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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Anything that needs to be played on a CRT.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

So Gameboy isn't retro?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Playing Super Mario Bros. on Switch = "not retro."

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Old games don’t need to be played on a CRT any more than modern games need to be played on an OLED/LCD flat panel.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Then how about anything that plays better on a CRT vs a modern flat screen? Older games were absolutely made with CRT artifacts in mind and look worse on newer screens.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They'll lag if you don't.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'd say, at 50, imo anything 32 bit and below is retro but there needs to be a new name for the "old" stuff that is 64bit

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