Anything running 480i/p is retro. If it's higher than that, it's modern.
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Back in the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube era the SNES and Megadrive seemed to be retro while the PS1 and N64 were just “old”. So maybe 2 generations ago is the start of retro.
I think it’s definitely a lot blurrier now though. The differences between consoles and the leaps between generations are less pronounced, and there are so many y rereleases and remasters now keeping older games fresh.
The fine line to me is when we started to shift from cartridges to optical media: Dreamcast/PS1/GameCube.
Anything before the GameCube, PS2, and Original Xbox.
So PS1, Sega Saturn, and Nintendo64 and older are "retro."
The Atari 2600 and Colecovision are "vintage."
Pong and the Magnavox Odyssey are "antique."
Anything that would make a kid today instantly say “ew, that old thing?” is retro to me. That includes everything up through PS2/Gamecube/Xbox to me.
Stuff before ~2000 is retro. It's from the previous century after all.
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Any console that existed before me is retro. I started with the PS1 and N64 so those are modern and all the ones before are retro lol
Anything that came out when I was a kid or earlier is retro so anything pre 2000 is retro. Post is modern.
Anything that came out when I was a kid or earlier is retro so anything pre 1990 is retro. Post is modern.
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