Hello! I’m Kate, sharing the joys of shockingly bad video game art from days past.
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As Judy wiped the oil paint from the TV screen, she realised that her Mum was right, she really should have read the game instructions.
And maybe ‘you should paint the dog’ was not as literal a request as she’d thought.
Commodore Artist (Vic-20, 1983)
Santa’s time saving delivery method didn’t go down too well. The larger presents simply rolled off the roof, the smaller ones set alight spectacularly. On the plus side, he was home in record time!
(Hope you all had a great Christmas!)
Spectrum, 1984
Efficiency: When the art department’s dial-up is down and they can’t agree on what a football looks like, so they simply add four possibilities to the box art, hoping that one of them was right.
(TIF - PlayStation 2, 2001)
Grant’s resume was looking a bit thin after his 18 months in the Youth Detention Centre but at least his ‘excellent time management skills’ weren’t a lie after racking up 572 hours on his only switch game in isolation. He decided to remove ‘sword skills’ though.
(Switch, 2021)
I’m deep into the Billy Mitchell / @karljobstgaming / @TwinGalaxies rabbit hole. It’s not often there’s high drama AND retro gaming. I’m here for it, and hoping for the right result!
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Stuart didn’t have the heart to tell his Nana he’d actually wanted a shoot em up for his birthday. Anyway, she’d only *just* recovered from asking for Jet Set Willy in Dixons at Christmas.
Shoot The Rapids (C64, 1985)
*Phone Rings*
“Hello?”
“Hello, is that the British Museum? I’ve found him! *THE* Crazy Kong! Deep in the Amazon!”
“We’ve had a lot of common Kong sightings. Was this one *really* crazy?”
“Crazy?! He threw his last two loo rolls at me! He’s livid, mate!”
Crazy Kong (Vic 20, 1983)
“Bad news, Johnson. We can’t afford the licence from Gleneagles. We’d better recode it..”
“No, Rogers! Just spell it wrong on the cover. The daft b*stards won’t notice!”
“Genius, Johnson! But the art department won’t like it…”
“B*llocks to them. Give me a pencil, f*cksake!”
Went to see #SuperMarioBrosMovie tonight and it was excellent! Loads of fun & very faithful to the games and their history. The movie I’ve waited 30 years for 🤣👍
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One of my amazing birthday gifts from my amazing hubby & kids. They know me so well 😆 #fabandforty
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“Sir, I’m concerned about Copyright with this game..”
“Nonsense! It’s nothing like Thriller! It’s CHILLER! With a C!”
“But this character is like…”
“Nooo! There’s lots of skinny white undead!”
“But the phrase - cha’mon..”
“No, no! It’s SHARON. That’s her name! Get it shipped!”
INTERNAL MEMO: Following a number of complaints in WHSmith’s, ‘Pac-Man Takes an E & Trips his Tits Off’ is hereby renamed ‘Pud Pud in Weird World’. WHSmith does not condone the use of illegal hallucinogenic recreational drugs. Thank you. Management.
(ZX Spectrum, 1984)
Pulling on the trapdoor lever, Julie watched 2021 sink into the abyss. She had hoped for the Trafford Centre Christmas lights switch-on, but a gig’s a gig!
Julie Finds A Way (NDS, 2007)
Happy New Year from BGA, Twitter!
Found this awesomeness in a vintage market in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Check out the controllers!
(Hope you all had a brilliant Christmas!)
RIP and thank you to Sir Clive Sinclair, a great man instrumental in the home micro era and a pioneer of British computing industry.
He inspired and influenced a generation and his legacy lives on in so many ways.
I’ve been quiet lately but I am still here (thanks to the NHS!) I saw this AMAZING (sadly not for sale) #vic20 in Southport last week. Haven’t seen one in the flesh for 28+ years. A joy.
