The Retro Directory

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Cardiff, Cardiff

Cardiff Gaming Market (run by Replay Events) is a regular ticketed retro games market held at Cardiff Metropolitan University's National Indoor Athletics Centre. The event brings together traders selling retro games, computers, consoles, handhelds, arcade machines, import games, artwork and related merchandise, and offers exhibitor table bookings and tiered early-entry ticketing.

Homepage - Classic Arcade | Retro Arcade Machines

Glasgow, Glasgow

Family-run UK retailer (based in Glasgow) selling hand-crafted home arcade machines and bartop consoles pre-loaded with thousands of classic arcade and retro video games. Offers an online shop, free mainland UK delivery and a 1-year manufacturer warranty. Ideal for collectors and anyone wanting a plug-and-play arcade experience at home.

Homepage - Newcastle Gaming Market

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

Newcastle Gaming Market is a ticketed retro gaming market run by Replay Events at Gateshead International Stadium. Regularly featuring specialist traders, it offers retro games, consoles, computers, handhelds, arcade machines, memorabilia and related merchandise, with advance/early-entry tickets and bookable exhibitor tables.

Inside The UK's Biggest Retro Games Store: Forgotten Worlds

Stewarton

Forgotten Worlds is a large warehouse retro games store near Stewarton (south of Glasgow) specialising in boxed consoles, loose and complete games (including many Japanese imports), vintage toys and collectibles. The shop houses extensive high shelving of rare boxed consoles, metres of rummage boxes, playable arcade cabinets and a refreshments area. Owner Allan McCluskey sources stock from Japan and via customer trade‑ins, and the store regularly attends events to sell collections.

Last Level Games – An independent video game shop specialising in retro formats

Norwich, Norfolk

Independent retro video games shop in Norwich specialising in buying, selling and trading vintage consoles, cartridges and accessories. Items are hand-tested, cleaned and often refurbished; stock includes Game Boy, NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Sega systems, PlayStation (PS1) era hardware, Atari 2600 and more. Visit the store at 64 St Benedicts Street for the full range.

Lightgun Games

UK-based online retro games shop and service provider. Stocks retro games, Game Boy frames and trading-card merchandise, and offers repair and refurbishment for vintage systems — including Game Boy screen upgrades, DS Lite refurbishment, PS1/Sega Saturn disc laser replacement and board-level recapping for Game Gear and Amiga 500 — plus custom console paint and decal work.

London Amplifier | Professional Sound & Lighting Electonic Repairs

London, Greater London

London Amplifier is a London-based appointment-only repair centre specialising in professional sound and lighting equipment. They repair amplifiers and preamplifiers (including vintage hi‑fi), powered speakers, mixing consoles, studio gear and stage/LED lighting fixtures, and provide testing and reports for repaired equipment.

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London, Greater London

Retro-Tech Ltd is a London SE1 Mac repair workshop specialising in both modern Apple machines and vintage Macs. Offering component-level logic‑board repairs, screen and battery replacements, SSD/memory upgrades, liquid-damage recovery and data recovery, they combine same-day diagnostics with no‑fix‑no‑fee pricing. Based near Tower Bridge Road, they serve Borough, London Bridge, Waterloo and South Bank.

Maple Audio - Maple Audio

Norton St Philip / Bath

Maple Audio (near Bath) is a specialist audio repair workshop and spare-parts supplier with 25+ years' experience. They repair and restore vintage hi‑fi equipment — turntables, tape decks, cassette players and stereos — for trade and end users, operate an online parts shop and act as an authorised service centre for many manufacturers.

Museum of Computing, Swindon – The Museum of Computing at Swindon collects earlier computers, games and calculators. Many displays are hands-on. We are family friendly and welcome school visits.

Swindon, Wiltshire

Volunteer-run museum in central Swindon dedicated to the history of computing. The Museum of Computing offers hands-on displays of 1970s–1990s computers, games and calculators, runs events and school visits, and participates in retro computing festivals.

Music Repair Services Wales factory authorised repair warranty service

Porthcawl, South Wales

Factory-authorised music and pro-audio repair centre in Porthcawl, Wales. Provides warranty and general repairs for keyboards, organs, pianos, amps and PA equipment, handles vintage Roland and other legacy gear, and maintains a large parts stock. Visits are by appointment only.

Nabbit | Online Store | Retro & Current Gaming | Used Consoles

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Nabbit (MPSF Ltd) is a UK online retailer specialising in vintage and retro video games, consoles and accessories. Stock covers classic systems including Nintendo, Sega, PlayStation, Xbox and lesser-known consoles; they also buy games and consoles from customers, use a graded-condition system, run a members programme with discounts/rewards and ship orders by mail.