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15/02/2025

I love this comment on the most recent video…

15/02/2025

The digital Museum support bundle has now raised over £21,000!

This has only happened because of people like Bitmap Books who have included a discount voucher for their wonderful range of books.

Visit https://bitmapbooks.com

Get the bundle at https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

14/02/2025

New Video: https://youtu.be/c6wYDiPXVss
Amiga Format was my favourite computer magazine. Take a look at its inception, rise and fall with me in today's video.
Watch now!

12/02/2025

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 https://patreon.com/TheRetroCollective

10/02/2025

The digital bundle of retro goodies has now raised over £20,000 for our museums.
This has only happened because of people like Bitmap Bureau Ltd who have included the fantastic full game, Xeno Crisis for the Mega Drive in the bundle!

Thank you for helping us guys!

Check out https://www.bitmapbureau.com/

Support the bundle at https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

07/02/2025

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 Addict Magazines: Amiga Addict, Pixel Addict

05/02/2025

Did you have this disk? Did you also stare at a frog swinging on a tree?
This is how it began with the new Amiga Format publication in August 1989, and I devoured every word and byte.

04/02/2025

We’d like to thank supporters of our Digital Fundraiser. RetroRewind.ca made a generous donation which has gifted many local families a visit who ordinarily wouldn’t be able to, while helping fund our museum plans for 2025. Thank you!
Support the pack here: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

31/01/2025

New Video: https://youtu.be/Tgir9PLFIrw
Rebranded, regrouped and reengergised for 2025. Let's talk about how we can be a "real" museum, what we need to take the next step and how you can help us.

Welcome...to The Retro Collective

30/01/2025

In an enormous display of generosity a kind sponsor has offered to match every £ spent on our museum fundraiser up to a limit of £25,000. We're all floored by this kind gesture, and what it means is that your purchasing power (existing and new purchases) is now doubled.

Please make the most of this incredibly kind offer and grab the bundle at https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

Thank you 🙏

This is a downloadable support bundle for the Retro Collective 2025 museum project work as featured in our episode on YouTube. All money raised through the sale of this bundle will be used to expand our museum facilities in the garage space. This includes a filming lab, workshop space for large item...

30/01/2025

We haven't even shared the video publicly yet (coming Friday) and you've raised £5,000 on day one with our digital bundle to support our museum works.

Thank you so much everyone!

Treat yourself and help us out here: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

29/01/2025

Today we launched a digital support bundle for our 2025 ambitions for our museums, content creation and preservation goals at The Retro Collective.

If you'd like to help us then go treat yourself!
https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

Vid on Friday to explain all

23/01/2025

New Video: https://youtu.be/aqbQw1s9LOo

The concluding part of our 1973 Space Race replica project. We resin and glitter coat the cabinet before turning it into a working machine for visitors to enjoy in the Arcade Archive.

Watch now, and subscribe...if you fancy it

22/01/2025

If you’re going to make a new, limited run big box PC game then this is your benchmark. Falcon 4.0.

16/01/2025

You Wouldn't Download an Arcade Machine...would you?

New Video: https://youtu.be/SONO6LTHuR8

Watch as .fries laser scans an entire arcade machine for us to download and 3D print, and not just any machine, this is an incredibly rare model from 1973.

Call the cops!

15/01/2025

Retro Event: Discover the world of unreleased, cancelled and forgotten games with Games That Weren't - Frank will be joining us for a day at Retro Collectivecollective to share 25 years of investigating this fascinating corner of gaming.

Book now at https://www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.php?id=486
Sat 22nd Feb, Stroud, UK

13/01/2025

Creating a full sized replica of Atari's Space Race from 1973!

Patrons are enjoying early access to our video documenting the process of recreating this incredibly rare machine. Lasers, CAD, 3D printing and glitter are involved.

Support us and watch now: https://patreon.com/rmcretro

10/01/2025

Now available: Racing The Beam - Discover the fascinating relationship between technology and creativity with this in-depth study of the Atari VCS.

Make The Cave gift shop your place to buy books with nearly 50 specialist titles in stock.

Link: https://rmcretro.store/products/racing-the-beam-the-atari-video-computer-system