The Retro Collective

Amiga 3000 tinkerings today as we continue to work on the machine and make a start on fixing up a suitable monitor.

We needed a solid FPGA emulator for our arcade machines, so we made it! Here's a first look Multisystem 2 Arcade, developed at The Retro Collective here by Heber.

We did it! We've reached Pump House 1.0 and the space is in full swing for video production, storage and inventory duties. Take a look around and let us know what you think.

It's Donations Day! Let's take a look through the rack of things you've been kind enough to donate to our museums at The Retro Collective.

The Amiga 3000 is putting up a fight today in what was supposed to be a simple episode, but turns into a comples series of fault finding on both the Amiga and the CRT.

Bitmap Bureau are a modern game development studio serving the retro community with retro games on modern systems, and new games for old systems. From Neo Geo to Mega Drive, N64 to Dreamcast they serve them all! Today the team talk abou their journey from enthusiasts to a respected company producing wonderful games. Filmed at the Retro Collective in February 2026.

The Amstrad CPC has a secret in its ROM, and it's not a techincal one, but one that tells us of the wheeling and dealing that Amstrad founder Alan Sugar had in mind to push the micro out to the world. Let's unlock those secrets!

Let's take a look at all the new retro products from Richard and Heber in this, the first of our regular new product updates from Heber at The Retro Collective.

HDD Synth is a prototype device made by Peter Bridger who joins us today to show it off. It's designed to break the deafening silence of SDD HD alternatives in our vintage machines. Peter is looking for as much feedback as possible so please share all of your thoughts.

Commodore's Amiga 3000 is on the Workbench today as I test drive the restored machine and CRT. Does it live up to expectations? Do all the rumours that surround what the 3000 might have been influence my opinion of it? And why did the UK wait so long to see one?

Should the Commodore Amiga have got games on cartridge? Today we have a crack at creating the first game for the Amiga on cart, and consider if it was ever an option for the platform.

Heber have done it again with a brand new product for arcade lovers and operators. The ultimate all in one MiSTerFPGA compatible arcade board.

This is a globe spanning head scratcher that took place over the last 4 weeks. What I hoped would be a drop in, working 3DO Blaster to enjoy, was actually on its last legs.

How do you get into game development? Today h0ffman tells us of his accidental and unorthodox route into developing games for classic systems and retro re-releases, and shares the lessons learned along the way.

We're working on a handheld MiSTer and everyone's invited to help us make it happen. In today's update we get the process underway as Richard explains he wants to bring us a finished Multisystem 2 Pocket THIS YEAR!

Thanks to Kevin's winning bid on our blind auction to raise money for Arcade Archive we now get to translate this plain '90s arcade cabinet into something very special just for him, and it takes the whole team to get the result we want for him.

ATABoy is the answer to our old HDD prayers! or is it? Let's take a look at this new device which lets you access non LBA IDE drives over USB.

It's time to clear the donations rack down for this months donations processing, and we have a LOT of vintage computer systems, games and peripherals to sort through.

Brian Watson started his career as a game developer at DMA Design in the '80s and has been working on every gaming generation since. Today we hear his insights and story as a pioneer of video game development.

The He-Man Movie landed recently and a new video game is on the way from Bitmap Bureau, which made us wonder, why didn't He-Man get an arcade cabinet back in the '80s? Today we're going to right this wrong because, we have the power!

The Multisystem 2 Pocket development is progressing at pace. While we develop the PCB, Relay are working on the look and feel of the device, but we still want as much feedback as possible, so let us know what you think please.

Hermann Hauser has been at the forefront of computing since the 1970's and the birth of the home computer. Today he remains at the cutting edge of Quantum Computing. This is his story, from Acorns to qubits.