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.
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
Seconding these!
It’s gotta be Jeremy Parish and his many videos. just super informative.
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.
Yeah, I hope both Derek and Grace are doing well.
Modern Vintage Gamer and Gaming Historian are my favorite
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
Matt McMuscles has been on a roll lately with his retro retrospectives. The near 11 hour Double Dragon marathon was a chef’s kiss. (https://youtu.be/TEn1ALxpFAg)
Becoming kind of a fan of Korone as well lately, even if I can’t understand her most of the time. Really enjoying her Legend of Zelda playthrough right now. She’s just having fun discovering and not bothering with doing it “right” (https://www.youtube.com/live/NWzBjSwAcvk)
Ole matty-fatty definitely does some pretty good coverage. And with I guess his background in QA testing. Has a bit of insight and a few connections to help with that.
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
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.
They don’t exclusively do retro stuff, but Digital Foundry’s DFRetro series is brilliant.
DF Retro has never disappointed. If I remember correctly, they literally yeeted someone off Game Sack to help do the retro content. Could be wrong about that though.
Sega Lord X is the first one that springs to mind. I tend to prefer hardware and history over too much detail on the games themselves for other channels.
He always includes a reference to Skies of Arcadia in his intros so he automatically gets a top spot for me
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
I like SNES Drunk
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.
Is that the new-ish channel run by ProJared?
Yeah it is, I didn’t even realize that. I’ve heard the name ProJared but never watched him before.
Yes! Well… Think it’s been going for over a year now.
If I’ve understood it correctly there’s two other people working on it.
The only YouTube channel I watch regularly. I really like the format and once a week upload.
I like Macho Nacho Productions, I’m currently looking for 79K PS2 Slim to turn into Ultraslim because of that guy
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.
