What are RetroAchievements?
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Updates: DreamCast and PS2 gained achievement support since this video's release!
More dedicated emulators have also brought RetroAchievements outside the contraints of RetroArch: These include PSP with PPSSPP, PS2 with PCSX2 and Aethersx2, PS1 with DuckStation, DS with MelonDS, and GBA with PizzaBoy GBA.
Dolphin support is currently in development, which will bring GameCube to the list of systems, which only paves the way for Wii as well. More on that in the future!
I'll try to keep this up to date if any new standalones become available or if new major systems gain support. Also ignore the Twitch link at the end, I no longer stream for privacy reasons.
Finally, I've managed to make a video about something I've been super eager to talk about for the longest time. It almost feels like no one talks about this whenever they bring up retro gaming. Like sure, replaying old games is one of the most fun ways to relive childhood memories, but without incentive it's almost meaningless at times.
Opinions aside, it's something I've been meaning to make a video on for about a year now, so hopefully you guys take an interest too! I'm sure many of you probably already knew about it, but I also feel like not everyone really KNOWS about it, y'know?
Quick mistakes I noticed post-editing: I believe I called one of the sites Cheevo Tracker instead of Cheevo Hunter, and I mentioned info being on the bottom left then having it appear on the top left (that's cause there was a recent update that changed that and I just added in the footage last minute)
To make things even more fun, guess what my top 3 favorite games are based on the footage I used, and also count how many times I said the word "achievement" (plural counts too)
Anyway, hope you all enjoy and have a happy holiday!
Here's an extra gift for those who want to use the NSO styled bezels I made for RetroArch:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KG72... 
Игры
For those who asked for the bezels in the video, I just added them in the description.
Enjoy! :)
But how do i equip them?
I'm speechless. You probably made the best advertisement for RetroAchievements we could ever ask for. Incredibly informative and captures the passion the project has in "resurrecting" old games and bringing retro players together. This should totally become official!
I’m really glad you enjoyed it as much as you did! This was probably the heaviest amount of editing I’ve had to do in a while, but it’s like one of those things where if I really love something I kind of don’t realize how many hours have gone by lol
It's very well-edited. You should be proud.
And I agree with them, it genuinely feels like an advertisement for the site and its features. Well... like a trailer, not an ad. Ads suck. Trailers people look for.
The platinum trophy is obtained for obtaining all other trophies in the game, not for individual tasks, which is what makes them so great.
I have used Retroachievements for a while when I discovered this video, but it inspired me to start developing achievements for the site and I am happy to say, to anyone curious, that Tomodachi Collection now has a achievment set!
It happened!!
How long did it take you?
I was planning to do some for Dino Crisis on the Dreamcast.
@@marcorc5167 Tomodachi wasn't particularly hard because there is not a lot of action, you have a lot of control in terms of what changes and how, although it took a bit of time, considering the amount of achievements the game ended up receiving. Between the programming and testing it must have taken me a good three weeks to a month.
This video is so well-made for a RUclipsr with only 700 subs, it looks like an official Nintendo Direct.
I would totally love to make Nintendo’s Directs for them lol
@@usagishade Also, what Sonic game is that at 3:17?
@@manueldiprima Sonic R for the SEGA Saturn
Great video!
PS2 games have just been introduced into Retroachievements, never a better time to get involved.
So much is happening so fast lol
I heard one of the devs say Citra and Dolphin are both likely to gain support during 2023.
Honestly at that point I'd probably die from excitement
I already knew most of this, but the production value alone made this worth watching. Been using RA for almost 5 years and will probably use it for 5 more, there's nothing else like it.
Big RA fan here, and one of the few who's put in a set request for Tomodachi Collection. Really incredible video! Your editing and overall presentation is so clean, you deserve far more subs.
tomodachi collection brother 😭
This is literally one of the few videos that I watched over & over again, it is such a high quality video, and you deserve way more subs than just 1k
The production value of this video is very good. This channel is going to grow if content like this keeps coming. Great work!
This was a great watch, been around since ~2015. Top notch production!
How do you not have more subscribers? Your production quality is incredible!
Came out here wondering about retroachievements and left inspired by your editing skill. Every aspect from transitions, visual style, voicover, animation everything was amazing. as a small creator myself I wish I had the technical skill to pull off half of what youre doing. As one person whos words alone might not mean much, I want to express how impressed I was to see how good this video came out.
Your channel is so underrated, you deserve more attention!
Wonderful!!! Yo just gotta say, thats some kick ass production friend. Super impressive
Its rare to see a channel with such good editing and im surprised to see it only has 500 subs, im definetly subscribing
seriously thanks for that!
Fun fact: most small channel have the most personalized editing style than most popular ones
look mom, we made it
What an amazing channel i've just discover, your production is amazing, definitely suscribing
I don't know if you've been informed but Tomodachi Collection has retroachievements now!
yessirrr I've been playing it everyday!
Great delivery and fine production, thanks for your time 🤩
How do you only have 1K subs?! The editing and narration is superb!!!
Really enjoyed this video your editing was so well done.
much props to you my man. I have been on RA for almost a year now and only got to it by a freak accident. More people like you should spread the word, as RA really needs more love.
Wow, this video... Just wow.
This video put a smile in my face and I'm really happy I found your channel.
Thank you!
hey you put a smile on my face too, thank you!
As someone who has been active in RA for over a year now, I'd have to say this is a pretty solid Introduction video to show to anyone who doesn't know and is curious about Retro Achievements.
You deserve to have way more subscribers. You've earned one today and hope you keep growing.
Very cool production value and explanations!
Your editing made me smile :)
your editing style is amazing!
You're production style is immaculate. Absolutely subscribed
Wtf this video is so good. How does this not have more views?
Amazing animations! Your essays look great, you deserve more views
no way! love your work too, glad you enjoy my content
currently working on one, not sure how long it'll be but definitely before 2024 lolol
I love your retroarch theme so much, its so calming :)
I love it too… I was thinking of maybe making my own concept of a RetroArch UI someday
@@usagishade Would love to see if you ever do :)
What theme is that?
Still geeks me out on how retroachievements work. After watching this my nerd side just exploded, very entertaining and well edited. I'd love to see you talk about video games related in your channel 🤗
Dude I just gotta say, I’m FLOORED by the editing and quality of this vid. This helped me understand why the achievements weren’t poppin’ on steamdeck, via retroarch. Thank you so much,
super glad you liked it!
I really love the achievement layout for Steam’s new OS, wish RA had something similar.
I sadly gave up my Steam deck preorder lol but I’m down for Holoiso
Thank you for introducing me to this. I love it!!
This was an extremely well produced video. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I'm super excited to get deeper into retro achievements now!
Don't be this site sucks most achievements are damageless beat the game without dying if you give any type of criticism you bad just get good most of the dev thank they are better than you because they code achievements they never master any of the sets they make
*sees the set I added save protection to* There I am, Gary, there I am!
You did good Gary, you did good
The perfect video describing what RA is all about. Love it!
Your videos are very pleasing to watch, sir
expect a new one very soon :)
Your content is AMAZING!!
This is the best introduction I've ever watch, gonna try this Retroachievement
While I'm not really active in the RA community, I have been a fairly active player for 4 & 1/2 years. I can't get enough of RA. Great video Usagi, I liked it a lot and it captures what I enjoy so much about this awesome site/tool!
Your presentation is CRISP.
that was emotional 😭 - thank-you so much for spreading the love! Will be linking this video to everyone I know
Care to comment Scott about your racist anti-white mod group? Surely racism isn't part of your original vision is it? pinguupinguu, Hotscrock, and Televandalist definitely know what I'm talking about. Too bad for them I took screenshots before they deleted the thread...
Very good video. Have shared it with many, really hits the nostalgic vibe that comes from engaging with the site well. Given the changes to how Hardcore Mode works now, and the new console releases, could even use an update video at some point :D tho I can understand that might be an ongoing issue given how things develop as they go. Thanks for this.
With how much they update the site, that would be a bit of an undertaking. I think once the site is updated to the point where it’s practically different from when this video was made, an up to date video covering the new improvements and a broad overlook wouldn’t hurt.
Not interested right now but it’s considerable lol
This is a great video! Thanks for helping to spread the word!
your retroarch looks amazing!
I've been using RA ever since the beginning and even worked on some sets (Snake Rattle N Roll, TMNT FAll of the footclan to name a few) and I have to say this is the best video I['ve seen covering the site. Very enjoyable to watch, kudos!
love when devs notice my appreciation for their hard work
@@usagishade Feel free to add me.. JonnyRetro :)
What the cheevo you're most proud of? Mind is "Coin Allergy" in Super Mario Land.
My dudes got mad editing skills this is smooth, hope you'll be back soon
I will be lol
the only bad part about my content is that it takes forever to make
Saw your most recent video on the RA website front page, and I gotta say, great video, the newest video and this. I do love Retro Achievements a lot, gives me a new way to play past games, be it games I have played before in the past, or new ones to try, and I just really love the idea a lot, and I can not wait until PS2 gets RA, PS2 was my first console and have very fond memories of it
And I do love Retro Arch in general as well, have everything in an all-in-one thing, is so helpful for me, not having to go different emulators and such, though I only do play on PC so yea
That’s why I love FrontEnds that treat RetroArch as an extension and have achievements integrated.
Makes everything more cohesive, especially now that PS2 achievements will definitely require standalone emulators, it’s good to have everything in one place
Great vid, been playing on RA since about 2015.
Brilliant video. I wish every emulator would implement Retroachievements. More people need to know about it.
Pizzaboy one that I know of
Would love to know more about your RetroArch setup, looks so good!
Some of the icons are customized but yeah I could show off a bit more of the setup I have :)
@@ishade that’d be awesome, thanks for replying!
This is absolutely amazing, i never even knew this existed till just a few days ago. Just ordered a Miyoo mini plus and excited to get into this type of stuff.
How did it go? I don’t own a Miyoo Mini, I’ve been using my phone and Steam deck, but handhelds like that have always interested me.
This was a great video, good job
This video should trend.
RetroAchievements are still so underrated. They give all these old lovely Games a new way of Experience. Like they live again in a new shiny way. Nice Work for letting more People know about it.
I love this so much! Happened to randomly be installing PCSX2 on a new machine, which I haven't done in years and saw the option for achievements, now I'm down this rabbit hole. So cool. And with the subpar quality of modern games, making these retro titles have the modern creature comforts to new players makes them that much more of an optimal choice.
Let’s goooooo new video 🤩!
Great presentation!
Glad this video exists, it needs way more views!
I just wanted to learn how retroachievements worked, didn't expect to find a million-view-quality video right here 🤯
didn’t expect a million-like quality comment either but here you are 😳
Great video, I love retroachievements, I wish it gets more recognition from retro twitch streamers, they seem to be more into speedrunning
amazing video, deserves way more views!!
Awesome video! Love RA
I never have to explain what RA is ever again... this video is gold! Can't wait to send this out to all of the people that should be doing RetroAchievements that aren't on board yet.
Great editing
Great video, checking it out in 2023 and excited about it!
this is ridiculously well-edited for a video with
So glad it intrigued you! More people the better
This is edited really well.
Glad that I found your video. Insane production value. Really REALLY great. I love it.
What kind of software do you use?
Where did you learn to structure your content, find the images and the right texts for the right moment?
Do you have tipps for newcomers?
Well, I've done motion graphics for at least 10 years or so. My early teens were full of video editing for an old youtube channel I deleted ages ago so that's where a lot of my experience came from.
I use Adobe After Effects for all of my videos and I create a good chunk of my assets in PhotoShop when I need something specific. I use Hexels to create sprite gifs and upscale them to an HD resolution with no artifacts.
The fonts I use are just fonts I really like lol like the AppleKid font is from EarthBound to match the visuals, and my personal drop shadow font doesn't exist anywhere else, at least not in english text.
In terms of tips I can give, honestly... I've never been good at teaching that sort of thing but all I can say is, never settle for less when editing. Keep working on the same few seconds even if it takes you hours, until you're satisfied with how it came out. I always go for 1080p 60fps compositions. A lot of the extra motion graphics I add are just to add depth to the footage so it's not stagnant or boring. So keeping things in motion or animated will always appear more interesting than staring at a still image for a long time. Whatever you find visually pleasing or portrays your personality really.
Hope that helps a little. Overall, just have fun with it. If you notice mistakes you make, use that to improve for next time, never let it discourage you. If you ever feel like "Oh I could do this way better if I did it like this instead" then you're on the right track. Growth is the best part of doing something you enjoy for a long time :)
Great video, I feel like this should be on the RA website
The editing in this video is godly
Currently been waiting for Retroid Pocket 2+ to do achievements on my fav retrogames after enjoying them on my 21" Trinitron a while now, but never even knew about the Active Presence or CheevoHunters-site!
Anyway, the production value on your video is ASTOUNDING! What do you use for video editing and effects? Dearly wishing you'll get more subs over time man.
I use after effects for editing and photoshop for assets. BTW ME TOO I’ve been waiting for my RP2+ for achievement grinding and cause I prefer playing retro games on a handheld with an ideal form factor. I’ll most likely do a review of it too and test out harder to run games/consoles like GameCube, Wii and 3DS
Wish I saw this video sooner, it's a banger
Great work on the video, it looks amazing! Also, what was the theme you use on LaunchBox / Big Box?
It’s the Colorful Theme! Best one for BigBox imo
Amazing! Thanks so much!
RA has allowed me to get out of my comfort zone a bit when it comes to my security blanket type games and really clear out my backlog significantly. The achievement incentive gave me the extra push to finally play a game in my backlog I otherwise would have had an excuse to put off longer, or replay I game I've beaten once but probably would have never touched again. Even with familiar games, I found ways to play that I otherwise never would've considered.
I know right! There’s been so many games I wanted to play but never really found the energy to invest time into them until retroachivements gave me a new motive
Amazing video =3
Very well done video
God Tier editing.
Such a well made video!!!
At first I thought this was a bit silly (could set challenges for myself even in old games after all)... But after looking on the page I signed up. I'm going to set it up on my RG351P. Good stuff.👍
I found out about this back in March and everytime I have free time, I play old classics I grew up with and try getting those achievements. It's been really fun
I know right! I think i found out about it around last year and was like “how am I JUST now seeing this??”
@@usagishade I also thought that lol
Fantastic video! They should put this on their website
I’m sure they have a lot on their plate already lol I’m just here spreading the joy
Well as far as set requests go, this one was better than most
I thought you had 899,000 subscribers, not 899
Your videos are so well made
thanks for being my 900th :)
@@usagishade ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡
This video made me make a retro achievements account, currently collecting castlevania sotn achievements as well as tekken dark ressurection ones
That’s exactly what happened to me two years ago, saw this video and went out to make an account. Couldn’t believe I’d never heard of it before!
Rn I’m playing Pokemon Platinum and loving it! There are so many things in this game that I either never messed with, or had no idea even existed, that I only do now because I’m trying to get 100% achievements.
How do I get the roms?😢
my god, this is incredible!
Before RA you would beat a game and be like okay I beat the game I’m done with it but with RA it gives you a reason to play all of your old games and that’s really cool
I've never been a console gamer but always wanted SNES. I played some games at friends' houses. I recently decided to turn my old laptop into a retro gaming machine. Installed Ubuntu and RetroPie on it and also purchased a nifty 8BitDo Pro 2 controller. As a PC gamer, I'm still getting used to a controller, but this opens up a whole new world to explore. Being a completionist I'm also very happy to have discovered RetroAchievements, this will be a really fun new experience for me.
Very well made video
Awesome explanation to someone like me who's new to RetroAchievements ! 👌
Retroachievements definitely made me get better at some games (especially the ones with really insane achievements).
If only I had been aware of RA two years ago. I was able to master DK64 (Hardcore) without using any save states or emulation features. It was solely through my own effort.
After accomplishing this, it made me look different at every retro game i played.
desde que conheci o RA, me divirto muito, é REALMENTE divertido, parabéns pelo vídeo
RA es demasiado genial :))
This video is SMOOTH AS FUCK
been using RA for the past month or so and it has been eating up ALL my gaming time, god bless the folks who make this possible
Your editing is too good to not have more subs. Im on the boat early I suppose
no worries, just here for fun. I’m not the type that wants to be famous lol
You know this video is doing its job when it inspired me to make a achievement set of my own
really? What game?
@@usagishade Super Magnetic Neo for the dreamcast