Don’t get ready for the nursing home just yet. You’re not that old if you wanted it when you were growing up.
Holyginz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The fact that something like a Gameboy advance sp would be considered retro at this point when it was something I remember wanting a lot growing up still boggles my mind. Still don’t know how I should feel about that.
SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Personally, I consider the cutoff point between Retro and Modern as being when the sixth generation (PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Dreamcast) ended and the seventh (PS3, X360, Wii) began.
I guess I’m a bit weird in this regard, because I did grow up with sixth gen games (I never had a GBA, but I did dabble with GBA emulation at the time) and thus should probably also feel the same way you do, but I remained quite fond of them even as a lot of people moved on to newer consoles and no longer shared my interests. I guess I had an easier time labeling them as retro because it was easier to justify me still liking them as opposed to “being stuck behind the times” or “being too poor to afford the newer games/consoles” like people used to say to me.
Petter1@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Well, it seems to be considered retro gaming as soon as the console (or Game in case of PC) is discontinued. So the Xbox(the one older than the one out now, which I don’t know how they are called, because xbox names are strange), PS4, wii u and the 3ds are already retro game consoles per that definition.
SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That’s a fair assessment, though I personally believe there should be a distinction between “previous generation” and “retro”. When the PS3 was a current-gen console, the PS2 and PS1 weren’t really seen as retro, just old and outdated.
Then again, I guess it’s a distinction without much of a difference. ^^"
Petter1@lemm.ee 2 months ago
If we look only at the word alone, we see, that is very loosely defined 😂
So, all consoles that were used in the timeframe of 20 years starting between 1995 and 2005 🤪 Which consoles are those, and does this imply that the earliest consoles are now not retro anymore? Are they now “ancient consoles”? Is then ancientgaming? 🤔😆
Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think MicroMages was designed for the NES(?)
When you buy it on Itch.io you get a PC version as well.
Odelay42@lemmy.world 2 months ago
To put it into perspective, the GBA so is 21 years old.
When the GBA so came out, the NES was 20 years old.
Sounds pretty retro to me 😎