Unique Gifts for Gamers Who Grew Up Gaming
Finding a gift for a gamer can be tricky. They probably already own the games they want, have very definite opinions about controllers and know considerably more about graphics cards than you ever intend to.
So I’ve gone for colour.
The Gamer’s Colour Palette is my six-colour trip through gaming memories, from pixelated arcade invaders and 8 bit graphics to beige home computers, high scores, joystick buttons and the dreaded announcement that it’s time for bed.
It’s now available as gaming mugs, coasters, wall art and magnets, making an unusual gift for gamers, retro gaming fans and dads who remember when getting a new game involved considerably more loading time.
Retro Gaming Gifts Inspired by the Arcade Era
The palette begins with Invader Green, inspired by the pixelated enemies that marched across early arcade screens.
Then comes 8 Bit Yellow, celebrating an era when characters were made from a handful of pixels and our imaginations happily filled in the rest.
High Score Gold remembers another great arcade obsession: getting your score high enough to enter those precious three initials.
AAA? Your actual initials? Something slightly rude while your parents weren’t looking?
Your choice.
And Joystick Fire takes us back to wonderfully straightforward gaming controls. One stick. One big red button. Press repeatedly.
Gifts for Retro Gamers Who Remember Beige Computers
There was a time when cutting-edge technology came in beige.
1982 Beige celebrates the year the Commodore 64 arrived and an era when home computers were chunky, keyboards were built like furniture and games could involve loading from a cassette while you went off and did something else.
For anyone searching for a gift for an 80s gamer, retro computer fan or Commodore-era gamer, this particular stripe may bring back a few memories.
Then we reach Bedtime Black.
You’re halfway through a game. You’re doing brilliantly.
“Finish now. It’s time for bed.”
“Awww, Dad!”
Some gaming experiences cross generations.
Gaming Mugs, Coasters, Magnets and Gamer Wall Art
The Gamer’s Colour Palette is available across a small collection of gifts for gamers.
The Gamer’s Colour Palette Mug is made for coffee-fuelled gaming sessions, desks and home offices.
Our gaming coasters make affordable gifts for gamers and a useful addition to a games room, gaming desk or man cave.
The Gamer’s Colour Palette Magnet is a colourful little gift for a retro gaming fan and makes a great stocking filler or Secret Santa present.
And for something bigger, the 11 x 14 inch Gamer’s Colour Palette wall art is available framed or unframed. It makes distinctive gaming wall art for a games room, bedroom, study, office or man cave.
Birthday and Christmas Gifts for Gamers
If you’re searching for unique gamer gifts, the Gamer’s Colour Palette works particularly well for birthdays, Christmas, Father’s Day, Secret Santa and stocking fillers.
It’s also a gift for that particular generation who grew up with arcades, 8 bit games, home computers and joysticks, then somehow became adults who still know exactly what “one more game” means.
Six colours. Decades of gaming.