Examples include the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, set in an imaginary 1939, and The Rocketeer franchise, set in 1938, both of which are also examples of the genre known as dieselpunk.
The collection has many items which exist nowhere else in the world, such as the only known surviving Sinclair C5 concept artwork, and also many pieces of original retro gaming cover art, from the likes of artists such as Roger Garland, better known for his artwork for the J. R. R. Tolkien book The Lord of the Rings.
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In episode #44 of GameCenter CX (known as "Retro Game Master" outside of Japan), Shinya Arino, the host of the show, played through the Famicom Disk System version of the game and successfully cleared it.
In episode #60 of GameCenter CX (known as "Retro Game Master" outside of Japan), Shinya Arino, the host of the show, played through the PC Engine version of the game and successfully cleared it.
The music video contrasts the retro flavour of the song with lushly anachronistic visuals.
Behind them is a green screen showing scenes from various retro video games, including Donkey Kong, Galaga, and Space Invaders.
A retro-themed record release party gig at the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on 6.4-2000 with lavish disco-ball installations and propaganda films was a success in the minds of the band, but after this the band would only play some more festival gigs over the course of the summer of 2000.
A green finished frame, outboard dampers and wire spoked rims with special Pirelli Phantom tires (featuring a retro tread pattern made exclusively for the PS1000LE) complete the look.
Finnair has also used special liveries, including the "Moomins" and "Santa Claus", 1950s retro livery, Angry Birds and Oneworld.
During the 1970s Holden was the frontman for the Australian retro-rock band Ol' 55, which also included Wilbur Wilde and Jimmy Manzie.
Amos Content Group was founded in November 2009 by producer and personality Shawn Amos after leaving his position as Senior Vice President of Content at the retro site Getback.com.
They also sell, and accept as part exchange, games and consoles from older generations, such as the Sega Master System, Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, although this practice looks set to cease due to Game disposing of old "retro" stock.
Hidari (ヒダリ) is a rock band from Kobe, Japan, known for its combination of modern rock and retro electronic sounds.
The design of the Dream was considered to be solid and robust; Joshua Topolsky of Engadget considered its hardware design a contrast to that of the iPhone, due to its numerous navigation buttons (in comparison to just a home button) and its "charming, retro-future look; like a gadget in a 1970's sci-fi movie set in the year 2038."
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior.
The three editors who have won three times are Edward L. Ferman with 3 out of 20 original nominations, John W. Campbell, Jr. with 3 out of 3 nominations for the Retro Hugo awards, and Patrick Nielsen Hayden with 3 out of 3 Long Form nominations.
Psychedelic musician Helios Creed joked that "although Eno invented ambient music while ill in bed - 'illbient' is actually an extreme retro offshoot that demands that the listener produces a doctor's note before being allowed to purchase."
First flown on 27 September 2011 following restoration by Retro Avia Tech for Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection.
Also people who dance the jerk wear hightop or retro shoes, including Chuck Taylor and Nike hightop shoes.
On January 16, 2012, KLKN, along with all Citadel stations (including WLNE-TV in Providence and KCAU-TV in Sioux City), began carrying Disney/ABC's Live Well Network, replacing the Retro Television Network on its subchannel and cable channels.
The station has appeared in many film and television programmes, chosen for its retro aesthetic, such as Enigma, Shadowlands and Cemetery Junction.
The videos include reviews of retro games and interviews with game developers such as John Romero, Brian Fargo, Tim Cain and Chris Avellone.
One of the game's most entertaining aspects is its humor; for example, the new age retro hippie in San Francisco singing out-off-tune variation of John Lennon song Give Peace a Chance.
In episode #19 of GameCenter CX (known as "Retro Game Master" outside of Japan), Shinya Arino, the host of the show, played through the Famicom version of the game and successfully cleared it.
New Life has the exclusive rights to rebroadcast the audio from the Russian Division of the BBC and several radio stations in Russia including: 'Echo of Moscow', 'Russian Radio', 'Radio Retro' and more.
The shop was founded by a local businessman, David Tang, and it is well known for selling pre-war retro-styled Chinese fashion.
UGO Networks' Paul Furfari called it "pure retro love packaged in a clever puzzler", commenting that comparing it to Tetris is a "disservice" due to it putting "enough twist on the falling block formula to provide a stylish and full experience" as well as the inclusion of an NES theme and YMCK-made retro music.
The song was also featured in the 1985 dance film, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and the opening sequence of the 2007 retro comedy, Kickin' It Old Skool.
Beauty Products in America '40s-'60s, which inspired a week long retro beauty event at Henri Bendel department store, and is a NYC Public Library pick for 2007.
Produced by the Tip Top Organisation (co-founded by Nigel Proktor), the show was a retro take on 1960s broadcasting, presented by The Ginger Prince and Kid Tempo.
Until 2006, he was mainly involved in retro-themed video game remix CDs and productions, such as Remix64 and Revival ST. His first commercial work was composing the music for the independent Neo Geo console game Last Hope, developed by NG:DEV.TEAM.
Known for its popular Halloween and scary movie content, galleries of "retro babes" (popular female personalities from the 1970s–early 1990s), and thorough coverage of pop culture from many eras of American history, it carries the slogan "The World's Greatest Pop Culture Site".
McCallum was quoted in Retro Magazine as saying the three biggest influences on his writing are Jack London, Laurie Lee and Alan Sillitoe.
His retro themed work has been used on music albums by Carmel (The Drum is Everything) and Joe Jackson (Big World) as well as a number of other albums and singles.
The poems were once selected into Qian Qianyi(錢謙益)’s “Lie-Chao-Shi-Ji”(《列朝詩集》), which represented his retro trend.
With these immense sets and scrims, lighting designer James F. Ingalls created a dark world within retro 1960s suburbia and costume designer Martin Pakledinaz created costumes that helped bring to life Burns’ world, described as being "at the juncture of fiction and memory, of cheap thrills and horror."
Calling The Kooks "an important reminder that there are just as many mediocre bands in the UK as there are in the United States" reviewer Jenny Eliscu of Rolling Stone claimed the album was "utterly forgettable, shoddily produced retro rock that at its worst sounds like a Brighton-accented version of the Spin Doctors".
The result was Death By Television, an album that took sci-fi movie-themed songs such as "War Of The Worlds" and "Invasion Of The Saucermen" and combined them with tracks that made references to other retro themes, such as "X-Ray Specs."
"The Lost 45s" with "Barry Scott" is an American Classic Hits retro music radio program playing Top 40 hits from the 70s and 80s that you don't often hear anymore.
It was also highly requested by many people to be featured in a DVD Special episode of the hit Japanese television show GameCenter CX (known outside of Japan as Retro Game Master), which was seriously accepted by the show's staff.
Two Seater and Retro Glider Aerobatic Cup Zbraslavice is a special combined aerobatic competition, held at Zbraslavice Airport in the Czech Republic.
A stack of vintage television sets displays clips of retro fare such as Bela Lugosi films and Betty Boop cartoons.
WJKE previously aired several nationally-syndicated radio shows including "Intelligence For Your Life" with John Tesh, "Your Weekend" with Jim Brickman and "Retro Pop Reunion" with Joe Cortez.
The station carried syndicated programming on the weekends, including radio-optimized programming from the VH1 Radio Network, Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's, and The Retro Pop Reunion.
Barry Scott and The Lost 45s retro radio show was a Sunday night staple (he was also the Marketing & Promotions Director there from its inception until 1992).
The next album, Lotto (1996), was a full-blooded rock album with a very retro style; one of the tracks was featured later in Brian De Palma's movie Snake Eyes (1998).