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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)

submitted 2 weeks ago by atomicpoet@kbin.earth to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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r/RetroGaming is very strict about retro. They say the Nintendo 64 is retro while the PlayStation 2 is modern. This despite the fact the PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old.

So I got to wonder about this community deems as “retro”.

Or a better question: what’s considered retro and not retro? What’s the fine line between retro and modern?

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[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had this discussion (read argument) back on reddit a while back. And it's about 15 to 20 years or at the time people were calling PS1/N64 Retro during the PS3 era.

By my math systems like the PS3 and Xbox 360 are now "retro", at least for some kids. I defiantly feel dated when some kid shows up on a PSP thread going on about their Dad's old PSP. And it's weird to think that the Vita and 3DS are about to fall into that camp.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Everybody older than like 25 in gaming threads: This makes me feel old, but I'm not old, but stay off my lawn anyway.

[–] santo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I used to be stricter with that. Now I consider retro any platform that are 2 generations behind (for the ones still active in the market). So PS3/360 and earlier.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'd say anything before the PlayStation era.

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