Modern Vintage Gamer

Dimitris Giannakis (born: ),Modern Vintage Gamer - YouTube better known online as Modern Vintage Gamer (often abbreviated as MVG), is an Australian-American programmer and YouTuber known for making videos about video game emulation, homebrew, modding, preservation and security. 
==Content==
MVG's content generally revolves around the technical aspects of video games. He makes videos based around both retro and modern video games and hardware. 
===First videos===
MVG's oldest videos were gameplay videos. His first video was posted in December of 2008 and he would continue to post gameplay videos until 2016. His first tech video was posted in May of 2012 and was about the Naomi 2 EEPROM swap and GDROM game swap. He would post a mix of gameplay videos and tech videos until 2016 when he adopted his modern video styles and formats. 
===Mistakes Were Made===
MVG's most popular series is his Mistakes Were Made series where he talks about how the security on a certain console was broken. He would go into detail about how hackers and homebrewers manage to break a system's security allowing unofficial ports, backups, and homebrew. He would also talk about the response from the console's manufacturers and parent company and how that changed the hacking and homebrew communities methods. 
===Impossible ports===
MVG also has a series based around "impossible" ports where he would talk about ports that were extremely difficult to make due to the porting system's limitations. He would go into detail about how the team managed to work with the limitations of the system and how it compares to ports on more advanced systems of the time. 
===Retro hardware===
MVG has made various videos on retro hardware. Ranging from emulation, restoration, reviews, and more. 
===Game dumping & preservation ===
MVG has made videos based on dumping ROMs of video games that don't seem to have an accessible ROM online. Game dumping is the act of extracting the contents of a ROM cartridge or an optical disc of a game, especially rare and hard-to-find games and unreleased prototypes. Game dumping is considered a good thing for video game preservation, though this has often been challenged by the likes of Nintendo, who usually demonise it as a form of video game piracy.
==Outside of YouTube==
Outside of making videos, Dimitris is a programmer who is certified in C, C++, and ASM. He has worked with the video game studios Nightdive and Limited Run Games. 
Dimitris is well known for his history in the homebrew scene. During the early 2000s, he went by the name Lantus. Under the name Lantus, he was involved with the xSnes9x, PJ64x, Surreal64, FBAx, U64x, SDL, and NeoGeoCD-SDL emulators for the original Xbox. He also made homebrew ports of DOOM, Quake, and Quake 2 for the system. 
He used to run a podcast called The Real MVP (Modern Vintage Podcast), but hasn't released a new episode since May 2020. He also makes music on Bandcamp. 
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