101 Most Important Soccer Games Episode 4: International Soccer [1983] ⚽ #RetroGaming

 

Rich takes on the 101 Most Important Soccer Video Games one by one. Episode 4 sees Rich try and play International Football on the Commodore 64.

101 Most Important Soccer Games Episode 3: Football Director [1988] ⚽ #RetroGaming

 

Rich takes on the 101 Most Important Soccer Video Games one by one. Episode 3 sees Rich try and play Football Director on the Commodore 64.

101 Most Important Soccer Video Games Episode1: Football Manager [1982] ⚽️🥅 #Retrogaming #C64

Rich takes on the 101 Most Important Soccer Video Games one by one.

Episode 1 sees Rich try and play the original 1982 Football Manager on the Commodore 64, the true grand daddy of football Manager games.

🥋🕹️ Rich's Fave Commodore 64 Games From When He Was Growing Up 🕹️🥋

Here's a list of my favourite Commodore 64 games from when I was growing up.

The C64 has a special place in my heart even though I never owned one.

So here's a little video celebrating my faves from the days of playing demo tapes from the covers of magazines and buying the best-looking box art from the computer shop!

🎮🎄 The Best Video Games Console Christmas Presents From 1979 to 2001 🎮🎄 #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

So as we hurtle towards another Christmas in 2020 I thought it would be good to take a look at the best video games related Christmas presents from down the years.

These are either cool machines from when I was alive (I was born in 1979) or they are machines that I was lucky enough to get for Christmas.

My sister got a Pong machine in the early 80s for Christmas and I can barely remember it but after that Christmas, I was always eager for a Christmas video game or a console to be popped into my Christmas stocking.

There was the classic Christmas when I was desperate for a ZX Spectrum +2 but Dad got me an ATARI XEGS but I loved it! 

Christmas is a great time for a gamer as you seem to get that bit of extra downtime to play your new games before your next helping of cold turkey in a roll.

Let's kick off our Christmas look by hurtling back in time to December 1979...

🕹️ Britt Interviews: Robbie Collin - "Chief Film Critic At The Telegraph and Commodore 64 Le Mans Player At The Age Of 3" 🕹️ @robbiereviews #RetroGaming

Being chief film critic at The Telegraph for almost a decade, Robbie Collin certainly knows his Akira Kurosawa from his Al Cliver but I had no idea that he was also a fan of video games.

In a recent Twitter post, Robbie shared a picture of his children playing Daytona USA at The Heart of Gaming in London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heart_of_Gaming) – good – and I leapt upon the opportunity to learn about a totally different facet of his life.

A facet completely removed from his career of film criticism, a facet in which, instead of looking at a screen, he looks at a screen whilst also moving his thumbs slightly. 

🕹️👾 Britt's AntStream Arcade Adventure 🕹️👾 @AntstreamArcade #Arcade

Antstream arcade has been around for almost a year now and it was something I was keen to get involved with. 

For those who aren’t aware of the service, it’s a subscription-based site that allows you to stream games ranging from the 8-bit home micro-computers of the 80’s such as Amstrad, Spectrum and Commodore 64 through a selection of 16-bit titles from systems such as the Amiga and Mega Drive up to an impressive amount of arcade ports that span decades. 

🕹️ I Played That At My Mate's House 🕹️ #Retrogaming #C64 #Commodore64

When I chart back my journey through video games over the years and I think back to my childhood years of playing video games a pivotal moment in video games always took place at a mates house. 

From my first moments of seeing a Spectrum to the point where I realised I needed a PC these moments were all borne from a visit to a friend’s house who had the latest console or the coolest game of the time.

So let’s get into my own personal time machine and head on back to those key moments from when I was growing up and discovering video games for the first time.

🖳 Loading Screen Games 🖳 #Retrogaming

Who remembers a time when you would sit and wait for your computer games to load?

Anyone who owned a Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC or an Atari 800 will remember it very well!

📦 Commodore 64 - Spellbound & Prowler - Mastertronic - eBay Unboxing Video 📦 #C64 #RetroGaming

🎮"Here's a nice unboxing video of my latest eBay purchase. 

Spellbound and Prowler on the C64"🎮

☆ Russty Russ Talks Hunchback, C64 Plus 4, Amiga & Jack Daniels - Video Games Memories ☆ #GamersUnite #Retrogaming

Hailing from the Isle Of Retroshire @Russty_Russ is one of our favourite Twitter peeps.

He manages to mix retro nostalgic TV listings with retro gaming posts seamlessly and you can always rely on that nostalgia fix from his awesome Twitter feed.

He's also a mega Teletext fanatic so is right on trend at the moment with the rise and rise of the Digitiser Show Kickstarter!

Let's get to know @Russty_Russ a little bit more with our delve into his retro gaming past, present and future!

🕹️ Which Video Games Were The Best Arcade To Console Conversions? 🎮 #Retrogaming

Back when the Arcades ruled the video games world the ultimate accolade was to be seen to produce an arcade perfect conversion onto home consoles and computers.

As a gamer you'd look out for the phrase arcade perfect in any review and you knew that was the game to buy if those immortal words were uttered.

It got me thinking about some of my favourite arcade to console conversions over the years and I have compiled a nice little top 5 to show off my fave arcade to console conversions.

☆ Video Game shopping in Amsterdam - "Booze, drugs and (It’s only) Rock ‘n’ Roll…on the Commodore 64" ☆ #Retrogaming

Anyone who has travelled to the continent and had a brief sojourn into any retro gaming store knows that the prices over there tend to be higher than in the UK, in France this is even more apparent (although it’s still possible to grab some serious bronze).

Recently, I travelled to Amsterdam for a friend’s fortieth (panic not, for I am still fresh out of the oven at thirty-four) and I did some research before-hand and discovered that there was indeed a few game shops out there and also a couple of arcades, good! 

It would provide a break from the coffee shops/head shops/seed shops / astonishingly expensive bars.

☆ The History Of Soccer Video Games 1979 to 1999 v1.0 ☆ #Retrogaming @Gav_brumwell @gonarchslair

Have you ever wondered how many soccer video games were made during the period of 1979 to 1999 and what exactly those titles were called?

No?

Well I have….

☆ Rocket Ranger Blasts Onto It'sVery Own Collector's Edition! ☆ #Retrogaming #DosGames #Amiga

Rocket Ranger Gets It's Own

Extended Collector´s Edition  release!

 

Here's some cool news for you all....

Rocket Ranger is out in a physical collectors edition version!

☆ The Retro Console Boom Of 2017 ☆ #Retrogaming

It’s an exciting time to be a gamer and if you have an appreciation for retro gaming then it’s like all your Christmases have come at once with all the retro gaming projects that are going on right now.

📀💿 The Beauty Of The Video Game Code Wheel - "Dial A Pirate" 📀💿 #Retrogaming

Do you remember the times of video game copyright protection that came packaged with the video game?

The media of the time was floppy disks and cassette tapes which were mega easy to copy. 

This obviously led to a playground culture of disk and tape swapping as one kid would have the latest video game and would be willing to sell copies for a quid.

☆ Codemasters Classics ☆

Codemasters have been with us since 1986 and their logo from those days is instantly recognisable by retro video gamers the world over.

☆ A Video Games Genre That Has Almost Died ☆

In an age where we are surrounded by phone apps and websites that promote real money gambling, I have recently been thinking about the more innocent times when digital gambling was only represented by casino type gambling games on video games systems like the SEGA Master System.

☆ Which Video Games Gave Me That Sense Of Wonder & Awe? ☆

Having watched from afar as the gaming world enthuses over The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild I have noticed a common theme with the reviews and opinions of the game.

Gamers are enthusing about the game taking them back to the days when video games induced wonder and awe much like the original Legend Of Zelda on the NES did.

You know the games I mean don't you?