I could list a bunch of general YTers that cover retro games among other gaming topics, but for those who mainly cover retro games I like Big Ole Words, Hungry Goriya, and Video Works.
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My favourites are LGR and The 8-Bit Guy, but there are so many great retro channels out there!
I love both of them! They’re both so warm. 8 bit guy just seems like the nicest guy you’d ever meet
If he hasn’t already been mentioned, Modern Vintage Gamer (MVG) on the tubes is awesome. He sometimes adds developer insight into his videos and digs beneath the surface of the tech he’s talking about.
He’s good, but lately some of his videos don’t add much considering their lenght. His best type of video is when he dissects the discovery process of console’s vulnerabilities to enable jailbreaks.
Mistakes were made
Some of them you can tell he’s stretching it out to hit the magic 10-minute mark. I usually can tell which ones are gonna be interesting by the thumbnail/topic and stick to the cream of the crop.
I used to watch a lot of Angry Video Game Nerd back in the day, the old stuff still holds up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut3n8-9JM5o&list=PLbQ-gSLYQEc4mnWapHJd0K-sPvLcEwOSS&index=1
The newer stuff he’s been putting out is meh.
One of the main editors/writers left the series
It’s gotta be Jeremy Parish and his many videos. just super informative.
Retro Game Mechanics Explained is one of my favorite YouTube channels of all time. There’s an absolute treasure trove of interesting technical deep-dives about the inner workings of retro games, famous glitches, and how the hardware works. And it’s all presented with clear, silky smooth animations that make everything so much easier to understand.
I’m not even into retro games that much, yet the content is so good that it has me completely hooked anyway. I’d highly recommended it for anyone who wants to learn more about computer science or the clever techniques programmers used to get things to run on old hardware.
Yeah I second this, RGME is one of the most interesting YouTube channels out there
Check out GameHut for sure! Same kinda stuff made by the guy behind Sonic 3d Blast and Sonic R
Stop Skeletons From Fighting. It doesn’t get better than crazy uncle Derek.
Yep, I love his energy and positive attitude. Feels like he slowed down on releasing videos
He mentioned on Twitter that he was disappointed by the engagement metrics on the DJ Bongos episode and wanted to take some time off. Bummer cause I really liked that episode.
Ah, I’m not on Twitter so haven’t heard that. But he had a big video about changing patreon & trying to be more productive! Well, I hope they come back strong when they are ready, very good quality stuff from the SSFF crew.
Sean Seanson for PSX content. He does videos on obscure games. He does videos on japanese exclusives. There are huge videos where he covers every released game of certain developers like square or namco. Also some sweet music sets only with songs from playstation games.
I absolutely love his positive attitude. Great guy. Also i discovered so many cool games i otherwise would have never heard of.
RetroGameCorps is phenomenal if you’re looking into emulation and / or emulation handhelds. Got an Ambernic RG351V after watching his review and followed his guide for setting up Emudeck on my Steam Deck. 10/10 channel IMO
Classic Gaming Quarterly and CGQ+, NESComplex, PandaMonium (Sega Saturn), Southern Sega Gentleman, GTV Japan, My Retro Life, and Geek Critique.
Also +1 to all the others who mentioned My Life in Gaming, Game Sack, SNES Drunk, Sega Lord X and Gaming Historian.
Kesters Forest is fun
Modern Vintage Gamer and Gaming Historian are my favorite
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Anyone used to watch CGR Undertow? They had short 5 minute reviews on seemingly every retro game. I would binge basically any game I had or was interested in around 8-10 years ago
My Life in Gaming is probably my favourite, I love the depth they go into in their full videos, and their Sunday streams are always super chill for me to just kick back and relax to retro game stuff.
I just started watching Now in the 90s. It has an episode every Friday and goes over the console releases of that week from 30 years ago. They pick a couple games to do more in-depth on reviews then shows the current value of the games with and without a box. They’re 8-15 minutes.
