RetroSteveUK

Oh, you'll never find it down there! 🤣

I have an early 2000s version. That 1970s box art is vintage, though. 😌👍

Found a 1976 version of Operation yesterday! It’s missing three of Cavity Sam’s innards, but for £2 I can’t complain.

The 3D printed replacement parts are probably on ebay or something.

YouTube video by RetroSpectives Retro Newsround: Atari Pac-Man | Look-in! | New C64 | more

Retro Newsround: 2nd Edition (7th August 2025)

Covering the new Atari 2600+ Pac-Man Edition console, a modern Look-in magazine tribute, the upcoming Commodore 64 Ultimate, and more ...

Thanks. Weekly vids will continue, just not on camera for a while. Best of luck with your op. My surgeon was fantastic. Wish you the same.

Post from RetroSpectives - YouTube Quick channel update mainly for regular viewers; I'm recovering from an operation that requires me to wear a massive dressing on my head for a while, so I'm ...

Slight change to the YouTube uploading schedule for a few weeks, as I'm staying off-camera for a bit (microphone work only) while I heal from an operation on my scalp. All the deatils are in the YouTube Community post over here: youtube.com/post/UgkxfpB...

Might be the old advert footage losing its definition. Even so, those colours do look a little too similar.

I have a love-hate relationship with salted caramel. I wouldn't shed a tear if the flavour went bye bye. Just caramel is fine.

Although, I could demolish a dark choc one right now. I'm probably in the minority though.

Full of chonky goodness!

Five "Club" chocolate biscuit bars from the 1980s, showing Fruit, orange, Milk, Plain and Mint varieties. Text above them reads, "Join the Club fan club."

It's easy to forget the varieties of Club bars that used to be available, now we seem to have only Mint and Orange, (is the Fruit one still a thing?) This is a still from a 1980s TV ad, displaying Fruit, Orange, Milk, Plain, and Mint. Note also the golf ball on the Plain one - bit of a wild card.

Sadly, there's no Home Bargains near us. 😢

Proper Caramacs, or a similar product?

I've been trying to remember the Aero timeline. They were originally bar chunks, then they released a solid bar, and now it's chunks. Not sure exactly when each happened.

From what I remember, like a Bounty, but with cherries and caramel. Been meaning to try remaking those in the kitchen.

YouTube video by RetroSpectives Retro Chocolate Bar Quiz / Can You Name All 10? 🍫

Remember chocolate bars how they USED to be? After changes in name, appearance, size, (and some even gone for good,) we're left with a modern chocolate selection that's, shall we say, 'different'. Join me in my latest video for a look at choccy bars from decades past.

.. when the crowd say Bo! ...

I just verified my age by shouting "01 811 8055" into the camera.

From the Retro Collective?

I tried that. Doesn't work. 🤨

YouTube video by RetroSpectives Lego Arcade Machine | New ZX Spectrum | Sonic on Mobile and more ...

In a throwback to John Craven's Newsround, here's the first in a new series of videos from my RetroSpectives channel. Retro Newsround; retro-related news items sharing info about new games, events, films, TV shows, curiosities, and anything else that falls into a 'Modern Retro' category.

Going to have to source some 7800 games now. 😊

Atari 2600+ - Official Atari Video Game Consoles Enjoy your favorite Atari 2600 and 7800 games on one system. Not only does the Atari 2600+ pull double cartridge duty, it also features HDMI and widescreen mode for easy connectivity to modern TVs.

Apparently so: atari.com/products/ata...
I have an early model though, so might need a firmware update?? Not sure. I remember reading originally it only plays 2600, but you know what memory is like when we hit 50+

That's not what I'd heard, but now you've said that I'm hoping I'm wrong. I'll go double-check. 🤞

The face regoc thing is probably the way to go. I gurned as hard as I could and it still worked. 😀👍

I've heard worse. 🤣

Various games listed on eBay.

Items going up daily. Concentrating on 8-bit cassettes at the moment. Follow me on eBay if you're interested :)
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/lord_arse

Front cover of a Speccy game featuring a manly Barbarian. The Mastertronic logo is placed in such a way as it looks like he's wearing a skirt.

I like his lovely Mastertronic miniskirt. 😏

I like the fact that it plays both 2600 and 7800 carts, but in the 2600 casing. I'd like to see both in a normal 2600 case. I have the 2600+ but not really interested in the 7800+ case. I'd like to be able to play the 7800 games though.

Just read that back and realised how wordy it is, but still ..