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[Genki]

How do you guys personally define what is a retro game? Do you do it by hard year definition, by decades, or just games that feel "old" to you? Do share.

[Mlarg]

For me there is no real set "timeline" that defines a retro game...it's mostly the feeling of it. For example, Grim Fandango is only 10 years old, not really that old, but it still feels pretty dated (in a good sense) with its oldschool adventure gameplay.

[Xeogin]

I think a decade is a good number for now, but I think it really should be based on console gen, in which, 2-3 gens back is retro minimum, so that'd be N64 or SNES and down as retro. SNES sounds more retro to me, since I still play N64 pretty often, and I kinda grew up with SNES.

[Genki]

What about for PC games?

[Xeogin]

What about for PC games?

It applies for them too, but based on OS, so it'd be 2000... I'm just BSing really :

[chili_dog]

I'd have to say that I usually use the term 'Retro' as more of a genre, so far me its really anything that has that sort of old arcade feel to it. Anything where you're trying to get a high score and the levels don't really end and you only have a certain number of lives. Something like that, I guess...