Classic or Retro ?

[Cootster]

IMO:

 

Generation 1: Channel F/2600/Arcadia

Gray area between 1 and 2: INTV/CV/5200/Vectrex

Generation 2: NES/SMS/7800

Generation 3: TG16/SNES/Genesis

Gray area between 3 and 4: Saturn/Jag/NG/3DO

Generation 4: PSX/N64/DC

Generation 5: PS2/Cube/XB

 

What muddles it are the attempts to move ahead that were aborted by the '84 crash' date=' or the attempts to move ahead from 93-96 or thereabouts that were marred by weak marketing, overpricing, lack of killer apps, etc.

 

Where do those belong?[/quote']

 

 

I think DC should be 5 and 3D0 a 3

 

 

Classic and retro are both uncool I think. I usually refer to the related Bit, it makes sense as the number will continue to get higher and show age.

 

8 Bit

128 Bit

 

Huge leap there

 

Yeah, but not entirely correct. Remember, the X-Box (and the typical end-user PC it is based on) is technically only a 32-bit system. And the INTV is 16-bit, but certainly not as advanced as the SNES/Genesis . . .