Royal Mail to celebrate UK video game classics

[cybershot]

I might have to buy some stamps. Just for the Sensible Soccer one.

Royal Mail stamps celebrate Tomb Raider and other classic video games

Royal Mail has issued a set of 12 stamps celebrating the world of gaming with some classic video games from the 1980s and 90s - way before you were born!

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Cool! I want the dizzy stamp.

 

[DotCommunist]

these are not 'way before I was born', newsround. I want the Wipeout one, should be restricted to people who completed the game though because wipeout was hard as nails. That and the lemmings one look great

 

[mwgdrwg]

I want the Elite stamp.

 

[BigTom]

What an excellent set of games to include on the stamps A trip down memory lane for me.

 

[mauvais]

these are not 'way before I was born', newsround. I want the Wipeout one, should be restricted to people who completed the game though because wipeout was hard as nails. That and the lemmings one look great

It's before you were born, bbc.co.uk.

 

[ska invita]

I might have to buy some stamps. Just for the Sensible Soccer one.

Royal Mail stamps celebrate Tomb Raider and other classic video games

Royal Mail has issued a set of 12 stamps celebrating the world of gaming with some classic video games from the 1980s and 90s - way before you were born!

www.bbc.co.uk

Brilliant selection of games, couldn't have picked them better.

If you're a fan of sensible soccer and you have a smart phone check out Super Soccer Champs app game...I would go as far as saying it's the best football game ever made. Same top down thing and fast play. 2013 edition is better than the modern update imo as it's faster

 

[Argonia]

I want the Populous, Lemmings and Sensi stamps.

 

[skyscraper101]

Never knew Wipeout was developed in the UK, let alone Liverpool. Want.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

No Horace Goes Skiing or Jet Set Willy?

 

[skyscraper101]

No Horace Goes Skiing or Jet Set Willy?

I played Horace Goes Skiing the other week

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Obscure?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I played Horace Goes Skiing the other week

I loved horace - i found something similar in the app store but it was way too complex compared to the original. Where did you find it?

 

[skyscraper101]

I loved horace - i found something similar in the app store but it was way too complex compared to the original. Where did you find it?

I was demoing a streaming arcade platform called Antstream and it was on there with loads of other old school titles.

Arcade games online | Antstream Arcade

Play free Retro Arcade games on any device. Games from the 80s, 90s, and 00s. Games on from the arcade, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, Amiga, and many many more in an instant.

www.antstream.com

 

[FridgeMagnet]

these are not 'way before I was born', newsround. I want the Wipeout one, should be restricted to people who completed the game though because wipeout was hard as nails. That and the lemmings one look great

WipeOut was developed in Liverpool in 1995. It was a revolutionary futuristic racing game for the new PlayStation and it soon became a cult hit. It featured original music by Orbital and The Chemical Brothers.

The main thing about Wipeout and the PS generally was that it was the turning point between games as "something the nerds at school do" and "something you play with your mates after/before clubbing". Sony used to do adverts in Mixmag which had perforated roaches. Designers Republic doing their graphics was really important as well (old school game nerd that I am I went to a really interesting talk that a couple of the original members of DR did about how that all worked out).

 

[Nivag]

I want the Elite stamp.

Me too

 

[ruffneck23]

Me too

me three