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Hello Arcadians and welcome to Arcade Archive, a classic arcade preservation museum based in Stroud, UK.
Watch our videos at: https://youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective
Book a visit https://retrocollective.co.uk
Arcade Archive founder Alex giving R-Type a blast at our Arcade Raids event on Sunday.
June 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A very special pop-up exhibit awaits Arcadians visiting this Sunday for our sold-out Arcade Raids talk. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
June 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New Video: youtu.be/aYsWgGCxz2Q
We collect five vintage arcade cabinets for the Arcade Archive on an epic Retro Road Trip, and check out some game rooms along the way.
June 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
An unhappy Virtua Fighter 2 gets a quick fix. We're still working on recreating the original artwork precisely, but in the meantime we've used an alternative CP design to make the cabinet more inviting to play for visitors. Great job Dan!
May 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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
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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
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
Now in service at Arcade Archive, serve ‘em up in Tapper, released by Midway in 1984. Serve thirsty customers and collect the empties as quickly as you can!
February 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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
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: rmcretro.store/products/ret...
February 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New Video: 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

#museum #retrogaming #youtube
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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: rmcretro.store/products/ret...
January 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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!
rmcretro.store/products/ret...

Vid on Friday to explain all
January 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You Wouldn't Download an Arcade Machine...would you?

New Video: youtu.be/SONO6LTHuR8

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

Call the cops!
January 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM