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What is the best looking retro console or PC? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.

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[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Does anyone here know the thought behind the wooden front trim fascia look?

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I think they were trying to make it look like the stereo equipment of the day.

The 70s were big on wood paneling in general.

[–] redbrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Dude don't remind me. When I saw those I always thought they were contradictions of modern tech which was embodied in the whole advance HIFI shit. I mean how could you look at pulsing meters and blinking lights and not thing star wars, but clothed in wood grain...huh?

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