this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2026
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Can we stop calling 12-year-old games "retro"?
The funny thing is how the word for the newly produced items imitating older styles has come to mean "older" when speaking of games.
If we look at the description for retro it's original meaning is something new imitating an older style:
Compare to the word vintage that means old:
I see the word retro used for "old" spread outside of gaming nowadays too, I wonder what we will use to describe a new production imitating an older style in the future. :)
I think "throwback" is the term I see used most often these days that fits that definition
Yes but Only for the people who people who don't consider 12 year old games retro.