What is the definition of 'retro' to you?

[popckorn]

I was downloading a bunch of SHMUPs to play on my brand "new" PSOne using FreePSXBoot...
And I found a game called:

RETRO FORCE

It was Retro the day it was released! LOL
So I begun wondering the same old question...
I guess most of us agree 2 generation is fair enough

I would say Retro means consoles and games companies do not send as much Cease and Desist notices for, but then again... Companies are greedy and will change their "rules" if they can profit off overpriced remakes or virtual consoles.

 

[Trix_]

We're getting old. For me it's games/consoles that are 15-20 years old. I consider the PS2 retro now.
I don't understand why there are so many flamewars around this topic, it's not that serious...
A bit weird to think that the PS3 was released a few days after my 8th birthday.

 

[MasterChiefX]

My friend believes "retro" is a feeling and has nothing to do when the game came out. He calls some modern games "retro" even.

 

[KyleOnDemand]

To me retro is “what was relevant 25+ years ago”

To my oldest daughter, much to my mortality, it’s anything 10+ years old

 

[ThePeon]

Retro to me is 20+ years old anything less is to young. honestly if we should treat games as we treat humans old and retro should technically be 50+ as you seen as old when you hit 50. To me "Retro" is what you call old things.

I mean the word has been used sense 1972 and was often consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the past and when they speak past we talk 1910-20-30 and not 1960.

 

[Ikagura]

My friend believes "retro" is a feeling and has nothing to do when the game came out. He calls some modern games "retro" even.

I kinda like that approach as I saw some N64 games as retro back when the Wii was new.

 

[Hernan17]

To me, retro is everything that shows up before I was a teenager