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Re: What is retro?

Post by spuggybridge » Fri May 16, 2014 9:06 pm

For me retro is anything that takes people back to a older happier time, for me its the 8-bits of my childhood for someone else it could be 16,32,64 etc, as far as I'm concerned on this subject it is to each their own.
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Re: What is retro?

Post by GarryG » Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:04 am

Retro is anything anybody says is retro.




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Re: What is retro?

Post by Doddsy » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:52 pm

Retro to me is anything that had mass appeal at the time and through constantly changing fashions after a period* of time, it becomes not mass culturally appealing anymore and stylistically it's deemed passe. Thus if you take the GBA for example. It had mass appeal in 2001, you could even get 2nd hand games in your Game shop but due to a shift in what is currently the in thing in hand held gaming (iphones) it now has a niche market hence retro.

The period of time can be anything from a year to 20+ years depending on what's in vogue which is why no one can accurately agree on what system is retro.
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Re: What is retro?

Post by crusto » Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:41 pm

What colour is Retro?

I reckon it's hazy purple..
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Re: What is retro?

Post by slacey1070 » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:55 am

crusto wrote:What colour is Retro?

I reckon it's hazy purple..
Black and white.
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Re: What is retro?

Post by NickThorpe » Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:52 am

Primary in white and green, tertiary in blue due to time manipulation.
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Re: What is retro?

Post by Rory Milne » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:25 pm

NickThorpe wrote:Primary in white and green, tertiary in blue due to time manipulation.
Brilliant, I love cryptic crossword puzzles! Is the answer Old Firm? ;)
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Re: What is retro?

Post by necronom » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:25 pm

crusto wrote:What colour is Retro?

I reckon it's hazy purple..
Cyan, for me.
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Re: What is retro?

Post by Kentilla » Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:30 pm

spuggybridge wrote:For me retro is anything that takes people back to a older happier time, for me its the 8-bits of my childhood for someone else it could be 16,32,64 etc, as far as I'm concerned on this subject it is to each their own.
Spot on - saves me typing that out :)
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