Retro Ramblings Sunday Edition

Best of the retro web this week.

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Retro Ramblings
March 12, 2023

Welcome to this issue of the Sunday Edition from Retro Ramblings. There are a few new subscribers getting this issue, so let me say welcome to you. I hope you enjoy what you find here, and enjoy it enough to share it with your friends on social media.

This week, I’ve curated several really fun links that are sure to take you down memory lane, and with St. Patrick’s Day coming at the end of the week, there is a little fun centered around that theme too in the links AND in the Video of the Week.

- Mickey

Retro & Nostalgia Fun

The Magically Delicious History of Lucky Charms Cereal

Lucky Charms cereal has been a favorite of kids everywhere since it first hit store shelves in 1964. But even though the brand is almost sixty years old, most people don’t know much about it.

Lucky's Best Escape Tactics In '80s Lucky Charms Commercials

Lucky's Best Escape Tactics In '80s Lucky Charms Commercials

15 PC Games From the 1980s That Were Way Ahead of Their Time

From early MMOs to the first-person shooters that emphasized "first," these were the PC games of the 1980s that changed everything.

The Surprising Fates of Ten One-Hit Wonders from the 1990s - Listverse

The 1990s brought us some of the greatest one-hit wonders in all of popular music. Of course, the 1980s can say the same thing, with hair metal bands and

Pizza Hut Brings Back Mini Basketballs For The First Time Since The 1990s - Chew Boom

Pizza Hut today announced the return of a limited-edition offering from the 1990s: Mini Basketballs.

The Gnarly '90s Podcast

The Gnarly ’90s podcast is here to help you remember and relive the gnarliest decade of them all…the ’90s. From the Arch Deluxe to Monica Lewinsky, and from Nirvana to Zima!

6 familiar characters who got their own ''spin-off babies'' cartoons

These aged-down adaptations ranged from massively popular to one-season flops.

Highlights From a 1988 Toys 'R' Us Sale Paper

Go back to the days when finding a sale ad in the Sunday paper was a big deal, and flipping through it was an all-day experience.

Video of the Week

A couple of years back, Jason and I put together a fun video for The Retro Network detailing the history of McDonald’s Shamrock Shake. With St. Patrick’s Day coming at the end of the week, it’s a perfect time to share that video again.

That’s going to do it for this issue of The Sunday Edition. Be sure to stop by Retro Ramblings throughout the week for more retro and nostalgia-based content.