/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.6343173]

These are not retro consoles.

[Anonymous No.6343180]

>>6343173

[Anonymous No.6343193]

>>6343173
>24 years isnt retro
>consoles released 2 years prior are

[Anonymous No.6343196]

>>6343193
Full 3d graphics is the cutoff point.

[Anonymous No.6343231]

>>6343173
Guys let's imagine 800 years have passed and this board is still around. Will PS2 be considered retro by then?

[Anonymous No.6343249]

I agree but whatever, zoomers already complain enough.
>>6343231
Will ancient egypt still be ancient egypt in 200 years?

[Anonymous No.6343252]

>>6343231
no

[Anonymous No.6343251]

they look like retro consoles......and they play retro games......are you sure??

[Anonymous No.6343256]

>>6343196

Retro isn't a concept or an "era" of game design, it's just a period of time which extends forward as we move further into the future. It's not like the "Romantic" or "Classical" period of video games which has fixed cutoff dates.

[Anonymous No.6343264]

Hello boomer.

[Anonymous No.6343269]

>>6343256
>Retro isn't a concept or an "era" of game design, it's just a period of time which extends forward as we move further into the future.
Source for this definition?

[Anonymous No.6343274]

>>6343269

Dictionary definitions of "retro":

>1. retroactive

>2. of or designating the style of an earlier time

Retro is just old, however you care to define "old". It's not a singular aesthetic, style, or moment in time. Two totally different-looking things can be retro, as anyone on this board knows.

[Anonymous No.6343284]

>>6343274
your definition say "style" the game styles on ps2 and foward is mostly different from PS1 and prior.

[Anonymous No.6343292]

>>6343284

"The style of an earlier time" can be literally anything. It can be disco, medieval, punk, Victorian, or Mongol Empire.

If this board were called "Pre-3D Games" or "Golden Era of Gaming" or "Games Gens 1-4" or something, you'd have a point.

[Anonymous No.6343326]

>>6343173
>This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games. Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.

[Anonymous No.6343328]

>>6343292
i personally don't have a full opinion on what should be regarded retro or not because i am aware, that 90% of the debate is autistic shitposting but while i have understanding, that to some people dreamcast hardly makes the cut and anything afterwards definitely doesn't, i substantially agree with you

[Anonymous No.6343331]

>>6343196
well I guess SNES & MD/G aren’t retro because Virtua Racing & Star Fox because anon is retarded

[Anonymous No.6343337]

>>6343326
>citing rules of a subforum of a laotian basket weaving forum is equivalent to a lexican definition

[Anonymous No.6343345]

>>6343269
classic rock used to only encapsulate 50s/60s rock, now 70s, 80s, 90s rock are all under classic rock nomenclature

[Anonymous No.6343346]

>>6343337
hey it’s the same excuse that gets used when people ask why we can’t discuss 6th gen here, even though 6th is retro everywhere else, funny how anons only like the rules when the subject of 6th gen comes up, anons need to make up their mind already

[Anonymous No.6343353]

>>6343346
yeah, i fucked up. didn't notice you told OP to stop being a faggot, so carry on

[Anonymous No.6343363]

>>6343328

I think they left the definition intentionally vague so that it could be updated over the years. I'm sure 6th gen will be considered retro someday but not yet.

[Anonymous No.6343367]

snes/genesis aren't retro either

[Anonymous No.6343372]

>>6343363
it's crazy to think, but we've already reached a point where there are people old enough to post on /v/ that have never played a gen 6 console, and maybe even skipped gen 7. I've seen legit nostalgia posts for shit like modern warfare 2.

[Anonymous No.6343373]

>>6343367
so is atari

[Anonymous No.6343387]

>>6343363
which doesn't seem to happen, which divides people into those, who would like to add 6th gen because to them it's (1) about time and (2) more content to a slow and redundant board and those who don't, because they (1) fear /v/ 2.0 (2) have their own opinion on what is retro and what not based on sometimes more, sometimes less understandable parameters and everybody who disagrees is a retarded zoomer faggot, no matter his age. in a nutshell, there are more arguments to both sides but it's quite a tedious debate tbqdesu

[Anonymous No.6343415]

>>6343345
And what's the definition of "Classic"?

[Anonymous No.6343434]

>>6343372
as an 18 year old, no fucking way did anyone skip 7th gen at this age. although a select few probably havent touched gen 6 (excl. those who were never console gamers in the first place)

as for what is and is not "retro" the best definition ive found is that its dependent on the actual game design trends for whatever system/time period and not merely What Year It Is. 6th gen isnt/wont be retro because its the generation where the west (and capitalism) started to dominate game development and it seriously shifted things away from things people on here care about... yet there are numerous exceptions. and it could be argued that the GBA, with any of its important games being developed in the direct tradition of 2d material from gens before, is retro for this same reason.

[Anonymous No.6343436]

>>6343173
>a thread died for this

[Anonymous No.6343442]

OP is a faggot

[Anonymous No.6343602]

>>6343196
Then the old resident evil are retro.
2d background.

[Anonymous No.6343608]

>>6343372
As someone whos almost 30 i have nostalgia for the first modern warfare.
It wasnt my first game by all mean but its been long enough for the nostalgia to kick in.