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minus-squareGlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·5 months agoThe PS3 is a retro console. The wii is a retro console. Xbone 360 is a retro console. If you disagree, you are old.
minus-squareashinadash [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 months agoThey still have active online services
minus-squareautismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 months agoWell, the Wii doesn’t lol. Because Nintendo sucks ass.
minus-squareashinadash [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoAt least there are fanmade online services though :)
minus-squareasante [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoa few other games too (tho they’re kinda dead)
minus-squareŁumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoExactly, so for Mario Kart Wii
minus-squareasante [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoyeah i played it a few times but everyone’s a pro w/ the same Funky Kong layout so it gets kinda boring edit: nvm it’s Funky Kong not Diddy Kong
minus-squareŁumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoFunky Kong with the Flame Runner and Daisy with the Mach Bike
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoWait what? How do they work? Do I have to jailbreak the Wii first ?
minus-squareashinadash [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoUh you might, tbf Letterbomb is not hard. The ones I know of are CGTP-Revolution and the RiiConnect24 service. There’s a fanmade Motorstorm PS3 server you don’t have to jailbreak for so maybe you won’t need to hack?
minus-squaresovietknuckles [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoIs there a different term for what NES and SNES are? Calling both them and the PS3 retro makes retro a little vague
minus-squareitappearsthat@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agothey’ve gone beyond retro. they’re like, what you think the Atari 2600 or the BBC Micro are.
minus-squaresovietknuckles [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-25 months agoI don’t see Atari 2600 or Xbox 360 games on https://www.twitch.tv/directory/category/retro , but I see lots of NES and SNES. That seems to be most popular with retro gamers
minus-squareitappearsthat@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoYeah we’ll see, the shift will continue. There are youtubers like oboeshoesgames that focus on xbox 360 era games.
minus-squareautismdragon [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoI’m at the point where I can accept the PS2/Gamecube era as being retro but this actually kills me.
minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months ago The PS3 is a retro console. That’s an affordable Blu-ray player.
minus-squareashinadash [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoI have mixed opinions about this because the PS3 is often noisy, which is less than optimal for movie watching. Players like the Sony S350 became cheap and common a long time ago…
minus-squareTheKanzler [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoIf it’s at least two generations old, it’s retro
minus-squareSuperZutsuki [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoYeah, the NES was retro in the late 90s
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoTechnology and games as an industry were exploding during the 80s-2000s, so there’s a lot of shorter eras there and things aged faster
minus-squareGlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThis gal retros
The PS3 is a retro console. The wii is a retro console. Xbone 360 is a retro console.
If you disagree, you are old.
They still have active online services
Well, the Wii doesn’t lol. Because Nintendo sucks ass.
At least there are fanmade online services though :)
For Mario Kart Wii
a few other games too (tho they’re kinda dead)
Exactly, so for Mario Kart Wii
yeah i played it a few times but everyone’s a pro w/ the same Funky Kong layout so it gets kinda boring
edit: nvm it’s Funky Kong not Diddy Kong
Funky Kong with the Flame Runner and Daisy with the Mach Bike
Wait what? How do they work? Do I have to jailbreak the Wii first ?
Uh you might, tbf Letterbomb is not hard. The ones I know of are CGTP-Revolution and the RiiConnect24 service.
There’s a fanmade Motorstorm PS3 server you don’t have to jailbreak for so maybe you won’t need to hack?
Is there a different term for what NES and SNES are? Calling both them and the PS3 retro makes retro a little vague
they’ve gone beyond retro. they’re like, what you think the Atari 2600 or the BBC Micro are.
I don’t see Atari 2600 or Xbox 360 games on https://www.twitch.tv/directory/category/retro , but I see lots of NES and SNES. That seems to be most popular with retro gamers
Yeah we’ll see, the shift will continue. There are youtubers like oboeshoesgames that focus on xbox 360 era games.
Antique
I’m at the point where I can accept the PS2/Gamecube era as being retro but this actually kills me.
That’s an affordable Blu-ray player.
I have mixed opinions about this because the PS3 is often noisy, which is less than optimal for movie watching. Players like the Sony S350 became cheap and common a long time ago…
If it’s at least two generations old, it’s retro
Yeah, the NES was retro in the late 90s
Technology and games as an industry were exploding during the 80s-2000s, so there’s a lot of shorter eras there and things aged faster
This gal retros