/vr/ - Retro Games

Here's the thing: retro doesn't mean a particular generation's childhood memories.

You have have had your childhood in the early 00s, but that doesn't make the early 00s retro.

>>3302365
>Here's the thing: retro doesn't mean a particular generation's childhood memories.
No. It means "old".

Gamecube/PS2/ Xbox are "old" as fuck now.

>You have have had your childhood in the early 00s, but that doesn't make the early 00s retro.
My gaming memories are of my Gameboy and neighbor's SNES thanks very much.

>>3302365
So the exact point the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2000 is the day games stopped being retro? Well isn't that just an amazing coincidence.

>>3302368
Ten years ago isnt old. It's only "last decade."

That's retro to no one.

>>3302361
Fuck off 6th gen baby. Your childhood console will never be considered retro around here.

>>3302368
A decade is yesterday.
You are literally too young to know what we are talking about

>>3302361
CURRENT GEN, LAST GEN, RETRO /thread

desu it bums me out that discussion of ps2/gamecube games doesn't really happen anywhere anymore, but at the same time i don't really want this board to have discussions about kingdom hearts or something

there's a clear separation and the dreamcast is closer to the saturn than the ps2 is to the ps1 imo

>>3302372
in 2006 when gen 7 rolled out, gen 5 was considered retro as fuck. anything a coule generations behind gets that title. 2001 was 15 fucking years ago. Gen 6 is retro by any definition.

I'm not even sure why DC is considered retro, unless by the technicality of release date. The console was wedged somewhere between the fifth and sixth generations in terms of hardware capabilities.

So why isn't the GBA or WonderSwan Color welcomed into the retro fold? Most of their libraries consisted of ports or remakes of retro titles, and they were technically on par with retro hardware such as the SNES.

Friendly reminder that the PS3 will be considered retro before the PS2.

>>3302376
>>3302365
>I think a particular set of consoles now fall into the classification of "retro"

>shut up 2000s baby! childhood doesnt mean retro

you fucking chodes he never once brought up nostalgia, childhood, or his age, he could be fucking 50 and you idiots would still call him that because you dont understand that its a non-sequitor to assume someone was born during the 2000s just because they think sixth gen is retro.

>>3302368

I understand your feelings, but /vr/ exists to discuss games that are generally considered retro, and those are mostly 2D games, such as the golden age of arcades, the 8-bit and the 16-bit wars. I still have a hard time considering 5th gen retro, but I definitely do not think 6th gen (which introduced many of the modern gaming standards) should be allowed here. You can still discuss them on /v/ and /vg/, and the only thing they'd bring to /vr/ is even more shitposting. Definitely no.

Also, going by your logic, even the PS3 and 360 are "old", but that changes from person to person, 10 years ago to someone who is 15 is a lot of time. Not so much if you're over 30.

I think all 6th gen discussion can be had perfectly on /v/, especially with the amount of 6th gen remasters that are still coming out on 8th gen systems and even Steam.

What'd happen if 6th gen is allowed here is a generational clash, and it already happens on current /vr/. Most people here grew up during 4th and 5th gen, with only a small percentage having actually lived through 2nd and 3rd gen and people who were actually alive when Pong came out are practically non existant here.
Allow 6th gen in here and the majority of the board will be about late 90s/early 00s gaming, the few old users we have that actually lived back in the golden ages of arcade will leave.

>>3302372
>It's only "last decade."
That's plenty enough for retro status. When gen 6 launched, was the SNES not considered "Retro"?

>>3302379
Exactly. Anything older than 2 generations ago is retro.

>>3302376
It's got nothing to do with my childhood you moron.

It's got everything to do with this board being a fucking garbagey little enclave of sperglords who only define retro in a way that they feel is going to keep "undesirables" away from their precious board. If you just want a board for gaming from the last Millennium then fuck off to reddit and make a subreddit for that purpose.

>>3302391
>I still have a hard time considering 5th gen retro, but I definitely do not think 6th gen (which introduced many of the modern gaming standards) should be allowed here.
Then admit that your board isn't "retro" and is just for nostalgiafags who can't accept the passage of time.
>Also, going by your logic, even the PS3 and 360 are "old", but that changes from person to person
No it doesn't. There's an objective timeline here. the GC/PS2/XB are fucking 15 fucking years old. There's no debate. Even the dictionary definition of "Retro" says 15 years.

SHUT UP.

>>3302381
>in 2006 when gen 7 rolled out, gen 5 was considered retro as fuck
No matter how many times you say it, it's not gonna become true

>>3302394
no

>>3302393
>Even the dictionary definition of "Retro" says 15 years.

What dictionary? Mine just says it refers to something of the past, the actual etymology of Retro is "back, behind", nothing to do with quantity of years.

15 years is really not that much time in terms of general history, not even a quarter of a century.

>>3302397
No matter how hard you hum and plug your ears, you can't stop the passage of time anon. The SNES was "retro" in 2006. The Gamecube is "retro" in 2016.

There's literally no valid argument to be made. You're hypocrites who only believe that YOUR OWN special childhood brand of gaming should count as retro.

>>3302408
You're never gonna get your way.

>>3302410
And that will only further cement /vr/ as the legitimate worst board. I've made some pretty irrefutable arguments here. 15 years is enough time in the gaming sphere to become "Retro"

Maybe when a console is old enough to be on 4chan (18 years) we should consider it retro.

>>3302361
>>>/v/

>>3302408
No, you are the hypocrite who complains about people sticking to their own childhood brand while asking for essentially the same thing. I'm pretty sure the Wii would be pretty retro too for people born in 1997, why do you ignore those people you monster?
>b-but anon, why do you assume I grew up during 6th gen
Because you keep making dumb underage assumptions about x being considered retro x years ago. PSX wasn't "retro as fuck" in 2006, far from it.

>>3302424
The ps4 will be retro in your lifetime.

>>3302427
Beats me, now go to cry somewhere else.

>>3302419
This works for me.

>>3302430
Whose crying? That was my first post.

>>3302424
>you are the hypocrite who complains about people sticking to their own childhood brand while asking for essentially the same thing
No I'm not. That's such a fucking retarded misunderstanding of the situation. There's nothing hypocritical about calling you guys out on this garbage. For a third fucking time, my own age or childhood experiences have nothing to do with it.
> I'm pretty sure the Wii would be pretty retro too for people born in 1997
No. Retro is a universal thing based on time. Wii isn't Retro until 2021 or gen 9. Whichever comes first.
> why do you ignore those people you monster?
Because Wii isn't retro. Retro isn't about childhoods. It's about the calendar.
>PSX wasn't "retro as fuck" in 2006, far from it.
Good thing I never claimed that. But the SNES and Genesis were. Which is the claim I actually made.

>>3302381
No it wasn't you underage idiot. 5th gen was still seen as the "primitive 3D era" that set into motion modern gaming. Why do you think /vr/ has a hate boner for Sony.

>>3302438
>5th gen was still seen as the "primitive 3D era" that set into motion modern gaming
And was considered "retro" by any and eveyrbody.
>Why do you think /vr/ has a hate boner for Sony.
/vr/ are morons. For all I know, they have a hateboner for Sony because Shuhei Yoshida said that the Sega Master System was for gays

>>3302427
Yeah when consoles finally fucking die and everyone is gaming on PC like they should be. So in 4-5 years.

There's a ton of samefagging in this thread and I suspect it's the kid who thinks a decade is a long time.

>>3302437
>No. Retro is a universal thing based on time.
You set your own time, then complain about us following our own, then insist yours is somehow the correct one. Why is it 15 years and not 10?

>Because Wii isn't retro. Retro isn't about childhoods. It's about the calendar.
That's some fucking hypocritical shit, anon. It's old enough to have its first date, it's retro.

>Good thing I never claimed that.
>in 2006 when gen 7 rolled out, gen 5 was considered retro as fuck

>>3302437
>No. Retro is a universal thing based on time. Wii isn't Retro until 2021 or gen 9. Whichever comes first.

Retro is about style, not time or elapsed generations moron. You're gonna say the 360 is retro when those half gen systems come out in a year. Fuck no. You sound just like idiotic teens who complain about the drinking age until they turn 21. Wahhhh, why can't I shitpost about stuff I grew up with wahhhhh.

>>3302450
>Why is it 15 years and not 10?
Because 15 makes good sense for this specific issue. in 2001, the NES was roughly 15 years old

>>3302454
>Retro is about style
Oh, so I can make a Shovel Knight thread?
>. You're gonna say the 360 is retro when those half gen systems come out in a year.
Oh course not. If that was true, we'd already be in Gen 9 since the New 3DS was already a "halfgen" console.

>>3302441
Again, no it wasn't. Mate to your ten your old self.

>oh my god this is so oooooold it came out before I was born!!!

looking like or relating to styles or fashions from the past

Actual definition of retro. How did none of you retards look it up before posting? You are on the internet, you got no excuse. Rename this board to old video games and include GBA then never change the rules.

>>3302459
>Because 15 makes good sense for this specific issue.
To you, hypocrite.
>in 2001, the NES was roughly 15 years old
In 2001, the concept of retrogaming barely existed outside of late 70s and really early 80s Arcade and Atari compilations for the 5th gen. Emulation was already a thing, but there was no "retro" culture.

It's pretty obvious that neither side is going to budge on this issue. We're all just bickering and shitting the board up with another meta thread that will ultimately put us right where we started. Unless the mods speak up, the rules stay the same.

>>3302437
>in 2006 when gen 7 rolled out, gen 5 was considered retro as fuck. anything a coule generations behind gets that title. 2001 was 15 fucking years ago. Gen 6 is retro by any definition.

>SNES and Genesis were, which is the claim I actually made
>SNES and Genesis
>Gen 5

Kill yourself

>>3302427
But never on /vr/.

>>3302382
In terms of handheld consoles, the GBA was far ahead from its competition and was the most powerful handheld around the time.

Yes, it was basically a souped-up SNES + 2 times the SuperFX2 (mind you, it could run Doom and Yoshi's Island without a chip like the SNES), but if we go that way, the DS had the power of a N64 on steroids but it's not 5th gen

Why can't you 6th gen babies just respect the rules of this board and just accept that the fact that 6th gen is not retro. Go to /v/ if you want to discuss 6th gen with all of the other babies. Stop shitting up our board with your underage cancer.

It's time to stop.
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