☆ Video Games Memories Part I - "The Double" ☆ @bevers7 #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

I long for the days when you would get home from school and only have to worry about one thing......

"How Long Is My Tape Cassette Going To Take To Load My Copy Of Football Manager?!"

☆ We're All Going On A Retrogaming Shopping Trip! ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Today's Retrogaming trip saw us visit Faversham in Kent.

It was a destination with loads of Charity shops and therefore potential for uncovering some Retrogaming bargains.

After a visit to 3 charity shops and one specialist games shop we came away with 1 bargain.

☆ Sun, Sea & Arcade Games Part III ☆ #GamersUnite #Arcade

A Beautiful Day In The Sunshine Is Always Made Even Better With A Trip To The Video Games Amusement Arcade...

That's Exactly What Happened Today As We Visited Herne Bay Seafront In A Bid To Hunt Out Some C☆☆L Arcade Games....

☆ Website Of The Week - "Gamerabilia" ☆ @Gamerabilia #Retrogaming

A Quick One For You Today As We Uncover Another GEM Of A Video Gamers Website....

This Time We Present To You GAMERABILIA

☆ There's Something Special About Japanese Video Game Box Art...☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

What is it that makes Japanese Box Art so much better than the rest of the world box art?

I'm especially talking about the time of the SNES when import games were a real big deal.

The Japanese version always had the cooler box art...no matter what game it was!

In order to prove this, I thought I would buy a random Japanese version of a Super Nintendo game from eBay......

This is what I ended up buying...

☆ What Was The First Ever Football (Soccer) Video Game YOU Played? ☆ @dndn1011 @SuperRockGames #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Football games have formed a massive part of my video games playing for the last 30 years.

When I was younger I was constantly in search of the perfect football game. 

I always wanted to recreate the excitement of the playground game on my computer or console.

Once I had a football game in my possession it would be the only game I played for months on end.

☆ Would You Like To Watch An 8 Bit Movie? We Would!! ☆ @superpixelchris @HitSquadMovie #Retrogaming #Gamersunite

Imagine An 8 Bit Movie Made Lovingly Out Of Pixels...

Imagine It Was Funny...

Well Imagine No Longer!!

☆ Excluding Mario & Sonic Who Are Your Favourite Platform Game Characters? ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Over the years there have been so many different platform genre video games created and with those platform games you will always find a new lead character who is the main focus of the game.

For the duration of the game you are solely concerned with the survival of this pixel man, boy, Animal or thing!

There have been many Platform Games that I have pored hours into and each character has left an impression on me. 

I have therefore wracked my gaming memories and compiled a nice list for you of my favourite Platform Game Characters.

☆ "Universal Video Game List" - Website Of The Day! ☆ #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

When it comes to large databases full of screenshots and information we go weak at the knees here in The Freezer!

That's exactly why we love the beautiful monster that is UVL and it has been bestowed our Website Of The Day...

☆ Super Luigi Brothers Is Our Website Of The Day! ☆ @the_mario_bros #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

Luke Hackett is a Friend Of The Freezer and We Have Been Scouring His Magnificent Mario & Luigi Mega Fansite For The Last Couple Of Days, Totally In Awe Of All The Amazing Content And Beautiful Website Design on Offer...

That's why we recommend Superluigibros.com as our 

*GAMES FREEZER WEBSITE OF THE DAY!*

☆ Game Of The Day - "Survive The Nights" ☆ @STNgame #Kickstarter #GamersUnite #GameDev

Kickstarter is an exciting place to be at the moment as we find more and more amazing and original video games that deserve crowd-funding support....

We think we've stumbled across an absolute gem of a game in the form of SURVIVE THE NIGHTS 

☆ Will There Ever Be A Breaking Bad Video Game? ☆ #GamersUnite #Retrogaming #BreakingBad

As I reach Series 5 of Breaking Bad I can't help but think ….. 

"Why hasn't there been a Breaking Bad 

Video Game released yet?"

This amazing TV series is easily one of the best pieces of TV ever made and it's up there with LOST for how it grips you with both story line and character exploration.

It feels like it needs an involving and gripping video game to be created to bring this story to the interactive medium we know and love.

It worked so well with The Walking Dead Video Game and it would be an ideal candidate for Tell Tale Games to give Breaking Bad Video Gamers what they would dearly love to see.

With so many angles to approach the game it gets me excited just to think how this game could be made..

Maybe you could play as a Cartel member?

Maybe a DEA agent?

Of course you could just play as Walter or Jesse……or even Gus...

It could be an RPG game or even a Lab Simulator!!

The scope for a great video game is endless.

I started to look around the world wide web for some inspiration and lo and behold there are many brilliant homages to Breaking Bad in Video Game form. Whether it be some cool Pixel Art or a short 8 bit sequence of what the game would look like there's some great stuff out there…

Let me show you what I have found…

☆ Do Involving Story Driven Games Exist On Android? ☆ #GamersUnite #Android

For a long time I have been skeptical of most mobile games.

In my experience they tended to be good for a quick fix of commuter gaming but not necessarily something that will engross you and pull you in with high production values and engrossing story-line.

I have yearned for a game like Fallout to be converted to Android in order that I could undertake an epic quest on my mobile gaming platform of choice, Android.

For the last couple of years The Walking Dead video game has picked up multiple awards as it was released across multiple platforms.

From afar I have admired The Walking Dead video game premise but never quite got round to playing the game….

Then in April this year The Walking Dead was released for Android and the first episode was FREE…..

At this point I downloaded it onto my Nexus thinking that it was going to be an inferior experience to the console & PC versions but hey it was FREE so worth a punt…. 

Inferior??? OH HOW WRONG WAS I !!

☆ Pangman Part 12 – "Top Ten Gaming Characters “inspired” by Real People" ☆ #GamersUnite

"In my last article I mentioned that Killer Instinct had a character that was a bit of a rip off of the Predator. 

This got me thinking about which other gaming characters have been "inspired" by real life individuals (or film characters). 

And when I say "inspired" I mean most likely copied without the approval of the person it was based on. 

So here goes;

☆ The World Tour Of Football Management Sims ☆ @SIPublishing #Kickstarter #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

As you may have gusessed, I love Football Manager Simulations.

It's an obsession that's stayed with me since I first got into Video Games and one of the reasons why I always wanted to own a Speccy.

I've come across a really cool Kickstarter project that has got me really excited.......

☆Fallout New Vegas - Game Diary 7 "Sights Of The Mojave"☆ @Bethblog #GamersUnite #Fallout

Now my stint in New Vegas is over it's time to reflect back on the Top 5 Sights & Sounds from the Wasteland of Fallout New Vegas….

★ What Was Your Favourite Game & Watch ? ★ #Retrogaming # GamersUnite

I was reminded recently of some of the great handheld LCD games I would play as a 10 year old.

It would be a frequent sight to see a friend in the playground playing one of these cool games and they became one of the must have toys.

These handheld games were pre Gameboy and consisted of a moving image that would have a limited set of movements played out over an infinite loop that meant the aim for the player was to basically better the High Score.

Generally you found that the game got faster as your score got higher and you normally had around 3 lives to play with before it was GAME OVER....

I did some digging to see if I could find some of the great games that used to play.

From memory I started with the Game & Watch games released by Nintendo....

★ Get 5% Off "The Freezer's Fave Funstock Things" ★ @FunStockGames #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

We are big fans of the Funstock website, it's a Retrogaming, Retro Gamers paradise and it's choc full of great stuff to spend your hard earned cash on.

After having a nose around the latest items from Funstock we've compiled a nice list of the coolest things that have caught our eye this week.

Take a look at the Freezer's Five Fave Funstock Things to see what you need to put on your retrogaming gift list this month and what you can save 5% on too!

★ Pang Man Part 11 – "Gaming Memories –Super Famicom" ★ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

The Pang Man has been reminiscing on the glory days of the Super Famicom and that glorious Game .....

Hole In One Golf.......

Never heard of it? 

Read On To Find Out What The King Of Retrogaming Has To Say......

☆ Do You Remember The Days Of Tips & Cheats? ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

In the era of 8 Bit and 16 Bit Video Games Tips, Cheats and Cheat Codes were a big deal..

This was the pre internet days and this meant you would only get to hear about cheats through your buddies at school or by reading your favourite magazine such as 
Mean Machines or Super Play

Some cheats were even on Teletext or Games Master 

You'd open the magazine and hope that your video game was covered in the Tips and Cheats section of the magazine or maybe they'll have a map for the latest Zelda?

☆ Top 10 Retrogaming Raspberry Pi Projects☆ @AverageManVsPi #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

We've scoured some of the deepest darkest parts of the web to bring you some of the coolest Raspberry Pi Retrogaming related projects in the world today......

Take A Look At These TEN Retrogaming Projects - 

Which One Takes Your Fancy?

☆Fallout New Vegas - Game Diary 6 "This Is The End My Friend?!"☆ @Bethblog #GamersUnite

Fallout games are all about the journey rather than the destination......

I have been exploring the Mojave Wasteland for the last 3 months and it has been so much fun....

BUT The Journey ENDS HERE

☆ Have You Seen This Media Hub That Plays SNES And Megadrive Games? ☆ @EzeeCube #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

We have discovered this cool gadget called the EzeeCube that enables you to easily wirelessly stream all sorts of good stuff to your TV and Smart Phone.

BUT the coolest thing for us was the ability to purchase an add module on that lets you play SNES & Genesis Cartridges!

☆Games Freezer Top 10 Favourite British Made Games Of All Time☆ @CreativeIndsUK #GamersUnite #GameDev #Retrogaming

There's currently a large focus in the UK media on the Creative Industries UK Campaign…. 

It's a campaign that is looking to highlight how the UK Creative Sector brings in a massive £71billion revenue for the whole of the UK Economy and supplies 1 in 12 of the new jobs created in the UK.

As part of that creative industry the UK have always punched above their weight over the years in the Video Games industry especially when pitted against the giants of the Video Games world such as Konami etc…

This got us thinking about a Top 10 British Games List...…

Take a look at some of these Great British Video Games Treats as chosen by Games Freezer…..

☆ Do You Know The Story Of Tobias & The Dark Sceptres? ☆ @McGuinnessRoss @AdamButcherFilm #GameDev #GamersUnite #RetroGaming

Did You Know.....

Tobias & The Dark Sceptres Has Been Downloaded 50,000 Times Since It Was Released In June 2014?

Adam Butcher Spent 13 Years Making The Game

More Than 350,000 People Have Watched The Making Of Video Which Accompanies The Game….

☆Pixels For The People!☆ @topretrogames #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #PixelArt

Having Laid Down Some Serious Video Game Art Yesterday We Thought It Was Time To Give 

The People Some Pixels.....

So Here Goes......

BRING ON THE PIXELS YOU CRAZY FOOLS!

☆ Who Loves Game Art Like Games Freezer Does? ☆ @Videogame_Art_ #GamersUnite #GameArt

It's Been A Long Time Since We Brought You Some Of The Finest Video Game Art The Internet Can Offer.....

So Let's Dish Some Up NOW Shall We....

Ladies & Gentlemen.....Please Take Your Seats As We Take You On A Video Game Art Journey....

Are You Ready?

Let's Begin................

★ Who Remembers The SEGA Channel Service? ★ @AverageManVsPi #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Thanks To Our Favourite Twitter Mate AverageManVsPi for reminding us of A SEGA service that we never actually got to play….. 

It was called "SEGA Channel" and it was launched in the summer of 1996 and lasted until around 1998 when it was discontinued by SEGA.

It is seen by some as the Grand Daddy of services like XBOX LIVE and PSN. At this time though the Internet was in it's infancy and SEGA Genesis video games were delivered over coaxial cables!

It was essentially an interactive cable channel offering SEGA Genesis video games, Demos and Cheat Codes on demand, which were actually distributed by the cable and satellite operators of the day.

It enabled subscribers to download and play up to 25 SEGA Genesis games for £10 a month. 

The whole idea was that it was introduced to boost the sales of video games…..

Here at Games Freezer, we never had an opportunity to play the games that were available or experience the service in action.

Did You Know? 

"At its peak, Sega Channel had over 250,000 subscribers"

Were YOU One Of The SEGA Channel Users? 

Was the service actually any good in practice? 

What games did you play on it?

Let Us Know Because This Feels Like A Part Of Video Gaming History That Doesn't Get Much Air Time..

★ JOYPAD Presents "Super Warehouse Gaming Party III" ★ @Joypadbar #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

We are blessed once again to have the Joy Pad Dudes bring us another Cool Super Warehouse Party this month!

Last Time We Featured JOYPAD Was Back In April

Check It Out >>HERE<< & >>HERE<<

NOW We Are Proud To Present You With The NEWS That

The Super Warehouse Gaming Party III is COMING……..

Put the 19th of July in your diaries NOW 

The further good news is JOYPAD have secured a monthly residency in Oval Space's "Pickle Factory" warehouse - Bethnal Green

HADUUUKEN!!!

★The Shortlist Retrogaming Quiz★ @ShortList #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

I Love A Test Of My Retrogaming Prowess....

So When I Discovered This Cool Quiz From The Shortlist Video Games Team I Had To Have A Go!

★The "Pixel Soccer" Kickstarter★ @SuperRockGames #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #GameDev #PixelArt

The Pixel Soccer Kickstarter is now live!!!

Back in March we told you all about Pixel Soccer........

(Take A L@@K HERE)

Now The Guys At Super Rock Games Have Launched The "Pixel Soccer" Kickstarter Campaign 

To Finally Try And Get This Beauty Of A Game Made!

★Pang Man Part 10 - Cool Stores: "CyberCandy in Covent Garden"★ @CyberCandyLTD #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Pang Man Part 10 – Cool Stores: 

"CyberCandy in Covent Garden"

The Pang Man Has Been Eating Candy All In The Name Of Retrogaming Journalism....Let's See What The Great Man Has To Say About All This Sweet Retrogaming Goodness!!

☆The Games Freezer Video Games Roundup☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

Some Great Friday Retrogaming Reading 

Friday is a day for us to soak up all there is in the way great Video Games Articles….

So after extensively searching the World Wide Web we have come up with 5 great articles to ease your way into the weekend with…..

Take a look and see which ones take your fancy…..

☆Do You Share Your Passion Of Gaming With Your Loved Ones?☆ #GamersUnite

Having read the tale of Game "retiring" their most loyal customer's loyalty card I was inspired by the words of their most loyal customer, Dr Karen Wolstencroft.

Dr Wolstencroft and her family now have the pleasure of receiving free video games for the next ten years along with GAME shares as a bonus.

☆"The Perfect Video Games Den - Part 2"☆ @anthonybulcao #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Yesterday in PART 1 Of Our 

"Perfect Video Games Den" we covered :

1. Arcade Cabinets (restricted to 2 cabinets)

2. Consoles / Computers (restricted to 4 systems)

3. Choice Of TV

4. Seating Choices

Today sees us move onto covering our Perfect 

"Sound System", "Multiplayer Games", "Decor", "Games Books", "Games Storage" and finally "Lighting"

Read On And Don't Forget To Let Us Know What Great Stuff Would Feature In YOUR Perfect Video Games Den!

☆"The Perfect Video Game Den? - Part 1"☆ @ArmyOfTrolls #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

How Many Of Us Have Daydreamed About Our Ideal Video Games Den?

It's something that takes place in The Freezer on a daily basis 

(daydreaming is what we're best at!)

It has caused lots of conversation and debate and over the years we have pretty much defined what the ideal video games den would look like and what items it would contain…..

Do You Want To Find Out What Our Ideal Video Games Den Would Look Like?

Read On….

We've broken our considerations down into 10 categories…..
These are….

1. Arcade Cabinets (restricted to 2 cabinets)

2. Consoles / Computers (restricted to 4 systems)

3. Choice Of TV / Projector / Plasma / Monitor

4. Seating Choices Settee / Bean Bags / Gaming Chairs

5. Sound System

6. Selection Of Multiplayer Video Games To Play With Mates (restricted to 5)

7. Décor

8. Games Books Bookcase & Books (restricted to 5 books)

9. Games Storage

10. Lighting

Now we've got our shopping list…….let's get stuck into the fun part….Let's Go Shopping!!

☆Fallout New Vegas - Game Diary 5 "The Wasteland Is A Lonely Place"☆ #GamersUnite

Throughout the Fallout series you are given the option to bring along a companion for the ride and I am a great fan of companions as the Wasteland can be a very lonely place for the courier…

 

The companionship afforded by these select band of Wasteland heroes 

(& villains) is extremely valuable to the player in combat and funnily enough the additional person to share the load with means you form a lasting relationship with this person (if that’s possible).

 

It's an odd occurrence really as you begin to start really caring about these sharers of your experience, especially after you assist them with their very own side quest which invariably gives you some backstory on how they have managed to end up in the wasteland.

☆ "The 5 Video Games That Define ME As A Gamer" ☆ #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

There's games you enjoy playing that are just great fun and you can't put down until they're complete or you just plain give up!!

 

Once you put those games you may never think about the again unless someone mentions them or you randomly stumble across them one day.....these games have their place

 

THEN.......

 

THERE ARE THOSE VIDEO GAMES THAT GRAB  HOLD OF YOU, WONT LET GO AND SHAKE YOU TO THE CORE

☆Who Was Your Favourite Video Game Publisher?☆ #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

When we were young a trip to the local Computer Games Shop meant we were presented with reams and reams of cassette games for Commodore 64, Spectrum, Atari XE/XL and many other cassette based systems.

The overriding memory though were the sheer amount of different publishers that were plastered all over these various different cassette tape boxes.

When we hear one of these publisher names now we are transported back to those times when you spent hours pondering what to spend your hard earned pocket money on and then normally plumped for a game on the basis of what the box art looked like or what the written spiel on the back said.

So let us take you on a trip down Publisher Memory Lane from the heady days of Tape Cassette Video Games as we reveal our 

Top 5 Favourite Software Publishers.......

★"When Is A Video Game Console Considered To Be Retro?"★ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

"When Is A Video Game Console Considered 

To Be Retro?"

 

It's a question we see pop up on Twitter and video games Forums from time to time and it got us thinking of how retrogaming could potentially be defined.

So, we've had a go at creating The Games Freezer Retronometer….

 

This is not an exact science so we are open to amendment and opinion but this is how we see it……

 

There are 5 points on the Games Freezer Retronometer scale.

 

5 being Retrogaming Classic

1 being Recent / Current Consoles

♥"Sun, Sea and Arcade Games - PART II"♥ @isleofwightuk #Retrogaming #GamersUnite #Arcade

Ever since I was an 8 year old, walking into an amusement arcade has always filled me with excitement.

Arcades have their own smell

 (I'm not sure what that smell is but I know it when I smell it!!!)

Arcades have their own noises which include bleeps, blurps and digitised voices proclaiming something or other. 

<"POWER UP!!">

☆Brazil World Cup 2014 Special - The Games Freezer Top 5 Football Arcade Games☆ #WorldCup2014 #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

It's the most exciting time to be a football fan as the carnival of football begins at the Brazil World Cup 2014

 

It's Brazil vs Croatia that gets us under way tonight and that has really got us in the mood to start thinking about our favourite Football Arcade Games of all time.

 

A trip to the Amusement Arcade would always mean trying to hunt down the best footy game that the establishment had to offer and over the years there have been stacks of attempts to create the perfect arcade game experience.

 

It's got to be said, many didn't come close to getting it right BUT still we played the living daylights out of them as they swallowed our hard earned pound coins….

 

So what are The Games Freezer Top 5 Football Arcade Games Then?

 

Let's Have A Look Shall We……

☆Games Freezer Game Art Gallery Featuring @LisaHignett ☆ #GamersUnite

We love discovering new creative talent in the world of video games and there's no better place to discover such talent than on Twitter as we converse with like minded gamers and creative types from all over the globe....

A couple of days back we stumbled across Lisa Hignett's work and we decided to find out a bit more about the amazing Game Art that Lisa has produced......

 

☆A Retrogaming Tribute To Rik Mayall☆ #GamersUnite

Growing Up On A Healthy Diet Of  

The Young Ones & BOTTOM 

The Games Freezer Team Were Deeply Saddened To Hear Of The Passing Of A Comedy Hero In The Form Of Rik Mayall…..

His partnership with Ade Edmondson formed the basis of a love of silly comedy that lives on to this day....

Not to mention Rik's cameo role in Blackadder as Flashheart was truly epic and the stuff of legend…..

It is with a sad heart that we salute you 

Rik Mayall….. R.I.P

In honour of Rik we have dug into the vaults to somehow dig out some Rik Mayall related retrogaming goodness in the form of the following……

☆I've Fallen Back In Love With Championship Manager☆ @champman #GamersUnite

I'm a long time Championship Manager Fan, since the days of CM93 on Amiga and also an ancient Football Manager fan since the days FM on the Speccy.

With that in mind I've seen both series evolve immensely over the last 30 years...

The management sim genre has seen a shift each time towards more involving and complex gameplay whereby you can have a say in literally every part of 'your club' and how it's run.

That kind of gameplay has meant heaven for gamers with a whole weekend to orchestrate their attack on the division title and cup glory...

But as I've gotten older I've had less free time to plot Spurs' rise to Champions League grandeur and therefore haven’t purchased any of the recent FM or CM games because I know it's going to take me 8 hours to sort out my transfer targets, training regime and backroom staff.

I've wanted to go back to the days of CM93 where you pick your team make a few signings and away you go...