🎮🔮 EGX 2018: My 5 Favourite Games Of The Show to Look Forward To in 2019 🔮🎮 #GameDev #IndieGames

Birmingham is a great location for any event as it's so darn easy to get to for everyone and as such it means that it becomes a great place to meet up with like minded video games nerds every year. 

This year's EGX event was no exception with plenty of lovely people and loads of lovely video games to play!

Here's my favourite 5 games from this years video games extravaganza that i'm totally excited to buy in 2019!

☆ My Most Memorable Video Game Level Types - Water, Ice, Desert & Sky ☆ #Retrogaming

In all of video gaming history, there has been an unwritten rule that every video game known to man must contain a Water Level, An Ice/Snow/Winter Level, A Desert Level and A Sky Level.

I've played many games over the years and for each of these level types I have experienced a fair few variants of these levels.

Today I'd like to present to you my most memorable versions of each of these level types.

☆ The Best Disney Video Games Of The 16 Bit Era ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Disney Video Games Over The Years Have Been Amazing To Look At And Quite Often Backed Up By Great Game-Play Too!

The Disney Video Games From The 16 Bit Era Of The Super Nintendo and SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis Are The Video Games That Get My Disney Associated Nostalgia Gland Pumping!

So Here Is My GIF Homage To My Top 5 Fave Disney Video Games From The 16 Bit Era.

☆ My Top 10 Badly Aged Video Games ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

I’m always looking back to the video games that I loved to play as a wide eyed kid who cherished every cassette tape, disk and cartridge that I ever bought.

My video games have always been up there as my most prized possessions and generally I never sell my games on until I sell the system on.

It has got me thinking though. Which of all the video games that I have owned over the years hasn’t aged too well and now looks like a steaming pile rather than the graphical beauty that I once thought it was.

☆ Retro Gaming Merchandise Want List ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

There is such an awesome amount of Retro Gaming goodies on the market right now that my want list seems to grow by the day!

It's a great time to be a retro gamer if you like cool books, art and t-shirts dedicated to the beauty of retro games.

Not to mention the coolest set of emulator machines that are out there for you to get involved with.

☆ 5 Awesome Retro Gaming Links For You All To Enjoy! ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

With A Bulging Inbox It's Time For Me To Share The Love By Unloading Onto You All With Some Retrogaming Goodness (sounds dodgy I know but hey, stick with it!)

Here's 5 Awesome Retrogaming Links For You All To Enjoy...........

☆ Door 19 - Christmas Retro Gaming Advent Calendar ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Look Out For Door 19!

It's got a load of Light Guns behind it!

☆ My Top 3 Games For All The Systems I've Ever Owned ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Everyone has their top games of all time lists and I've talked about mine a fair few times on here. 

Then I started to think about all the systems I've owned down the years and what the best games I've ever played on those systems were.

It's a tough ask to sum up your favourite video games from a lifetime of gaming on various machines but here's how I got on.... 

🎲🎲 Board Games That Will Never Grow Old 🎲🎲 #GamersUnite #BoardGames

Video games have turned into a massive industry. Playing the original Nintendo in the mid-80s could not have prepared you for the onslaught of excellent titles released today. Just looking at joystickgaming.io, it becomes clear how expansive the industry is with so many different styles and categories.

Growing up as a kid I not only loved video games I also developed a deep love for board games.

Board games for me were associated with great times with my friends, mum, dad and sister at times of the year like Christmas and the Summer Holidays.

We still play Monopoly every Christmas to this day. It's a shame I rarely get the opportunity to play any other time of the year as I never seem to have enough time.

Truly good times and great memories were created by playing some of the coolest board games during my youth.

☆ Super Retro Summer Sports Games ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

This super summer sunshine, Ashes Cricket and Wimbedon Tennis has got me in the mood to play some super cool summer sports.

 

Obviously when I say 'play', I mean dust off some cool retro games and get playing some of the best summer games related games of the last 30 years!

 

So let me get my thinking cap on and bombard you with 5 of my favourite Summer Video Games!

☆ My Most Memorable Retrogaming Levels Of All Time ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

My Retrogaming memories always take me back to certain levels in certain games that either blew my socks off or were so enjoyable or frustrating to play that they have just stuck with me till this day.

☆ What's Your Favourite Video Games Website? ☆ #GamersUnite

As a blog owner I love to look at other websites and draw inspiration from good design and also from bad design too.....

There are certain websites that I aspire to be like or that I think get the essence of what being a gamer is all about.

So I decided to compile 5 of the best video games websites out there today.....

Take a look and pay them a visit to see if YOU agree with me..

☆ "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.......

♥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"

★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!!!!

♥Games Freezer Top 5 Metal Gear Solid Moments♥ @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN #GamersUnite #MetalGearSolid

 

Having played Metal Gear Since The Very Beginning We Have Many A Favourite Metal Gear Moment.....

Metal Gear Solid Was Like Nothing Else We'd Ever Played Before And Made Us Realise How Video Games Can Reach Out To The Player In A Way That No Other Medium Can....

Hideo Kojima Is The Master Of This And Over The Years He Has Delighted Us With Snake's Missions All Over The Globe...

☆The Top 5 In Game Collectibles☆ #GamersUnite

As Gamers most us love collecting. Whether it's collecting video games, consoles or magazines, we love a collection of some sort.

Most of us also love completing games to that elusive 100% mark.

So when faced with a whole bunch of collectibles in a video game, no wonder we just can't help but collect em all!

We sat down to cast our minds back over the years to think of our 5 Favourite Collectibles from all the games we've played and here those beauties are!

5. Half Life 2 - Lambda Caches

In Half Life 2 it felt like every bullet counted, so when you stumbled across that graffiti Lambda scrawl on a wall somewhere you felt the relief that something good was just around the corner. Locating all the caches was a tough ask.

How Many To Collect: 45

What Happens If I Collect 'Em All? 
You unlock the Lambda Locator Achievement

4. Metal Gear Solid IV - iPod Tracks

What's cooler than being an undercover bad ass while listening to your iPod? Nothing that's what! Snake is so cool he gets to go round without making a noise whilst listening to his tuuuunes!

How Many To Collect: 34

What Happens If I Collect 'Em All? 
You unlock the Trophy "Sounds Of The Battlefield"

3. Red Dead Redemption - "Treasure Maps"

The Treasure Maps Red Dead hint at the location of undiscovered treasure! You have to explore the game to find certain landmarks that match the treasure map, and search the area for the buried Treasure Chest!

It's a simple idea but loads of fun as a side quest distraction, many an hour has been lost searching for buried treasure my friends!

How Many To Collect: 9

What Happens If I Collect 'Em All? 
You Get Loads Of treasure and the "Treasure Hunters Satchel"

2. Bioshock - Audio Files

The Audio Files that you are able to collect in Bioshock act as the main narrative device of the BioShock series. 

They are audio diaries and monologues that were recorded by certain citizens of Rapture. 

This clever way of allowing you to discover the plot really adds to the atmosphere of the game and adds layers to the city of Rapture by giving you a sneek peek of what the citizens were thinking and feeling at the time the madness took over the city!

A really simple idea that is brilliantly implemented to full effect.


How Many To Collect: 122

What Happens If I Collect 'Em All?  
Historian Trophy/Achievement

1. Fallout 3 - "Bobbleheads"

Fallout 3 is massive and there are thousands of things to collect and hoard, but most of them are useless and pretty drab.

When you search the wasteland for hours only to find tin cans and bits of metal, the sight of a little Bobble Headed Vault Boy just cheekily staring at you fills a Wasteland wanderer with joy! 

This little guy brings happiness to a player as not only do you get to store each one on your bobblehead display stand in your home, but you also get the associated SPECIAL stat increase of 1 point or the Skill increase of 10 points applied to your character.

All round these are coolest most unique collectibles we've come across in all of our video games playing times. Check out their little faces......you gotta catch em all! 

How Many To Collect: 20

What Happens If I Collect 'Em All? 
The first achievement or trophy is named "Yes, I Play with Dolls" and is awarded for collecting 10 of them, players then earn the second achievement/trophy called "Vault-Tec C.E.O." for finding all 20 of them.

☆The Games Freezer Top 5 Twitter Accounts☆ @AusRetroGamer @RetroCollect @VideoGame_art_ @GamesYouLoved @Nyleak #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

The Games Freezer Top 5 Twitter RetroGamers

 

So You Love RetroGaming.......

So You Like A Bit Of Twitter Action.....

Sort your Twitter Account Out For 2014 And Find Out From Games Freezer Who You Should Follow To Get The Best In RetroGaming Tweets?

Well we've selected 5 of the finest retrogaming Tweeters for you to follow for your retrogaming FIX!

Sit Back .... Relax ..... AND Let Us Give YOU The Tour Of The RetroGaming TwitterVerse Where GAMERSUNITE!

1. 

First Up We Have A Guy Who Is One Of The Most Active Members Of The RetroGaming Scene. 

A man who oooozes cool RetroGaming pics, posts and tweets on a daily basis.

Twitter Bio:
Spreading the nostalgic vibe of retro gaming across the known universe. #RetroGaming - Melbourne, Australia

Check Out The Website at: AusRetroGamer.Com

Follow Him On Google at: +Aus RetroGamer

Follow Him On Twitter at: @AusRetroGamer
 
2.

Then we have the kings of RetroGaming Goodness with one of the coolest sites on web! 

It's RetroCollect, curators of all things Retro.

You have to check out their website NOW!

Twitter Bio:
Official Twitter feed of RetroCollect - the home for Retro Gamers and Collectors offering Retro News, Rarity Guides, Release Lists & a pixel fuelled community - United Kingdom

Check Out The Website at: RetroCollect

Follow Them On Google at: +RetroCollect 

Follow Them On Twitter at: @RetroCollect

3.

If you want to stay on top of all of the coolest Video Game art out there then you gotta follow our fave source of Game art! 

With a daily dose of art that you won't have seen anywhere else then follow these COOL Dudes!

We like their feed so much we got notified EVERY time they Tweet because we know they tweet QUALITY and NOT QUANTITY!  

The Account itself is run by @9_Volt88 from New York City so while you are there, follow Mr 9 Volt too!


Twitter Bio:
Run by @9_Volt88. Mention Me And I Will RT Your Video Game Fan art.


Follow Them On Twitter at: @Video Game Artwork

4.  

Games You Loved.Com are our constant stream of gaming goodness that get us through the week, no matter what time of day it is they are guaranteed to be Tweeting Top Class Gaming Tweets from GYL Towers!

A day is not complete without our GYL Fix!

Bio:
"GamesYouLoved is born out of a love of games of every description from your childhood - we love games and play them every day! By being reminded of the games and the fun and enjoyment we had through images and video you can also see what other people say about them and things you were doing at the time. We want to have memories to see, share and enjoy with other gamers."

Check Out The Website at: GamesYouLoved.Com

Follow Them On Google at: +GamesYouLoved 

Follow Them On Twitter at: @GamesYouLoved

5. 

 
It's no secret that we Love a good bit of Game Art and that's why our number 5 is our second Tweep who specialises in sending out the best Video Game Art Tweets that exist in the world Of Nintendo!

Everything The Awesome Nyleak Tweets is Pure Cool - Pure Nintendo!

We Love It! Check Out The Awesome Nyleak TODAY!!

Twitter Bio:
"I love Nintendo! Like video game art? you're in the right place! send your Nintendo Fan Art to Kaelyn@PureNintendo.com

Check Out The Website at: Pure Nintendo

Follow Them On Google at: +PureNintendo

Follow Them On Twitter at: @Nyleak

So that's our current fave Twitterers and we gotta admit our list does change weekly!

 

But we've shown you ours, so why not show us yours!?!

 

Who Does YOUR Favourite Twitter Stream Belong To?

 

Let Us Know ASAP so as we can follow follow FOLLOW!