Video Games

Video Games Archive | Anything relating to video games. This could be reviews, comparisons of platforms, or just reminiscing on some of the games from my youth.

Backpack Buddies (Nintendo) currently in ALDI

Backpack Buddies displayed in ALDI.

I picked up some Nintendo Backpack Buddies from ALDI.

Backpack Buddies were not on the shopping list. The objective was to buy some bread rolls for my Daughter's lunch today, however continuing to look around the store the next aisle offered up some Nintendo imagery. The younger generation might be familiar with Backpack Buddies but, being the wrong side of 40, these things are new to me. When I happen across something new to me like this both my gamer…
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Royal Mail Video Games stamps

An above view of the various mounts for the video game stamps along with the presentation tin. Included game depictions are: -Micro Machines, Sensible soccer, Wipeout, Lemmings, Worms, Populous, Elite and Dizzy.

My Royal Mail "Video Games" stamps arrived this morning

Some weeks back Royal Mail announced they would publish a range of stamps celebrating classic UK-designed video games. I ordered the "Video Games Limited Edition Gamer Collectors Pack" because, quite frankly, I need that presentation case (it's really a tin so I'm going to call it a tin from now on). Well today it arrived... Straight away I knew it had to be the stamps. It said "DO NOT BEND" on…
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Frogger: The family version of the arcade game

Frogger: The board game lid depicting the board and a game in mid-play.

Frogger the board game

Frogger is a very well-known video game from the Golden Age of arcade. The idea of the game is to get your frog safely past flowing traffic on the highway, across a river by hopping on turtles and logs, eventually making it back to your swamp before repeating the process with more frogs. This is a 1982 Milton Bradley (MB) Games attempt to translate that arcade game into a more traditional style board game. The game…
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Grandstand Invader from Space LED Game

Invader from Space: Image shows the bottom right section of the unit containing the power switch, a level selection button and the start button. Toward the centre is the fire button and directly underneath a left/right toggle switch for movement of the player's ship.

I spotted this Grandstand "Invader from Space" game

Grandstand "Invader from Space" is a tabletop LED game dating back 40 years to 1980. Four 'AA' batteries power the unit or, alternatively, the Grandstand 5. 5V@300mA power adapter (or an equivalent power pack) sold separately. The game, licensed to Grandstand, is a copy of Epoch's "Invader from Space"
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Musical quirks and some more T-Shirts

Super Mario Tee: A t-shirt depicting a black and white picture of Mario holding his hands in the air. Above is the text 'Legend' in white caps.

In musical terms, it's been a strange few months

There's usually a variety of musical offerings on my iPhone. Legendary artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen and Bob Marley are usually constants. Lately, the usual playlists haven't been doing it for me and instead I've been craving something different. I've been wanting to listen to some of those mismatched rave compilation CDs* from my youth. *I usually had the cassette tape versions back then so I could listen to them…
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