The Nostalgia Pro
Partnerships
A retro gaming account built on 80s and 90s nostalgia, physical media, and a collection of 848 games I actually own.
What the posts do
1.4MGTA 6 shipping on a physical discQuote post · June 2026
106KThe Dreamcast is the greatest console ever madeSingle post · August 2026
76KLooking back at PlayStation's E3 2013Single post
34KThe Genesis at 37, and the games nobody talks aboutAnniversary post · August 2026
31KBuying digital is rentingPhysical media argument
Reach
13.2Kfollowers
5.3%engagement rateSeveral times typical for this follower count
1K–12Ktypical postDaily posting, not occasional
4posts a day
What I make
Comparison postsTwo games from the same generation, head to head, with the audience picking a side. Converts replies at roughly triple the rate of anything else I post.
DeclarativesOne strong position, defended. The Dreamcast post is this format.
PollsFour options, no hedging. Regularly 250 to 400 votes.
Honest and Unpopular ReviewsA numbered review series, 40 entries deep, every game shot in hand from my own shelf.
Ranked list threadsTop tens by console, publisher, genre and franchise. Twenty of them posted so far.
Beyond the timeline
Most accounts in this lane are a feed. This one has a catalogue behind it at thenostalgiapro.com, built from my own collection:
- The shelf — all 848 games, searchable, by console or by series, with condition on every copy
- The virtual shelf — photographed wall, clickable section by section
- The lists — every ranking I've posted, cross-referenced
- The reviews — the full numbered series with scores
- Anniversaries — what's having a birthday, drawn from the collection
There's a YouTube channel and a Substack under the same name. X is where the work goes right now.
Who this fits
- Retro hardware, reproduction parts, display and storage
- Game preservation and physical media
- Collectibles, apparel and print aimed at people who grew up in the 80s and 90s
- Anything where the audience needs to believe the person holding it actually owns it
What I don't do is read a script over a product I've never handled. Everything that goes out is in my voice, about things I have on the shelf. That's the reason the numbers look like they do.
Back to the collection · Figures as of September 2026.