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* A lot of the stuff [[Tom Waits]] records. "Buzz Fledderjohn" was recorded ''outside''.
* The [[XTC]] side project Dukes Of Stratosphear was meant to sound like 60s psychedelia; in fact they tried to pass off the first release as rare recordings by an obscure British band of the 60s. Aside from mimicking the style, they also recorded to 4-track and replicated mid-60s production techniques, including a good deal of [[Gratuitous Panning]] .
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* The [[Trip Hop]] movement in the 90s glorified everything analogue (possibly as a backlash against the sterile "digitalness" of 80s synthpop), resulting in many electronic musicians trying to emulate the beloved nostalgic atmosphere by using old equipment, sampling old records and even intentionally degrading the sound quality.
** [[Boards of Canada]] base their entire aesthetic on the sound and feel of old educational films (their name is taken from the National Film Board of Canada). Wobbly vintage synth sounds and obscure voice samples are their trademark.
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* [[Lupe Fiasco]]'s "1985" which was done in the style of rappers of that year.
* [[Franz Ferdinand]] has an addiction to old equipment, especially if German or Soviet. Particularly notable is the ancient Soviet synthesizer they used for their third album (''Tonight: Franz Ferdinand'') which had been designed by Soviet engineers as an imitation of Western models without actually ever having seen the innards of a Western synthesizer.
** They also had a thing for Soviet Constructivism (and [
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knAkB8kI5yw The Spirit of Adventure] is an affectionate parody of 1930s styles. It was a reward for stragglers through the credits for [[Up]]. Plus for the plot references since it's a narraration of Charles Muntz's life.
* The Swedish band Änglagård, who recorded two albums in the mid-[[The Nineties|1990s]], offered a surprisingly authentic take on the [[The Seventies|1970s]] [[Progressive Rock]] sound, complete with actual vintage instruments (Hammond organ, Mellotron) and production techniques. Many fans credit them for the resurgence of interest in the progressive rock genre in the 90s.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The poster boy for this trope, ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]] 9'' is done entirely as an NES-style game. That's right, ''a NES game on high-definition consoles'' (and [[Wii Ware]], where it makes a bit more sense). Up until the game's release, this was busily producing a [[Broken Base]] -- fortunately, it turned out to be so good, it consolidated ''Mega Man'' fandom in enjoyment instead. Capcom produced some fake NES carts for the game and commissioned the ridiculous "box art" picture shown at the top of the article (an homage to the famously [[So Bad It's Good]] [
** And it continues on with ''10'', also in faux 8-bit sprites. Its faux box art has more-or-less the same style of Mega Man as 9's, with now-unlocked-from-the-start Proto Man joining the badly-drawn fun, and boasting "Dual FX Twin Engines" and a "Parallel Hyper-Bit Interface" much like how ''Mega Man 9'' promised an "Ultrasound Graphics Synthesis" and an "8-Bit Fidelity Engine". The [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-the-mega-man-10/62738 "lost" commercial] for ''10'' comes complete with all the attitude of video game ads in the 80s and poor VCR tracking. (The commercial music, though, is [[Mega Man X (Video Game)|an anachronism of sorts]] for what is supposedly the 80s.)
* [[Battle Kid Fortress of Peril]] is a Metroidvania released in 2010 and it's completely with 8-bit graphics and music. Which makes sense, considering that it's a real NES game, cartridge and all.
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* ''[[Iji (Video Game)|Iji]]'s'' graphics are done in low resolution to mimic games from the late eighties, and lots of solid colors as though there were a pallete. The animations however, are much more fluid than those of that era.
* ''[[Retro Game Challenge]]'' (also known as ''Game Centre CX'') is a collection of faux 8-bit games, presented in-story as having been sent back in time by the host of the Japanese television show it's based on. At one point you actually have to blow on a cartridge to make it work.
* The FB Games Directory held a [http://games.freebasic.net/competition1.php programming competition in 2008], where the task was to create a Retraux game using the [
* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]: Nuts and Bolts'' has a mini-game called "Hero Klungo Sssavesss teh World!" [sic], a parody of 8-bit games, right down to the strange (but awesome) promotional art that has nothing to do with the actual game.
* ''[[Eversion]]'' is a very 8-bit-like game released in 2008. The cute, low-res graphics, however, are a facade for the game's {{spoiler|much more sinister side}}.
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* ''[[Pokémon]] Heart Gold'' and ''Soul Silver'', already [[Video Game Remake|Video Game Remakes]] themselves, feature the "GB Player", which allows you to replace the game's music with the chiptune music from the original Game Boy Color games. The towns and areas that received new songs have had all new 8-Bit remixes made.
* Freeware flash game ''[http://www.aceteam.cl/retro/ Malstrum's Mansion]'' is an [[Adventure Game]] in the style of ''[[Shadowgate]]'' or ''[[Uninvited]]'', made in the style of an old black-and-white [[Apple Macintosh]] game. You start it up from an old-style desktop, and it even has copy protection!
* ''Contra 4'' is essentially a retraux sequel to the earlier ''[[Contra]]'' games, particularly ''Contra III: The Alien Wars'', with several [[Shout
* "Soundless Mountain 2" is a 2-D fan remake of ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''.
** Also, "Noiseless Mound" is a 2-D fan "remake" of ''[[Silent Hill 1]]''.
* Whenever Babe Ruth appears in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Baseball]]'', he is drawn in a crude style, unlike everyone else.
* ''[[Three D Dot Game Heroes]]'' takes this up another level by turning pixels into [
* ''[[Half Minute Hero]]'' features blocky sprite graphics reminiscent of the old ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' games, despite being on the PSP.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Oracle of Ages'' and ''Oracle of Seasons'', you have access to a ring later in the game that makes you look like 8-bit Link from the original 1986 game.
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* ''[[VVVVVV (Video Game)|VVVVVV]]'' feels like some lost computer game from the 1980s, with monochromatic sprites, screen-by-screen gameplay à la ''[[Jet Set Willy (Video Game)|Jet Set Willy]]'' and ''[[Monty On The Run]]'', and even an authentic [[Commodore 64]] font for in-game text.
* Team Meat, the developers behind ''[[Meat Boy (Video Game)|Super Meat Boy]]'', released an iOS tie-in game designed to invoke LCD gaming like [[Game and Watch]] and Tiger Handheld.
* ''[[Retro City Rampage]]'' plays like an 8-bit ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' and is chock full of [[Shout
* ''[[Halo]] [[Atari 2600|2600]]''. Out now in your [http://www.codemystics.com/halo2600/ favorite web browser].
* During Act 4 of [[Metal Gear Solid]] 4, Old Snake starts dreaming on the way to Shadow Moses Island (the setting to ''Metal Gear Solid''). The game scales back to [[PS 1]] standards. Original music, graphics, Guard [[Artificial Stupidity|stupidity]], and even the Game Over screen is retraux. As Snake wakes up, his head is still [[PS 1]]-style for a split second. This also unlocks facial camoflage that allows you to keep the [[PS 1]]-Snake head (which makes him look like the eraser sitting on the top of a pencil in comparison to the rest of his body).
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** The music, incidentally, is by a band named Anamanaguchi, whose members actually write music using an NES music tracker and play the resulting code on ''an actual NES'', with electric guitars to accompany it. It's awesome stuff.
* An episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents (Animation)|The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' had Timmy and his grandfather entering an old black-and-white cartoon, drawn to look as such.
* In an episode of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', the crew watches a Harold Zoid silent ''[[Schizo
** ''Futurama'' packaging and merchandise also often evokes [[Zeerust]] aesthetics (like some things in the show - Bender himself is an example).
** The episode "Reincarnation" has three different segments each done in a different retro style: an early 1930s black and white cartoon, a 1980s 8-bit video game, and a 1970s anime.
* In ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'', the [["Previously On..."]] segments are done in the style of old movies, complete with a grainy sepia effect and an over-excited announcer.
* ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'' has the clothing style and style similar to the first series.
** In the episode "The Mystery Solvers Club State Finals", the [[Dream Sequence]] uses the original [[Hanna-Barbera]] designs, a sharp contrast to the new series' modern drawing style.
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