RetroSteveUK
@retrosteveuk.bsky.social
Retro-themed YouTuber and video gamer. New videos on Thursdays at 3pm (UK time) covering toys & games, television, food & drink, retro news, and other nostalgia-related subjects. Live streams once a month.
Channel links: https://bio.link/retrosteveuk
Channel links: https://bio.link/retrosteveuk
My wife's watching a documentary about Egyptian tombs & thanks to @cheapshow.bsky.social, every time the presenter says "sarcophagi" I'm stifling a giggle. 🤭
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My wife's watching a documentary about Egyptian tombs & thanks to @cheapshow.bsky.social, every time the presenter says "sarcophagi" I'm stifling a giggle. 🤭
In the latest Retro Newsround we're taking a look at the new Intellivision console, a Back To The Future Wristwatch, and Lego's latest kit for big kids - The Goonies Pirate Ship! This, and more retro news over on my RetroSpectives YouTube channel.
New Intellivision! | Goonies Lego | Back To The Future Wristwatch | & more
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In the latest Retro Newsround we're taking a look at the new Intellivision console, a Back To The Future Wristwatch, and Lego's latest kit for big kids - The Goonies Pirate Ship! This, and more retro news over on my RetroSpectives YouTube channel.
Next RetroSpectives video will be covering "On The Buses" (1969-73), the TV show AND the spinoff films. If you have any memories to share and you'd like to contribute, post 'em here. Some will be selected and featured in the video due for release on 13th November 2025.
#onthebuses
#onthebuses
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Next RetroSpectives video will be covering "On The Buses" (1969-73), the TV show AND the spinoff films. If you have any memories to share and you'd like to contribute, post 'em here. Some will be selected and featured in the video due for release on 13th November 2025.
#onthebuses
#onthebuses
So there's definitely an interest in this, then! Vectrex has always been out of my reach (for a few reasons) and I'd love one of these minis, but as is often the case I can't justify the outlay. Any of you planning on picking one up, and how do you feel about it? This mini has been quite divisive.
Vectrex Mini Smashes Kickstarter Target in Under 15 Mins
Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the Vectrex Mini smashed its Kickstarter target so quickly, taking less than 15 minutes to hit its goal.There’s been a real buzz about the machine sonce it was ...
www.retronews.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
So there's definitely an interest in this, then! Vectrex has always been out of my reach (for a few reasons) and I'd love one of these minis, but as is often the case I can't justify the outlay. Any of you planning on picking one up, and how do you feel about it? This mini has been quite divisive.
Ah yes, chocolate .. I remember it well. RIP
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ah yes, chocolate .. I remember it well. RIP
My PS Vita has been out of action for ages (memory card issues) but I've now finally got around to setting it up again, and was delighted to discover Sony allowed me to re-download the de-listed TxK from @stinkyox.bsky.social / Llamasoft! 🦙🐏🫏
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My PS Vita has been out of action for ages (memory card issues) but I've now finally got around to setting it up again, and was delighted to discover Sony allowed me to re-download the de-listed TxK from @stinkyox.bsky.social / Llamasoft! 🦙🐏🫏
J. M. Barrie said it best ...
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
J. M. Barrie said it best ...
Remember all those classic soft drinks that were around for years, until they just weren't any more? Come and relive all your fondest fizzy pop memories in this new video exploring long lost brands. Plus: Your Featured Comments, and some old TV adverts thrown in at the end for good measure too.
Retro Soft Drinks Quiz / Can You Name All 10? 🍾
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Remember all those classic soft drinks that were around for years, until they just weren't any more? Come and relive all your fondest fizzy pop memories in this new video exploring long lost brands. Plus: Your Featured Comments, and some old TV adverts thrown in at the end for good measure too.
This great little Halloween retro-style game I featured in a recent video has just released today, and it's currently discounted to £3.43p on Steam. Free demo still available to try out too, which was an absolute blast, so I'll be picking this up today. 🎃
Save 20% on Halloween 1985 on Steam
Join the Halloween 1985 action game and test your skills in this classic arcade platformer! Beat all the levels, completing all the objectives, to get the best score, and save your name into the High ...
store.steampowered.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This great little Halloween retro-style game I featured in a recent video has just released today, and it's currently discounted to £3.43p on Steam. Free demo still available to try out too, which was an absolute blast, so I'll be picking this up today. 🎃
The 7th edition of Retro Newsround has just dropped, with details covering the upcoming Danger Mouse video game, an affordable Back To The Future DeLorean lego kit and more besides, including more spooky, Halloween-friendly retro games.
Danger Mouse Game | DeLorean Lego | Halloween Retro Games | & more
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The 7th edition of Retro Newsround has just dropped, with details covering the upcoming Danger Mouse video game, an affordable Back To The Future DeLorean lego kit and more besides, including more spooky, Halloween-friendly retro games.
Working on a vid for 30th Oct about soft drinks we remember from the past (a quiz-format video). If you'd like to make suggestions for the list or submit comments for the Featured Comments section, just reply here. Anything from 70s through to 00s; whatever you find nostalgic, it's all fair game. 😊🍾
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Working on a vid for 30th Oct about soft drinks we remember from the past (a quiz-format video). If you'd like to make suggestions for the list or submit comments for the Featured Comments section, just reply here. Anything from 70s through to 00s; whatever you find nostalgic, it's all fair game. 😊🍾
Cassette storage?
Gimme! 📼
Gimme! 📼
1979: Storage & Accessories and Electronics from Argos
(+Cambra 88 Music Mobile; Cambra 69 Cassette Cabinet; Cambra Cassette Storage Cabinet; Cambra "De Luxe" Cassette Case; Purpax Cassette Carrying Case; Bib "Musicentre" Care Kit; Bib Record Care Kit; EMI Standard Cassettes, and more)
(+Cambra 88 Music Mobile; Cambra 69 Cassette Cabinet; Cambra Cassette Storage Cabinet; Cambra "De Luxe" Cassette Case; Purpax Cassette Carrying Case; Bib "Musicentre" Care Kit; Bib Record Care Kit; EMI Standard Cassettes, and more)
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Cassette storage?
Gimme! 📼
Gimme! 📼
I can't think of a clever & witty Halloween modification to my username so I've just stuck a bat on the end.
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I can't think of a clever & witty Halloween modification to my username so I've just stuck a bat on the end.
Take a trip back to 28th May 1983 as we take a look, page-by-page and in Full HD, at What's Inside this issue of Look-in magazine, featuring Danger Mouse and loads of other 1980s TV classics, plus a couple of old UK TV adverts to complete the experience. 📺
Look-in Magazine (May 1983) / Danger Mouse - What's Inside?
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Take a trip back to 28th May 1983 as we take a look, page-by-page and in Full HD, at What's Inside this issue of Look-in magazine, featuring Danger Mouse and loads of other 1980s TV classics, plus a couple of old UK TV adverts to complete the experience. 📺
This edition of Retro Newsround is a bit 'Halloweeny'. Spooky retro games & some super Addams Family lego. More news including a classy collection of Atari & Space Invader watches that may or may not be out of your price range; go see for yourself in the latest RetroSpectives roundup of retro news.
Halloween Retro Games & Lego | Space Invader Watches | more
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This edition of Retro Newsround is a bit 'Halloweeny'. Spooky retro games & some super Addams Family lego. More news including a classy collection of Atari & Space Invader watches that may or may not be out of your price range; go see for yourself in the latest RetroSpectives roundup of retro news.
Reposted by RetroSteveUK
#OnThisDay 1986 : Trap Door was first broadcast on ITV.
Berk and co were featured in 40 episodes spread over 2 series.
#80s
Berk and co were featured in 40 episodes spread over 2 series.
#80s
October 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#OnThisDay 1986 : Trap Door was first broadcast on ITV.
Berk and co were featured in 40 episodes spread over 2 series.
#80s
Berk and co were featured in 40 episodes spread over 2 series.
#80s
Reposted by RetroSteveUK
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, 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
October 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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, our sequel to Forward to the Past, now available for free on Itch.
Enjoy!
sloanysoft.itch.io/bubbleback
#ZXSpectrum
I think this one definitely wins the "Most Threatening" title. 🫣😱
October 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think this one definitely wins the "Most Threatening" title. 🫣😱
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...
YouTube community post has a full list of the magazine contents to trigger the memory: www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxp3V...
October 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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...
YouTube community post has a full list of the magazine contents to trigger the memory: www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxp3V...
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
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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! 🦇
Had a brief break from the upload schedule for a week while on holiday but back in action now with the latest Retro newsround (à la John Craven) with the latest news about ("see below") and more ...
Oh, and those perfumes, tho' .. 🤔??
Oh, and those perfumes, tho' .. 🤔??
Atari Gamestation Go | Retro Game Perfumes | Donkey Movie | more
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Had a brief break from the upload schedule for a week while on holiday but back in action now with the latest Retro newsround (à la John Craven) with the latest news about ("see below") and more ...
Oh, and those perfumes, tho' .. 🤔??
Oh, and those perfumes, tho' .. 🤔??
Reposted by RetroSteveUK
I still have and use my glow in the dark Weetabix bag!
September 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I still have and use my glow in the dark Weetabix bag!
Weetabix ad .. I think I may have got that glow in the dark poster, but not 100% sure if it's a false memory. It's been over 40 years. 🤔
Big K (Oct 1984) - Weetabix Versus the Titchies advert
READ: https://archive.org/details/NH2024-big-k-issue-07/page/n72/mode/2up?view=theater #zxspectrum #retrogaming
READ: https://archive.org/details/NH2024-big-k-issue-07/page/n72/mode/2up?view=theater #zxspectrum #retrogaming
September 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Weetabix ad .. I think I may have got that glow in the dark poster, but not 100% sure if it's a false memory. It's been over 40 years. 🤔
Join me for a Charity Shop Retro Hunt, looking for retro treasure amongst the vintage tat. Will we find any treasures today, or just Bob & Jean's porcelain elephant from their trip to the Algarve in 1996?
#charityshop #thrift #thrifting #thriftstore #thriftstorefinds
#charityshop #thrift #thrifting #thriftstore #thriftstorefinds
Charity Shop Retro Hunt - Aylesbury (September 2025)
YouTube video by RetroSpectives
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September 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join me for a Charity Shop Retro Hunt, looking for retro treasure amongst the vintage tat. Will we find any treasures today, or just Bob & Jean's porcelain elephant from their trip to the Algarve in 1996?
#charityshop #thrift #thrifting #thriftstore #thriftstorefinds
#charityshop #thrift #thrifting #thriftstore #thriftstorefinds