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RetroLulu1986
7 years 11 months ago
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In your opinion, how old does something have to be to become retro? 20 years? 10 years?
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thecrow174 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 9808	I'd say 20 years.
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eep!
7 years 11 months ago
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10 years minimum
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Rainbow Bright 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 2505	either or id say something that was classic or somthing that ment alot to a person from years ago

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ducktalesfan1977
7 years 11 months ago
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17 years minimum. Everything after that isn't retro in my book.
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ek
7 years 11 months ago
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15 years and it has to have stopped. Which is why the simpsons isnt retro even thought it started in 1989.
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mr3urious 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 3359	Crazy as it is, anything older than 1999 is retro in my book.
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Mario_Madness
7 years 11 months ago
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Hmm, I think something has to be 10 years old to be retro, but thats just my opinion.
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Roadgeek 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 1021	Well, I consider retro anything up to about 1997. I just don't consider the late '90s retro.
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Mario_Madness 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 714	Yeah, that could work. But calling 1997 is like calling DVD players Retro, because thats when they came out .

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eep! 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 735	ek wrote: 15 years and it has to have stopped. Which is why the simpsons isnt retro even thought it started in 1989. right. if something lives on and it hadnt any down time its not retro. isnt that what we love/hate most, the time missed in between. we hunt for the show/movie/song with a passion. i still think 10 years though, since many things a decade ago had fallen off the face of the earth and are slowly resurfacing

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Mario_Madness 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 714	I think 10 years is a good time to call something retro. If its 20 years, then we can't call the Super Nintendo retro, so yes, 10 years.

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Roadgeek 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 1021	Unfortunately, 10 years isn't considered retro to the naked eye. Us Retro Junkies are the only ones who can see it.
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Mario_Madness
7 years 11 months ago
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Don't be racist or anything...
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secretvixen
7 years 11 months ago
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i'd say 10 years and higher
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Thylacine 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 1525	I'd say at least 15 years.
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the-micro-man 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 3511 Globally Banned	About 10-12 years... 1996 could be the most recent year considered 'Retro'; however, to me 1997 is beginning to feel a little far from now too... The world was just beginning to advance that year (Popularization on internet usage, DVD Players, Older shows going off the air, etc.), but we were still using DOS-Based PCs (Windows 95,98,ME), and playing stuff like Black and White Gameboys and Super Nintendos (This was the final year it was purchaseable)

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Shaqdaddy 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 597	10 years sounds fair to me, 96/97 or earlier was when a lot of the last cartoons we know and love on here began to fade away from the airwaves or stopped having new episodes. this time also relatively coincides with the downturn of nickelodeon, although it hung on for a few good years maybe after this time. but yeah, minimum 10 i'd say
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the-micro-man 7 years 11 months ago Posts: 3511 Globally Banned	Shaqdaddy wrote: 10 years sounds fair to me, 96/97 or earlier was when a lot of the last cartoons we know and love on here began to fade away from the airwaves or stopped having new episodes. this time also relatively coincides with the downturn of nickelodeon, although it hung on for a few good years maybe after this time. but yeah, minimum 10 i'd say Yeah, people could still buy TMNT action figures during this time! I got the Raphael Phoenix Armor Figure for my 4th Birthday, which was February 1997 (Was it still on TV in '97? That's what this site says, but many say it was 1996)

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Mario_Madness
7 years 11 months ago
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Goosebumps was still on Fox Kids in 1997.
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