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RetroSteveUK

@retrosteveuk.bsky.social

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Retro-themed YouTuber and video gamer from the Bucks area, UK. New videos every Thursday and Friday on my "RetroSpectives" & "Time Travel TV" YouTube channels. All links can be found here: https://bio.link/retrosteveuk

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh! Is there a special section at my local garden centre with decorations & stuff? 😊

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

Alternative response .. Everyone simultaneously floods the platform with willy artwork.

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a door that has a sign on it that says meeting in progress

Alt: American TV dude taking a bow.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

He' thrown out?

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

I'll give anything pickled onion flavour ago.

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

Am I seeing this correctly? The pasta shapes in that thumbnail are spelling out "DROP DEAD" to my eye. 👓

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

My dumbass stepdad used to say smoking was good for him because it made him cough, which helped clear his chest. He's dead now, obvs.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

Is that from The Groovie Goolies?

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

Almost related .. 2000ADcomic writers have been making up fake swear words for years (eg. Drokk). My favourite is "Funt" from the Sinister Dexter comic strip.

Comic strip featuring a fake swear word - "Funt"

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Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social · 2d

#OnThisDay 1986 : Trap Door was first broadcast on ITV.

Berk and co were featured in 40 episodes spread over 2 series.
#80s

TV Listing
The first in a new animation series set in an old forgotten castle in the dark and nasty region where nobody goes. The trap door gives entrance to a foul-smelling pit beneath the castle. Who knows what creatures live there? And what will happen if they escape..?

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

F****ng "further ado" .. one of my biggest YT pet hates, especially when it comes half way through what's classified as an introduction.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 2d

After the 2nd video with the same intro on a channel, I admit I ALWAYS skip forward, particularly the ones that are 10-20 sec long. I like an introduction to the video, but tailored to that specific video. Exceptions would be stuff like Ashens, with a quick-hit intro that's more like a catchphrase.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone thought of yanking off their balaclavas? It's entirely possible they'd fold if their faces were revealed.

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

I suppose we have no real way of knowing now if that "stick-on" keyboard solution was any good or not. Unless someone remembers having one.

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🕹️ Davey Sloan 👾 @sloanysoft.itch.io · 4d

Well it's taken a few years but we have finally made it. It took quite a bit to get it over the line in the end, but Lee Bee has done a phenomenal job on the music

BubbleBack, our sequel to Forward to the Past, now available for free on Itch.

Enjoy!

sloanysoft.itch.io/bubbleback

#ZXSpectrum

BubbleBack: The Story of Forward to the Past 2 by Sloanysoft

ZX Spectrum platform game inspired by Bubble Bobble

sloanysoft.itch.io

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

Good old Astro Wars. Surprisingly complex gameplay for a VFD tabletop.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

I think this one definitely wins the "Most Threatening" title. 🫣😱

Toilets With Threatening Auras @scarytoilet.bsky.social · 3d

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

I'm still a holdout with RF on my Atari VCS and Binatone TV Master (Pong). Still have a CRT portable and a Samsung 4:3 LCD that can tune in to an aerial input. For SCART & composite, those cheap HDMI converters that power from USB are really good, (under a tenner).

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

Just came across your account via that Thro the Wall repost. Sorry to hear about your family situation. 🫂

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

New video coming up on 16th Oct covering this Danger Mouse issue of Look-in magazine from May 1983 & I'm looking for your memories for the Featured Comments section of the video.

YouTube community post has a full list of the magazine contents to trigger the memory: www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxp3V...

Front cover of Look-in magazine from May 1983 featuring Danger Mouse & Penfold.

Intro page of Look-in magazine from May 1983.

Excerpt from Danger Mouse comic strip in Look-in magazine from May 1983.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 3d

The 128k music is superb.

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 5d

Shame about losing that skull piece so quickly. Thanks for sharing the ad. That's one I don't have in the archive (yet) but it's definitely going into next year's collection. I've been collecting this last lot since last year!

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 6d

Now the spooky season is officially upon us (ie. October), how about a collection of spooky old UK TV ads to get you in the mood for October 31st? Hop on over to my RetroSpectives channel for this special assortment of nostalgic ads that'll have you quivering in your boots! 🦇

18 Spooky Old UK Adverts for Halloween! 🎃

YouTube video by RetroSpectives

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RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 10d

The Lotto is a great cover story.

RetroSteveUK @retrosteveuk.bsky.social · 10d

Yes. I occasionally struggle to remember simple words when talking to people, (I'm 51.) I'm told it's normal, apparently.