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** ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game played on a modern console.

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** ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga Commodore 64 video game played on a modern console.



* '''Logical Extreme'''
** ''Jammer'' is released in the 23rd Century, yet it looks like it has the same graphics as ''Tennis For Two''
** ''Dan The Dog'' is released in an era where humans are extinct and robots are the dominant species, yet, it's a series of textile work, which would be very long obselete by then.



** ''Jammer'' has a pixel artstyle, but the said pixel art is similar to likes of Street Fighter III/Capcom VS SNK 2 to make up for it.



** ''Dan the Dog'' uses the same animation artstyle of cartoons that first aired in the early 2000's, with the differences being produced on 16:9 and inverting LimitedAnimation.



** ''This looks like this game was made for something on the NES.''



* '''Defied''': "We are ''not'' making a soundtrack of bleeps and character sprites composed of big boxes!"

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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"We are ''not'' making a soundtrack of bleeps and character sprites composed of big boxes!"boxes!"
** '''I WILL MAKE A MODERN GAME AND NOBODY WILL STOP ME!!!!'''
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** ''Jammer'' looks like a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS or UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game.
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** ''Jammer'' was made to prove that the creator could work within the confines of the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].

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* '''Straight''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-Bit platformer made when HD games are all the rage.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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''Jammer'' is an 8-Bit platformer made when HD games are all the rage.rage.
** ''Dan the Dog'' is a throwback to old school 1930's cartoons made in the modern era.



* '''Downplayed''': ''Jammer'' uses retro aspects, but is mostly a modern game.

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** ''Dan the Dog'' is only available on VHS.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
**
''Jammer'' uses retro aspects, but is mostly a modern game.



* '''Justified''': ''Jammer'' was made by [[AuthorAppeal fans of games of old]].
* '''Inverted''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-bit platformer made for 8-bit consoles. The plot and practically everything but the gameplay sounds like something from a modern game.
* '''Subverted''': ''Jammer'' is actually quite a modern game, with the graphics and all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the game is a throwback to the genre in a ''different'' respect, such as storyline or humor.
* '''Parodied''': Even the glitches and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Jammer'' is a collection of minigames, some modern, some classic.
* '''Averted''': ''Jammer'' is a modern game, with no retro aspect at all.
* '''Enforced''': "The people working on creating this game are inexperienced. Let's make a game that's easy for them to create."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't games like this stop being made in the 80s?"
* '''Invoked''': A teacher in a course for programming tells the students to make their own games and start small by making simple, old-school games.

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** ''Dan the Dog'' uses an old school art style, but make no mistake, it's very modern.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
**
''Jammer'' was made by [[AuthorAppeal fans of games of old]].
** ''Dan the Dog'' is designed to appeal to older audiences who are nostalgic for classic cartoons.
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
**
''Jammer'' is an 8-bit platformer made for 8-bit consoles. The plot and practically everything but the gameplay sounds like something from a modern game.
** ''Dan the Dog'' looks very modern, but was actually the ''originator'' of modern tropes.
* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
**
''Jammer'' is actually quite a modern game, starts with an 8-bit prologue, but it's just an HD game character playing an 8 bit game in the graphics and all.
opening cutscene.
** ''Dan the Dog'' looks pretty classic... until the CG characters start showing up.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the game Subverted''':
** ''Jammer''
is a throwback to the genre in a ''different'' respect, such as storyline or humor.
** It may seem weird that ''Dan the Dog'' is about trying to get good cell phone reception, but make no mistake, it's all done in a very classic cartoon style.
* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
**
Even the glitches and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].
** People look very uncomfortable when Mr. Toady Black shows up, quietly trying to sweep him under the rug, possibly literally.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Zagged''':
**
''Jammer'' is a collection of minigames, some modern, some classic.
** ''Dan the Dog'' is forced to [[MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness meet his 1930's self.]]
* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
**
''Jammer'' is a modern game, with no retro aspect at all.
all. Same for ''Dan the Dog''.
* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
**
"The people working on creating this game are inexperienced. Let's make a game that's easy for them to create."
** "Hey guys, remember the good ol' days?"
* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"Didn't games like this stop being made in the 80s?"
** "Man you're old. You look like you stepped out of the 90's. Literally!"
* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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A teacher in a course for programming tells the students to make their own games and start small by making simple, old-school games.games.
** Travelling back in time causes a RetrauxFlashback that gives newer characters old-school designs.



* '''Discussed''': Some NPC talks about how he feels like he was left in a former era whenever he looks in a mirror. The protagonist may or may not understand exactly how he feels.

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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
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Some NPC talks about how he feels like he was left in a former era whenever he looks in a mirror. The protagonist may or may not understand exactly how he feels.feels.
** Dan and his buddies share some very nostalgic flashbacks to things the audience never saw. The flashback still use the old art style.



* '''Deconstructed''': The fanbase is small due to the game catering to a little niche - too small to pay off. The company's first retraux game becomes their last.
* '''Reconstructed''': The game becomes a CultClassic, and the fanbase is willing to pay for merchandise that keeps the company afloat, allowing them to keep making retraux games.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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The fanbase is small due to the game catering to a little niche - too small to pay off. The company's first retraux game becomes their last.
** Copying elements of older cartoons means having to deal with all the troubles that went along with their era. Cue Mr. Toady Black...
* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
**
The game becomes a CultClassic, and the fanbase is willing to pay for merchandise that keeps the company afloat, allowing them to keep making retraux games.games.
** Mr. Toady Black finally gets to show he's more than just a stereotype, paving way for his reinvention in more modern series.
** ''Dan the Dog'' is a WartimeCartoon for the modern era, using whatever menace to the country as a joke, so to rally people to not be intimidated by it.
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** ''Jammer'' has a retro looking NostalgiaLevel.

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.'''Basic Trope''': A media source uses an old aesthetic.
* '''Straight''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-Bit platformer made when HD games are all the rage.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game played on a modern console.
** ''Jammer'' is only playable on old emulators. As in, even the emulators have stopped updating years ago.
* '''Downplayed''': ''Jammer'' uses retro aspects, but is mostly a modern game.
* '''Justified''': ''Jammer'' was made by [[AuthorAppeal fans of games of old]].
* '''Inverted''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-bit platformer made for 8-bit consoles. The plot and practically everything but the gameplay sounds like something from a modern game.
* '''Subverted''': ''Jammer'' is actually quite a modern game, with the graphics and all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the game is a throwback to the genre in a ''different'' respect, such as storyline or humor.
* '''Parodied''': Even the glitches and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Jammer'' is a collection of minigames, some modern, some classic.
* '''Averted''': ''Jammer'' is a modern game, with no retro aspect at all.
* '''Enforced''': "The people working on creating this game are inexperienced. Let's make a game that's easy for them to create."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't games like this stop being made in the 80s?"
* '''Invoked''': A teacher in a course for programming tells the students to make their own games and start small by making simple, old-school games.
* '''Exploited''': A fan convinces their friends that not all modern games are worse than the oldschool ones by letting them play ''Jammer'', but not telling them how young the game is before they are well into it.
* '''Defied''': "We are ''not'' making a soundtrack of bleeps and character sprites composed of big boxes!"
* '''Discussed''': Some NPC talks about how he feels like he was left in a former era whenever he looks in a mirror. The protagonist may or may not understand exactly how he feels.
* '''Conversed''': "When was this made again? ... Two years ago?!"
* '''Deconstructed''': The fanbase is small due to the game catering to a little niche - too small to pay off. The company's first retraux game becomes their last.
* '''Reconstructed''': The game becomes a CultClassic, and the fanbase is willing to pay for merchandise that keeps the company afloat, allowing them to keep making retraux games.
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'''Basic Trope''': A media source uses an old aesthetic.
* '''Straight''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-Bit platformer made when HD games are all the rage.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game played on a modern console.
** ''Jammer'' is only playable on old emulators. As in, even the emulators have stopped updating years ago.
* '''Downplayed''': ''Jammer'' uses retro aspects, but is mostly a modern game.
* '''Justified''': ''Jammer'' was made by [[AuthorAppeal fans of games of old]].
* '''Inverted''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-bit platformer made for 8-bit consoles. The plot and practically everything but the gameplay sounds like something from a modern game.
* '''Subverted''': ''Jammer'' is actually quite a modern game, with the graphics and all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the game is a throwback to the genre in a ''different'' respect, such as storyline or humor.
* '''Parodied''': Even the glitches and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Jammer'' is a collection of minigames, some modern, some classic.
* '''Averted''': ''Jammer'' is a modern game, with no retro aspect at all.
* '''Enforced''': "The people working on creating this game are inexperienced. Let's make a game that's easy for them to create."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't games like this stop being made in the 80s?"
* '''Invoked''': A teacher in a course for programming tells the students to make their own games and start small by making simple, old-school games.
* '''Exploited''': A fan convinces their friends that not all modern games are worse than the oldschool ones by letting them play ''Jammer'', but not telling them how young the game is before they are well into it.
* '''Defied''': "We are ''not'' making a soundtrack of bleeps and character sprites composed of big boxes!"
* '''Discussed''': Some NPC talks about how he feels like he was left in a former era whenever he looks in a mirror. The protagonist may or may not understand exactly how he feels.
* '''Conversed''': "When was this made again? ... Two years ago?!"
* '''Deconstructed''': The fanbase is small due to the game catering to a little niche - too small to pay off. The company's first retraux game becomes their last.
* '''Reconstructed''': The game becomes a CultClassic, and the fanbase is willing to pay for merchandise that keeps the company afloat, allowing them to keep making retraux games.
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%% * '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played For Drama''': ???

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'''Basic Trope''': A media source uses an old aesthetic.
* '''Straight''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-Bit platformer made when HD games are all the rage.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game played on a modern console.
** ''Jammer'' is only playable on old emulators. As in, even the emulators have stopped updating years ago.
* '''Downplayed''': ''Jammer'' uses retro aspects, but is mostly a modern game.
* '''Justified''': ''Jammer'' was made by [[AuthorAppeal fans of games of old]].
* '''Inverted''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-bit platformer made for 8-bit consoles. The plot and practically everything but the gameplay sounds like something from a modern game.
* '''Subverted''': ''Jammer'' is actually quite a modern game, with the graphics and all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the game is a throwback to the genre in a ''different'' respect, such as storyline or humor.
* '''Parodied''': Even the glitches and {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Jammer'' is a collection of minigames, some modern, some classic.
* '''Averted''': ''Jammer'' is a modern game, with no retro aspect at all.
* '''Enforced''': "The people working on creating this game are inexperienced. Let's make a game that's easy for them to create."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't games like this stop being made in the 80s?"
* '''Invoked''': A teacher in a course for programming tells the students to make their own games and start small by making simple, old-school games.
* '''Exploited''': A fan convinces their friends that not all modern games are worse than the oldschool ones by letting them play ''Jammer'', but not telling them how young the game is before they are well into it.
* '''Defied''': "We are ''not'' making a soundtrack of bleeps and character sprites composed of big boxes!"
* '''Discussed''': Some NPC talks about how he feels like he was left in a former era whenever he looks in a mirror. The protagonist may or may not understand exactly how he feels.
* '''Conversed''': "When was this made again? ... Two years ago?!"
* '''Deconstructed''': The fanbase is small due to the game catering to a little niche - too small to pay off. The company's first retraux game becomes their last.
* '''Reconstructed''': The game becomes a CultClassic, and the fanbase is willing to pay for merchandise that keeps the company afloat, allowing them to keep making retraux games.
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%% * '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played For Drama''': ???
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* '''Parodied''': Even the glitches and GameBreakingBugs that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].

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* '''Parodied''': Even the glitches and GameBreakingBugs {{Game Breaking Bug}}s that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].

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* '''Exaggerated''': ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
**
''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game.game played on a modern console.
** ''Jammer'' is only playable on old emulators. As in, even the emulators have stopped updating years ago.



* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???''Jammer'' is an 8-bit platformer made for 8-bit consoles. The plot and practically everything but the gameplay sounds like something from a modern game.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Even the glitches and GameBreakingBugs that could appear in old games are faithfully recreated. [[NoFourthWall The characters in the game complain about it a lot]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???''Jammer'' is a collection of minigames, some modern, some classic.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"The people working on creating this game are inexperienced. Let's make a game that's easy for them to create."



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
A teacher in a course for programming tells the students to make their own games and start small by making simple, old-school games.
* '''Exploited''': ???
A fan convinces their friends that not all modern games are worse than the oldschool ones by letting them play ''Jammer'', but not telling them how young the game is before they are well into it.
* '''Defied''': ???
"We are ''not'' making a soundtrack of bleeps and character sprites composed of big boxes!"
* '''Discussed''': ???
Some NPC talks about how he feels like he was left in a former era whenever he looks in a mirror. The protagonist may or may not understand exactly how he feels.
* '''Conversed''': ???"When was this made again? ... Two years ago?!"
* '''Deconstructed''': The fanbase is small due to the game catering to a little niche - too small to pay off. The company's first retraux game becomes their last.
* '''Reconstructed''': The game becomes a CultClassic, and the fanbase is willing to pay for merchandise that keeps the company afloat, allowing them to keep making retraux games.



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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A media source uses an old aesthetic.
* '''Straight''': ''Jammer'' is an 8-Bit platformer made when HD games are all the rage.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Jammer'' is a borderline Amiga video game.
* '''Downplayed''': ''Jammer'' uses retro aspects, but is mostly a modern game.
* '''Justified''': ''Jammer'' was made by [[AuthorAppeal fans of games of old]].
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ''Jammer'' is actually quite a modern game, with the graphics and all.
* '''Double Subverted''': But the game is a throwback to the genre in a ''different'' respect, such as storyline or humor.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ''Jammer'' is a modern game, with no retro aspect at all.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Didn't games like this stop being made in the 80s?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%% * '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played For Drama''': ???

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