Or do we need another decade before we can call IPod games retro?

  • DigDoug
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    1 day ago

    I think 25 years is plenty long enough.

    The Atari 2600 was newer when the first iPod was released than the first iPod is now.

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      10 hours ago

      Being a Millennial and older now is like what being a 500 year old immortal would have been back when it took that long to see meaningful technological change.

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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        10 hours ago

        Exactly.

        Imagine a 13 year old kid now-gtav is the same age as them and they’re still playing it.

        Thats the crazy thing. Advancment peaked.

        Imagine playing a 13 year old game in the ps1 era. WAY different.

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        I was originally going to compare it to the NES, and then I realised that I needed to go back a lot further…

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      22 hours ago

      I had a similar thought, I sold those things so many years ago, it is retro. It was before the gameboy advanced (okay only by like 8 months if I saw the correct dates). I actually thought they came out further apart and advanced was later but apparently March and November dates. 2001 was a good year, Xbox year too.