What do you consider to be retro?

[Flamin Skull]

I would like to know everybodys opinion of what constitutes a retro system?
to me a system becomes retro when it is 2 or 3 generations from its current console or the company has stopped making consoles such as Dreamcast.
So following my guidelines a ps1, N64, Dreamcast, Game boy color and Jaguar would be the latest games to be considered retro.
the original xbox would become retro when their next console comes out...
Thoughts on this anybody?

[SegaFan]

Anything before the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast can't be retro because it's in the same generation as the PS2 and the PS2 still has new games made for it. Some Dreamcast games still feel fairly modern even compared with the current generation but N64 games definitely show their age now. That will only change if the next generation of consoles are a big advancement.

[Ocarina]

8 years ago.

[link64]

10 years ago

[SegaFan]

8 years ago.

The PS2 was released just over 8 years ago. Would you consider the whole PS2 to be retro, or just the games that were made more than 8 years ago?

[IDreamInSound]

Any system that has no new games made for it.

[Spore]

Originally Posted by IDreamInSound

Any system that has no new games made for it.

You know there are still Sega Genesis games being made.

Anyway, anything SNES and earlier is retro.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

I consider retro to be the first generation of systems I played in my life, and everything before. That means the NES, Sega Master System, and TG16 are retro machines, the C64 counts, Atari systems, etc. I don't really consider SNES-era stuff or what came after retro, simply because much of my gaming life was consumed by it so it's just a system that I take for granted.

It's the same way with clothes, where anything from the early '80s and before is retro cool, but stuff from the '90s is just a weird throwback.

Again, all of this is qualified because of my age. I'm sure someone who's only 18 or so right now will have a very different idea of retro.

[Angelic Lapras King]

Games that are no longer stocked in the major stores, ie dead (ish)

[Flamin Skull]

yeah or when gamestop stops selling that systems games?
I realize that there may be different definitions of retro... I just wanted to see all the points of views... as I said I believe ps1 and dreamcast qualifies because its not commonly found those days while we can buy a ps2 at target or wherever. Despite the Dreamcasts good graphic I think it qualifies as retro because Sega completely stopped making consoles. (my Wife's cousin's kid just got a job at Sega in SF I can see if I can get some insider info at the next family event?)