☆The Games Freezer Sunday 7 Day Retrogaming Roundup ☆ #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

Another busy week of video games, geekness and retro gaming comes to a close in The Freezer.

It's time to look back at all the goings on from the last week and bring them to you in a nice easy to digest morsel of Gaming Greatness....

Put your feet up and take a look at the last 7 days in the World Of The Games Freezer

☆ The Games Freezer 5 Links Video Games Roundup ☆ #GamersUnite #RetroGaming #GameDev

So Many Things To Tell You All About And So Little Time!

So Here's A Whistle Stop Tour Of All the Video Game Awesomeness That I've Discovered Over The Last Couple Of Weeks.....

Strap Yourself In For Another Games Freezer Video Games Roundup !

☆ A Geeks Christmas List 2015 - Part 1 ☆ #Retrogaming #Geek #GamersUnite

It's that time of the year when my mind turns to Christmas and in particular my Christmas list....

Yes i'm 36 and yes I still write a Christmas list.....BUT the point is you don't want people to waste their hard earned cash on stuff you don't actually want so make a list and make everyone's life that bit easier at Christmas....

☆ How Do You Save A Stranded Astronaut? ☆ #IndieDev #GameDev #iOS #Android

As I sit here and wait for him to get back to me I fear for his safety on his first night in the unknown wilderness.....

He got in contact with me on my iPhone on Thursday morning and told me his story via text....

His name is Taylor...

He asked me for advice on how to proceed...

He wanted to know what to do next....

I had to put myself in Taylor's shoes and think what would I do next if I was Taylor?

I've just advised him on where he should sleep on his first night stranded alone.....I hope I've told him the right thing....I've never been in that situation so I don't know what to advise but I did advise him on what I thought was truly his best option....

I keep checking my phone to see if he has got in contact with me but nothing yet....

Oh god I hope he makes it through the night......What if he doesn't?!

☆ Kevin Toms Talks Torquay, ZX Spectrum & Kickstarter ☆ @KevinToms #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

A lot of my inspiration for what I do today with Games Freezer comes from my early video games years experience with a certain football game that for me became an obsession....

This obsession led me to searching for it immediately on whatever console or computer that I owned. When i owned my beloved Atari 800 XEGS I would visit LOGIC Computer Shop in Cheshunt or Rossi's Toy Shop in Chingford and search through the masses of cassettes preying to see a copy of it for Atari XE/XL....

Alas I never saw it on my beloved Atari.....

In the 80's & 90's it constantly dominated my thoughts and led me down the road to becoming a purveyor of all things Football Management Simulation...

That game was Football Manager by Kevin Toms....

☆ Built In Video Games from The Third Generation ☆ #retrogaming #gamersunite

As I think about entering into the world of the 8th Generation of consoles I cast my mind back to the 3rd Generation of consoles.

The thing that sticks out in my mind is the two consoles that I owned from that generation and the fact that both consoles had some really cool built in games.

☆ The Mother Of Gaming Markets Comes To London ☆ @ReplayEvents #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

London gets it's very own Gaming Market and boy am I excited about this!

THE FIRST EVER LONDON GAMING MARKET BEGINS TRADING IN NOVEMBER 2015

Buy and Sell Video Games, Board Games and Merchandise All in One Place Right in the Heart of London....

☆Sensible Soccer And Microprose Soccer Have A Child ☆ @outofthebit #GamersUnite #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieDevHour

I've always been a massive fan of the 80's & 90's football games.

Those games were made with play-ability in mind with a simple but sharp aesthetic to the graphics.

Super Arcade Football seems to be trying to recreate that era and improve on the things that made those retro games so awesome.

☆ The World's Smallest C64 Emulator Looks Great ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

The World's Tiniest C64 Emulator Is A Work Of Art.

I have been admiring this little beauty for a couple of days and thought I should share the details of this awesome Kickstarter....

Take a peek it's worth a few minutes of your time...

🎲🎲 Board Games That Will Never Grow Old 🎲🎲 #GamersUnite #BoardGames

Video games have turned into a massive industry. Playing the original Nintendo in the mid-80s could not have prepared you for the onslaught of excellent titles released today. Just looking at joystickgaming.io, it becomes clear how expansive the industry is with so many different styles and categories.

Growing up as a kid I not only loved video games I also developed a deep love for board games.

Board games for me were associated with great times with my friends, mum, dad and sister at times of the year like Christmas and the Summer Holidays.

We still play Monopoly every Christmas to this day. It's a shame I rarely get the opportunity to play any other time of the year as I never seem to have enough time.

Truly good times and great memories were created by playing some of the coolest board games during my youth.

⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️🕹️"UP-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT-Y-B-X-A" My Top Five Cheat Codes 🕹️⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

We all remember the days of the hints, tips and cheats that we would find in video games magazines or be told about in the playground by our mates. 

The cheats normally consisted of a combination of joypad movements and button presses to unlock some kind of infinite lives or amendment to the gameplay.

Back in the '80s and '90s, we were mega hungry for this kind of stuff.

★ Two Of My Favourite NES Revelations ★ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

I've recently discovered the Geeks Guide To The Galaxy podcast and i'm getting my fix on a daily basis on my commute into the office.

Luckily for me this podcast has been running for years so I have stacks of content to delve into...

While listening this morning to episode 114 which was dedicated to the NES I stumbled across two cool NES revelations that I was totally unaware of.......

☆ Soda Dungeoneers For Hire ☆ #Retrogaming #PixelArt #GamersUnite

Another Pixel Art surprise from the vast expanse of the App Store has made its way onto my iPhone.

Soda Dungeon is an interesting twist on the mobile dungeon crawling genre that we have seen so much of recently.

Basically you play a cowardly dude with an interesting business idea.

Instead of you being the dungeon crawling monster slayer why not coerce others to do the crawling whilst you reap the profits....

☆ Your Chance To Become The Combo King ☆ #iosreviewtime #GamersUnite

App Store Curiosity
A couple of weeks ago I was nosing around the App Store looking for a cool game to get stuck into when I stumbled across Combo Quest. 

It was the App Store Free Game Of The Week and I just loved the awesome looking pixel art graphics so I had to download it like any self respecting retro gamer would. 

Once downloaded I was treated to a game rhythm action that I have grown to love more and more each time I play it!


"Take A Minute And Sit Right There And I'll Tell You How I Became The Combo King"

☆ All 7 Awesome Fallout 4 SPECIAL Videos ☆ #GamersUnite #Fallout4

The Time Is Almost Upon Us.....

Not Long Till The Day When We Can Step Back Into The Wasteland....

It's Almost 10.11.2015.....

It's Almost Time For Fallout 4........

☆ My Top 10 Video Games With Their Own Film or TV Cameos ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #Arcade

When I think of video games from my youth I instantly smile.

But do you know what really used to make me smile and still does to this day?

Video Games Cameos in Films & TV...

☆ Amiga Cases For A New Generation ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #Kickstarter

Amiga 1200 Cases Make ME Go Weak At The Knees...

Amiga 1200 Cases Combined With A Kickstarter Make Me Explode With Joy!

Yes It's Another Cool Retrogaming Kickstarter That I Want To Tell You All About..

We Have 9 Days To Make It Happen So Let's DO THIS!

☆ Two Of The Biggest Football Games Of The 80's Make A Revival ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Growing up as a football mad video games geek in the 80's and 90's meant that I was obsessed with two games throughout that golden era.

Those games were....

Kick Off 2

&

Football Manager

☆ What Games Would YOU Play If Video Games Didn't Exist? ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #BoardGames

As I stand here waiting for a delayed train home on a Friday night after a day in the office my mind starts wandering.....

What If Video Games Didn't Exist? (I ask myself)

What Games Would I Play?

☆ A Love Letter To Platform Games ☆ @superaxeboy #Retrogaming #GameDev #Kickstarter #GamersUnite

I've grown up playing some of the greatest platform games of all time and now i'm getting excited about this brand new upcoming Kickstarter which is aiming to be a love letter to the platform games from down the years!

Let's open up this letter and see what it says.........