How Old Does A Game Have To Be Before We Call It "Retro"

Syndr0mePK

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I grew up playing NES and Sega Genesis games so to me, in my mind, those are retro games. Anything after 2000 doesn't register as retro in the brain. But a game that's 15 to 20 years old has to be retro by now, right?

What is a retro game to you? Is Black or VICE City retro now? lol I'm getting old.
 

Zzero

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I'd argue that we've spent the last 20 years without really having a breakout new technology in game development and thus draw the line at the PS2 era with its white fog. Maybe AI will spice things up but otherwise its just more spinning tires as far as the eye can see.
 

Umar

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If its from a console gen that is 15 or more years old, then would be considered retro i guess
 
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anonpuffs

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I would say anything from the 4:3 aspect ratio era would be retro. Just being old doesn't qualify imo, I won't consider PS4 games retro in 10 years.