☆Gamesfreezer Website Of The Day☆ @Iam8bit - #GamersUnite #RetroGaming

Here at ☆Games Freezer☆ we just love websites that celebrate gaming culture and there are none out there in internet land that we adore more than iam8bit.com

Give it a visit and check out some of the C☆☆LEST video game culture content on the web

Our personal favourite of the moment is the 10th Anniversary Ratchet & Clank Print Series which we just had to add to our Pinterest board...

Ratchet & Clank 10th Anniversary

Although one of the craziest highlights has got to be a fully working replica of Luigi's "Poltergust 5000" from Luigi's Mansion we just love it!

Poltergust 5000

Throw in the "Ducktales Remastered" Campaign and the "Tomb Raider Mailer" and you have got yourself one hell of a lot of Super C☆☆L Videogames goodness!

Go on, take our word for it and take a trip to iam8bit.com you are gonna LOVE IT!

☆Richard From The Depths Of The Website Archives☆

☆ "The Top 100 Videogames To Play Before You Die" ☆ #RetroGaming ☆ #GamersUnite ☆

"The Top 100 Videogames To play Before You Die"  - Did any of these make the 100?

 

Recently we asked the 'TwitterVerse' what games we need to play before we die......

After compiling countless nominations from all of the

☆Friends Of The Freezer☆

we have managed to compile the definitive 

☆Games Freezer☆ list of..........

 

☆"The TOP 100 Video Games To Play Before You Die"☆

 We'll be releasing the full list of 100 over the course of 4 Articles on www.GamesFreezer.eu

There's some lesser known titles and there's some classics that make up this list

Remember this list was nominated by all the Twitter Followers of @GamesFreezer and we think it's one of the most diverse Top 100's EVER assembled!

So what are we waiting for??

Lets Kick Off with Part 1 - #100 to #75

 

100. Banjo Kazooie

 

99. Banjo Tooie

 

98. Final Fantasy III

 

97. Super Mario World

 

96. Super Mario World 2

 

95. Chrono Trigger

 

94. Suikoden

 

93. Suikoden 2

 

92. Suikoden Tactics

 

91. Unirally

 

90. Dark Cloud

 

89. Dark Chronicle

 

88. Silent Bomber

 

87. Terranigma

 

86. Alex Kidd In Miracle World

 

85. Cruise For A Corpse

 

84. Sensible Soccer 

 

83. Switchblade

 

82. Alien Fish Finger

 

81. Final Fight

 

80. Road Rash II

 

79. Sonic The Hedgehog 2

 

78. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

 

77. Uncharted 2 - Among Thieves

 

76. Red Dead Redemption

 

75. Daytona 

So that's the First 25 Listed, looks like you've all got some playing to do!

Come back and tell us how you got on

We'll be back soon with the next 25 games to play before you die!

 

☆Richard Reporting From The Gaming Deep Freeze☆

 

☆Competition☆ - "Would You Like Your Very Own F1 Team Name In An F1 Video Game?"

How Would You Like To Help Out An Indie Game Developer and get your creation Iimmortalized in beautiful Pixels forever!?

What Will Your Team Name Be?

Do you think you could come up with an alternative name for an existing F1 Team that the guys at Pixel F1 could use in their upcoming F1 Video Game?

If your F1 Team Name is considered to be inventive enough it will make it into the final game! 

☆Due Out near the end of 2013☆

How To Enter:

• Take a look at the Pixel F1 cars in the pic attached to this post.

• Concentrate on the F1 cars which have question marks against them.

• The Teams That Need Alternative Names are:

- Williams

- Caterham

- Sauber

- Marussia

• Try and come up with an alternative team name that incorporates a subtle reference to the real team name.

• ☆Look at the already completed Team Names for inspiration☆

• Go to the comments section of this post and enter the F1 Team Team Name you have thought of.

The guys at Pixel F1 will decide the winners

Closing date for entries will be 23/08/13

What have you got to lose?

Good Luck and May The F1 Be With You!

Pixelf1.com

☆"Speccy Nation" - @WordPlay4Games☆ #RetroGaming

"Speccy Nation"

Here's a book for those who L♡VE learning about the history of gaming and home computers like we do.

 

Games writer Dan Whitehead has published a C☆☆L book called Speccy Nation: A Tribute to the Golden Age of British Gaming. 

It covers the beautiful and almighty  ZX Spectrum home computer. 

Dan Whitehead takes a good look at 50 of the best and obscure ZX Spectrum games that contributed to the DNA of 'The Speccy' through the golden age of UK home gaming and bedroom coders.

The Speccy ended up with a software library of over 24,000 titles!

The Speccy was ahead of its time with a wide range of software that included programming tools, word processors, spreadsheet programs, drawing and art programs, It was the workhorse all rounder personal computer of its time.

Such is the love of the Speccy to this day, the creation of new Spectrum titles by devoted fans continues!

The game devs of the Speccy era are the stars of their day who worked with resources that were extremely limited by modern game devs standards. 

The first Speccy released in 1982 were available in two models, one with 16 Kilobytes of RAM!!

Then came the next advanced model which meant you had access to an eye watering 48 kB of RAM!!

If you want to see how the Speccy changed the face of home computers for a nation and a generation then we suggest you grab a copy pronto.

Let us know how you got on with Speccy Nation, was it a good read?

We'd Love to know your fave Gaming or Computing related reads so as we can feature your faves in future Games Freezer articles!

Richard - Reporting From The GamesFreezer Library

Games Freezer - Game Art Gallery #1 - @CalumBennett_ - #RetroGaming

The Games Freezer Team Love To Search The Web For The Finest Game Art Around and Post It Onto Our COOL Pinterest Page

So we thought in order to showcase the finest picks of the Game Art we have found on our travels we should officially open

"THE GAMESFREEZER GAME ART GALLERY"

So in a series of showcases over the next few months we will attempt to show off some of finest exponents of Game Art on the web that we have been able to find.

So without further ado please let us introduce to you............a Friend Of The Freezer....

Calum Bennett...... +Calum Bennett @CalumBennett_


Calum has created some epic Game Art with a twist.......All of the Game Art featured here by Calum is inspired by some of the most awesome Video Games Quotes from over the years.

We love this idea and were really impressed by the simplicity of the idea and the excellent style in which it has been executed.

Before we take a look at Calum's Gallery lets hear a little bit about what inspired his Game Art and some words about the man himself....

"I care about gaming a lot and wanted to show it off.

I chose the most predominant quotes from some of my favourite games, that happen to span nearly 25 years.

I wanted to show that no matter the age of the game, the best games still have a classic, memorable moment.

I'm 23, UK I've been a gamer since before I could walk, and still game today."

GAME ART GALLERY #1

Bioshock

Mortal Kombat

Portal

Zelda

Our Favourite is the Zelda Art, what's yours - Let Us Know!

Have you worked out where in each game these quotes appear and maybe who says them?

What future Game Art would you like to see in The Freezer?

Richard - From Deep Inside The Vaults Of The Games Freezer Game Art Gallery