Old-school
Old-school adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.
Usage example: an old-school romantic comedy in which the two leads don't jump into bed at the first opportunity
Retro and old-school are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retro" instead an adjective phrase "Old-school".
Retro
Retro adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.
Usage example: retro fashions that seek to capture the lost glamour of Hollywood in the 1930s
Old-school and retro are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old-school" instead an adjective "Retro".
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Retro City Rampage features tons of Shout Outs to not just old-school games, but movies and TV shows as well.
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Not strictly a retro-clone as it doesn't mimic a specific prior version, but goes for an old-school feel, as outright emulation wasn't considered legally possible at the time (it predates the other retro-clones).
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A relatively small Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, Retro is known for, as the name implies, its old-school type text based gaming, which is both thorough and easy to get into.
Source: Video Game / Retro Mud
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