Chris Wilkins

retro, retro fusion, nintendo, sega, arcade, gaming, retro gaming

<p>I live in Kenilworth in the heart of central England with my wife and 3 children. We have a tortoise and 3 small aquariums full of Sea Monkeys.</p> <p>My life has always involved gaming since I can remember - my first computer was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum which Santa brought to me one Christmas Eve&nbsp;back in the 80's. Since that&nbsp;snow laden festive time&nbsp;I have had an affiliation with most consoles and computers released in the UK since and fondly remember the other distractions of the time - the toys,&nbsp;the adverts, the American TV shows, the sweets to name but a few.</p> <p>Even though appreciating the art of current games and the sparkly new consoles they are played on, I fondly recall the older systems and&nbsp;titles I have played over the years. As I get older, there is more history to look back on</p> <p>A good few years ago, when there were a few less grey hairs, I organised a retro gaming event for charity - this involved taking over a large cricket club venue down the road from where I live and&nbsp;filling it with arcade machines, pinball tables and every console and computer&nbsp;I could get my hands on. I announced the event, sold some tickets and hoped people would turn up on the day which they&nbsp;thankfully did. As a momento, I produced a 28 page magazine I called Retro Fusion and gave it to those who came along. This very act started my interest in magazine publishing both in the print and online world.</p> <p>Issue 1 and 2 of Retro Fusion was distributed in the Gamestation chain of stores in the UK - somewhat a coup at the time. Issue 3 was always planned, but unfortunately due to a number of conflicting&nbsp;events in my life at that time, never materialised - this was 6 years ago.</p> <p>So as well as now being a little older, the Playstation 2 in some circles is now also deemed retro!</p> <p>Before I too fall into the camp of the PS2 - it is time to finish what I started - more issues of Retro Fuson!</p>

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