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Re: "What is considered retro? I feel like this might be a..."
I agree about the 3D stuff. There's nothing like a scrolling game to break up the mess that is 3D gaming.
That said, some games did make the transition a little more gracefully than others. Warzone2100 added hightmaps to the RTS genre so going from Dune2 on my Amiga to Warzone was actually a welcome update since terrain features affect tactics so much. I still play Warzone2100 on my Linux box today!
2023-08-16 · 10 months ago
What is considered retro? I feel like this might be a personal definition in some cases. I've got a 3ds that's been broken for ages, hoping to get it to a repair shop this week so I can finally play a bunch of my old 3ds games. To me this feels retro because the system is 12 years old already. At the same time it was jarring to go to the retro game shop a few weeks ago and see a bunch of wii u games and systems, even though that's 11 years old now.