★The Games Freezer "10 Links Video Games Roundup"★ @SuperIconLtd #Retrogaming #GamersUnite @ausretrogamer

We have been doing our usual sweep of the internet to find the best retrogaming stories from all of our favourite blogs and websites and we've discovered some marvellous articles for your consumption!

 

From the rare to the super interesting come and take a look at some of the coolest retrogaming articles that we could lay our hands on.

 

We've got ten beauties for you below to get you teeth into, so come on into the Freezer make yourself comfortable and slip on your thermals….

★The Return To Super Video Game Land Part 3★ @AnthonyBulcao #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

There's only one artist that we have found on Twitter who perfectly captures the essence of RetroGaming in every single piece of his work every time.....

 

We featured +anthony bulcao and the Wonderful World Of "Super Video Game Land" way back in 

January & February of this year and since then his following has grown and his artwork has multiplied.

 

Whenever we plug into the Super Video Game Land Timeline on Twitter we are always greeted by some new artwork that Anthony has created. 

 

It's like Anthony's mind is choc full of the most amazing and memorable moments from Retrogaming history and he has this talent to express them on canvas in a way that portrays the fun that was and is still involved with playing these absolute classics

 

From Zelda To Mario Kart Anthony has it covered with a beautiful exclusive one off piece of art created on canvas using vibrant colours and really bringing the retrogaming 8 and 16 Bit characters and scenes to life.

 

We have so much love for Anthony's work and could talk about it all day but we'd like to let AB's work do the talking once again as we treat you to a Super Video Game Land Extravaganza of beautiful artwork!

 

Have Your Tickets Ready As You Enter The Wonderful World Of 

"SUPER VIDEO GAME LAND" !

♥Game Art Gallery - Pick Your Favourite Piece Of Game Art♥ @Video Game_Art #GamersUnite

Let us brighten up your evening with a collection of 10 of our favourite pieces of Video Game Art from the week just gone.

We've sifted through @VideoGame_Art_ 

Twitter time-line to pick out the finest examples. .......

So Take a long look at these beauties and 

take some time to let us know YOUR favourite.....

☆What's Your Favourite Mario Kart Of All Time?☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #MarioKart8

So as always we await with giddy excitement for the next release of one of our favourite IP's of all time...MARIO KART!

We thought this would be a great opportunity to take stock and look back over the years and try and work out which 'KART' was our favourite 

(in fact we already know the answer but we thought it would still be fun to look back!)

So take a look back with us at some of the greatest Karting action the world has ever seen as we ask 

YOU

"What's Your Favourite Mario Kart Of All Time?"

☆The Retrogaming News Of The Week☆ #retrogaming #gamersunite

So...........

My laptop has packed up.........

Therefore I've gone back to basics as I write this post on my NEXUS 7 ......

Don't get me wrong, I love my Nexus but for some reason it doesn't feel right pulling a post together for Games Freezer using it and it also means I've got to use the Blogger app.......

which in my opinion is kind of derisory..... There, I've said it! I've dissed a Google app!!!! 
Anyway, back to the matter in hand, I would like to share with you my favourite retrogaming stories from the week so far.......

★The Games Freezer Screenshot Gallery★ @TopRetroGames @Hive_5 #RetroGaming #GamersUnite #PixelArt

Let's Get Down & Dirty With Some Midweek Sexy RetroGaming Screenshots Courtesy Of Our Fave Video Game Twitterers......

 

@TopRetroGames And @Hive_5

As Always We Challenge You To Name 'Em All! 

☆Fallout New Vegas - Game Diary 3 - "Are You A Lock Picker OR A Computer Hacker?" ☆ #GamersUnite

In Fallout the Lockpick and Computer Hacking skills are art-forms…

 

Lockpick requires a steady hand as you tease the Bobby Pin inside the lock and try and find the right sweet spot to get the lock to open.

 

The harder the lock the tougher the sweetspot is to find which will get you entry into the forbidden area.

 

Computer Hacking on the other hand is a test of logic and problem solving as you scan the words and characters for a clue to the terminal password.

 

Within the jumbled characters and words there are a number of brackets which ,when in the right order and selected, will take away a 'Dud' password or even replenish your guess allowance.

 

With the guess allowance set at 4 the Computer Hacking is tough nut to crack as you search for that elusive pword and a <> or a ( )

 

Once you have cracked the code you then get to view the forbidden information that was being concealed away or even sometimes that terminal will give you access to a particular door that you may not otherwise be able to open.

☆Game Of The Day: "A Story About My Uncle"☆ @GoneNorthGames #GameDev

 We've been doing our usual weekly sift through the most recent video games releases and previews to try and unearth a hidden gem of a game and we think we have found one in the form of....

"A STORY ABOUT MY UNCLE"

By Gone North Games

A Story About My Uncle is coming to Steam on May 28th and we've fallen in love with the Gameplay trailer!

☆Where Do You Go For Your Video Games Information?☆ @WikiPedia #GamersUnite #RetroGaming

Here At Games Freezer We Are Massive Users Of Wikipedia

 

Literally every video games article we write utilises Wikipedia in one way or another and therefore it has become an invaluable tool for us to utilise as it covers every facet of Video Games that you can imagine and generally focuses on the facts without the bias of opinion

 

After all these years of using Wikipedia we have only just made a discovery that all you Video Gamers have probably already discovered.......

 

It's called......

♡WHAT WAS MY FIRST VIDEO GAMES CONSOLE?♡ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

At the time when I'd decided that my ATARI 800 XE/XL home computer was no longer C☆☆L 

(Oh how wrong was I!!??) 

I got it into my head that I no longer wanted a games machine with a keyboard because everyone at school had a shiny new NES and were playing video games like Super Mario Bros, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and Castlevania!

I'm pretty sure that I too wanted,No, Needed! A NES......

BUT......

♡My Love Affair With The SNES♡ #retrogaming #gamersunite @meanmachinesmag

Never before has an inanimate object caused me to fall in love with it…. Never before has an inanimate object demanded that I spend more money on it after I'd already shelled out a small fortune for it in the first place... Never before has an inanimate object brought me so much joy... Never before or since has a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) been bettered in the world of video games...

★Game Of The Day "5 New Games To Watch Out For"★ @Defrostgames @indomitusgames @UntoldGamesTW @WarsideGame

We have pulled together 5 of our favourite looking upcoming video games releases for you to take a peek at and decide which ones you'd like to play.

Take a look at these 5 exciting new video games releases that will be winging their way to a screen near you SOON!

♥What's Your Favourite Video Games Case Ever?♥ #GamersUnite #RetroGaming

Call us weird.......Go On Then Call Us Weird!!

BUT We Like Video Games Cases......

There we said it out loud.....it's not a fetish it's just that each video games case over the years has become a part of the video games system that it served character.

Over the years there has been some beauties but we feel that the video game case probably lost it's individuality after the PS1.

After that, video games cases just became generic Video Games CD Cases.

So let us parade some of our favourite video games cases from years gone by.

The cases and the iconic style of Box Art are what we are essentially appreciating here......

So Without Further Ado Take A Look At The Video Games Case Catwalk

★What was the first Video Game you ever completed?★ @C64_endings #retrogaming #GamersUnite

What was the first Video Game you ever completed?

 

Mine was Wonder Boy In Monster Land on the SEGA Master System…..

♥The Games Freezer Top 5 Arcade Cabinets Of All Time♥ @GamesYouLoved #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #Arcade

Inspired by a Tweet from our friends at GamesYouLoved.com we started to think about the Coolest Arcade cabinets over the years which drew us in with their enticing looks and meant that we parted with huge amounts of 50p Coins (3 credits for 50p back in the day!)

So in time honoured Games Freezer tradition we bring you.......

 

"The Games Freezer Top 5 Arcade Cabinets Of All Time"

★The Games Freezer Screenshot Gallery★ @TopRetroGames @Hive_5 #RetroGaming #GamersUnite #PixelArt

 

Hands Up Who Fancies A Bit Of Saturday Night Retro Video Game Screenshot Heaven?

Well we do!

Here we go with a lovely Top 10 Retrogaming Screenshots from our busy week of trawling the web......

 

Errrrrrr.....When we say 

"busy week of trawling the web" 

What we actually mean is a busy week of ogling @Hive_5's & @TopRetroGames' Twitter Timelines!

VIVA Screenshot Saturday!

 

★Games Freezer Top 5 Favourite Special Moves★ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

You're pummeling your opponent to within a 10th of their remaining life bar when you get to point that you can either finish them off with a mis timed soft punch to the arm or you could unleash an almighty finishing manoeuvre that lights up the screen and makes time itself sllllllllooooowwwww down.......

For all the button bashers out there its a case of a mistimed jab will do as long as you win.......

BUT .... For those Video Game Beat Em Up connoisseurs out there, finishing off the opponent MUST be accomplished stylishly with MAXIMUM WOW FACTOR!

So, what are the Top 5 Favourite Special Moves as judged by ☆The Games Freezer☆ ?

Let's crack on find out shall we......

FINISH HIM!!!!

☆"Classic Amiga Version Of Defender Of The Crown Comes To Android"☆ @Cinemaware #Android #retrogaming #GamersUnite

We are big fans of the CinemaWare Video Games releases in the mid to late 80's.

Cinemaware brought atmospheric cinema-like video games to all manner of systems but the releases we remember most were those on the Commodore Amiga.

Such video games as IT Came From The Desert, King Of Chicago and todays featured video game Defender Of The Crown!

The Cinemaware games took their video games inspiration from the movies and Defender Of The Crown does so in the form of the classic swashbuckling movies such as Robin Hood (Good Old R.H Even Features In Game!)

Defender Of The Crown was the Elder Scrolls of it's time and set new standards in video games graphics and involving gameplay

So how have Cinemaware ported this beauty of a Video Game over to Android then?

☆ The Games Freezer Game Art Gallery Returns☆ #GamersUnite

It's been a while since we showered you all with Video Game Art Greatness from around the Twitter-sphere, so we thought we better give the people what the people want by rolling out 10 of our favourite pieces of Video Game Art from the last few weeks....

HOLD ON TIGHT!

HERE WE GO!

☆The Absolute Beauty Of Positivity Towards Video Games☆ @ejwillingham #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

As I look back over my childhood I remember with immense fondness all those hours spent with my best friends playing Video Games and creating great memories.

 

I feel that the feeling towards Video Games is maybe swaying towards the positive arguments but there's still a massive way to go before Video Games are as acceptable as Films as a genuinely valid way to spend time whether you are 5 or 55.

 

The positives for me greatly outweigh the negatives and I feel the positives are more widely publicised now than ever before 

(Although as I write this post, the lazy journalists at The Daily Mail are trying to drag Video Games under again 

READ THE GAMESPOT FORUM POST >>HERE<< )