Strictly speaking this is probably more like retro-adjacent rather than truly retro gaming (though you could make floppies only for the retro games you play on your Steam Deck I guess), but a modder set up a system that uses Decky Links to launch Steam Deck games via floppy disks, QR codes, and NFC cards, simulating the nostalgia of physical media. I love the ka-chunk sound of a floppy being seated.
Thing is, this is literally what “retro” means. Like retrospective. It means looking back at old styles and modeling modern things after yesterday’s trends. When people say “retro gaming”, what they really mean is vintage gaming because they’re playing vintage games from the 80s and 90s, etc.
There’s vintage clothing, vintage automobiles, vintage art, and then there are modern versions that emulate the style, and those things are “retro”.
It’s a hopeless battle, and I’m only bringing it up because I thought it was extra funny that we have an example of something that’s truly retro, and you are saying, “Well, it’s not really retro, but maybe retro adjacent?” When it’s literally retro! 🤣
I just have to laugh, it’s funny. Here’s a helpful table:
To each his own I guess. When I think retro I’m thinking of Duke Nukem ported to the C64 or something like that.
But your table makes me want to say “ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for apple pie”
Maybe I’m an AI or maybe I’m just autistic and good at markdown.
Well, that’s unique. Most people call any game older than PS3 “retro”, especially the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
“To each his own” is why people say “irregardless”. It doesn’t make it right that tons of people say it. Normally, sure, language evolves, but “irregardless” is just plain wrong. “Retro” and “vintage” are super common terms everywhere else in life. Why can’t gamers get it right?
Your example would be retromod
Idk man. Words words words
Did you just compare a Bel Air to a PT fucking Cruiser?
I did not, you misunderstood the table.