# #147 "Celebrating" 20 years of Achievements

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Published: 2026-03-09T11:00:00+00:00
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Love them or hate them, Achievements have been around for over 20 years. We gathered up crub's Achievement experts that have a love/hate relationship with them to "celebrate" this milestone. And, also, to rib on the fringe parts of the RetroAchievements community... MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join Bird App ► https://twitter.com/crubofficial Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES Follow Chris on RetroAchievements: https://retroachievements.org/user/MykonosFan TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Brody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROX Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBolt CHAPTERS 00:00 Gamers just be gaming! 09:34 The Jak II story... 11:31 Our most grueling Achievements 17:29 Our Achievement...achievements 25:48 Avatar The Burning Earth mentioned 26:24 Putting RetroAchievements sickos on blast (Chris is one) 35:02 Back to which RA sets would be the most insane... 42:59 First Hot Shots Golf PS4 mention of 2026 47:14 The "PlayStation approach" to Platinums might be the best? 51:53 So, about Nintendo 56:07 Shoutout to Insomniac's Skill Points 59:12 Finally, the hardest Achievement we've gotten? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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