6 Jul 2018
5 Jul 2018
⚽️๐ฉ Episode 17: Super Cup Soccer - 1992 - Jaleco - SNES Football Games Were Shite ๐ฉ⚽️
๐ฎ"Join Jim Jaleco as we explore Super Cup Soccer on the SNES.
Is it Super?
Well, you'll have to find out exactly that by joining Jim as he explores what makes this arcade video game tick..."๐ฎ
4 Jul 2018
๐ค๐ป✋๐ปThom & Ross From Gonarchs Lair Talk Alex Kidd Cosplay, Homemade Sauce and Pac Man Stickers ๐ค๐ป✋๐ป @gonarchslair
The Lads From The Audaciously Awesome Podcast "Gonarch's Lair" Take A Break From The Lair To Answer Some Games Freezer Questions So As You Can Get To Know Thom and Ross a Bit More Intimately...
Grab yourself a head crab and sit back and read all about the deadly duo!
3 Jul 2018
๐⚽️ Legendary Eleven - Ten Minute Taster - "A Large Dose Of Arcade Football!" ⚽️๐
๐ฎ " A game of Legendary Eleven will bring a smile to your face and a spring to your step in a world where true arcade football games are few and far between" ๐ฎ
2 Jul 2018
๐ ️ Review: Die Young "A Mesh of Great Ideas in One Tasty Pot" ๐ ️ #EarlyAccess #GameDev #IndieGame
Game Title: Die Young
Developer: IndieGala
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: In Early Access at present.
I had never heard of Die Young before reviewing it for review, but as it was installing I was reading up on the comparisons to Rust and The Forest etc. which made me narrow my eyes a bit.
I have no issue with the survival adventure genre but it’s not something that I actively seek out. Whilst I can see the appeal of knocking up a log cabin with picket fence surround and a herb garden whilst nightly fighting off randomly spawning cannibals, it just isn’t for me.
Die Young takes a different approach which immediately made me sit up and pay attention.
29 Jun 2018
28 Jun 2018
⚽️๐ฉ Episode 16: Ace Striker - SERIE A - 1995 - TNN - SNES Football Games Were Shite ๐ฉ⚽️
๐ฎ"Little doll looking footballers with questionable hands play bad football whilst being reffed by a bald dude"๐ฎ
27 Jun 2018
๐ง๐ป♀️Review:Bullet Witch "If only I could cast a spell to make this a better game"๐ง๐ป♀️
Game Title: Bullet Witch
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Developer: Cavia (original) / Marvelous, Inc (re-release)
Rating: Melted
Bullet Witch was a game released back in 2006 for the Xbox 360 to reviews that were middling at best and with good reason. Bland, buggy graphics set in tedious, linear levels that are filled with copy/paste enemies that you mow down via unsatisfying gunplay; it really wasn’t a good example of the 3rd person shooter genre.
Upon release it was quickly forgotten by everyone except the most ardent fans of the game, fast-forward twelve years to this re-release, now playable in 60fps and 1080 resolution and we ask the question,
“Has the game finally discovered a new lease of life, replete in re-mastered glory?”
*drum roll*
26 Jun 2018
๐ฆ Unboxing Video - AuCuTee - "An Awesome Looking White Noise Machine" ๐ฆ
๐ฆ "Today I take a look at a piece of Tech that is completely different from anything else that I have ever reviewed. This is AuCuTee's White Noise Sleep Machine and it looks pretty awesome!" ๐ฆ
25 Jun 2018
๐ Review: Last Encounter "A Good Title Made Great With Friends" ๐ #GameDev #IndieGame
Developer: Exordium Games
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Ice Cool
Last Encounter is the newest game from the studio that gave us the charming pseudo-noir adventure series ‘Bear With Me’, moving away from the point and click genre, Last Encounter is a top-down twin-stick shooter with support for up to four players (good) and a rogue-lite approach to level design.
22 Jun 2018
๐ฆ Commodore 64 - Spellbound & Prowler - Mastertronic - eBay Unboxing Video ๐ฆ #C64 #RetroGaming
๐ฎ"Here's a nice unboxing video of my latest eBay purchase.
Spellbound and Prowler on the C64"๐ฎ
21 Jun 2018
⚽️ Episode 15. SNES Football Games Were Shite - Kick Off 3 - ANCO - 1994⚽️
๐ฎ"With Brazilian screamers galore, this is an episode not to be missed! Kick Off 3 is so much fun and yet so bad it's good!"๐ฎ
Labels:
Football,
Kick Off 2,
Kick Off 3,
Nintendo,
SNES,
SNES Football Games Were Shite,
You Tube
20 Jun 2018
๐๐ซ๐ Review: Juicy Realms "A Fruity Shooter That Ripens Quickly" ๐๐ซ๐
Developer: SpaceCan
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Melting
Juicy Realms is a (sort-of) top-down twin-stick shooter that can be played locally or in co-op modes.
Set in a world where the food chain has completely altered, leaving sentient fruits and vegetables at the top of the chain and humans somewhere in the middle, it’s up to you (and possibly a friend) to load up and delve deeper in to the Plant Empire, putting a stop to their ‘seedy ways.
19 Jun 2018
๐๐ป๐ Review: Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn "The Big Daddy is BACK!" ๐๐๐ป #ShaqFu
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
I know nothing about basketball, but after Shaquille O’Neil was in his own hot game on the SNES and in that one movie where everyone thinks it was Sinbad, I figured he must be a major star. And that opening line is all we need to mention about the original game, as this second iteration seems to want nothing to do with the classic fighter, other than as material for some jokes.
Many years and a sprinkle of crowdfunding later though, this dominant athlete is looking to craft a new legend, or at least wants to make something closer to an actual success in the video game world.
Is it possible though, or are some things in history truly doomed to repeat?
15 Jun 2018
⚔️ Moonlighter - PS4 - Ten Minute Taster ⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGame
๐ฎ "Looting Dungeons and running my own shop has long been an ambition of mine and now I can live that dream in Moonlighter on PS4.
Loot the local dungeons and sell your wares in a cross between Legend Of Zelda and Stardew Valley" ๐ฎ
14 Jun 2018
⚽️ Episode 14. SNES Football Games Were Shite - Kevin Keegan's Player Manager - Imagineer - 1993 ⚽️ #SNES #Retrogaming
๐ฎ"With Kev's hair and Kick Off gameplay combined what could possibly go wrong here?
We'd love it if you watched to find out!"๐ฎ
13 Jun 2018
๐️ Review: Without Escape - "A Brief Jaunt into The Unknown" ๐️ @BrittRecluseuk @kingdomofcarts #GameDev #IndieGame
Game Title: Without Escape
Developer: Bumpy Trail Games
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Melting
Without Escape has been released previously in a different guise on the Xbox Live service and has been in development through various stages since 2001, when it was a very different beast indeed.
The game comes with a brief history of its development cycle (Bumpy Trail Games is a one-man team) and it’s clear to see that the game is a labour of love.
From its inception as a very basic point and click game with graphics drawn in Paint through to the newest and final incarnation as a game with lushly rendered graphics and extra sections with multiple endings that we see today.
12 Jun 2018
❄️Review: ICEY - Nintendo Switch "Almost ‘ICE’-cool" ❄️ #GameDev #IndieGame @BrittRecluseuk @kingdomofcarts
Game Title: ICEY
Developer: Fantablade Network
Platform Reviewed: Switch
Rating: Melting
ICEY is a video game that has been around on the PC for a couple of years and has gained quite a fervent fan following, it’s blend of classic hack-and-slash gameplay paired with a meta-story approach and concepts have appealed to a wide audience, but if the story doesn’t grab you….what are you left with?
11 Jun 2018
๐พ Matilda Talks 80's Choplifter, Big Box PC Games and Mrs Ball's Chutney - Video Games Memories ๐พ @Bhaal_Spawn #Retrogaming #BigBoxGames
Here are some more awesome video games memories from one of our fave Twitter peeps.
Today is the turn of Matilda aka @Bhaal_Spawn aka ☀️ ๐ธ idspispopd ๐ฅ aka Tilly
Tilly loves PC gaming and especially those beautiful MS-DOS games that I am prone to retweeting screenshots of when I fall down a Twitter screenshot rabbit hole...
Let's get to know the MS-DOS gaming, Big Box loving Matilda with a few questions, you know the drill, so here goes...
8 Jun 2018
๐ซ Ten Minute Taster - Milanoir - PS4 - "70's Gang Land Pixel Milan!" ๐ซ #IndieGame #GameDev
๐ฎ"Milanoir: What about some cool as hell twin stick video game gang land shooting action in 70's Milan on your trusty PS4?"๐ฎ
7 Jun 2018
⚽️ Episode 13. SNES Football Games Were Shite - International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - Konami - 1995 ⚽️ #Retrogaming
๐ฎ "As the saying goes, "Tails Never Fails", watch me go about proving this scientific fact whilst playing the awesome ISS Deluxe.
This game is surely NOT SHITE!" ๐ฎ
6 Jun 2018
๐ฅ Review: Punch Club "Comes out swinging but struggles in the last rounds" ๐ฅ #IndieGame #GameDev
Developer: Lazy Bear Games
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: Melting
As I played Punch Club, the game that came to mind was World Championship Boxing Manager, a personal classic that I loved back on the Amiga 500.
Whilst the games differ in many ways, the essentials of building skills up to rise through the rankings remain the same and it’s a genre that is quite thin on the ground, more so with an injection of humour.
After a strong start and an interesting setup, Punch Club stumbles more and more the longer it is played and eventually the heavy grinding and micro-managing wore me down.
5 Jun 2018
๐ซ Review: Garage - Nintendo Switch "Just Needs a Slight Tuning Up" ๐ซ #IndieGame #GameDev
Game Title – Garage
Platform Reviewed – Nintendo Switch
Developer – tinyBuild Games
Garage is a top-down shooter with horror elements that is set entirely underground.
With Hotline Miami and the Sega Saturn / PlayStation game Loaded as touchstones, Garage gets a lot right but has some issues running throughout that reduce the ‘one more go’ factor that can make or break these types of games.
With Hotline Miami and the Sega Saturn / PlayStation game Loaded as touchstones, Garage gets a lot right but has some issues running throughout that reduce the ‘one more go’ factor that can make or break these types of games.
4 Jun 2018
๐ฆ๐ณ Review: Fox 'n' Forests "A Hidden Gem from an Alternate Universe" ๐ณ๐ฆ #GameDev #IndieGame
Game Title: Fox n Forests
Developer: Bonus Level Entertainment
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam) - £15.49
Rating: Ice Cool
Fox n Forests is a throwback the video games platformers of the mid-90s with a very Super Nintendo vibe running through it.
From the colourful graphics through to the visual styles and touches, this is very much a game that could have been released in 1994 to critical acclaim and, like the best of those games, it still stands up today.
1 Jun 2018
๐ฎ Ten Minute Taster: Omensight - PS4 - "Watch me buddy up with a possessed Rat and a Giant Bear" ๐ฎ
๐ฎ"Watch me buddy up with a possessed Rat and a Giant Bear with an English accent in this beautiful action adventure murder mystery on PS4"๐ฎ
31 May 2018
⚽️ Episode 12. SNES Football Games Were Shite - International Superstar Soccer - Konami - 1995 ⚽️
๐ฎ"Surely a visit to my old friend ISS will be a joyous video gaming moment as I revisit a football game legend......or maybe I will just blame the joypad for my lack of video games skills....you decide!" ๐ฎ
30 May 2018
๐ฆ Aravelle Talks Tandy Tennis, Gauntlet and Dr Pepper Mixed With Kahlua - Video Games Memories ๐ฆ @aravelle
Aravelle is an awesome Twitch Streamer who has a life-size diamond unicorn called Alvin a PC called Penelope and a chair called Cher.
Aravelle is also one of our fave Twitter peeps, so we thought we would invite her to take part in our Video Games Memories feature so we can find out a bit more about this gaming goddess...
29 May 2018
๐ณ The Drisk Talks Ant Attack, Outrun and Triple Fried Egg Chilli Chutney Sandwiches - Video Games Memories ๐ณ @TheDrisk
It's my pleasure to have The Drisk in the Games Freezer for Video Games Memories.
The Drisk is an encyclopedia of all video games knowledge and someone I have enjoyed listening to for the last 3 years.
I first became aware of The Drisk when I began listening to the Retro Asylum podcast as The Drisk was a regular on the show at the time.
Now let's delve a bit deeper into the Video Games Nostalgia gland of the almighty Drisk!
Labels:
Guest Blog,
outrun,
Retro Gaming,
RGDS Podcast,
Saturn,
Sega,
Spectrum,
The Drisk,
video games memories,
zx spectrum
28 May 2018
๐ Review: Lake Ridden "A gentle, supernatural tale that doesn’t make a huge splash" ๐ #GameDev #IndieGame @kingdomofcarts @BrittRecluseuk
Game Title: Lake Ridden
Developer: Midnight HubPlatform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Melting
Lake Ridden tells the story of a young girl called Marie who has gone camping with her sister, Sophia.
Upon waking, Marie notices that Sophia has gone missing and sets off alone into the darkened woods to try and find her…what could possibly go wrong?
25 May 2018
☕️ Review: Coffee Crisis "A caffeine-fuelled burst of arcade action" ☕️ #GameDev #IndieGame @kingdomofcarts @BrittRecluseuk
Title: Coffee Crisis
Developer: Mega Cat Studios
Platform reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Ice Cool
Coffee Crisis was originally released on the Sega Mega Drive back in 2017, developed by Mega Cat studios in conjunction with Black Forge coffee house in Pittsburgh, who handled the story of the game whilst Mega Cat worked on the design.
As a retro game collector myself, (specifically with Sega Mega Drive) the game has been on my radar for a while and I fully intend to pick up a boxed copy at some point. Fast-forward a year or so, and Coffee Crisis has seen a Steam release with enhanced graphics and audio (as obviously this version is not limited by the Sega hardware), but yet still keeping a very 16-bit artistic approach.
Whilst an enjoyable romp, it is a brief game that has a very arcade approach with the depth that the arcade experience brings.
24 May 2018
⚽️ Episode 11: SNES Football Games Were Shite - Head On Soccer - US Gold - 1995 ⚽️ #Retrogaming #SNES
๐ฎ"Come meet Ginger Bob Marley in a unique game of football"๐ฎ
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23 May 2018
๐น️ Things I Miss In Video Games - "Battle Mode League"๐น️ #Retrogaming
Those early days of Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo were a delight.
No one had seen a video game like it and no one could believe how great the game was on the mighty Super Nintendo.
Digging beneath the surface of this giant of the SNES world would lead you to a game with longevity that wasn’t weeks it was years and even decades as I still return to Super Mario Kart 26 years later.
22 May 2018
๐ "Elink To The Past Talks North & South Train Running and Smรถrgรฅstรฅrta!" - Video Games Memories ๐ฎ
Today we welcome Elin into the Games Freezer and learn more about her video gaming history.
Elin is one of our fave Twitter retro gaming peeps and she lives in beautiful Sweden with her awesome video games & console collection.
Let's sit down with a nice glass of whisky and have a chat in the Freezer...
Elin is one of our fave Twitter retro gaming peeps and she lives in beautiful Sweden with her awesome video games & console collection.
Let's sit down with a nice glass of whisky and have a chat in the Freezer...
21 May 2018
๐น️ Kingdom Of Carts: The Paris Return ๐น️ @kingdomofcarts @BrittRecluseuk
I wrote an article on our previous retro gaming sojourn to Paris (one of Faye’s favourite places) last year and commented on the price there and the gaming culture of Paris in general, however, we didn’t really know what to expect on that occasion.
This time, we built the holiday specifically around our love of gaming and so we were able to visit more places and also plan our treks more (we ended up clocking over thirty miles of walking in three days!) than our previous trips.
18 May 2018
⚔️ Conan Exiles - PS4 - Ten Minute Taster "My Arachnophobic Hero!" ⚔️ #ConanExiles
"⚔️Wander the Conan inspired wasteland in Conan Exiles on the PS4 with me as I build my 1-bed starter home
with wonderful views and then go hunt some spiders...๐ท️"
17 May 2018
⚽️ Episode 10. SNES Football Games Were Shite - Hat Trick Hero 2 - Taito - 1994 ⚽️
๐ฎ "SNES Football Games Were Shite Jumps onto a bullet train to Japan and visits Hat Trick Hero 2 land and the mystery of the pesky Hyper Super Shot,
will there be turds?" ๐ฎ
15 May 2018
๐ 3 Video Games Inspired Books By Kari Fry That Will Blow Your Mind! ๐
I've been poking around the internet as usual and i've found 3 books on the FanGamer website which are going straight on my Fathers Day, Birthday and Christmas list...
I think you are going to love them too!
11 May 2018
๐ Primark Are Launching An Awesome Set Of Retro Gaming Apparel This Saturday! ๐ @ReplayEvents #Retrogaming
We've taken a look at the range and it looks awesome!
10 May 2018
⚽️ Episode 9: SNES Football Games Were Shite - FIFA 98 Road To World Cup - EA - 1997 ⚽️ #Retrogaming #SNES
๐ฎ "The SNES Football Games Were Shite Train Steams into France this week and visits EA for a 4th and final time with FIFA 98 Road To The World Cup! Expect Turds and Terrible Commentary" ๐ฎ
❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
Labels:
Fifa 98,
SNES,
SNES Football Games Were Shite,
Super Nintendo,
You Tube
9 May 2018
⚽️Things I Miss in Video Games - "Championship Manager Hot Seat Sessions"⚽️
As I’ve got older I’ve begun to realise how precious time is to us all.
When we’re younger it seems we have all the time in the world to do whatever we want and we take it for granted.
This is especially true for playing video games.
Labels:
Amiga,
Championship Manager,
commodore amiga,
Football,
Football Manager,
PC,
Retrogaming
7 May 2018
⚔️ Ten minute Taster - City Of Brass - PS4 - "No Arms Mcgraw's Revenge!" ๐
๐ฎ"I'm taking on the City Of Brass today which is full of undead skeletons, loot, No Arms McGraw and genies what's not to like?"๐ฎ
4 May 2018
☆ Review: Max: The Curse of Brotherhood "The modern Penny Crayon" ☆ @BrittRecluseuk #IndieGame #GameDev
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Press Play
Rating: Ice Cool
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (M:TCOB) is the sequel to the 2010 game Max and the Magic Marker. The game was originally released in 2013 and in the last few months it has been ported to both the Switch and PS4.
Whilst I had a really good time with the game throughout its 6-8 hour campaign, there was one thing that burned my family photo-album on my birthday throughout…the framerate.
It wasn’t enough to massively hinder my enjoyment but I must admit that I know the game would have benefitted hugely from a push from 30 to 60 fps.
3 May 2018
2 May 2018
☆ Britt is a Self Confesed Video Game Animation-iac ☆ #Retrogaming @BrittRecluseuk
I recently reviewed a game called The Thin Silence which had the most amazingly lethargic ‘kick’ animation that I’ve seen in a game, I found it mesmerising and often I would just randomly kick things in the game to see that wonderful animation in action (booting generators also had a nice accompanying rattling sound effect).
It dawned on me as I happily booted my way through the (very good) game that over the years there have been quite a few animations in games that I just found really pleasing to watch, almost therapeutic even, and I wondered if it was something that all gamers experience with certain games.
1 May 2018
☆ Review: The Thin Silence "An introspective, narrative-driven puzzler" ☆
Game Title: The Thin Silence
Developer: TwoPM Studios
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Ice Cool
The Thin Silence puts the player in control of Ezra Westmark, a soldier who wakes up in an underground cave system, refusing to face reality and haunted by his choices, he begins the journey upwards.
It’s a very deliberately-paced game that slowly unfolds the story to the player very carefully as they make progress.
30 Apr 2018
๐ Retro Review: Space Jam - PS1 "Jordan's Motivation To Return To Basketball?" ๐ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite
This Space Jam video game is based on a movie by the same name that I am pretty sure I saw in theatres and remember very little about; partially because that was the only time I saw it, and I know very little about Michael Jordan or basketball as a whole, so it never kept my interest.
I considered re-watching the movie for this review, but couldn’t find anyone I knew that actually owned a copy, so not sure what that says about the movie or my friends. It is a simple concept though, with the world-famous Looney Tunes meeting real-life NBA players—mostly just MJ after he decided to do baseball—and play a game of intergalactic proportions: Tune Squad vs Monstars, where the stakes are…
I honestly don’t recall, but I’m sure they’re big. The movie, however, was a hit, to the point that Hollywood is still talking about a sequel to this day, so I’m a little surprised there is only one Space Jam video game.
I considered re-watching the movie for this review, but couldn’t find anyone I knew that actually owned a copy, so not sure what that says about the movie or my friends. It is a simple concept though, with the world-famous Looney Tunes meeting real-life NBA players—mostly just MJ after he decided to do baseball—and play a game of intergalactic proportions: Tune Squad vs Monstars, where the stakes are…
I honestly don’t recall, but I’m sure they’re big. The movie, however, was a hit, to the point that Hollywood is still talking about a sequel to this day, so I’m a little surprised there is only one Space Jam video game.
27 Apr 2018
๐ Review: Chess Ultra "Pour a nice glass of Malbec and get that grey matter twitching" ๐
Game Title: Chess Ultra
Developer: Ripstone
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: Ice Cool
Ripstone have developed a video game that takes the essentials of the game of Chess, refines the various aspects of it and distils it almost perfectly onto the Nintendo Switch.
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