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Happy New Year

Be Merry, Retro Friends!

December 19, 2025 By ausretrogamer

🎄✨ Be Merry, Retro Friends! ✨🎄

As the year winds down and the CRT glow softens for the night, we just want to say a huge THANK YOU to every single one of you who stopped by AUSRETROGAMER this year.

Whether you popped in for a quick nostalgia hit, deep-dived into retro reviews, argued the finer points of PAL vs NTSC, or just enjoyed indulging us while we indulged you – we genuinely appreciate you choosing to spend your time with us. Long may that continue. ❤️

Your clicks, shares, and passion for all things retro are what keep the joysticks wiggling and the cartridges clicking into place. Without you, it’d just be us talking to ourselves in a dimly lit arcade… and while that does sound appealing, this is much better.

We hope your festive season is packed with:

  • High scores 🕹️

  • Glorious chiptunes 🎶

  • Retro gifts under the tree 🎁

  • And zero blown capacitors ⚡

We’ll be powering down briefly, but don’t worry, we’ll be back in 2026, which just happens to be our 14th year of celebrating retro gaming goodness. Time flies when you’re having fun, eh?

Until then: be merry, stay retro, and thanks again for being part of the AUSRETROGAMER journey.

See you in 2026! 🚀🧡

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: ausretrogamer, Christmas, gamers, Geek, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Merry Xmas, Old School, retrogaming

Ho, Ho, Ho, Happy Holidays!

December 22, 2022 By ausretrogamer

As 2022 draws to a close, we wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas / Happy Festive Season and all the very best for 2023!

It’s been another tough year for everyone around the world, so we hope you can all take some time for yourself to recharge and spend it with those that mean the most to you.

We have recently moved our subscription service to Substack, so if you haven’t already subscribed, go here now and never miss any of our posts. Thanks again for supporting and engaging with us at Ausretrogamer.com and on our social channels.

We will be taking a break and be back in the new year with more awesome content! Stay safe and hope Santa brings you lots of presents!

See you in 2023!

 




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, Christmas, darth vader, Festive Season, gamers, Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas 2022, pinball, Retrogamer, retrogaming, substack, Xmas

Happy Holidays and All The Very Best for 2021

December 24, 2020 By ausretrogamer

Wow, it has been a year that most of us would probably rather forget. Here’s hoping that 2021 is a better, safer and healthier year for everyone!

From the ausretrogamer team, we wish you all an awesome Festive Season, which we hope is filled with fun, laughter and lots of gaming, be it video games, pinball, boardgames or otherwise!

Be merry and we’ll see you all in 2021!

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, arcade xmas, Christmas, Dreamcast, Dreamcast Xmas Tree, Happy New Year, Kirby Xmas Tree, pinball, Pinball Christmas, pinball xmas, Retro Gaming, Retro Gaming Xmas, retrogaming, retrogaming xmas, Santa, Santa Pinball, Star Wars, Wishing You All An Awesome Xmas, Xmas

The Star Wars Lego Christmas Special

December 17, 2020 By ausretrogamer

Now this is the kind of Star Wars Christmas Special we can get behind and actually enjoy – no cheesiness added 😉

Here are some of our favourites from the ‘Celebrate the holidays in a galaxy far far away‘ Lego Ideas contest – there’s heaps more if you click on the link.

May the X-mas Force be with you!

source: Lego Ideas – Celebrate the Holidays in a Galaxy Far Far Away

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, arcade xmas, Christmas, darth vader, Dreamcast Xmas Tree, Happy New Year, Kirby Xmas Tree, Lego, LEGO Ideas, Lego Star Wars, pinball, Pinball Christmas, pinball xmas, Retro Gaming, Retro Gaming Xmas, retrogaming, retrogaming xmas, Santa, Santa Pinball, Star Wars, Star Wars Lego, TIE Fighter, Wishing You All An Awesome Xmas, Xmas, Xwing

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