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Retro-unboxing

01/08/2017 | Paul Dussault

Unboxing of a classic, vintage, old-fashioned or even an antique game, that is no longer produced and is likely hard to find.
Retro, in Latin, means backward, but also, formerly, in past times. It is used as a word-forming element in English on the same model as intro. Along with retro-gaming, retro-unboxing is mostly used, since the mid-1990’s, in relation to computer or console video games.

References and Further Browsing

  • Retro-unboxing of Video Village (1960) unboxing, by Maria Cisneros Toth
  • Retro-unboxing of 3M Bookshelf Game Stocks & Bonds (1964), by Lucky Penny Shop
  • Retro-unboxing of Panzer Blitz, Avalon Hill (Jim Dunnigan, 1970), by ItinerantHobbyist
  • Retro-unboxing of Squad Leader (Avalon Hill, 1977), by Paul Crouse
  • Retro-unboxing of a Nintendo NES Deluxe (1985), by Unbox Therapy
Synonyms
Vintage unboxing
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