Game design does not go obsolete. What was fun once can be fun again, and nostalgia has nothing to do with it. This simple, fierce declaration forms the basis of the fanzine Extended Play and its coverage of three fields of gaming: RETRO, INDIE, NICHE. This compilation of articles on arcade games represent its dedication to the Retro beat. Loaded with screenshots and full of obscure details, scavenged from disparate sources and some of which is available nowhere else. It provides walkthroughs, strategy guides and design dives into six diverse, classic arcade games: Gradius, the classic shooter; Dorodon, a chase game with a changing maze; Bubble Bobble, the whimsical platformer filled with amazing secrets; Mr. Do!, which is kind of like Dig Dug but much deeper; Rampart, Salwitz and Ralston's brilliant strategy/puzzle game of castles and cannons; and Cadash, a surprisingly successful melding of arcade platformer and RPG.
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Game design does not go obsolete. What was fun once can be fun again, and nostalgia has nothing to do with it. This simple, fierce declaration forms the basis of the fanzine Extended Play and its coverage of three fields of gaming: RETRO, INDIE, NICHE. This compilation of articles on arcade games represent its dedication to the Retro beat. Loaded with screenshots and full of obscure details, scavenged from disparate sources and some of which is available nowhere else. It provides walkthroughs, strategy guides and design dives into six diverse, classic arcade games: Gradius, the classic shooter; Dorodon, a chase game with a changing maze; Bubble Bobble, the whimsical platformer filled with amazing secrets; Mr. Do!, which is kind of like Dig Dug but much deeper; Rampart, Salwitz and Ralston's brilliant strategy/puzzle game of castles and cannons; and Cadash, a surprisingly successful melding of arcade platformer and RPG.