☆ What is Arcade Perfect? ☆

Growing up in the 80’s and the 90’s, Video Games always strived to hit the highest accolade in gaming at the time. That accolade was the notion of being ‘Arcade Perfect’.

It was a lofty ambition for an 8 Bit console or Computer and an achievable stretch for the 16 Bit consoles of the early 90’s.

It’s the term that I would hope for in any video games review of the time and turned a maybe buy game into must have game.

The term has fallen away over the years as the console and computer powerhouses of the last couple of generations have exceeded the Arcade games arena in most cases.

Thinking about this term I began to let my mind wander to those halcyon days of Arcade Perfection and started to compile myself a list of the games from that era that reached that Arcade Perfect Accolade.

☆ Which Video Games Gave Me That Sense Of Wonder & Awe? ☆

Having watched from afar as the gaming world enthuses over The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild I have noticed a common theme with the reviews and opinions of the game.

Gamers are enthusing about the game taking them back to the days when video games induced wonder and awe much like the original Legend Of Zelda on the NES did.

You know the games I mean don't you?

☆ 10 Awesome Retro Gaming Stories Just For YOU! ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

"This is the part of the week when I scrape the web and compile an awesome list of Retrogaming fayre for you all to gorge on.

Some people might eat these retro gaming links slowly, others like to yam them down in a matter of seconds.

How you eat them is up to you, Just Enjoy!

With Love 

Games Freezer"

☆ My Favourite Commodore Amiga Peripherals ☆ #retrogaming #gamersunite

Amiga Tinted Specs
Listening to the Retro Asylum Commodore Amiga Bonanza podcast this morning I came over all misty eyed as I heard the members of the podcast panel take me back to the 90's Commodore Amiga scene, it really brought back home to me how cool the machine was and still is.

☆ Door 12 - Christmas Retro Gaming Advent Calendar ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Why I Love................

"Lemmings"

☆ Graphical Wonders From 8 & 16 Bit Past ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #C64

When I was a young inexperienced gamer in the mid 80's to early 90's graphics were one of the first things that I looked for in a game.

Maybe that's a superficial mindset but you have to remember that I was only 8 years old and having been brought up on Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Atari visuals that were hit n miss in terms of quality, any advancement in graphics were always met with an open mouthed disbelief as I witnessed either the latest hardware blowing my mind or maybe an example of someone being ultra clever and resourceful with the current hardware of the time.

☆ I Was A Pirate In A Previous Life! (a video games one) ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Back in 1993 I owned a beautiful Amiga 600 with 1 Meg of RAM.

It was my pride and joy.

I loved the way it looked and I loved my my beautiful disk box full of blue disks.

The only thing was that collection of blue disks I kept locked in my disk box were 95% copied games!

I WAS A PIRATE!

I am ashamed ..... but I had my reasons.

🎮🕹️ A Visual Treat For All Amiga Fans 🎮🕹️ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite @BitmapBooks

Last Weekend I Attended A Charity Auction In Aid Of My Best Friend's Daughter To ensure That She Received The Best Specialist Treatment Possible For Her Particular Conditions.

As part of that auction, the generous folks over at Funstock.Co.Uk donated the Commodore Amiga Visual Compendium to be auctioned off. How cool is that!?

☆ My All Time Favourite Ninja Video Games ☆ #Retrogaming #Gamersunite

Ninjas are cool - FACT
Every little boy growing up in the 80's wanted to be a Ninja - FACT
Ninja Video Games are awesome! - FACT

💾🕹️ Commodore Amiga Dreams 2015 💾🕹️ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

"Commodore Amiga Dream Machine"

Last night I had a dream about an Amiga 500+ that had been left in a car park underneath my car with a massive box of disks!

I saw this as a sign to write about the amazing Amiga as I feel I have neglected it recently in the column inches department.

☆ Retrogaming Controllers That Make ALL the Difference ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Retrogaming is best enjoyed using your favourite controller.

Whether that be a Joystick, Joypad or even a Gaming Mouse.

Over the years I have found that I can only play some games properly with one particular type of controller and if it isn't that controller I turn into a cack-handed jibbering idiot!

Read on to find out more about my favourite controllers and the games that they make me great at!

☆ My Retrogaming Video Games Bucket List ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Retrogaming for me only occurs on carefully planned days of the week. It means that sometimes I will only get a one or two hour slot to play with and in that time I need to utilise my time efficiently as i may only get one chance a week to play computer games.

 

With this in mind I have created a Retrogaming Computer Games Bucket List.

 

This list is intended to highlight 2 must play games on the various consoles or computers that I am yet to play.

 

My intention is to work my way through this list before I kick the bucket!!

☆ Retrogaming Love: "Why I Love The Commodore Amiga" ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Retrogaming for me is an ingrained love of many different computers and consoles.

Over the course of the next few months I will attempt to lay bare my love for all the individual computers and consoles that have touched my video gaming life.

Let me start the story with the Commodore Amiga.....