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[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That can't be right Skyrim is the most recent mainline Elder Scrolls game and they release one every 5-ish years

[–] illi@piefed.social 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well yeah. Since Skyrim there was also Skyrim and Skyrim.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And Oblivion as a treat

Don't forget skyrim! And vr skyrim!

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

GTA V is ~~well over~~ almost 15 years ago

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

no, it's from 2013 - so just 13 years ago

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I can’t math

[–] warm@kbin.earth 6 points 1 week ago

Modern Warfare is 19 years ago..

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

It's wild, here's a crazy one, the YF-23 was designed in the 1980s and first flew in 1990.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey, fuck you, too, buddy.

It would be still plenty fun to play PS1 games on a CRT as a poor kid in 2011, I suppose.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Super Mario Bros (NES) to Mario 64: 11 years.

It was pretty wild growing up while Moore's Law was full steam ahead.

I can think of 3 different PCs I built and overclocked during college. Now, my everyday use computer is 8 years old and it's still pretty dang good.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

4 reelz, I got a HP SFF with a Core i5 for 25$ at the Value Village and it has Windows 10... it runs fine.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I got a couple Dell Optiplex minis for $5, just dropped Bazzite on one to use as a HTPC/retro console emulator. Debating on what to use the other for, possibly a Home Assistant setup? Idk, but for that cheap I wasn't gonna pass 'em up!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

FIVE dollars? Bestow up me your wisdom thrift-related!

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[–] Hond@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Next year 20 Year old graphics mean Crysis.

But i will still think of 2D sidescrollers.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

By the way, Pokemon Red and Blue came out 30 years ago this year.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

You can take my DS from my cold dead fingers.

[–] M137@lemmy.today 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It was 20 years ago, not 15.
The Xbox 360 is now as old as the NES was when the 360 released. While there's no actual definition of retro I feel the general idea is around 20 years old, meaning the 360 generation and all first year games are now retro.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nope, "retro" is staying as 16-bit & earlier; just like "classic rock" is pre 80's...

I die a little Everytime I hear 90's grunge on the classic rock station.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then where the 90's grunge belongs to?

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

The game in the screenshot came out in November of 2010 so people were playing it 15 years ago.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

And yet, somehow consumer tech didn't advance much since 15 years ago. Only more ads and more paid subscriptions. Same for games.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

"Innovative profit solutions"

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[–] GrilledCheese@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of it's any consolation, the 360 is 21 later this year.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw some thread once asking about "classic games like on the 360." A lot of people were big mad that the word "classic" was being used to describe such recent games and making fun of the OP.

But the 360 is as old today as the NES was when the 360 first got released. If you would've considered Super Mario Bros. a classic in 2005, why couldn't Oblivion or Gears of Wars be similarly considered classic now?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

B-b-be-be-because shut up you, that's why!! 😅

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

Recent thing that broke me: my 500gb samsung ssd is 15 years old.

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is your friendly reminder that GTA V originally released 12 years ago.

Skyrim was 14 years ago.

[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The 90s are to today as the 60s were to the 90s.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 3 points 1 week ago

wtf. I didn't come here to be so blatantly attacked like this!

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Close for me.

[–] CoconutLove@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Are you calling me old?

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apart from still having a crt, honestly all of that feels even farther back to me than it actually was. I was alive for dial up yet that feels like ice age type shit. I wish I had a better crt though. Or that literally any company would make modern ones.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

Ouch this physical hurts.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

nah that is kind of messed up, don't do that to me

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

My boss pointed out a few weeks ago that our birth years were closer to WW2 than now and I died a little inside :(

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 2 points 1 week ago

the 90s were only 10 years ago!

[–] Aerlorn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago
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