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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)
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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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[–] missingno@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Anything that needs to be played on a CRT.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So Gameboy isn't retro?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

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

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours 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.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 19 hours ago

They'll lag if you don't.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours 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