Retro Porn Archive Review
Date: January 17th, 2007
Score: Full 3/5
Niche: Vintage Porn
Main Draw: The extensive photo and movie collection will hook your interest, but the lack of bells, whistles, and extras might put you off a bit.
Design: The design is very basic and gets you where you want to go quickly.
Navigation: There are four sections: Hardcore Photos, Softcore Photos, Hardcore Movies, and Softcore Movies. There aren't any filtering options or gallery navigation – pics are just listed in the order of the last update.
Pictures: I started in the hardcore picture section. There are 1,740 pictures (now remember, this isn't sets, there aren't galleries, just picture thumbnails) that run the gamut of lesbian, couples, orgies, groupsex, threesomes, sex toys, and pretty much any other fetish and position that was known back in those days. The majority of content on the site is pre 50s. Since there aren't any filtering or search options for the pictures, I can't really tell you how much of each hardcore and fetish flavor you get. There are a lot more softcore photos, to the tune of 17,610. These are contained on 587 pages, so good luck on keeping track of where you left off in the maze. These are mostly amateur solo nudes, pinup girls, hairy nudists, free and fun filled hippies, along with a few girl girl pics sprinkled throughout this section. The pictures vary in quality, but most of them look pretty good.
Movies: They are in .avi format, with only the option to download, no streaming here. This collection of vintage stag films obviously don't have the highest quality, but things look as good as can be expected here. There are 190 hardcore movies and 80 softcore videos. I didn't have much luck getting them to play in winamp for whatever reason, so make sure you stick with Windows Media Player or you might have some issues.
Speed The pic pages loaded a bit too slow for my taste, and the movie download needs to go quicker.
Overall Ease of Use There isn't enough to this site to get confused about, but chances are you will get frustrated going through the softcore picture pages or trying to make the movies work.
Updates The site is updated a few times a day.
Extras: Extras? What extras? Sigh...the site could use a bit of personality.
Annoyances The first thing you see is a full list of their other sites – but this isn't sites you get with a membership, this is just upselling. That was a little bit too in my face for my liking. The movie not working was a bit frustrating, especially since it was one of their latest updates (older movie did okay for me). The pictures not being grouped together in some way (whether via galleries or via a standard theme) is an unwelcome departure from the norm since the substitute is just looking around for hours.
Is It Worth it? The frequently updated and massive collection is impressive, don't get me wrong. The site itself has a few problems and lacks a distinctive spark to separate it from the crowd. I would stop on by to see the collection since there are exclusive pieces in here, but I'm not sure how long I would stay.
Price: 29.95/month, 56.96/3 months
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