How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?

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Big A2 Hooked on Neo total posts: 4419 since: Jan 2006	Nov 13, 08 at 11:25am How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	This something that someone from school brought up awhile back. He reckons that for something to be retro, it has to be from at least 2 generation ago. So according to him, with the next generation, the GameCube will be considered retro, which I find impossible. I say that retro times ended by the end of the Super Nintendo's life span. That was when most developers stopped caring about creativity, and went for realism. So what do you think? When does the retro age of video games end for you? ------------------- Lastest comic: Andrew GIF (Murray)
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Terranigma Fan Where's my montage? s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1586 since: Apr 2007	Nov 13, 08 at 11:40am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	Yeah i think the snes and before like the nes the Sega Genesis and before those are retro. The N64 and Ps1 I do not count as retro but as soon as the next gen xbox and ps4 or whatever are out I would be beginning to think of them as retro but now the snes and earlier I would call retro. ------------------- The Classic Gamer's Society. A gentry club for classic gaming guys. Women are also accepted. ;D
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Brolynick Full of win. N'Somniac since: Nov 2006	Nov 13, 08 at 1:55pm re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	I find N64 to be the last retro console.
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Yoshi Freak DORU DORU DORU Seeketh Maximus GameGrep pts: 104 since: Feb 2006	Nov 14, 08 at 12:10am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	Mid-64. ------------------- Pokemon Heart Gold \| Pokemon Soul Silver
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Dragon ZERO Okami Defense Force Member Two much Neo total posts: 2248 since: Feb 2008	Nov 14, 08 at 12:21am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	It really depends on which system you grew up with. If you grew up with an N64, you won't say its retro, but if you grew up with a GCN you would say the N64 is retro. SO yeah, there isnt a real answer. ------------------- quote Me 8-bit Okami music is the greatest thing ever crafted. Don't believe me? YouTube it. Now.
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Megamaster37 Onward, To Mediocracy!! Still Seekin' total posts: 3539 since: Feb 2008	Nov 18, 08 at 12:09am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	i think everything before the N64, including the N64, is considered retro by nintendo ------------------- *Penguins!Penguins!Penguins!Penguins!* *GENERAL MARIO BROS. FORUM*
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Gamesta100 Resident Neo total posts: 2893 since: Dec 2006	Jun 25, 09 at 8:23pm re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	quote Dragon ZERO It really depends on which system you grew up with. If you grew up with an N64, you won't say its retro, but if you grew up with a GCN you would say the N64 is retro. SO yeah, there isnt a real answer. I grew up with the SNES but there's no way in hell I would say it's not retro. ------------------- You don't have to earn my respect.You begin with it and just have to keep it.
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Zeta N'Somniac since: Jul 2008	Jun 28, 09 at 1:18am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	I think midway through the N64 era was when everything stopped being retro. I would say in maybe two more console generations the Gamecube would be considered retro. -------------------
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Wolverine527 NO! NOT THAT PLAYED OUT THUMBS-UP SIGN!! Hooked on Neo total posts: 4551 since: Oct 2008	Jun 29, 09 at 4:02pm re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	quote Megamaster37 i think everything before the N64, including the N64, is considered retro by nintendo Same here,but I'd say the N64 borders on retro. I grew up with an N64,but I still think it's somewhat retro. ------------------- quote Adam Savage Duct tape is like the force,it has a light side and a dark side,and it binds the world together. Check out the Crisis core forum! Join the endless cycle! (Dissidia FF forum)
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JonnyPotSmoker Intense Sexiness Still Seekin' total posts: 3547 since: Apr 2002	Jul 19, 09 at 3:51am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	I think of the N64 as a retro console. But for some reason I don't really consider Playstation to be retro even though it's from the same time period. ------------------- Wii: 2909-9932-6412-3857 The Conduit: 2707-9414-1620 Brawl: 3866-7691-9411
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Sonic Flash supermod since: Jul 2001	Jul 19, 09 at 4:41am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	The N64 is sort of phasing into the retro era at this point. The less people on the site that have played Ocarina of Time, the more retro it becomes. However another part of me recognizes that the SNES/Genesis (Master System for you brits) is probably the last console that can be called retro. Nintendo still uses N64 quality graphics for the DS, and the games are still sought after, so the quality and the games themselves are still playable and useable. What defines "retro" though? ------------------- NOW PLAYING: KINGDOM HEARTS 2
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Sonicfan don't like it,get WASTED! forum junky total posts: 79 since: Aug 2008	Aug 15, 09 at 6:25pm re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	id say it would be N64 and below generation consles
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1 Adam 12 not-such-a-newbie total posts: 43 neopoints: 314 since: Oct 2008	Sep 24, 09 at 4:42am re: How old does a game have to be to be considered "retro"?
	anything older than PS one this includes SNES and others
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