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What do you regard as retro? (kbin.earth)
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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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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Old games don’t need to be played on a CRT any more than modern games need to be played on an OLED/LCD flat panel.

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

Then how about anything that plays better on a CRT vs a modern flat screen? Older games were absolutely made with CRT artifacts in mind and look worse on newer screens.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 14 hours ago

They'll lag if you don't.