![]() ![]() Retro Survival is a commercial CD retro games magazine put together by the freelance writers of Retro Gamer when Live Publishing collapsed. However, rights to Retro Gamer were purchased by Imagine Publishing in October 2005 and the magazine was re-launched on 8 December 2005. The magazine's official online forums described the magazine as "finished" shortly before issue #19 was due for release. ![]() On 27 September 2005, the magazine's original publishing company, Live Publishing, went into bankruptcy. ![]() Some issues had themed CDs containing the entire back catalogue of a publisher such as Durell, Llamasoft and Gremlin Graphics. It usually contained freeware remakes of retro video games and emulators, but also videos and free commercial PC software such as The Games Factory and The Elder Scrolls: Arena. The first 18 issues of the magazine came with a coverdisk. It was taken over by Future plc on 21 October 2016, following Future's acquisition of Imagine Publishing. In 2005, a general decline in gaming and computer magazine readership led to the closure of its publishers, Live Publishing, and the rights to the magazine were later purchased by Imagine Publishing. ![]() Launched in January 2004 as a quarterly publication, Retro Gamer soon became a monthly. It was the first commercial magazine to be devoted entirely to the subject. Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games. ![]()
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