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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by InkstainTheBat@lemmy.ml to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

And what category does the PS2, Wii, Xbox, Nintendo DS/3DS fit into? They aren't retro, but they're not really "modern" either

Edit:sorry about posting 4 times, it kept telling me that it had a correction error

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[-] themizarkshow@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think of "retro" as pixel-based and early 3D games that were sorta killed during the PS1/Saturn/N64 era.

Once we get into more advanced 3D / Polygonal games (PS2/GameCube/Xbox), it's a different era; but it's not due to the visual shift alone, but the design philosophy and craft/code itself. I would consider them "modern" and point to series like Zelda as an example.

Games like WindWaker feel more connected to Breath of the Wild than it does to Link to the Past or even Ocarina of Time. And I think the same goes for series like Mario, Metal Gear, and so on.

[-] Enamel94@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Anything that does not get made anymore is classed as retro is it not?

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's where I currently draw the line. Unfortunately, there's a perception that obsolete is not necessarily retro. Typically, a machine that was just abandoned (ie the Xbox One) is not considered fashionably retro... just old.

Things were a lot easier back in the 1990s where the line was more easily drawn. Everything before the video game crash was retro; everything after was modern. But time marched on and the 21st century arrived, and the rules changed. Now even game systems with polygons are retro! Now even game systems with hyper-realistic graphics, like the Xbox 360, are retro! I feel like Danny Glover. I'm getting too old to keep track of this shit.

[-] platysalty@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

like the Xbox 360, are retro

That's just one generation ag... oh

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[-] rostad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Personally I classify everything older than 30 years (in video gaming) to be retro-gaming i my mind! So even the first Pokémon games are retro to me :)

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