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The Retro Collective
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We preserve, curate, engineer and share gaming history at our museums, and by producing new hardware for retro gaming.
Visit http://retrocollective.co.uk
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August 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Event: On Sunday, 27th July Stuart Poole is our guest speaker, sharing his wealth of experience in the games industry, from Ocean to Microprose, YoYo to Namco his credits are numerous and his insights will be fascinating.

Book now at www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p...
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New Video: youtu.be/8KhJ3nMFqDk
Explore the secret world of Arcade Raids, where urban exploring meets vintage gaming.
Hosted by Tony Temple and Oliver Moazzezi.

#retrogaming #arcades #gaming #history
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Event: Explore the exciting world of Arcade Raids. Discovering forgotten machines on the precipice of destruction, and salvaging them with a team of enthusiasts.
Our guest speaker Tony Temple gives us an insight on Sunday 8th June.
Book a ticket at: www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p...
May 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New Video: youtu.be/cOK1t19j2Vc
This is Trash to Treasure...with an entire building!

We're building the facilities to maintain and restore everything from a Game Boy to a Gauntlet arcade cabinet, in our quest to create the greatest retro destination we can!

Watch now! #retro #retrogaming #tech
May 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Why not visit the Retro Collective this weekend and enjoy Jason's collection of Dev Kits! As seen in our most recent video.

Book a ticket at retrocollective.co.uk

#museums #daysout #tech #retro #retrogaming
April 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
New video: The Dev Den - One Man's Retro Development Heaven
youtu.be/j_W0pUh0cvk

Come and see Jason in his happy place!
April 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Early Access: Patrons of The Retro Collective are now enjoying a new Trash to Treasure series on the Acorn Atom.

Join our community to support the museum and enjoy early, ad-free videos at patreon.com/theretrocoll...

Thank you!
March 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Early Access: Patrons are now enjoying a Retro Tea Break with MicroProse founder John "Wild Bill" Stealey. His early years, flight experience, his first impressions of Sid Meier and the highs and lows of MicroProse.

Support us at patreon.com/theretrocoll...
March 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thank you to everyone who bought the bundle. You’ve raised a huge £35,490

£25k was matched by a kind sponsor giving the workshop, inventory and archive project a budget of £60,490

This is more than we could have ever imagined, and plans will be scaled up and shared soon.
March 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
There's less than 24 hours remaining to get the big bundle of retro goodness at rmcretro.store/products/ret...

It includes 7 whole issues of the wonderful sega-mania.com magazine!

Get it while you still can, enjoy the bundle and help us to expand our museum facilities!

#retro #bargain #bundle
March 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Print your own arcade cab in any size! Thanks to @heber-limited.bsky.social for including 3D print files and a voucher in our digital support bundle.

Check out shop.Heber.co.uk
Buy the bundle at rmcretro.store/products/ret...
March 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
As we approach the final days of our museum fundraiser a massive £32k is just about to be hit!

This is possible thanks to people like @electricadventures.net who included his book and games for your enjoyment.

Find out more www.electricadventures.net/
Get the bundle rmcretro.store/products/ret...
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Early Access: Supporters of The Retro Collective are now enjoying a deep dive into the world of lost, abandoned and unreleased games with Frank Gasking from @gamesthatwerent.comsthatwerent

Support the channel and museums to watch now at patreon.com/theretrocoll...
March 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The museum fundraiser bundle is very close to hitting £24k
Huge thanks to Lee at youtube.com/@MoreFunMakingIt who included an exclusive episode just for backers!

Go and give Lee a sub to say thank you, and help us hit that £24k at rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle
🙏
February 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New video: youtu.be/DVJ9ED8mWt0
How do you store a video game in bubbles? The wonderful world of Bubble Memory technology, from 1960's labs to '80s arcade games.
Watch now!

#arcade #retrogaming #gaming #technology
February 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Time is running out to get our digital bundle of retro goodies and support our museum expansion project.
Treat yourself to a treasure trove of full games, albums, art and magazines to download now at: rmcretro.store/products/ret...
Thank you for your support!
February 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Our guest speaker this weekend was @gamesthatwerent.com who showed us the world of unreleased, unfinished and abandoned games.
Thank you Frank for a wonderful event at @retrocollective.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Early Access: Patrons are now enjoying a dive into Bubble Memory technology and why Konami chose to use it in their 1985 arcade system.

Support the museum and channel for early, ad-free access now at patreon.com/TheRetroColl...
February 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Just 14 to go and we have 1000 backers for our museum fundraiser!
Go on, treat yourself to a bundle of retro goodies now and help us break 1000 at rmcretro.store/products/ret... ❤️
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The museum fundraiser bundle has hit a huge £22k!

This is with thanks to @trgames.de who included "It Returned to The Desert" in the bundle, the spiritual successor to the Cinemaware classic.

Also check out his new point and click adventure at store.steampowered.com/app/3176050/...

Thanks Tim!
February 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The digital Museum support bundle has now raised over £21,000!

This has only happened because of people like @<a href="https://bitmapbooks.com" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bitmapbooks.com who have included a discount voucher for their wonderful range of books.

Visit bitmapbooks.com

Get the bundle at rmcretro.store/products/ret...
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Early Access: This week I've been digging into the archives to revisit Amiga Format, the issues I owned, and what happened to the mag after I jumped ship to PC ownership.

A 35 minute trip through the rise and fall of Amiga Format.
Support us now for early access at patreon.com/TheRetroColl...
February 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The digital bundle has now raised over £20,000!
This has only happened because of people like @bitmapbureau.com who have included the fantastic full game, Xeno Crisis, for the Mega Drive in the bundle!
Thank you!
Check out www.bitmapbureau.com/
Support the bundle at rmcretro.store/products/ret...
February 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The digital bundle of retro goodies has now raised over £17,000 for our museums. It wouldn't be possible without the support of addict.media who included an issue of Pixel Addict and Amiga Addict.
Huge thanks to the team at Addict
Follow them at @pixeladdict.bsky.social and @amigaaddict.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM