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.
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
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.
Check out GameHut for sure! Same kinda stuff made by the guy behind Sonic 3d Blast and Sonic R
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.
SNESDrunk and Summoning Salt come to mind!
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
Gamesack, summoning salt, killgruz/gruz has a great voice
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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
Modern Vintage Gamer and Gaming Historian are my favorite
Guru Larry's Fact Hunt videos can be fun, although he definitely uses an over-the-top personality. He often does listicle style videos but almost always forgets that any video game has been released since 1993. Lots of lists will contain like amiga ports of arcade games and stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/@Larry
For example in the video "Purposely Broken, Unbeatable Games by DICKISH Developers" the game selection is Smash TV, Gladiator/Great Gurianos for the ZX Spectrum, Robocop for the Commodore 64, Dennis the Menace for the Commodore Amiga, and then Tony Hawks Pro Skater 5 but it mentions how weird it is to mention something so modern
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.
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.
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.
James Channel is good. Very new so there aren't many videos but he does good technical dives and general nonsense with old arcade games and retro systems.
Also made a handheld super Nintendo with duct tape and hot glue.
Modern Vintage Gamer and GameHunt are both God tier channels made by old developers. MVG is ran by someone who was huge into console modding and emulation for a while. GameHut is ran by the owner of Travelers Tales, better known for Sonic 3d Blast, Sonic R, and the Lego Star Wars series. Both great channels
Game Sack is a long-running channel that's one of the best retro game channels IMO. They release a video every week or two. MetalJesusRocks and his endless quest for Hidden Gems is also very good.
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.
Hard4Games always has the craziest lost finds.
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)
I have been enjoying Grimmbeard
oh boy,
what a hidden gem of a channel. sooo much too bingewatch, too.
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