Ah, no, I was definitely saying that, and I still think “retro” is definitely incorrect. It was just confused that your first reply didn’t actually contradict me. I don’t mind at all that you think I’m wrong, but I’m not convinced. When everyone else but gamers seem to understand the difference between retro and classic/vintage/antique, it’s the gamers using it wrong.

I don’t see how your first paragraph contradicts anything I said, so I’m confused by your use of “actually”. You can call old games “classic”, although I’m not sure any of them are old enough to be called “antique”. Maybe an old Pong home machine or something. Those words all largely mean the same thing.

I would say “retro style” is redundant. Retro is always referring to the style. Looking back and taking styles from the past is what retro means. Like modern bell-bottom jeans, or cars like the 11th generation Thunderbird which looks more like the original that any previous models.

The Wikipedia article uses the word to describe it.

This was the last year [4th generation] for the convertible until the “retro” models of 2002–05.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird

Gamers are the ones with the damaged vocabulary. Everyone else know the difference between vintage and retro. ;)

Vintage emoji right there. Or wait… is it retro because the font is modern?

Retro means modern games that remind you of old games. Like Shovel Knight or UFO 50. There’s not really a time limit to that. Shovel Knight is quite old now, but the graphical style it copied is even older, so it’s still retro.

Obviously, I’m sort of joking, but y’all do use the word “retro” wrong. You’re talking about vintage games, not retro games, and yes, I will die on this hill. Gamers are the only people who don’t know the difference between retro and vintage. Everyone else gets it right: car people, clothing people, furniture people, sneaker people, jewelry people, etc.