Concept boards - Retro Games

A look into the top 10 most iconic retro games, predominantly from the early 80’s right through to the late 90’s.

Retro game

I believe the word retro to be rather subjective, after asking a friend ‘games he considered to be iconic/ old school’, he, aong with others considered early PS2 games to belong to the ‘retro’ band. Whereas other sources believe anything past and including the PS1 to be in the new school catagory.

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Today, programmes like ‘100 greatest gadgets’ (exampled above) generally place speakers/presenters in front of visually considered backdrops, this one for instance feels quite techy and vibrant given the subject is gadgets and i think retro games would be quite easy to physically illustrate in a similar manor. I’m thinking the programme would be very much along these lines content wise too, I know it’s not entirely relevant to our task but I want to consider the nature of the programme I’m going to be designing for, trying to establish a tone of voice.

That said, shows like this one usually tend to have a comical, light hearted delivery. A chance for people to reminice over various memories.

I very much want to keep the visuals colourful, playful but most of all relevant and instantly recognisable

One of the more important aspects of designing for something like this is accurate use of font, colour and image.

If you get it right people can instantly relate to the content without even realising it was directly because of the designers considered decisions. Get it wrong and even the biggest fan could be deterred by mis-information and innappropriate content. Alot of design associated with retro gaming can be extremely colourful, usually flaunting sans-serif typefaces on black.

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