the2real4mafol Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 personally, i would say any console from 12 years old onwards is retro. for example, the nintendo 64 and the playstation 1 are retro, in my eyes. what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucashp Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I think any console two or older generations are retro. But the sega dreamcast and the game cube are awfully feeling old to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archavia Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 To me, a console becomes "retro" once it is two generations behind the current generation. Therefore currently, the Nintendo 64 and PSX are retro in my eyes. The exception for this is if games are still being made for that generation. So if the PS2 is still in production by the release of of PS4, it won't be "retro" in my eyes until it is discontinued as a console. So basically, a console has to be a) two generations before current and b) discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryukori Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Any game console that is more than three generations past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahgyna Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 damn.... im getting old LAWL - id say PS1 is retro, but not forgotten - it revolutionized the console for the current gen of adult gamers. but ya, 10-15 years is defiantly too old to be a modern console - but shit, rockband 3 has a PS2 version, so ps2 is still kickin ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyGun Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'd consider PS1/N64 old but not quite retro. I suppose it's because the PS1 was quite revolutionary in graphics and capabilities but I look at 8/16-bit gaming and think "Damn that's retro" whereas I look at PS1 and think "damn that's old school". A human on a PS1 looks kinda like a human, whereas one a SNES is some archaic blob LOL. But I think it's logical that 2-3 generations and you can call it 'retro'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernova Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm with those who consider a console retro once it's at least two generations old. So yeah, I personally look at the PS1 as retro now, but I think the PS2 is still too recent to be called that. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker-_-32988 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 i would say that as soon as a new model comes out that makes the older one retro. when the ps3 came out that made the ps2 retro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornagandarub Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'd say two generations old. The PS1 is "retro" to me, and I guess by the time we're all playing PS4 the PS2 will be widely seen as retro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjfan97 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 They must meet 2 pieces of criteria to be retro: 1. Console is not in this generation 2. Games are no longer being made for the console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmmx32 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Once their 2 Generations old, etc. PS1 and N64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjc0961 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 PSX are retro in my eyesYou contradict yourself: The PSX is only one generation old as it's a PS2 with a DVR released only in Japan, and PS2 is not two generations old yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the2real4mafol Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 You contradict yourself: The PSX is only one generation old as it's a PS2 with a DVR released only in Japan, and PS2 is not two generations old yet. i though PSX was the American nickname for ps1 slim from 2000. but i agree with ya that ps2 is not retro, even dreamcast is not retro yet, i don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EhWoL Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 As said...2 generations or older. nextgen, thisgen, lastgen and retro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahgyna Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 nextgen seems to be like right now,. but brand new - as opposed to "in the future release." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stgermain Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I would consider any console two generations or older to be retro. The PS1, N64 and Saturn are definitely retro. I consider the Dreamcast to be retro also, since it died before the 6th console generation reached it peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2V89 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Retro would be 4 me like 10-15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CogniVision Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Well the epic Dreamcast got discontinued before all of that generation so that's Retro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullz_69 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Two Generations Old & Discontinued IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILRYUUJIN Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 consoles 10-20 years. imo i toss my sega around the house like a frisbee sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiztouzen Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 No more game release on a console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahgyna Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 well they still release games for ps2 and its well over a decade old - so its really 8 or so years becomes last gen - and retro is 12 years or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldovar Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 When I think retro I think of the games from my youth, which was quite a while ago, so I personally think of systems such as the Atari 2600 and later on the Nintendo 2600. Going into my teens and early 20s there were the Sega Genesis and Saturn and Dreamcast. After that I was out of college and for me that tends to draw the line of distinction, though it also seems to be the point where the current systems in production today first began their runs with their big consoles (Playstation 2 was 2000 and XBox 2001 and Gamecube 2001). I think, too that there is a marked difference between the systems then and now in graphics, playability and overall focus of the games which tends to make a more distinct line in the sand for me. But, according to a definition I found elsewhere: Found an interesting Wiki page when I got curious as I was typing this...Retrogaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choubel Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I agree, 2 generations behind can be considered retro. Dreamcast died quickly in the US and Europe market, but it stays until a bit later in the Japan and some Asian coutries. So I don't consider Dreamcast retro yet, and it is still formally considered a 6th generations console anyway. So retro is 5th generations and before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenguSlayer Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 "When the stores doesn't sell them anymore"...Its sad thinking back from my time when ps2, gamecube, and xbox were still selling. I thought my Nes and Super Nintendo was retro.. and ps1 games were leaving shelves also made me sad but didn't stop me from still playing them....then times move too quickly and new systems released way too fast for me to catch up, when I had a nintendo I thought Atari was retro. Now its hard for me to bear that the ps2 might be consider retro just by having a ps3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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