About Us

Welcome to Magretro

We're passionate about preserving the golden age of gaming and music, and providing a catalogue of collectable titles for you to also treasure. Our carefully curated collection brings together vintage audio cassettes, both music  from the early era of cassettes in the 1960's, and classic audiobooks, Our extensive classic computer games ranges, and retro gaming treasures, from the early atari cartridge consoles of the late 70's, to the boom of home computing in the Uk in the 1980's, with Commodore and Sinclair in almost every gift list, through to the 64 bit era dominated by Sony and Nintendo.

Our Story

Magretro was founded on a love for reliving the nostalgia and authenticity of physical media. Whether it's the warm sound of a vintage cassette music tape or the thrill of loading a classic ZX Spectrum game with that recognisable screeching, we believe these memories deserve to be preserved and shared.

What We Offer

From vintage music cassettes and audio books to classic games for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and modern gaming consoles and PC's, we specialize in authentic retro collectibles that transport you back in time. All form part of our decades of a collection, i have carefully stored.

Welcome to Magretro — your destination for vintage audio cassettes and retro gaming collectibles. I curated a cared for collection of classic retro music cassettes and vintage gaming items for enthusiasts and collectors alike.

I started way back early 80's when i was a teen, and music and computers were booming in the UK, with so many different music styles, and the home computer market exploding, I started with the usual 'Pong' machine, a binatone (sadly in chip heaven), and then came 1981 and i built my own kit zx81, with expansion, where i learnt to program basic, and spent a lost youth staring at the square screen to the early hours of each morning. Still, i did get good school grades, so no harm done.

That's when my collection of music and games started, and i have been collecting ever since. Most days, i have had music in my life, boomboxes, portable tape decks, cd players blasting those tunes out, there hasnt been many days when music didnt make me happy. All types it seems, classical, opera, house, rock, pop, and even country.

My love for computers and gaming, both home keyboard based and console gaming machine, was always an excited focus, to get the latest released machine, most talked about game, and there is were my storage issue started. Shelves lined the walls, piled with cassettes, floppy disks and cartridges all through 80's.

And now to present day, as it is time to let my music and gaming collection fly to new homes to enjoy, i have cared for each and every cassette, cartridge, cd and dvd, and with retirement looming, it is time to strip down the collection for others to nurture and preserve. 

Peruse and enjoy, you faithful Retro Friends.

Mark