moycon Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Temps are ramping up here in Georgia and before long I'll be heading to our cabin in the North GA mountains to escape the ridiculous heat and humidity. Our cabin doesn't have internet so what I did last year was download a bunch of videos off YouTube to watch while I'm up there (Pretty much every week) This may have been asked before, but I'm sure opinion change, and there are always new channels popping up. Basically just looking for other AA members favorite classic gaming channels. I also download other YT videos like bad movie reviews and board game reviews but classic gaming are my favorite. I'll list a few of mine, most of which I've watched and rewatched their content! Metal Jesus: https://www.youtube.com/user/MetalJesusRocks I love MJ's videos, lots of various topics, top 10, hidden gems, game reviews and lots of cool friends who help out (some of which are easy on the eyes) This channel is great in that you never know what to expect. Could be showing off stuff found in the wild, could be a contest to see who can buy the coolest cheap game, could be cooking a pizza with a waffle iron! He's been an AA member for years and is a great contributor to the community. Tome of Infinity (Formally Classic Game Room) https://www.youtube.com/user/InecomCompany/featured This guy always reminded me of Lowell on the old TV show Wings. He hasn't really made any new content for awhile, but his archive is HUGE and includes such a variety of interesting classic systems that most people ignore. Super fun channel and he has a dry sense of humor that makes me giggle. breakpack: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8fOqfB30FwvMDBsFcz9OOw Another cool AA member, he lives here in GA, and we've hung out on more than one occasion. Distance keeps us from doing that much these days, but I see him often on YouTube. One of my fav Metal Jesus episode was when he reviews a few plug & plays. breakpack takes that a step further and reviews lots and lots of plug & plays. Again, this is interesting stuff as I've seen a lot of P&Ps over the years, but often had no clue what games were on there. Now I know and have a few myself. Those are my main go to channels these days, looking for some new ones since I spent all last summer going through their archived shows. Thanks! Remember your opinion counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Here are some... Gaming Historian Cinemassacre Mike Matei Lazy Game Reviews John Hancock The 8-Bit Guy The No Swear Gamer Pat the NES Punk (The "NES Punk" character is unfunny, but their other videos are good.) RGT Gajillionaire Gameplay and Talk Gamester81 Game Sack Classic Tetris Cygnus Destroyer Nostalgia Nerd Adam Koralik 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Yeah for me.... Game SackGaming Historian ....top the list easily. High production values, lengthy, well researched episodes, I feel like I learn stuff watching them (debate the value of that if you will), pleasant hosts. These two channels' content is worth watching multiple times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 (edited) If you're in the mood for voiceless reviews of Atari 2600 games and other systems, I would recommend Highretrogamelord's videos. EDIT: Also, if you want to have a good laugh, have a look at the Phoenix Wrong videos. Edited May 2, 2019 by Pixelboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I watch a lot of YT. Here's the channels I'm subscribed to that are retro gaming, or at least include a fair bit of retro gaming: Classic Gaming Quarterly Daniel Ibbertson Digitiser2000 Erin Plays Friday Night Arcade Game Sack Gaming Historian (aside: this was the channel that got me into watching YT regularly. As stated above, it's really well done) Generation 16 HdE's Totally Unoriginal Gaming Show Jeremy Parish John Hancock Kelsey Lewin LGR Madlittlepixel MetalJesusRocks Modern Vintage Gamer Ms Mad Lemon My Life In Gaming NESComplex Nostagia Nerd Octav1us Pat the NES Punk Perifractic's Retro Recipes Player One Start PushingUpRoses Retro Recollections Retro Replay RetroManCave Stop Skeletons From Fighting The 8-Bit Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I watch a lot of YT. Here's the channels I'm subscribed to that are retro gaming, or at least include a fair bit of retro gaming: Classic Gaming Quarterly Jeez let that one slip my mind. Right up there with Game Sack and Gaming Historian IMO. Also VERY good, but old tech related and not games related, is "Technology Connections". Shows you how a TV or a phone ringer or a laser disc player worked. I found it fascinating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Jeez let that one slip my mind. Right up there with Game Sack and Gaming Historian IMO. Also VERY good, but old tech related and not games related, is "Technology Connections". Shows you how a TV or a phone ringer or a laser disc player worked. I found it fascinating. Yep, that's a good one. I like watching electronic builds/hacks/restorations, too. I'm glad Ben Heck still does stuff on his personal channel now that he retried from his sponsored show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomRonn Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Jeez let that one slip my mind. Right up there with Game Sack and Gaming Historian IMO. Also VERY good, but old tech related and not games related, is "Technology Connections". Shows you how a TV or a phone ringer or a laser disc player worked. I found it fascinating. In the vein of "retro tech related" Mr. Carlson's Lab is my favorite -- incredible amounts of information there about vintage electronics EEVblog is another great one for this sort of stuff My Mate Vince Also, game related - Retro Core 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 My YT/podcast, Hungry Trilobyte, does not have classic gaming content, but that's only because I haven't yet found a classic gaming related guest. I plan to fix that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 As far as tech related videos go, I really enjoy Techmoan. He doesn't really do video games... it's mostly old audio/video equipment and such. Definitely recommend. Other's I enjoy... Classic Gaming Quarterly (mainly the "Let's Read" videos where he goes through old gaming magazines... so much nostalgia seeing those pages again) The 8-Bit Guy (lots of stuff on classic computer restoration and such...) LGR (similar to above, but with more game reviews) GameSack (Humorous and fun, great videos... hope I'll continue to like them without Dave) Gaming Historian (Informative and great production... really feels like every episode is a historical documentary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 wired - up retro 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Lots of great suggestions here guys. I've peeped a few of these and some of these channel look right up my ally. I know what I'll be doing the next few days, non-stop downloading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I would be remiss if I didn't plug my own channel going into the history of the VCS library, chronologically game-by-game. That's under Atari Archive. Beyond that, the main ones I've watched include Jeremy Parish's video projects, Kelsey Lewin's, Chrontendo, Generation 16. There's also a good video under A Critical Hit going into the history of the term "gamer," and I think she's planning a few more nifty ones in the coming months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I'm not into the whole suck up run of talking heads who are basically in it for the attention and free stuff to review or ramble on about. If there is a solid angle covering the harder to dig up information, a good coverage spread like The NES/GB/VB/SNES Works series does or the Gaming Historian which really gets all the weird bits out into the open about the game/subject at hand and it's well presented that's what I'd bother with watching/listening to when time and interest allows. I consider what they do more a service, like an amateur hour version of what you'll get on paid TV channels. Those prattlers that try and get attention, freebies, and suck up fans to follow for subs like hancock, gamester, cinemassacre, and the rest can jump off a cliff into a bottomless pit for all I care as they do more harm than good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I don't like to be the mean guy, but what Tanooki said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agamon Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Sorry to burst bubbles, but if someone has a YouTube and/or Twitch channel, they are seeking attention. It goes hand-in-hand, no one does it for altruism or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Sorry to burst bubbles, but if someone has a YouTube and/or Twitch channel, they are seeking attention. It goes hand-in-hand, no one does it for altruism or anything. I don't care about their motive for being on Youtube as long as they're not seeking attention from clickbait and false content. It's only the content that matters for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Sorry to burst bubbles, but if someone has a YouTube and/or Twitch channel, they are seeking attention. It goes hand-in-hand, no one does it for altruism or anything. Difference to me is what are they trying to draw attention to most...their game wall and themselves, or the actual subject of the video. It's usually real obvious by watching their vids which camp they fall into. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I enjoy Game Sack Game Dave (when he puts out videos, but I believe he has had a child recently, so he can probably be forgiven for having some spotty output these days Kim Justice (if you don't mind a more English / European perspective) My Life in Gaming Chrontendo (again, really spotty output, but quality stuff when it's there) Jeremy Parish Generation 16 Retrocore And there's probably way more (I certainly enjoy channels like 8-Bit Guy, LGR and the like, and then a bunch of stuff that I consider sort of second tier, but worth a sub when you watch as much YouTube as we do) that I'm not thinking of. Game Sack, Kim Justice and MLiG are the ones I would probably consider must see, along with Retrocore's Battle of the Ports show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 I don't exactly watch too much youtube even when it comes to classic gaming shows. However one thing I like to do is watch longplays. e.g. If one day I got a hankering to experience NES Bionic Commando again (a game I used to be good at, but now am not so good at).. instead of actually playing it I just start up the Long Play on full screen, watch it, and BOOM. That desire is satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) Game Sack without Dave is going to be like BNL without Steven Page or Cheers without Shelley Long. It's missing the best part. I like MLiG, ModernVintageGamer, CGQ (and CGQ+), and LGR, but generally I don't do too much YouTubin'. Edited May 3, 2019 by derFunkenstein 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Difference to me is what are they trying to draw attention to most...their game wall and themselves, or the actual subject of the video. It's usually real obvious by watching their vids which camp they fall into. Yup I have no tolerance really for pathological attention whores on youtube, as I said, they do more damage than any good. And I didn't just mean to the hobby which is primarily the case, but also to themselves and either don't realize it or do and are in denial because of the rush it gives the lot of them. Wow you have a game wall, he deserves a cookie. Wow you at least twice mentioned you panhandle on (patreon, KS or their ilk, amazon donation, etc) aren't you awesome you found a way better than standing at the end of a freeway offramp. It was nice a decade ago or less by a bit, but it turned into just sucking off subs to get attention and begging for coins like an online vagrant doing nothing anyone else couldn't do either given the camera and funding spitting out the same known junk 30min on google could help produce. So yeah as golden said, he didn't want to be the mean one, but I have no reason not to be about it as it's been a big damaging ride with little good out of it other than those rarer non-human sponge types who put out some really good research, really good production values, they don't get all crazy about sucking up doing it minimally or perhaps showing they have other angles (like Parish's *SYSTEM* Works hardback book volumes to parrot the youtube work.) There's this line of giving back, actually giving a larger damn about it, and putting something of good actual informative use out there, and then there's the dramatically vast majority who are attention whores and coin begging camera prostitutes basically and it's just sad. If you're doing it right, you shouldn't have to beg, your viewers should be offering instead and it shouldn't be begged for or worse, expected, and such works should grow larger beyond the confines of youtube to show that value. Whether it's the NES(etc) Works books, Hardcore 101's books too, or the Epic Rap Battles guys making CDs, swag, and global concerts where both they and the fans pic what happens. Those types have merit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 It's not even 9AM yet and I've already spent an hour watching CGQ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA5xyiWamhc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Game Sack without Dave is going to be like BNL without Steven Page or Cheers without Shelley Long. It's missing the best part. I like MLiG, ModernVintageGamer, CGQ (and CGQ+), and LGR, but generally I don't do too much YouTubin'. Yeah itll be interesting to see how the show is without him. Hopefully the next person will also be a Nintendo fan to balance out Joe's Sega bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONLYUSEmeFEET Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Are there any channels with a blatant Neo Geo bias? I follow over half of the channels here, and their SNK coverage never goes beyond the dedicated/digital re releases. These videos bum me out not only because the re releases are never great, but also because time is never spent talking about the games themselves. I suppose Game Sack, Ashens (recommended!), and CGR have done Neo Geo/Pocket/CD reviews, but their reviews for SNK games are surface level at best. I'd love to see more videos like The Geek Critique's Sonic Pocket Adventure retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQnXoaBoUAo TGC would be my second recommended channel as his recent Sonic reviews are excellent and I hope he someday goes back to give Pocket Adventure the same treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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