Gaming Hashtags on Twitter

If your trying to build your fanbase, or just get involved in more daily events on twitter then look no further than this list of gaming hashtags weve compiled...

The list was compiled over a 2 week period and will continue to grow as new Hashtags are found. If you know of any popular ones that arent on the list then please get in touch with us over on Twitter @RetroDetect.

Monday
#MegaDriveMonday (Long running hashtag for the Sega genesis/Megadrive)
 #MasterSystemMonday (Same as above but for the Sega Master System)
#PS1Day (For everything to do with the Sony Playstation 1)
#MondayCubed (This hashtag is for the Nintendo Gamecube)
#MondayMaps (Not solely for gaming but youl find tonnes of gaming maps using this hashtag)
#MarioMonday (for everything relating to Super Mario)

Tuesday
#PS2sDay (use this hashtag when posting about the Sony Playstation 2)
#TueDSay (this supports not only 2DS but 3DS & standard DS models too)
#AtariTuesday (mostly for Atari 2600, but can be used when posting about any Atari related product)

Wednesday
#wedNESday (for Nintendos NES system)
#WednesVitaday (this one supports the Sony Vita)
#PSPwednesday (same as above but for the PSP system)
#WiiUWednesday (not a very active hashtag but still the best one to use when posting about the Nintendo Wii-U)

Thursday
#PS3sDay (this supports everything to do with Sonys Playstation 3)
#NinThursday64 (long running and still very popular hashtag for the N64)
#3DSThursday (this hashtag supports the Nintendo 3DS)
#3DOthursday (this hashtag supports the Panasonic 3DO)

Friday
#FamicomFriday (quite a popular hastag for the Nintendo Famicom)
#SNESfriday (a long running and popular tag for the Super Nintendo)
#PS4sDay (popular hashtag for the Sony Playstation 4)
#CDIday (Hastag for sharing Philips CDI games)
#FriendsFriday [#FollowFriday #FF] (use these tags to promote users youd like other people to follow)

Saturday
#SaturnDay (popular hashtag for the Sega Saturn)
#SegaSaturday (use this tag when posting about anything Sega related)
#GameSwagurday (this tag is used when showcasing items in your collection or to display items youve recently purchased)
#StreetFighterSaturday (not a very popular hashtag but one thats been used for quite a few years relating to Street Fighter 2)
#ShootEmUpSaturday (suprisingly this is not a very active hashtag, but seems the best one to use when posting about Shoot em up games)
#SpectrumSaturday (use this tag when posting about ZX Spectrum related stuff)

Sunday
#SEGASunday (another popular tag to use for anything relating to SEGA)
#SundayShelves (for those who want to show off there collections)
#SwitchItUpSunday (use this for Nintendo Switch related stuff)
#GBSunday  (this tag supports Nintendos GameBoy)
#CIBSunday (use this tag to display items that are Complete In Box)
#SealedSunday (this one is to show off your sealed gaming items)
#SHMUPsunday (again another suprisingly inactive hashtag for Shoot em up games)
#SonySunday (use this for anything Sony related)
#SundayOnXbox (a long running and popular Xbox tag)

General Gaming Tags
#ShareYourGames (use this for tag for sharing any game from any system)
#RETROGAMING (use this for anything related to retro gaming)
#retrogames (same as above)
#videogames (use this for any game related item)
#RetroGamingMemory (use this to share your game related memories)
#CustomConsole (here you will find various custom designed or painted consoles)
#VGMusic (this tag is used for new and old game related music)
#GamersUnite (a general and very popular hashtag used by the majority of the gaming community on twitter)