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09/12/2013

☆Air Supply Infinite Full Review☆ @Quantum Sheep #GameDev #GamersUnite #Share

A few months ago we came across some really interesting screen shots from Quantum Sheep who were working on their update of the original Air Supply game.

What caught our attention immediately was the cool retro visuals that were utilised to outstanding effect within the screen shots that we were looking at.

We L♡VE a good re-tweet and immediately let our army of ☆Freezer Followers☆ know all about this cool game that we had discovered.

Not long after this, our black and white retrogaming bromance began as the C☆☆L dudes at Quantum Sheep asked if ☆The Freezer☆ would like to make his videogames debut by making a cameo appearance within the Air Supply Infinite game.

Now The Freezer is a cool customer as we all know, but even The Freezer got a "melt on" at the thought of making it's video games debut!

So, what's the game like?

How did The Games Freezer get on with the in game cameo?

All these questions will be answered below!!

Air Supply Infinite - The Review...

You play Sam the Space Man.

Sam has got to run round each planet he visits whilst jumping over aliens and also stocking up on his dwindling Air Supply.

Sam has a limited stock of Smart Bombs which allow him to clear the screen of aliens and also give him an O2 boost when used
<Use Wisely>

Sam also gets the opportunity to collect many other power ups on his epic journey to try and locate the Infinity Cups! <Including The Games Freezer>

Along the way Sam has also got to avoid the Alien Tractor beams which stop him dead in his tracks leaving him vulnerable.....

The game itself moves at a blistering pace as Sam storms round each planet at breakneck speeds all the while trying to jump <Double Tap> over the pursuing Aliens.

Once you get started on this different flavoured runner game, you will find the one more go syndrome really kicking in a treat!

At first you think that this is going to be a stroll in the park, but the challenge of trying to continue until you get that Infinity Cup is truly a tough one!

We downloaded it onto the iPhone 5C and the gorgeous Retro Visuals looked stunning. We are big fans of the retro gaming look and this game captures that feel perfectly.

The Quantum Sheep team have pulled these visuals off a treat.

We love the array of power ups and variants as you go through the game and of course we adored the Games Freezer Power Up which Freezes the pursuing alien dude to the spot leaving you to collect the other power ups as they fall from the sky.

We think that The Freezer is a star in the making after this appearance ;)

When you begin the game, it recommends that you plug your earphones in to truly appreciate the cool music and boy is it cool!

If you like your Music retrogaming style then you will love the retro soundtrack by Yerzmyey, composed on 8bit ZX Spectrum!

Plug those earphones and get playing as you while away the next few hours trying to beat your last Air Run!

Overall, we had so much fun trying to beat our last run. We are not normally drawn to the runner genre but this looks and feels different from almost all runners we have played previously. The feeling of speed and the retro music really add to the cool arcade vibe. We'd love to play this great game on a big screen with that great soundtrack BOOMING OUT!

All we can say is get to the App Store and check it out for yourself and whilst you are there look out for The Games Freezer when it drops from the sky!!

Meanwhile, The Freezer has started to sign autographs using it's plug lead......spooky!

ICE CUBE RATING:

9 Ice Cubes Out Of Ten - This Is One COOL Runner!

04/12/2013

☆The Games Freezer Top 5 Greatest Video Games Accomplishments Ever☆ #GamersUnite #RetroGaming

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In the days before XBOX & Playstation Achievements / Trophies you were judged on a certain Holy Grail Of Gaming Pecking Order.

Your prowess was judged by a number of games you had completed or particular Video Games related moves that you were able to accomplish.

We have taken a look back at our TOP 5 Toughest Video Games Accomplishments in order to show you what we think were our crowning glories over the past 30+ Years!

This should be interesting!

Where shall we start?

5. Completing Super Ghouls N Ghost - SNES

The Beginning Of A Very Long Video Gaming Journey!

This game is notoriously spiteful as it sends you back to the start of the game after you complete it for the first time!

You are then tasked with working all the back through the game in order to complete it.

This game was great BUT this really got our back up, instead of getting MAD we got EVEN!

Super Ghouls N Ghosts - BEATEN!

4. Defeating Gonarch In Half Life - PS2

What A Beauty!

Half Life is considered to be one of the games of a generation, a real video game changer, it set up the almost flawless Half Life 2 and gave birth to the most anticipated 3rd instalment since Dr Dre promised the follow up to 2001!

The one thing that really kicks you in the nether regions with this game though, is the fact that Gonarch is one tough mudder!

We mean, to the point where you are using so much ammo that you are not even sure if it is actually dealing it any damage or not.....it's a worrying state of affairs and it's guaranteed to ensure that you will play this horrible headcrab sack on multiple occasions over a number of sittings before finally watching it explode........the day you do this is a day you will never forget!

Gonarch - BEATEN!

3. NBA JAM - "Enable Super Dunks" - SNES

"Hit any button 13 times while rotating the D-Pad clockwise, on the 13th tap hold down the button until tipoff"

This doesn't sound like such an accomplishment does it?

Well think again, this cheat would shred a novices thumb if done incorrectly.....

Also it had to be done in the short time you had between choosing your teams and for the match to begin!

So tough was it that we only knew one guy who could achieve this amazing feat and he could do this on both joy pads in order that both players could enjoy the luxury that was Super Dunks from the Half Way Line!!

This cheat was so much better than the BIG HEADS cheat as it almost made it a different game completely, so much fun - NBA JAM WE LOVE YOU!

SUPER DUNKS CHEAT - BEATEN! (With A Little Help From Our Friends)

2. Super Mario World Cheese Bridge Area

Platform Games have this habit of keeping you stuck on one particular tricky section for hours, days and sometimes even weeks.

The whole point of this accomplishment was to discover the secret exit on Cheese Bridge Area C

But BOY was this a toughie! The amount of times that this level had to be replayed in order to complete this part of the game fully was just immense. OVER and OVER and OVER again just to be rewarded with another level in the endless quest to find all 99 Levels!

So, how were you meant to complete Cheese Bridge Area C via The Secret Exit?

Well read on as we take an excerpt from HERE

"Cheese Bridge Area (C)

To get this, get to the very end of the level as either 1) Caped Mario or 2) Mario and Yoshi.

Below I have explanations for getting to the secret exit as numbered. The secret exit is behind the goal gate, and you have to go under the regular one to reach the secret one. These are strategies to do just that, listed in order of difficulty (lower the number, greater the difficulty).

1) This is incredibly hard to do. If you are Caped Mario only without Yoshi, you're going to have to find a good place to start flying from. It is my experience that the long wooden bridge before the yellow pipe is the best place to do this. Now, fly forward and take a dive as you see the goal gate. You must go under it and then pull up at the last second to go right past it. Easier said than done, huh? Good luck with that.

2) First off, getting there with Yoshi is rather difficult. When you reach the yellow pipe in the normal guide, go back a bit to the long bridge. Now run forward and take off flying. As you come down, Yoshi will have to bounce on chainsaws in the air to land on the platform to the right. Now, when you reach the goal gate, jump forward to get under it and then jump off of Yoshi when you are under it and to the right. You will land on stable land past the goal gate. Too bad Yoshi had to make the ultimate sacrifice, though.

Pick one of these strategies to get past the normal goal gate. From there, go right and jump to a platform with a 3-Up Moon on it. Then jump through the tape of the secret goal gate to the right."

The chosen method to beat this was using our good old friend Yoshi, the moment that Yoshi made the sacrifice and Mario popped up under the GOAL GATE was indescribable .... a video gaming moment to cherish forever!

Super Mario World - Cheese Bridge Area C "Secret Exit" - BEATEN!

1. Metal Gear Solid 3 : "The End"

Don't be fooled by his Santa Beard and his barely alive looks, this guy is super tough!

Metal Gear fans talk of Psycho Mantis being tough to beat but "The End" is in a different league, this guy is so tough that you might not even see him for 20 minutes at a time, but BOY can he see you and every move you make he will punish you!

Trying to beat him had us tearing our hair out for weeks on end.

It just felt impossible. We couldn't even land a shot on him. It just felt like the game was saying

"YE SHALL NOT PASS......EVER!"

Little did we know that yes we would eventually defeat "The End" but maybe not in the way that we had thought was possible........

Yes, that's right we didn't actually land the last shot into "The End" to bring about the end of him.....no we actually took soooo long ...... he errrrrr DIED OF OLD AGE!!!

Yes that's right, the old fella got fed up with waiting for us and pegged it, snuffed it, kicked the bucket!

Hideo Kojima and his team were so clued up that they realised that maybe us mere mortals might not be good enough to defeat this dude and after 1 week of play, if you havn't defeated him you get greeted with "The End Dies Of Old Age" sequence....

We stumbled across this due to our ineptitude but there is also a way of tricking the save game into thinking a weeke has passed by saving and then forwarding your PS2 on by a week (BUT THAT'S CHEATING!)

Anyway, our number 1 accomplishment is a bitter sweet one.

It was purely a moment of relief that we'd never have to play this old fella again!

"THE END" - BEATEN (By Old Age!)

Now that we've shared our Top 5 Greatest Video Games Accomplishments, why don't you share the love and let us know yours?

02/12/2013

☆Game Of The Day "The Narrow Path"☆ @BeavlGames #GamersUnite #Pixel

Dark Pixel Art Style, Zombies, A mutant dog and a Breaking Bad style camper van......what more do you need in a game?!

It's a winning formula that sets Narrow Path apart from any game we've ever played.

In fact we think that there's a part in this game for a scary old GAMES FREEZER!!!

There's something sick and disturbing about the premise of this game and I think that's what has drawn us in, it matches our personalities here inside this cold hole of a freezer....

So what's the low-down on this funky, freaky, mash up monster of a game we hear all of you zombie loving maniacs ask?

Well, get a load of this straight from the horses mouth........

There is a raging War between good ol' humans and zombies

The thing is YOU want both sides dead so as to start the world over and repopulate planet Earth by impregnating the three Swanson Sisters you kidnapped! Pretty Grim eh!?

Basically ... "The Narrow Path is a roguelike-RTS with a motorhome, a mutant dog and an army of reanimated monsters."

How was this mutant of a game born?

Well, Beavl Games entered the ALL OUT WAR WALKING DEAD GAMES JAM 2013 and won a place in the final with this beauty!

We think you all need to play it HERE

Then you all need to vote for it on Steam Green Light HERE

This game needs to be played because we just love the way it's visuals take you back to a time before HD graphics when just a games atmosphere and soundtrack could make your skin crawl....it's a simple concept with a disturbing back story....and as you can tell we are smitten by this two week wonder!

For some super cool insight into how and why this cracking game was made head HERE for the POSTMORTEM!

>>The Narrow Path NEW TRAILER Is HERE!<<

We will have a more in depth Review coming your way once we can drag ourselves away from our browser!

Once you've finished creating your own Zombie horde, let us know what you think of this COOL Creation....

01/12/2013

☆The C☆☆LEST Crowdfunding Projects In The World Right Now!☆ #GamersUnite #RetroGaming

One of the best ways to spend a Sunday evening for us is to trawl the crowd funding websites to find the most exciting Video Games Projects around, so that's what we've done and presented them in a lovely Games Freezer Post for your consumption, don't say we don't look after The Friends Of The Freezer....

So what's first up I here you say!

RESET

Just watch the trailer and tell us you don't immediately fall in love with this game, go on WE DARE YOU!

DYSCOURSE

How will you get Rita home safely after a plane crash sees her end up with a whole host of survivors in the middle of nowhere?!
A puzzle game with a beautiful art style and multiple outcomes gets our vote! Check this bad boy out with echoes of our most favourite TV Series ever (LOST)

WINGS

Hands up who remembers the original WINGS on the AMIGA?
We sure do! What can be better than some good old arcade dog fighting World War I action?! "Rat A Tat Tat Tat!"

SEGA MEGADRIVE / GENESIS : COLLECTED WORKS

This is a CORKER of a project!

A collection of SEGA Megadrive related material from all over the Video Games World.

This project has had no trouble in reaching it's goal as it sets out to document the all time classic system The SEGA Megadrive / Genesis.

The book itself is officially licensed by SEGA and is looking to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the console’s release in style!

The book will include production artwork, interviews, development sketches, hardware manufacturing plans and so much MORE!

Get involved with this one while you can.

29/11/2013

☆Welcome To The Zork Masterclass 2013☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

"You are in an open field west of a big white house with a boarded
front door.

There is a small mailbox here."

These are the immortal opening lines of the legendary Text Adventure Zork…….
A game that introduced us to the beautiful world of Role Playing Games back when text and imagination were the tools of an RPG fan.

The descriptive language and the leading wording bought about the formation of these amazing thoughts into a player's mind.

You could be taken to far afield places with a simple sentence to describe where you were and what was in front of you
A true masterclass in how to write for computer games….

"> look in mailbox
The mailbox is closed.
> open mailbox
Opening the mailbox reveals:
A leaflet.
> look at leaflet "
Zork is one of those games that players will never stop playing, it only needs a keyboard and a grasp of the English language and you are ready to play.
Simple yet complex it's a gaming marvel!

As you may be able to tell, we absolutely adore the Zork Series.

Over the last couple of weeks we have been playing ONLINE ZORK through this LINK it has been created as a side project by a guy who wanted to create a cool 404 Error page with a difference…..

This has then led to many an hour searching the labrynth for treasure and monsters to slay

We'd just love all of our readers to take a look at Zork again and get involved in the online community that is currently 133423 strong!

The guy who created this online version of Zork has a really interesting story so why don't you read all about it by typing in ABOUT

Also we'd recommend finding out what the premise of Zork is by typing INFO

In order to prepare you for the battle ahead we would like to take you through the training that is required for all Zork players in order that they can battle their way through the dungeons & monsters whilst discovering treasures and artefacts.

Your Training begins NOW!

Zork Commands Training:
The 'BRIEF' command suppresses printing of long room descriptions
for rooms which have been visited.
The 'SUPERBRIEF' command suppresses
printing of long room descriptions for all rooms.
The 'VERBOSE' command restores long descriptions.
The 'INFO' command prints information which might give some idea of what the game is about.
The 'ABOUT' command prints information as to why this site is here.
The 'LOGIN ' command allows you to log in, or
or create a new account if you have never logged in before.
The 'ACTIVE' command shows the number of active users playing Zork
The 'SAVE' command saves the state of the game for later continuation.
You must LOGIN before you are allowed to save.
The 'RESTORE' command restores a saved game.
You must LOGIN before you are allowed to restore.
The 'RESET' command restarts the game.
The 'INVENTORY' command lists the objects in your possession.
The 'LOOK' command prints a description of your surroundings.
The 'SCORE' command prints your current score and ranking.
The 'TIME' command tells you how long you have been playing.
The 'DIAGNOSE' command reports on your injuries, if any.
Command abbreviations:
The 'INVENTORY' command may be abbreviated 'I'.
The 'LOOK' command may be abbreviated 'L'.
Containment:
Some objects can contain other objects.
Many such containers can be opened and closed.
The rest are always open.
They may or may not be transparent.
For you to access (e.g., take) an object which is in a container, the container must be open.
For you to see such an object, the container must be either open or transparent.
Containers have a capacity, and objects have sizes; the number of objects which will fit therefore depends on their sizes.
You may put any object you have access to (it need not be in your hands) into any other object.
At some point, the program will attempt to pick it up if you don't already have it, which process may fail if you're carrying too much.
Although containers can contain other containers, the program doesn't access more than one level down.
Fighting:
Occupants of the dungeon will, as a rule, fight back when attacked.
In some cases, they may attack even if unprovoked.
Useful verbs here are 'ATTACK <villain> WITH <weapon>', 'KILL', etc.
Knife-throwing may or may not be useful. You have a fighting strength which varies with time.
Being in a fight,getting killed, and being injured all lower this strength.
Strength is regained with time. Thus, it is not a good idea to fight someone immediately after being killed.
Other details should become apparent after a few melees or deaths.
Command parser:
A command is one line of text terminated by a carriage return.
For reasons of simplicity, all words are distinguished by their first six letters.
All others are ignored. For example, typing 'DISASSEMBLE THE ENCYCLOPEDIA' is not only meaningless, it also creates excess effort for your fingers.
Note that this truncation may produce ambiguities in the intepretation of longer words.

You are dealing with a fairly stupid parser, which understands the following types of things--

Actions:
Among the more obvious of these, such as TAKE, PUT, DROP, etc.
Fairly general forms of these may be used, such as PICK UP,PUT DOWN, etc.

Directions:
NORTH, SOUTH, UP, DOWN, etc. and their various abbreviations.
Other more obscure directions (LAND, CROSS) are appropriate in
only certain situations.

Objects:
Most objects have names and can be referenced by them.

Adjectives:
Some adjectives are understood and required when there are two objects which can be referenced with the same 'name' (e.g.,
DOORs, BUTTONs).

Prepositions:
It may be necessary in some cases to include prepositions, but the parser attempts to handle cases which aren't ambiguous without. Thus 'GIVE CAR TO DEMON' will work, as will 'GIVE DEMON
CAR'. 'GIVE CAR DEMON' probably won't do anything interesting.
When a preposition is used, it should be appropriate; 'GIVE CAR WITH DEMON' won't parse.

Sentences:
The parser understands a reasonable number of syntactic construc-tions.
In particular, multiple commands (separated by commas) can be placed on the same line.

Ambiguity:
The parser tries to be clever about what to do in the case of actions which require objects that are not explicitly specified.
If there is only one possible object, the parser will assume that it should be used.
Otherwise, the parser will ask.Most questions asked by the parser can be answered.

YOUR TRAINING IS NOW COMPLETE…….GO FORTH AND EXPLORE THE WORLD OF ZORK!

ENTER ZORK HERE

Zork World Map

You can also explore the world of Zork via the following link:

iFiction

☆Game Of The Day "Flick Kick Legends"☆ @PikPokGames #GamersUnite

Having grown up playing some of the classic Footballer Of The Year games on the ZX Spectrum and the Atari 800 we have always wanted to see a remake of the Footballer Of The Year series on the mobile platforms.

Not so long ago saw New Star Soccer burst onto the scene and take the crown for the most addictive football life sim.

New Star Soccer is undoubtedly the bar that all other similar games have to reach or exceed.

We have played a lot of Flick kick Football on Andorid and iPhone over the last few years and especially loved the Roy Of The Rovers feel to the presentation, so when Pik Pok released Flick Kick Football Legends, to say we were excited was an understatement!

So what's it all about then?

Flick Kick Legends sees you go old school 70's style.

Flick Kick Football Legends has a great 70's soccer feel about the whole game, whether it's the hairstyles, grounds, players, commentators or even the funky soundtrack, it all adds up to a cool 70's soccer atmosphere about the whole game. We love it!

Flick Kick Legends sees you swiping your finger across your screen to Tackle, Pass, Shoot. Once you get used to the gameplay mechanic this whole process becomes second nature and very enjoyable as you gain posession and try and win it back. There is nothing more satisfying than putting in a last ditch tackle to deny the oppo and then pass your way back up the pitch to score the winner. All the while, every successful pass is met by a 70's style guitar chord! BRILLIANT!!

You will come up against designated Rival teams in your division whilst trying to get your team back into the top division and its these key matches that require that little extra out of you in order to get the 3points!

The thing we found with this game that really impressed was the great presentation. It presents a comic book inspired feel within an era that was all about haircuts and blokes. It really brings this through to the player as you take your own named team through the ranks.

We even loved the opening story that plays as a tutorial, with your resulting shot causing a fire that kills off your coach and sends your team spiralling down to the bottom league! It's at this point whereby you are charged with bringing your team back to past glories.

Along the way you get to meet various characters who are looking to help or hinder your progress, all of the characters are truly memorable and we don't want to spoil any of it for you, but our favourite character is "Ghost Coach" :)

Add into this winning formula the opportunity to earn new "packets" of player cards (just like FIFA Ultimate Team) you will get to build up cash from winning in order that you can afford new player cards or if you are a bit more impatient you can always depart with real money in order to purchase those elite players that little bit quicker.

Your players will earn XP as they go through a season and level up accordingly, we like this concept as you look to invest time in building up your favourite footballers through your rise to the top.

Some player cards also have various additional skills and abilities that you can utilise to your advantage during a match such as extra curve or extra large goals.

We love this game and it has taken up a lot of our time over the last week as we have put in the time to get promoted from the bottom division (although we are still not very good at it!)

The one improvement that we would like to see would be more expansive set of stats per player. Something like Pass Completion %, Goals, Tackles Completed % etc. We feel that would add even more attachment to your team members as you invest time to improve their match tsats aswell as their skills.

Anyway, I think we've spent far too long talking about this cool game and we need to get back to realising Evolution FC's potential by getting them into the top division!