/vr/ - Retro Games

>Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier,
trannycube shouldn't be allowed anyway

adding 6th gen was a mistake

>Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier

>>9411576
>>9411579
Explain all the PS2 threads then

>>9411581
released in 2001

trannycube shouldn't be allowed. new rule is retarded.

>>9411578
Based.

>>9411567
>Jannies, explain.
They don't need to, it says right here what's allowed
>>6775606

>>9411592
>The Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and Sony PlayStation 2 will now be considered "retro".
biggest mistake this board ever made

>>9411592
So it is retro because it is. Jannies were a mistake.

>>9411567
You did not deserve the gift of language.

>>9411567
I'd like the jannies to explain why they refuse to acknowledge the existence of the Sega System despite all I've done to explain it

>>9411576
One of these has a web browser, DLC, and an online network.
One doesn't.

Which one is retro and which one is modern?

>>9411581
Literally came out in 2000

>>9411626
Dreamcast came out in 98.
Even if it had a modem, it wasn't very good compared to what we had in the 2000s.

>>9411595
you're welcome to leave

>>9411626
Any console that primarily uses analog video instead of digital should be considered retro.
That includes the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 - these should all be considered retro now.

They don't use a modern signal to connect to your modern television. How then could they possibly be considered modern consoles?

Not retro but I don't care. I think the DS is probably the best handheld of all time with either the PSP or 3DS coming in a close second. I love the Game Boy and GBC libraries but the amount of amazing DS games is just overwhelming. Truly a great system, I love my Japanese DSi LL, it's really well made.

The age cars no longer require emissions in the U.S. should also apply to considering if video games are considered retro.

So, 25 years meaning anything older than 1998 is retro.

>>9411651
Doesn't ps3 have hdmi?

>>9411662
I said primarily

>>9411651
360 got an HDMI port before they even attempted to fix the RRoD.

>>9411681
i said primarily

>>9411651
That would make GTA V a retro game

>>9411685
correct
Skyrim too

>>9411681
I got a refurbished 360 from Gaystop in 2011 and it was a model without an HDMI port
Has annoyed and helped me over the years, it was actually super useful to me later on to play 360 on CRTs or to connect one to a VCR. A "modern" console still being capable of connecting by composite natively is pretty based to me now

>>9411685
>>9411691
Shut the fuck up.

>>9411658
>it's really well made.
I love the DS library too but I had awful luck with the hardware. I've lost a DS and 3DS because the shoulder exploded while opening. I've been hoping for someone to produce a clone console ever since Nintendo stopped producing them so I can rest easy if my current units also pop.

>>9411658
>but the amount of amazing DS games is just overwhelming
What if I'm not into JRPGs?

>>9411691
skyrim technically is but also isn't since everyone plays special edition

>>9411693
Listen I know it's hard to accept, but grouping consoles by analog vs digital is the ONLY distinction that makes sense.
Anything else is just wishy washy gut instinct and ultimately we're going to have to add Gen 7 stuff to the list anyway, so why don't we just fast forward to the end result.

As far as /vr/ is concerned, it's a slow enough board that it wouldn't make sense to split it up again, but it really should be
Classic Video Games - Gen 1 thru 4, DOS, classic PC games,
Retro Video Games - Gen 5 thru 7, plus all handhelds up to the DS/PSP

>>9411697
There are metroidvania games there too, for example.
>>9411694
Why not get a 2DS?

>>9411715
Not them but the 2DS is lame. It has a weird form factor. That was the first kind of 3DS I had, years later I got a New 3DS XL and never looked back

>>9411712
>plus all handhelds up to the DS/PSP
why is that GB from 1989 should be with 5-7 gen?

>>9411712
I'd go with "pre-internet" and "post-internet" by which I mean the point that Internet capabilities became the norm
>But Xbox/Dreamcast
I'm not familiar enough with the OG Xbox to know how much of an outlier it was, but stuff like the marketplaces and whatnot give me a different vibe. I dunno how to explain it, but the Dreamcast's internet capabilities feel different.

>>9411715
I genuinely feel bad for people who didn't pick up at least one Nintendo refurbished 2DS during the 10 years you could
50 bucks, for three of the best handheld libraries played natively (GBA, DS, 3DS) on one of the most easily hacked consoles in history, plus a wealth of additional VC injects... for 50 bucks!
I bought 3

>>9411595
Barely anyone talks about those anyway. The board should be for proper retro only, i.e. 2D.

>>9411724
Dreamcast was better at online than the Wii. I'm just talking about web browsing and multimedia functionality here.

>>9411720
Mostly just conceptual symmetry
It doesn't make sense to split up the GB and GBC across two different boards imo and you'd kind of have to

>>9411725
>I genuinely feel bad for people who didn't pick up at least one Nintendo refurbished 2DS during the 10 years you could
By the time the 2DS was released, I grew out of handheld gaming.

>>9411731
lol ok mr. cool guy
nobody is asking you to take it to work and play it at your desk

>>9411726
So N64, PS1, and possibly even Doom aren't retro enough?

>>9411734
Why do people reply as if everything everyone says needs them to inject their life story

>>9411734
>nobody is asking you to take it to work and play it at your desk
Nobody had to. I was 24 at the time and just spent most of my time either driving around delivering newspapers or at home playing Forza Motorsport 4.

>>9411736
>Doom
>3D

>>9411740
Ok nobody cares

>>9411750
Then quit replying.

Shut the fuck up bros

>>9411737
>>9411740
oh the irony

>>9411742
it's not fully 3D but not really 2D either, since things can move vertically.

>>9411752
You first

Gen 6 is the last gen to have breakthrough titles that shaped the industry. So I'd argue that any game that came out on gen 7 consoles can't be considered classic

>>9411736
nope
3D is soulless

>>9411769
What do you get when two narcissists won't quit replying to each other without contributing to the thread?

>>9411736
2D games on those consoles should be OK of course. The SNES has 3D too. Doom is crap no matter what.

>>9411776
All video games are inherently soulless

>>9411771
>Gen 6 is the last gen to have breakthrough titles that shaped the industry
Only 2 seconds thinking about it and there's Breath of the Wild. Get fucked moron

>>9411771
>minecraft wasnt a breakthrough title that shaped the industry

>>9411651
Shit fucking thread
5h gen shouldn't even be retro. Racing games set in real-life tracks, dual-analogue shooters, cinematic 3D action-adventures; 5th gen sounds pretty modern, doesn't it?

>>9411595
Based. Though to be fair, the rampant shitposting and 6th gen childhood zoomer falseflagging that occurred the week or two after the change was great.

>>9411795
Agreed. There should be a /v2k/ board for 5th Gen on

I believe 4chan has enough vidya boards.

>>9411803
There needs to be a culling of a few boards

>>9411789
Breath of the Wild is more of an improvement on what had already been established before it came out. It's an amazing game but people will never treat it the same way as they treat stuff like Another World or Mario 64

>>9411806
Specifically /o/ and /n/.
Too much cancer in those boards, now.

>>9411809
Or you could look at the fact that it's factually influential and point at the multitude of games whose devs have publicly stated that it was an influence.
It's not about your opinion.

>>9411771
Assassin's creed shaped the industry in a bad way.

>>9411809
Another World my man are you joking? BotW is considered a watershed moment for the entire medium and most people don't even know what Another World is

>>9411814
how so?

Your mom shaped the industry in a bad way.

>>9411626
SEGA will always be retro regardless of your kvetching.

>>9411817
Empty open worlds with a ton of pointless collectibles we see all the time in modern games started there

I don't even know what the fuck BotW is but I know Another World

>>9411812
Genshin Impact, Elden Ring, the list goes on..
>>9411816
Everyone fucking knows about Another World. Only people who exclusively play multiplayer shit like LoL and Playstation movie games don't know

>>9411823
>hey guys look at me, I'm ignorant about something well known, aren't I being subversive, cool, and edgy?

>>9411816
You have to be over 18 to post here.

>>9411810
Keep /o/, the real wastes of space are /vrpg/, /vst/, /qa/, and /m/
Useless boards where the central topic finds more relevant discussion on other boards.

>>9411837
/qa/ was closed a year ago

>>9411837
>/qa/
anon...

>>9411830
>>9411836
I fuckin own Out of this World for the Sega CD, but to claim more people are even aware of it in 2022 compared to the best selling entry in the Zelda franchise is absolutely mental

>>9411845
The only people who care about Zelda in 2022 are woman and fags

>>9411851
you should give it a try, its fun

>>9411837
They would never shut down /m/ and there's no reason to.

>>9411839
>>9411840
/qa/ trannies

>>9411839
>>9411840
true shit!

>>9411816
reddit

>>9411862
>/qa/ trannies
I never went there but I know of its demise from the shitposters arguing on /tv/ about it

>>9411845
Stop being logical, it's unbased

>>9411868
/qa/ retards ruined basedjak posting on /a/

>>9411867
Stating a fact isn't cause for reddit you fucking moron.
captcha: GJYGAY

>>9411715
>Why not get a 2DS?
I never even thought to consider it. I really do like the clamshell design but you're right. I suppose it wouldn't be too bad for a peace of mind purchase.

>>9411873
its a reddit opinion

>>9411878
you'd know

>>9411881
yes, because reddit users like you post here

>>9411874
Buy one cheap, it kinda sucks to play. Dpad is awful, other buttons feel cheap, and the screen is dim.

>>9411883
no u

>>9411845
> the best selling entry in the Zelda franchise
It's fucking normalfags dude, they have never touched a Zelda game before. I'm saying that people who are into vidya know
>I fuckin own Out of this World for the Sega CD
That's actually pretty cool. I've never tried the Sega CD version though

>>9411886
It feels cheap but imo it's a great visual novel/RPG/tactics machine
It's nice to hold for a long time, moreso than the actual 3DS models, I just dont think I would use it for anything that requires a lot of precision

>>9411887
so now im reddit. fug

the ds was cool until it became a full jrpg machine

>>9411914
I actually don't like it for menu driven games because of the poor dpad. Lovely triggers though. I should see how well it runs doom.

When did the graphical upgrade between console gens stop being noticeable?

>>9411578
i dont see why there arent two retro tiers/boards. what happens in ten years, shove a hundred consoles into one retro?

>>9411952
between 8 and 9 gen

>>9411901
Damn imagine being this stupid

Wonder why jannies didn't just 404 the thread if they were gonna nuke all the good discussion

>jannies remove the good thread >>9411842
>wont remove this shitbait of a thread

?

>>9411990
Yet they've policed this very thread. You can't read these guys

DS and PSP feel /vr/ and the Wii kinda does because it felt outdated graphics wise when it came out but the 360/PS3 don't and I think it's because playing games changed with them, necessary patches and DLC became ubiquitous.

>>9411995
>wii feels /vr/ but ps3/360 don't
The wii was the last analog only console too

>>9411995
this

>>9411776
hahahaha you’re a fucking butthurt oldfag
we’re all laughing at you
hahahahaha ha ahahahaha ahahaha

retarded phonefaggot

>>9411651
The 7th gen will never be retro because we're still playing 7th gen games just with better graphics. Nothing has changed about the philosophy of game development since that era.

>>9412015
yeah i think I agree, and that's why >>9411995 is maybe the best solution

>>9411995
The Wii felt like an extension of the 6th gen, its games had nothing to do with what the 360 and PS3 were doing.

>>9411995
Wii/DS/PSP should get grandfathered in with an exemption like the dreamcast. Everything else is too similar to modern games

Alright, it appears we've reached a consensus.

MODS: Please update the Sticky to include Wii, DS, and PSP games. Gen 6 and the cutoff for PC games will remain the same. PS3 and 360 are to remain decidedly NOT RETRO.

Thank you.

>>9411995
Yeah the Wii still had mainly traditional games

>>9412020
>dreamcast feel like an extension of 5th gen
>lets add that in hurr
>6th gen is now retro durrr
this is exactly how the rule got changed. because of people like you who kept wanting to add this soulless crap

>>9412037
>dreamcast
>soulless
Why?

>>9412026
That's quite correct. Mods, listen to the will of /vr/!

>>9412040
Because it's a meme word that means absolutely nothing and people who use it should be disregarded as idiots

>>9411626
imagine seething over the Dreamcast lol
I guarantee you're the "SADX is ackshually good" poster

>>9411567
https://zero1magazine.com/2022/02/05/what-was-the-last-ds-game-released/
>According to what I’ve seen, the last game published on the Nintendo DS was LEGO Friends on April 8, 2014, which means the whole DS catalog spans approximately 9 1/2 years.
Is 2014 retro?
/thread

>>9412064
>Is 2014 retro?
yeah it is grandpa

>>9412069
Then 3ds is retro too

>>9412064
yeah
besides there are still new games coming out for the NES so who cares

>>9412073
LEGO Friends is officially licensed
Today's NES games aren't officially licensed

>>9411576
>>9411583
>tranny tranny tranny tranny
rent free

>>9412064
>Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier, and official game titles for those platforms released no later than December 2007
Mods already have a way to fix this

>>9412064
It's more retro than PS2 was when it was added. Persona 4 came out in 2008.

>>9412075
why should that matter

>>9412076
im sure you feeling the need to reply to that after nearly three hours shows how "rent free" i am, whatever that means

>>9412081
because then every homebrew ever made would count

>>9412089
NTA it doesn't matter as mods can use a cut off point.

>>9411651
Snes gen should be the cutoff point. After that it went cd and polygons instead of sprites. N64/ps1 onward isnt retro, its modern.

>128 replies in 3 hours
impressive. and im helping

>>9412110
The thread about trannies was deleted so this one is allowed, apparently

>>9412103
the only sane comment in here

>>9412103
Sticks and stones should be the cutoff point. Imagine being a electricity using casual.

>>9412103
>>9412119
Fuck off

>>9412124
Fuck in

>Thread complaining about "why isn't gaem retro??//"
>It's full of meaningless buzzwords, frogposters, and generally just plain old faggotry
It's about what I expected, really.
>>>/v/

>>9412129
Do this planet a favor and put an end to your sad, whiny existence

>>9412129
Yeah you can go there

>>9412129
worst post in this thread

>>9412129
>>>/v/618023895
has great content

Why the fuck are jannies only deleting one or two posts unrelated to the thread but not all of them?

>>9412161
jannies are based, obviously

>>9412172
Thank you based kitty.

>>9412064
Last official game fo PS2 came out in 2013