Retro Ramblings Weekend Edition

Retro & Nostalgia from across the web!

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Retro Ramblings
April 09, 2023

Every weekend, I like to share a curated list of retro, geek, & nostalgia-themed articles, stories, and posts that I’ve come across in the last week. It gives you a chance to escape the daily grind, and just sit back and pass the time reading about the good old days. So with that in mind, here are some things I wanted to share with you.

A Tribute To Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games Over The Years

A Tribute To Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games Over The Years

Super Mario's Biggest Urban Legends and Unsolved Mysteries

Missing Luigis, mysterious codes, the enigma that is Jimmy Poppadopolos...these are some of the most notable urban legends and unsolved mysteries in Super Mario history.

Retro Video Reveals What High School Was Like in the 1970s

To see how much the high school experience has changed in the past 50 years, check out this video from the 1970s.

These 1980s temporary hair colors were wild & trendy - Click Americana

Vintage advertisements like these remind us of how vibrant fashion was in the 80s -- and these popular 1980s temporary hair colors were perfectly on trend.

DOCTOR STRANGE TURNS 60: How 13 Great Artists See the Master of the Mystic Arts

Steve Ditko’s sorcerer, across six decades — by Wrightson, Russell, Ross and MORE…

Cleopatra 2525

Following the end of Xena Warrior Princess and The Adventures of Hercules, Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert went into production on two new shows to fill in the gap left by Xena and Hercules. The shows …

One of the Greatest Years of Horror! The 15 Best Horror Films From 1988

Listen here, I can accept that I turned 40 last year. A tougher pill to swallow tho is coming to terms that the legion of films we’re about to dive into has reached the 35-year milestone.

How could I resist Dial-A-Chipmunk? - Retroist

In the eighties, I developed a problem with 976 phone numbers. Frequently calling to listen to movie or cartoon characters. It was a strange, but pricey fixation, and eventually I had to face the c…

People are sharing things teachers did in the '80s and '90s that would 'never fly' now

Students and teachers had different relationships back then.

5 Awesome Bootlegs on eBay this week

5 Awesome Bootlegs on eBay this week! Astro Apes! Korean Lee Majors, Suspect Star Wars and what is wrong with Superman?

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