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Interesting Stats From the ABC Classic’s 2022 Classic 100: Music for the Screen

June 14, 2022 By ausretrogamer

We cast our vote in the ABC Classic’s 2022 Classic 100: Music for the Screen countdown and we are happy to report that our top vote, John Williams’s music for the Star Wars series, is now officially Australia’s favourite music for the screen!

With over 215,000 votes, this was the biggest countdown yet. The top 100 soundtracks spanned beloved music for film, TV and video games across genres and generations. On the video games music front, Kojo Kondo’s The Legend of Zelda came in at no. 23!

Check out the rest of the interesting statistics from the ABC Classic 2022 Classic 100: Music for the Screen countdown:

Total votes: 215,486 (the biggest Classic 100 to date!)
Winner: Star Wars series (John Williams, 1)
Highest voted standalone film: The Mission (Ennio Morricone, 3)
Highest voted TV series: Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi, 10)
Highest voted video game: The Legend of Zelda series (Koji Kondo, 23)
Highest voted animated film: Howl’s Moving Castle (Joe Hisaishi, 21)
Highest voted female composer: Doctor Who (Delia Derbyshire, 12)

story source: ABC Classic

Freakin Frankie’s Home Video Store

April 16, 2021 By ausretrogamer

We have featured a number of Blockbuster Video stories on here, so it is friggin cool to see our very good friend, Freakin Frankie, emulate his very own Blockbuster Video Store right in his dining room!

Before we start drooling over his setup, we have been aware of Frankie’s love of movies and his growing collection ever since we met many moons ago, but to see his vast collection in the below pics has totally blown us away – but wait, there is more……

Once Frankie put out his initial tweet about embarking on the massive task of presenting his collection of 3,500+ titles, we put down our our bowl of Cheezels and took note! The follow up tweet thread of his home video store setup was impressive to say the least! As collectors ourselves, we can quite easily say that Freakin Frankie’s Home Video Store setup is darn awesome and impressive. Frankie mentioned that he opted against double stacking (as he wanted the authentic video store feel) and decided to sort his collection in alphabetic order, which works very well for our OCD brain – now where is that Akira DVD at?!

Ok, now you can start drooling!

Frankie’s old setup

The tough part – sorting through the massive library!

Experimenting with the video store setup!

And now, the finished product – welcome to Freakin Frankie’s Home Video Store!

images used with permission from Freakin Frankie

The World’s Last Blockbuster Store Is Available To Book on Airbnb

August 12, 2020 By ausretrogamer

We may have found our ‘blow our mind‘ moment for the day!

Wanna relive the 90s again by browsing shelves full of VHS tapes, watching movies on the VCR and eating popcorn on your old school lounge-suite? Well, if you are a resident of Deschutes County (Oregon, US), then you are in luck, as you can book and stay at the world’s last Blockbuster store via Airbnb! This seriously is mind blowing, with the nostalgia meter going off the scale.

Oh yeah, if you are lucky enough to immerse yourself in this glorious 90s nostalgia, don’t forget to rewind the tape when you are finished!

PS: If only Australia’s last Blockbuster store was available to rent!

image source: Airbnb

story source: laughingsquid

‘Army Of Darkness’ by 8-Bit Cinema

November 30, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

CineFix brings us an 8-bit interpretation of the awesome Sam Raimi classic ‘Army of Darkness’ – Hail to the king, baby!

Video source: CineFix on YouTube

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8-Bit Cinema: Halloween

October 30, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

The latest installment in CineFix‘s ‘8-Bit Cinema’ is an awesome retelling of the horror classic Halloween as Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

Source: CineFix via Laughing Squid

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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If Your Favourite Films Were 90’s Video Games…

October 15, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Israeli artist Gustavo Viselner re-imagines your favourite films as 90’s video games in this series of absolutely gorgeous pixel art images.

Aliens

Star Wars

Dogma

The Princess Bride

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Inglourious Basterds

The NeverEnding Story

Source: Gustavo Viselner on Behance via A.V. Club

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Pixel Baz: Awesome Pixel Art Mashups

April 23, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

There’s not much to say about Pixel Baz‘s pixel art retrogaming/movie mashups other than they are a whole lot of fun. I would happily play all these games!

Pixels Assemble!

I Have Come Here To Chew Bubblegum And Play Video Games… And I’m All Out Of Bubblegum

Solid Snake Plissken: Escape From New York

Get Away From Her, You Pix(els)!

Game Over Man, Game Over!

All Work And No Video Games Makes Jack A Dull Boy

Dawn Of The Dead Hunt

Super Night Watch Bros.

Donkey (Ice) King

Dalek Kong

Pixels Of The Lost Ark

It’s Dangerous To Go 88MPH! Use This

It’s Dangerous To Time Travel! Take This

It’s Dangerous To Tron Alone! Take This

Source: Pixel Baz

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Retro Games with Modern Themes: Retro Games and Movies Mashup

September 29, 2014 By ausretrogamer

As featured in the French art book, Geek-Art: An Anthology: Art, Design, Illustration & Pop Culture, we have found these very cool illustrations of fictional classic video game boxes adapted for films and TV shows.

We love the hand-written notes on the packaging – a very nice touch. With so much awesomeness to look at, we can’t pick a favourite. Can you?

source: Penney Design

8-Bit Cinema Extravaganza

May 29, 2014 By ausretrogamer

We have featured CineFix’s 8-Bit Cinema creations on our site before, but not to this extent. The following cult movie 8-Bit remakes are the new pinnacle in pop culture fusion.

There is no need to head to the nearest cinema complex, just get that popcorn out of the microwave, sit back on your comfortable recliner, put your feet up and watch these luscious pixelated remakes. You definitely won’t be disappointed.

Donnie Darko

The Fifth Element

Star Trek

Pulp Fiction

Anchorman

Inception

Blade Runner

The Big Lebowski

The Shining

Batman The Dark Knight

A Clockwork Orange

Iron Man

Hunger Games

Godzilla vs Monsters

Kick Ass

The Amazing Spider-Man

Finding Nemo

8-Bit Cinema videos source: CineFix

Remember 1988

May 5, 2014 By ausretrogamer

Do you remember how awesome 1988 was? I do! I was a teenager with not a hassle in the world. My life revolved around my family, friends, school, sport, tv, music, movies and video games – particularly the Commodore 64 and arcades! 1988 was the year I went from playing games on cassette to playing games on floppy disk. Life was good.

Oh yeah, there was the Seoul Olympics and Australia was celebrating its bicentennial. Ah 1988, you were a great year. What are your memories of 1988?

Press play and immerse yourself with some 1988 awesomeness!

source: thepeterson