The Retro Directory

Synth Repair Services

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent-based specialist repairing and restoring vintage analogue synthesizers and electronic musical equipment. Services include fault diagnosis, full restorations, keyboard overhauls, supply of original/new spare parts and copies of service/user manuals. Experienced with classic instruments such as EMS and Roland models (SH-101, Jupiter-6) and an authorised UK installer of the Synthcom Europa MIDI upgrade for the Jupiter-6.

Synth Restore Homepage

Elstow, South Bedford

Specialist UK workshop repairing and servicing vintage analogue synthesizers. Synth Restore makes replacement voice/voice-card products for Roland Juno‑106 and Oberheim OB‑X, supplies assembled Minimoog PCBs and ARP module equivalents, and sells these parts via an online shop. Workshop visits by appointment; shipping available.

Testing, Assessing and Repairing Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum (All Models 16k, 48k, 48k+, 128k, +2, +3 and Issues) – PopeyMon Games and Consultancy

PopeyMon Games and Consultancy (PopeyMon Games & Fun) is a UK-based specialist in vintage computers and games with a strong focus on Sinclair ZX Spectrum models. The site offers testing, assessment, repair and refurbishment services (including recapping), refurbished boards and parts, original/tested 1980s tape players and power supplies, commission sales and a webshop of retro hardware and games. Services are provided remotely (posted-in machines) and include technical consultancy.

TFW8b.com – Yes it's The Future was 8bit's new website!

Dorset

The Future Was 8bit (TFW8b) is a UK-based specialist maker and online retailer of 8‑bit hardware and accessories — cartridges, SD-card interfaces (SD2IEC/SD2PET/SD2BBC), fastload devices and PCBs — for systems including the Commodore 64/VIC20/PET, C16/Plus4, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro. Ships worldwide from Dorset, UK, with product guides and downloads on the site.

The Arcade Exeter | Exeter Gaming Bar – Arcade Bar in Exeter offering up the best in retro gaming.

Exeter

The Arcade Exeter is a cosy arcade-themed bar in Exeter offering a selection of retro coin-operated arcade machines and games consoles for customers to play, seating for about 20, regular gaming contests and fortnightly tournaments (in partnership with Respawning), plus a full drinks and cocktails menu. Suited to gaming groups and retro gaming nights.

The Arcade Vaults | The community for players and creators

Cardiff, Cardiff

The Arcade Vaults is a community-run gaming venue in central Cardiff with multiple floors of classic and modern games, retro cabinets and a vintage pinball league. It hosts weekly and monthly events (eg. Wayback Wednesday, tournaments, LAN nights), offers party and venue hire, running community rooms and a PC suite for co-working and game development workshops.

The Gamers Lounge – A showcase and community for retro and novel video games

Guildford and Woking

Community-run showcase preserving and playing retro video games on original consoles. Hosts regular public events at The Boileroom (Guildford) and Woking Library, archives games using flashcarts, and is available for private or corporate event hire.

The Hi-Fi Hospital For All Your Hi-Fi Service

Kells, Meath

Ireland’s Hi‑Fi Hospital is a specialist nationwide service centre for vintage and modern hi‑fi. They offer component‑level PCB repairs, restoration of vintage audio (including turntables), professional PA and domestic hi‑fi servicing, a range of parts and hand‑made audio cables, plus a selection of reconditioned vintage hi‑fi sold with warranty. Open to the public by prior appointment.

The Jim Austin Computer Collection

Fimber, East Riding of Yorkshire

The Jim Austin Computer Collection (The Computer Sheds) is a private museum in Fimber, East Yorkshire, with over 1,500 computers and thousands of related artifacts spanning the history of computing. Open to the public by guided tour (donation requested), the collection includes mainframes, Cray supercomputers, DEC machines, Altair 8800s, early calculators and many rarities. Tours and volunteer opportunities are available by arrangement.

The National Museum of Computing

Milton Keynes

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park houses the world’s largest collection of working historic computers, spanning wartime machines like Colossus through mainframes to 1980s personal computing. Open to the public with guided tours, events and learning programmes, the museum also runs conservation projects, offers vintage computer hire and operates an online shop selling books, prints and memorabilia.

The National Videogame Arcade

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

National Videogame Arcade (NVA) is a playable videogame museum and cultural centre in Nottingham offering over 70 games from classic arcade cabinets to VR, regular retro-themed exhibitions and events, education workshops, school visits, birthday parties, and private hire.

The Retro Arcade Hub - Gaming Machine Store | Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool-based seller and builder of bespoke retro arcade machines and emulation systems. Offers bartop and full-size cabinets, Raspberry Pi‑powered handhelds and picture-frame units, plug‑and‑play game drives and refurbished retro gaming PCs loaded with 1980s–1990s systems. Provides custom software/hardware builds, vinyl artwork, warranties and ongoing aftercare. Online ordering available.