🔫 Ten Minute Taster - Milanoir - PS4 - "70's Gang Land Pixel Milan!" 🔫 #IndieGame #GameDev

🎮"Milanoir: What about some cool as hell twin stick video game gang land shooting action in 70's Milan on your trusty PS4?"🎮

⚽️ Episode 13. SNES Football Games Were Shite - International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - Konami - 1995 ⚽️ #Retrogaming

🎮 "As the saying goes, "Tails Never Fails", watch me go about proving this scientific fact whilst playing the awesome ISS Deluxe.

This game is surely NOT SHITE!" 🎮

🥊 Review: Punch Club "Comes out swinging but struggles in the last rounds" 🥊 #IndieGame #GameDev

Game Title: Punch Club

Developer: Lazy Bear Games

Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Melting

As I played Punch Club, the game that came to mind was World Championship Boxing Manager, a personal classic that I loved back on the Amiga 500.

Whilst the games differ in many ways, the essentials of building skills up to rise through the rankings remain the same and it’s a genre that is quite thin on the ground, more so with an injection of humour.  

After a strong start and an interesting setup, Punch Club stumbles more and more the longer it is played and eventually the heavy grinding and micro-managing wore me down.

🔫 Review: Garage - Nintendo Switch "Just Needs a Slight Tuning Up" 🔫 #IndieGame #GameDev

Game Title – Garage

Platform Reviewed – Nintendo Switch

Developer – tinyBuild Games

Garage is a top-down shooter with horror elements that is set entirely underground.

With Hotline Miami and the Sega Saturn / PlayStation game Loaded as touchstones, Garage gets a lot right but has some issues running throughout that reduce the ‘one more go’ factor that can make or break these types of games.

🦊🌳 Review: Fox 'n' Forests "A Hidden Gem from an Alternate Universe" 🌳🦊 #GameDev #IndieGame

Game Title: Fox n Forests

Developer: Bonus Level Entertainment

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam) - £15.49

Rating: Ice Cool

Fox n Forests is a throwback the video games platformers of the mid-90s with a very Super Nintendo vibe running through it. 

From the colourful graphics through to the visual styles and touches, this is very much a game that could have been released in 1994 to critical acclaim and, like the best of those games, it still stands up today.

🎮 Ten Minute Taster: Omensight - PS4 - "Watch me buddy up with a possessed Rat and a Giant Bear" 🎮

🎮"Watch me buddy up with a possessed Rat and a Giant Bear with an English accent in this beautiful action adventure murder mystery on PS4"🎮

⚽️ Episode 12. SNES Football Games Were Shite - International Superstar Soccer - Konami - 1995 ⚽️

🎮"Surely a visit to my old friend ISS will be a joyous video gaming moment as I revisit a football game legend......or maybe I will just blame the joypad for my lack of video games skills....you decide!" 🎮

🦄 Aravelle Talks Tandy Tennis, Gauntlet and Dr Pepper Mixed With Kahlua - Video Games Memories 🦄 @aravelle

Aravelle is an awesome Twitch Streamer who has a life-size diamond unicorn called Alvin a PC called Penelope and a chair called Cher.

Aravelle is also one of our fave Twitter peeps, so we thought we would invite her to take part in our Video Games Memories feature so we can find out a bit more about this gaming goddess...

🍳 The Drisk Talks Ant Attack, Outrun and Triple Fried Egg Chilli Chutney Sandwiches - Video Games Memories 🍳 @TheDrisk

It's my pleasure to have The Drisk in the Games Freezer for Video Games Memories.

The Drisk is an encyclopedia of all video games knowledge and someone I have enjoyed listening to for the last 3 years.

I first became aware of The Drisk when I began listening to the Retro Asylum podcast as The Drisk was a regular on the show at the time.

Now let's delve a bit deeper into the Video Games Nostalgia gland of the almighty Drisk!

🌊 Review: Lake Ridden "A gentle, supernatural tale that doesn’t make a huge splash" 🌊 #GameDev #IndieGame @kingdomofcarts @BrittRecluseuk

Game Title: Lake Ridden

Developer: Midnight Hub
Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Melting

Lake Ridden tells the story of a young girl called Marie who has gone camping with her sister, Sophia. 

Upon waking, Marie notices that Sophia has gone missing and sets off alone into the darkened woods to try and find her…what could possibly go wrong?

☕️ Review: Coffee Crisis "A caffeine-fuelled burst of arcade action" ☕️ #GameDev #IndieGame @kingdomofcarts @BrittRecluseuk

Title: Coffee Crisis
Developer: Mega Cat Studios
Platform reviewed: PC (Steam)
Rating: Ice Cool

Coffee Crisis was originally released on the Sega Mega Drive back in 2017, developed by Mega Cat studios in conjunction with Black Forge coffee house in Pittsburgh, who handled the story of the game whilst Mega Cat worked on the design.

As a retro game collector myself, (specifically with Sega Mega Drive) the game has been on my radar for a while and I fully intend to pick up a boxed copy at some point. Fast-forward a year or so, and Coffee Crisis has seen a Steam release with enhanced graphics and audio (as obviously this version is not limited by the Sega hardware), but yet still keeping a very 16-bit artistic approach. 

Whilst an enjoyable romp, it is a brief game that has a very arcade approach with the depth that the arcade experience brings.

⚽️ Episode 11: SNES Football Games Were Shite - Head On Soccer - US Gold - 1995 ⚽️ #Retrogaming #SNES

🎮"Come meet Ginger Bob Marley in a unique game of football"🎮

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🕹️ Things I Miss In Video Games - "Battle Mode League"🕹️ #Retrogaming

Those early days of Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo were a delight.

No one had seen a video game like it and no one could believe how great the game was on the mighty Super Nintendo.

Digging beneath the surface of this giant of the SNES world would lead you to a game with longevity that wasn’t weeks it was years and even decades as I still return to Super Mario Kart 26 years later.

🚂 "Elink To The Past Talks North & South Train Running and Smörgåstårta!" - Video Games Memories 🎮

Today we welcome Elin into the Games Freezer and learn more about her video gaming history.

Elin is one of our fave Twitter retro gaming peeps and she lives in beautiful Sweden with her awesome video games & console collection.

Let's sit down with a nice glass of whisky and have a chat in the Freezer...

🕹️ Kingdom Of Carts: The Paris Return 🕹️ @kingdomofcarts @BrittRecluseuk

I wrote an article on our previous retro gaming sojourn to Paris (one of Faye’s favourite places) last year and commented on the price there and the gaming culture of Paris in general, however, we didn’t really know what to expect on that occasion.

This time, we built the holiday specifically around our love of gaming and so we were able to visit more places and also plan our treks more (we ended up clocking over thirty miles of walking in three days!) than our previous trips.

⚔️ Conan Exiles - PS4 - Ten Minute Taster "My Arachnophobic Hero!" ⚔️ #ConanExiles

"⚔️Wander the Conan inspired wasteland in Conan Exiles on the PS4 with me as I build my 1-bed starter home 

with wonderful views and then go hunt some spiders...🕷️" 

⚽️ Episode 10. SNES Football Games Were Shite - Hat Trick Hero 2 - Taito - 1994 ⚽️

🎮 "SNES Football Games Were Shite Jumps onto a bullet train to Japan and visits Hat Trick Hero 2 land and the mystery of the pesky Hyper Super Shot, 

will there be turds?" 🎮

📖 3 Video Games Inspired Books By Kari Fry That Will Blow Your Mind! 📘

I've been poking around the internet as usual and i've found 3 books on the FanGamer website which are going straight on my Fathers Day, Birthday and Christmas list...

I think you are going to love them too!

👕 Primark Are Launching An Awesome Set Of Retro Gaming Apparel This Saturday! 👕 @ReplayEvents #Retrogaming

Games Freezer have been invited to the May 12th launch of a new Primark retro games inspired clothing range at the flagship Primark Store in Manchester City Centre.

We've taken a look at the range and it looks awesome!

⚽️ Episode 9: SNES Football Games Were Shite - FIFA 98 Road To World Cup - EA - 1997 ⚽️ #Retrogaming #SNES

🎮 "The SNES Football Games Were Shite Train Steams into France this week and visits EA for a 4th and final time with FIFA 98 Road To The World Cup! Expect Turds and Terrible Commentary" 🎮 

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