Another Massive Week In The World Of Twitter For COOL Video Game Art As Once Again We Were Treated To The Finest Examples That @Hive_5 and @videogame_art_ Had To Offer!
Whether It's Video Game Fan Art or Amazing RetroGaming ScreenShots, We Have It ALL!
So Kick Off Your Shoes , Sit Back And Take It All In As We Take You On A Tour Of This Weeks Gallery..........
See If You Can Guess The Games (as usual some are harder than others)
As You Know We Also Lost A Legendary Figure In The Form Of Harold Ramis.
This Led To Some Touching And Creative Art Tributes.....
There was a time when a generation of
consoles could be put out to pasture gracefully with a fond farewell as
the new generation of consoles were ushered in.
As the baton was handed over to the next
generation of consoles the gamers would consign their beloved video
games consoles to the past and move onto the next gen.
The generation of consoles that have just
passed the baton onto the Wii U, PS4's and XBONE's of this world are
still very much ingrained into this generation of gamers due to the fact
that the length of time that has passed since the Wii, X360 and PS3
were introduced.
This transition is also made harder as players of the last generation were the first to truly embrace online play. With this online play each game was given longevity that could potentially outlast a games usual life span. So as we enter into this new world of consoles, when should the X360, PS4 and Wii stop supporting it's players? When do Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft say enough is enough and turn the lights out on the online Servers? This will be the first generation of
console "deaths" that are really impacted by a switching off of those
servers and Nintendo have been the first to reveal their plans....
They have announced that Wii and DS
online servers will close as of 20th May 2014....
This closure will remove online multiplayer functionality from a whole host of Wii & DS games.....
The services being closed down for Wii & DS will include online play,matchmaking and leaderboards....
Does this spell the beginning of the end for the other online servers from the other big players?
Tell Us What You Think About This Move From Nintendo
When Do You Think SONY and MICROSOFT will announce their Plans For Shut Downs?
Within the bowels of The Games Freezer there is a disk box choc full of AMIGA video games disks.....consigned to The RetroGaming Deep Freeze . Most of the disks are original AMIGA games (without their beautiful boxes) and some are not so original (probably from some dodgy dude at car boot sale in 1995.... Imagine we could delve back into this treasure trove without having to source the Amazing AMIGA....
In fact imagine an improved 1.3 version of The AMIGA...
One that looks and sounds just as cool as the original if not that bit better!
Well look what we have here then!
The Idea....
"Wouldn't it be great to be able to use all those aging Amiga disks again? Maybe the original Amiga is a bit big and video quality not so good..."
The Project
"... A smaller version of The Amiga, with modern connections would be awesome, wouldn't it?.
That's what the Armiga Project have done....
They have taken modern technology and made it work with good old AMIGA floppies!"
Read what the Armiga Project Team have to say
about their amazing project......
"The Armiga Project is born from the feeling that something is missing in today's games. Lot's of people look back to the old consoles and computers and remember the feelings they had.
Some of this sensations can be taken back with emulators, but much of the experience is missing; it's not only the game, it's a whole. Inserting the cartridge in a 16-Bit console, the floppy disk load times..., the look and feel of the old stuff...
All this is specially true in some systems and the Commodore Amiga 500 is, with no doubt, one of them. It was a breaktrhough in its time and still now it fascinates engineers all around the world. One proof of the deep footprint it left on the users is that lots of them keep the original computer and most of them have a box full of games.
There are some big problems now with the system, though: they are too big by todays standards, suitable for just one thing and A/V quality is low and requires legacy connectors.
Wouldn't it be great, we thought, if we could take the whole experience back, but with improved A/V quality, using modern connectors, in a small form factor and adding versatility?.
That's where it all began. Taking off-the-shell components and adding custom designed ones, we already have the first prototypes working!
In a nutshell, the Armiga Project is a mix of hardware and software that aims to take back the original Amiga experience..., even its look and feel!"
If Like us you are mega excited about this amazing project head on over to
The ARMIGA Project Website to find out more about the cool machine that is being built and tested as we speak!
To Keep Up To Date On The Latest Occurrences For The ARMIGA Project Make Sure You Also Follow The Project On
Where you can find a video of the the testing of the first prototype!
We'll keep you updated on all the happenings from the ARMIGA Project and you'll be the first to know when the ARMIGA dudes begin their Crowd Funding Campaign!
Meanwhile.......Tell Us What Your Favourite AMIGA Game Of All Time Was... Ours Was SYNDICATE
The Games Freezer Has Been Saddened By The Death Of Harold Ramis.
Harold was best known for his immense comedy acting, directing and writing ability.
For us at Games Freezer he was the first
"Geek Super Hero"
We adore the Ghostbusters Films and his role as Egon Spengler has stuck with us to this day.
Naturally when we were kids, after watching the Ghostbusters Movie we all wanted to be a Ghost Buster with our very own Proton Packs.
Many a hosepipe was attached to a rucksack in order to try and create our very ownProton Packs along with a shoebox attached to a piece of string to create ourGhost Trap (and that was just last week!) As you can imagine, When the Ghostbusters
games hit video games shelves across every system we were always extremely
excited about busting ghosts on our TV screens! Not many Ghostbusters games actually did the film justice but there were definitely some highlights over the years. As a tribute to Harold Ramis we have
decided to give you a timeline of all the Ghostbusters Video Games Released on
every system ever….. We'd like to think that Harold played
videogames and in particular we'd like to think that he played at least
one of the Ghostbusters Games released over the years…. So, Harold, this is for you……………..
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