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Retro

Video game concept

Reproduces the appearance (and possibly audio) of an old game, though likely enhanced with modern graphics techniques.

492
games
26
platforms
Freaking Meatbags (Windows)
Freaking Meatbags
WIN 2015-02-04
BOH (Amiga OCS)
BOH
OCS 2009
VVVVVV (Linux)
VVVVVV
LIN 2011-07-26
Agent GDO - Invasion (Windows)
Agent GDO - Invasion
WIN 2014
Muri (Windows)
Muri
WIN 2013-12-07
Retro City Rampage (Xbox 360)
Retro City Rampage
X360 2013-01-03
Papers, Please (Mac OS X)
Papers, Please
OSX 2013-08-08
Revenge of the Titans (Windows)
Revenge of the Titans
WIN 2010
Bleed (Windows)
Bleed
WIN 2012-12-12
Evoland (Windows)
Evoland
WIN 2013-04
Jet Gunner (Windows)
Jet Gunner
WIN 2014-08-04
Hyper Light Drifter (Windows)
Hyper Light Drifter
WIN 2016
Unlike throwback games, this is about making the games appear and sound like old games while using much more modern gameplay mechanics.
See also: throwback (in case the gameplay)

Related:
* Demake

Popular tags

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Parent group

Visuals

Child groups

Low Resolution Text, Pixelated, Phosphor Screen Display, CRT Effects, Blocky, Music genre: Chiptune, Simplistic visuals

Games by year

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The first Retro video game was released in 1999.

Vblank Entertainment, Devolver Digital and Paradox Interactive published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 256
Windows 109
Mac OS X 50
Android 9
PS Vita 8
C64 7
Wii 7
X360 6
PS4 6
iOS 6
PS3 4
Xbox One 3
BSD 3
BeOS 2
3DS 2
Internet Only 2
MS-DOS 2
Amiga 2
PSP 1
Pandora 1
Switch 1
Ouya 1
Dreamcast 1
Win3.1 1
Nintendo DS 1
Solaris 1

Most common companies

Vblank Entertainment18
Devolver Digital11
Paradox Interactive8
Aksys Games8
Minor Key Games8
Mosoft7
Shiro Games6
Gaijin Games6
Locomalito6
MagicalTimeBean6
Elysian Shadows Team6
Capcom6
Heart Machine5
Glass Knuckle Games5
Team17 Digital5