourite game of all time: The Secret Of Monkey Island

TIM EMPEY

I’ve mentioned it before, but I had a lot of fun lunchtimes playing Micro Machines V4 in the office. The Plasma Cannon absolutely rules.

Expertise: Finishing Game Pass games before they leave the service

Currently playing:

Halo Infinite

Favourite game of all time:

God Hand

PAUL ROSE

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament, for the hours we lost on it in the Digitiser office.

Expertise: Winging it

Currently playing: Civilisation VI

Favourite game of all time: Half-life 2

RORY MILNE

I love the whole series, but I always find myself returning to the NES original for its devious track layouts, responsive handling and above all the thrill of its two-player races.

Expertise: The game that

I’m writing about at the time of writing

Currently playing:

Earthworm Jim

Favourite game of all time:

Tempest

NICK THORPE

I actually quite liked all the added power-ups of Micro Machines V3, and fortunately I have a Playstation multitap.

Expertise: Owning five Master Systems and a Mark III

Now playing:

Pokémon Shining Pearl

Favourite game of all time:

Sonic The Hedgehog

PAUL DRURY

Definitely Micro Machines 2

on the Mega Drive, with the ingenious J-cart set up and the pad-share feature. Many happy hours of play with frenemies.

Expertise: Videogame nasties

Currently playing:

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond

Favourite game of all time:

Sheep In Space

GRAEME MASON

I spent weeks on the original Mega Drive game. Finally you could drive around a pool table!

Expertise: Adjusting the tape azimuth with a screwdriver

Currently playing: Dying Light

Favourite game of all time: Resident Evil 4