r/RetroGaming is very strict about retro. They say the Nintendo 64 is retro while the PlayStation 2 is modern. This despite the fact the PlayStation 2 is now 25 years old.
So I got to wonder about this community deems as “retro”.
Or a better question: what’s considered retro and not retro? What’s the fine line between retro and modern?
Anything pre ~2000, graphics came on incredibly in the years at the end of the 90s start of the 21 century. The difference between FF7 (1997)
https://idisplayit.co.uk/images/companies/1/products/Blog/Q1 2024/ff7/final-fantasy-7-still.jpg?1707754262295
and FF10(2001)
https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Final-Fantasy-X-Cast.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=825&dpr=1.5
is vast