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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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[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It gets even worse, I more and more see the use of NeoRetro when "Games that looks and feel old" are referenced. We already have words for that, but the gaming scene seems to be fixated on the word Retro alone.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Oh, god. I had not heard that yet, but... Ugh...