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Ryno

To me Retro = cartridges (this does include handhelds obviously). If I have to make contact between a catridge and some type of reader as opposed to the data being read by a laser then that is retro. Having to blow on it to make it work is just the icing on the cake

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SpicyDuck

Anything made before I was born... so that's anything made before 1994...

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nintendogamerftw

Released any time before yesterday.
In actuality I consider it any thing that was popular at a time before I was born, or when I was too young to play video games.

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SonicMaster

Dreamcast and before. Basically, anything before my days of gaming.

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ogo79

dunno if i said this but "retro" is just my way of life, a state of mind, my own reality.

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Ryno wrote:

To me Retro = cartridges (this does include handhelds obviously). If I have to make contact between a catridge and some type of reader as opposed to the data being read by a laser then that is retro. Having to blow on it to make it work is just the icing on the cake

So I guess you consider the 3DS retro? Most people would beg to differ, but you're entitled to your own opinion.
For me, any home console before the Gamecube is retro and any handheld before the GB Micro is retro. I keep changing my mind as to whether the GB Micro itself is retro.

If the 3DS has not been discontinued SM3DL and MK7 are awesome games, but if the 3DS has been discontinued Sony has taken over the world.It is not true that both Sony has taken over the world and SM3DL and MK7 are not awesome games.Therefore:Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 are...

JGMR

At this moment...the idea of holding the monochrome, 'brick-sized' Game Boy in my hands...playing Super Mario Land, TMNT 1 or Tetris...

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Bass_X0

Anything released before the PlayStation 1. I think that when the next PlayStation and XBOX consoles come out, I'll consider the 32-bit consoles and N64 to be retro.

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TexasGonzo

pre optical disc (CD/DVD) systems, so for me the n64, snes, sega, on back are retro, the n64 being 3d many do not consider retro, but it is my favorite of the cartridge systems so i included it.

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alexhuerta

Anybody here besides me actually miss cartridge games? I just don't have the patience for the load times some games make me endure. Plus cartridges last longer, dont have to worry about little scratches ruining a cartridge.

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Tasuki

alexhuerta wrote:

Anybody here besides me actually miss cartridge games? I just don't have the patience for the load times some games make me endure. Plus cartridges last longer, dont have to worry about little scratches ruining a cartridge.

I do but I can understand why they go with discs now but I agree with you I hate loading times. Especially when it comes to a game like Chrono Trigger on the PS, the load times just ruin the game for me on the PS.

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Ryno

Retro now means anything that came out before today.

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misswliu81

retro in gaming terms for me, refers to anything prior to 1972 (first generation) up to mid 00s (sixth generation)

1st gen- (1972- 77) arcades
2nd gen- (1977-1983) atari 2600, nintendo game and watch series
3rd gen- (1983- 1989) N.E.S, master system, gameboy, gamegear
4th gen- (1989- 1999) megadrive/genesis, super nintendo, turbografix -16 , neo geo, gameboy colour
5th gen (1993- 1998) saturn, playstation, N64
6th gen (1998- 2010) dreamcast, playstation 2, gamecube, x box, GBA, neo geo pocket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games

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shingi_70

Retro is any system that's not two Gen current. The Gamecube isn't considered Retro fight Now but it will be next year when the next gen.

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shingi_70 wrote:

The Gamecube isn't considered Retro fight Now but it will be next year when the next gen.

good point.

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Gamesake

Retro means classic Xbox games and lots of them.
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VmprHntrD

Technically it's any generation other than the current, but when it really got coined for the gaming market was the falling back to the pre-CD era stuff, cart games, flat 2D graphics, the real throw back. It's just hard to call a Gamecube retro when it's much like todays stuff, just not as pretty. It has little unique to it compared to stuff you see jammed into say the virtual console.

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ogo79

the_shpydar wrote:
As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)

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