/vr/ - Retro Games

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 2 15:03:22 2016 No.3470147 [View] File: 191 KB, 228x160, 1465496042645.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Why retro? Thu Jun 9 14:14:02 2016 No.3280845 [View]
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I wonder, why do we call retro games retro? The definition of retro is "imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past."?
Wouldn't something like "vintage" be more appropriate, since it means something made from the specified time period?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 20 13:44:10 2013 No.820948 [View] File: 191 KB, 228x160, ZeldaCD-I.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>816474 Right, we should've had more Zelda II games, because those CD-I games that were done in the style of Zelda II were very well received.

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