# Pixel Playback: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-11-04, Pixel Playback has 64,500 subscribers, 9,861,419 total views, and 89 videos. It ranks #989,063 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Pixel Playback](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Pixel Playback is “The History of Age of Empires”, a long-form video published Nov 2, 2026.
- These are Pixel Playback’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Dec 12, 2025 and Nov 2, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 95,152. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How Prince of Persia Revolutionized Motion in Video Games” (476,820 views, May 11, 2026). Least viewed: “These Video Games Are Super Weird” (5,785 views, Jan 31, 2026).
- Median length: 23:09 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Pixel Playback’s consecutive uploads were a median of 7 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 9 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 4, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The History of Age of Empires](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/nSUn2q4S9VY/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 56,571 | 20:44 | 2.01x |
| [How The Sims Took Over the World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/TKotM89e-7I/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 33,428 | 22:04 | - |
| [How Diablo Created a Monster It Couldn't Control](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/ua6IRBIERHw/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 94,062 | 20:18 | - |
| [Half-Life: The Game That Reinvented the Shooter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/IHnJiZ8PIuw/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 159,716 | 21:32 | 1.5x |
| [Why Fallout Feels Like Nothing Else](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/uS34QpR_cyg/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 91,403 | 21:13 | 2.02x |
| [Gran Turismo: The Racing Game That Changed Car Culture](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/QrN7zHeUejk/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 227,577 | 24:01 | 2.12x |
| [The 50-Year Evolution of RPGs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/gh3IzkM07Fk/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 109,368 | 24:19 | 1.06x |
| [The 50-Year Evolution of RPGs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/tzVRUyf-zhU/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 13,242 | 24:19 | - |
| [Why We’re Still Playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 27 Years Later](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/BeMEFmVH2Pc/) | 2026-09-14 | Long-form | 271,112 | 21:12 | 2.87x |
| [The Sega Saturn Story \| Remastered](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/nBUnSKxTD5Q/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 69,625 | 26:21 | 2.06x |
| [The Incredible History of Star Wars Games](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/QHaHDlJwlSQ/) | 2026-08-31 | Long-form | 105,106 | 22:47 | 1.02x |
| [How Civilization Made History Impossible to Put Down](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/_d77ptcqbyA/) | 2026-08-22 | Long-form | 457,524 | 20:37 | 3.78x |
| [Wizardry Was More Important Than You Remember](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/i4oOES5FhIg/) | 2026-08-17 | Long-form | 140,720 | 21:07 | 1.16x |
| [The PlayStation Playbook \| Sony's Marketing Strategy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/U8_Q0hagLvA/) | 2026-08-10 | Long-form | 29,202 | 22:38 | - |
| [Dragon Quest: The Grandfather of Every RPG You Love](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/1T2BITXQ88g/) | 2026-08-03 | Long-form | 101,519 | 21:08 | 1.07x |
| [History of TMNT Games](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/a1vU6iczW_g/) | 2026-07-27 | Long-form | 87,391 | 22:51 | 1.31x |
| [Why Everyone Bought FIFA (Even When They Hated It)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/Ql1ZkI1MEi4/) | 2026-07-19 | Long-form | 40,725 | 22:08 | 2.01x |
| [The Secret Behind Nintendo's 135-Year Success](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/NemMhyvJf6k/) | 2026-07-13 | Long-form | 34,378 | 25:39 | - |
| [What Happened To The Coolest Thing In Gaming?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/FYXOLO_PpWs/) | 2026-07-05 | Long-form | 179,306 | 23:18 | 1.33x |
| [The Most Important RPG Nobody Talks About](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/znF-8xuN0J0/) | 2026-06-29 | Long-form | 436,634 | 22:53 | 4.16x |
| [History Of Ninja Gaiden](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/CXzCS9Fymss/) | 2026-06-22 | Long-form | 145,750 | 23:49 | 1.42x |
| [Metal Slug: How a 30-Year-Old Game Still Looks New](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/rOsIWC1uCuI/) | 2026-06-15 | Long-form | 213,710 | 23:02 | 2.08x |
| [The Untold Story of Tomb Raider](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/Qm48KoaOyrQ/) | 2026-06-08 | Long-form | 34,737 | 24:03 | - |
| [Apple II: The Computer That Created Modern Gaming](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/jKxLv73Lho8/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 25,569 | 22:54 | - |
| [Agent 007 - Making The Impossible Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/OMs33T5M34U/) | 2026-05-25 | Long-form | 43,893 | 24:24 | - |
| [Evolution of Fighting Games](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/tuOzNhZmaOY/) | 2026-05-18 | Long-form | 56,353 | 23:56 | - |
| [How Prince of Persia Revolutionized Motion in Video Games](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/lqJLxueklME/) | 2026-05-11 | Long-form | 476,820 | 24:56 | 3.22x |
| [How Mortal Kombat Broke the Rules and Changed Gaming Forever](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/gQTIlhe5n5A/) | 2026-05-04 | Long-form | 123,537 | 23:23 | 1.02x |
| [What Happened to Need for Speed?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/RwTL5xnsrOY/) | 2026-04-26 | Long-form | 86,600 | 23:41 | 1.67x |
| [How The Elder Scrolls Invented the Modern RPG](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/nB_XVzp7svE/) | 2026-04-19 | Long-form | 118,557 | 25:21 | 1.31x |
| [Complete History of Contra](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/z2ADsJElwS4/) | 2026-04-13 | Long-form | 276,289 | 22:32 | 4.56x |
| [The Fall of Call of Duty](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/zTlDWUb-rxg/) | 2026-04-05 | Long-form | 13,126 | 24:17 | - |
| [Metal Gear: The Evolution of Stealth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/r8GVhC7zUw8/) | 2026-03-29 | Long-form | 62,599 | 23:14 | 2.47x |
| [How Castlevania Came to Be](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/XdCFIVczM6s/) | 2026-03-23 | Long-form | 296,603 | 23:37 | 6.12x |
| [Why Are There SO Many Mega Man Games?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/9oCmeRdgkb0/) | 2026-03-15 | Long-form | 172,357 | 22:46 | 4.6x |
| [How Street Fighter Became the Blueprint for Fighting Games](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/UjodKmnou74/) | 2026-03-07 | Long-form | 197,537 | 23:18 | 5.27x |
| [Pokémon 101: The Complete Gaming History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/hrbXyZM2yL0/) | 2026-03-01 | Long-form | 23,893 | 22:38 | - |
| [The Story of HALO](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/NWkLF9mhWbk/) | 2026-02-21 | Long-form | 36,770 | 23:06 | - |
| [Resident Evil \| All Games Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/JZtabzj2zUI/) | 2026-02-14 | Long-form | 38,206 | 23:37 | - |
| [How the Shoot ’Em Up Genre Was Born](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/S9GFX6lIbeE/) | 2026-02-06 | Long-form | 58,678 | 21:46 | 2.34x |
| [These Video Games Are Super Weird](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/7Kbi7LqB9iE/) | 2026-01-31 | Long-form | 5,785 | 21:55 | - |
| [DooM : How One Game Defined Shooters](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/7XsdX7Fhbks/) | 2026-01-23 | Long-form | 232,187 | 24:07 | 2.59x |
| [How Sonic Challenged Mario’s Gaming Empire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/TYgVUyFS-LQ/) | 2026-01-16 | Long-form | 31,097 | 22:52 | 1.11x |
| [3DS: Nintendo’s 30-Year Obsession With 3D](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/4sAK7rZ0WJg/) | 2026-01-08 | Long-form | 19,982 | 22:54 | - |
| [Intellivision: The Console That Almost Beat Atari](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/LaNkGTbY1fM/) | 2026-01-03 | Long-form | 268,911 | 24:15 | 4.13x |
| [Final Fantasy: Every Game Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/imbalVohLB8/) | 2025-12-27 | Long-form | 476,607 | 23:58 | 7.32x |
| [Pac-Man Wasn’t Made for Gamers… And That’s Why It Worked](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/Cnf19oS5Slk/) | 2025-12-21 | Long-form | 101,935 | 23:13 | 2.3x |
| [The History of Mario: Every Mainline Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thepixelplayback/videos/Gea3tcEMjUE/) | 2025-12-12 | Long-form | 96,241 | 24:56 | 2.53x |

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