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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)
submitted 9 months ago by atomicpoet@kbin.earth to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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r/RetroGaming is very strict about retro. They say the Nintendo 64 is retro while the PlayStation 2 is modern. This despite the fact the PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old.

So I got to wonder about this community deems as “retro”.

Or a better question: what’s considered retro and not retro? What’s the fine line between retro and modern?

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 5 points 9 months ago

The fine line to me is when we started to shift from cartridges to optical media: Dreamcast/PS1/GameCube.