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FUSION #56 – on sale now!

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Swinging their way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine is a large smattering of absolutely gushing reviews, including Clusterduck, Dragon’s Dogma II, Contra: Operation Galuga, and The Night is Grey. For hardware fans, Alan Hammerton reviews the Asus Rog Ally Z1 Extreme handheld console, plus there are book reviews of The Console: 50 Years of Home Video Gaming and N64: A Visual Compendium. Also in this issue, Faith Johnson ponders fantasy
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FUSION #55 – on sale now!

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Blasting their way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine is a large smattering of reviews, including Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, New Star GP, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Indie Heroes 3 on the Evercade, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong. George Sturgeon listens to Beginning, a Musical Marvel from Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Graeme Mason goes on a celebratory rampage with Duke Nukem 3D, and Alan Hammerton takes us on
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FUSION #54 – on sale now!

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Karate chopping its way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine are reviews of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, The Innsmouth Case, and The Occupation. George Sturgeon digs into the PlayStation Labo stage of Astro's Playroom, Ben Honebone checks out the audio of Rise of the Robots, and Ben Magnet gets his catching mittens on as he steps into the world of Pokémon Trading Card Game LIVE. Also in
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FUSION #53 – on sale now!

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Smashing its way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine are reviews of RoboCop: Rogue City, Evercade Home Computer Heroes Collection 1, and Transformers EarthSpark Expedition, plus an early access preview of Mining My Business. Also in this issue, Andrew Fisher talks to Rare legend, Grant Kirkhope, in the second part of his big interview, FUSION looks back at World War II: Tank Battles on the PS2, and Faith Johnson
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FUSION #52 – on sale now!

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Making its way into the latest issue of FUSION Magazine are reviews of The Will of Arthur Flabbington and Alan Wake 2. Also in this issue, Andrew Fisher talks to Rare legend, Grant Kirkhope, in the first part of his big interview, Melanie Honebone obsesses over pinball machines, and Faith Johnson recommends some of her favourite shmups on Steam. Elsewhere, Ben Magnet continues his travels and uncovers the arcades in
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FUSION #51 – on sale now!

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Jingling their way into the latest issue of Fusion Magazine are reviews of Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Assassin's Creed: Mirage. Also in this issue, Ben & Andrew review the new Super Pocket handheld, Faith Johnson checks out Atari’s latest console, the Atari 2600+ and Paul Morrison reviews Atari’s Recharged reworkings. Elsewhere the reporting team goes global, as Ben Magnet visits Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Hollywood, Faith
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FUSION Magazine #50 – special celebratory issue out soon!

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FUSION Magazine is FIFTY! A little over five years ago I pre-ordered the very first issue of FUSION Magazine direct from Fusion Retro Books. This was a company I hadn't heard of until the year before when I used Kickstarter for the very first time to back the CRASH 2018 Annual - I mean, who wouldn't need CRASH issue 99 in their lives? Since that time I've watched the magazine
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Last chance to back CRASH and ZZAP! 64 2024 Annuals

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Just two days are left to back Fusion Retro Books' yearly Kickstarter for the magazine hardback annuals. This year the campaign is only running for ten days, and although some can usually be ordered on their website afterwards, it certainly isn't guaranteed. Last year the Toy Polloi annual sold out almost instantly, and the A4 editions of the CRASH and ZZAP! 64 annuals weren't far behind. The four publications available
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Fusion #49 – on sale now!

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Flipping its way into the latest issue of Fusion Magazine are reviews of Xenotilt - Hostile Pinball Action, Taito Milestones II, and Star Trek Prodigy Supernova. This month the Fusion looks at whether it's worth owning home Arcade Cabinets and the team reviews their own Arcade 1UP cabinet set-ups. Elsewhere Andrew Oyston checks out the military sim Cold Waters, Paul Twist mourns the passing of Pac-Man 99, and Toy Polli
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The Fusion Retro Books 2024 Annuals Kickstarter has launched!

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Fusion Retro Books has just launched its yearly Kickstarter for the magazine hardback annuals. This year the four publications available are CRASH Annual 2024, ZZAP! 64 Annual 2024, Fusion Annual 2024, and Toy Polloi Annual 2024. Each book costs £12 and is A5 in size, plus larger A4 versions of CRASH and ZZAP! 64 will once again be available for £20 for those like me with older eyes. You'll have
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