Poll: anyone else into retro consoles?

[Jandau]

Wow... PS1 counts as retro? I'm really getting old...

 

[Deadarm]

PS1, retro? so soon?

Because of the rate at which computers progess I'm almost surprised the gamecube wasn't something he considered retro.

 

[IRBaboon]

Love Retro gaming, got a big collection of consoles too

 

[Deadarm]

PS1, retro? so soon?

Because of the rate at which computers progess I'm almost surprised the gamecube wasn't something he considered retro.

And the PS2, XBox, where do you stop?

Well that was more or less my point.

 

[Jandau]

I guess retro is everything before you started playing. If you got into gaming with your XBOX of PS2, then I suppose that everything before that seems like ancient history to you...

 

[fenixrising]

PS1, retro? so soon?

Because of the rate at which computers progess I'm almost surprised the gamecube wasn't something he considered retro.

hey look at IGN they class the gamecube and xbox in the retro section! bloody mental

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

Well I play emulators and I often go over my friend's house to play N64. Does that count?

I hate piracy.

Yarr! Get ye off ye high-horse, landlubber...

 

[Bludge]

My n64 is pretty much the only console i use.

 

[mikecoulter]

PS1 is already retro? Jeez, make me feel old will ya.

The original Xbox is listed as retro too now. Weird...

 

[Deadarm]

PS1, retro? so soon?

Because of the rate at which computers progess I'm almost surprised the gamecube wasn't something he considered retro.

hey look at IGN they class the gamecube and xbox in the retro section! bloody mental

I know it is which is why I was wondering why the OP didnt put it in the list.

 

[Aardvark Soup]

Well, the only retro consoles I own are a NES and a N64 (if that one still counts) but I do own a lot of Virtual Console games and also really like the Mega Drive (Genesis) and SNES. There are plenty of timeless classics I still regularly enjoy. Today for example I played Castlevania III for a while spend quite some time kicking everyone's ass in the final cup of Punch-Out!! up to Super Macho Man, whose annoying 'one-hit KO' attack I never manage to dodge right.

 

[mattman106]

I use emulators and really enjoy older games. I nearly cried with joy when i found my GBC but then realised I'd lost all my good games for it. I still have a drawer of PS1 games for playing on my PS2 (See sony BC is a good idea).

I also consider the Dreamcast Retro as it is so hard to find games for and also because in many ways for me it represents a time before console games became (for the most part) dumbed down junk.

 

[TehCookie]

I like classic games more than new ones, they are original and not for the realism like violent war games and are more like your a robot rabbit and you have to rescue these little things holding signs. Then again one like golden axe which is pretty much mash button til enemy is dead still seem less violent because of the crappy graphics.

 

[DrDeath3191]

I occasionally pull out the good ol' 64, but do VC games count?

 

[Mikela]

By 'retro' I inexplicably thought you meant 'steampunk'. I would totally go for a steampunk 360, it would be kick-ass to start with and probably quieter but that's another topic.

To answer the OP though, no. Newer consoles are backwards compatible and most new games come out for the newer consoles anyway..so I see little point in the older ones.

 

[thepj]

I guess retro is everything before you started playing. If you got into gaming with your XBOX of PS2, then I suppose that everything before that seems like ancient history to you...

meh, the N64 came out the year i was born so i grew up with it really, it's all the consoles like the PS1 and older that I think of as retro

 

[Magnatek]

Of course! What a silly question! The Super Nintendo is the greatest system ever made, after all.

By the way, ladies and gentlemen, the Nintendo 64, as charming as it was (and still is), does not count as "retro." It came out in 1996, for christ's sake. Now...the Famicom? The Magnavox Odyssey? Colecovision? That's "retro." (This goes for the original PlayStation as well.)

Oh, you young whippersnappers and your Haloes.

Get off my lawn.

Why should I get off your lawn? I'm only two years younger than you!

Seriously, just the other day I was playing the original Sonic and Vectorman for Genesis/Mega Drive (technically, on the Nomad(portable G/MD)), so yes, I am into retro consoles. I would play Sega Saturn, but that thing is a (minor) hassle to hook up, and the Nomad is just a "plug in the AC adapter and play"-type deal.