History Retraux / VideoGames

** The flashback sequence, within a flashback sequence, in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney - Trials & Tribulations'' is presented in flickering sepia-tone with flickering black lines, suggesting the earliest days of silent film. Despite the fact that, according to the timeline of TheVerse, it took place in ''2003''.

** Taking it even further, using the KonamiCode on the title screen opens up a easter egg with Atari graphic styled Creator/PendletonWard, Finn and Jake. With Pen singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tpMQUIKdn4 "The Secret Screen song."]]

* Bethesda created a [[WebGames browser game]] based on ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' that used 8-bit graphics similar to the early ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games. It's currently only in Japanese, [[http://www.bethsoft.com/jpn/fo/fo_quest/index.html but it's fascinating.]] Ironically, it looks similar to ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'', the original game which inspired ''Fallout''.

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}''

* In Creator/{{Jaleco}}'s self-referential UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame ''[[VideoGame/GameTengoku The Game Paradise: Master of Shooting]]'', there is a warning message early in Stage 5: "32bit-CPU Captured by 8bit-CPU." The enemies start turning pixelated and jerky, and pastiches of ancient video games like ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' and ''VideoGame/HeadOn'' ensue.

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' features similar aesthetics in some of its fake websites, appearing like those circa 1998. Of note is [[http://www.pauliesrevue.net/ this one,]] which parodies the typical poorly designed Website/{{Geocities}}-like website common before the abundance of competent graphics and web designers.

* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'', an AdventureGame set up as an Internet simulator, takes place in an [[AlternateTimeline alternate]] [[TheNineties 1999]] where advances in technology have resulted in an [[TheAlternet web browser accessible while asleep]]. Owing to the time period, the game's operating system is set up with a pixelated and saturated look reminiscent of Windows 95, while the websites you can access evoke the early Website/GeoCities aesthetic with deliberately low-quality animations and autoplaying MIDI-like songs. This extends to the general feel of the universe the game is set in as well, with the optimism and paranoia of [[TurnOfTheMillennium Y2K]] painting the game's tone.

* Like many UsefulNotes/RPGMaker games, ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass'' uses this aesthetic. The graphics have a grainier and more retro style than most RPG Maker VX games, the aesthetic is ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''-inspired, and the world map uses the same style as ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.

* ''VideoGame/IonFury'', a retitled prequel of ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'' made with the Build engine (the engine that powers VideoGame/DukeNukem3D), is made to look as much like a '90s FPS game as possible.

* ''VideoGame/{{Frogun}} is designed like a [[MediaNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 5th generation]] platformer.

* The 2023 remake of ''VideoGame/SystemShock'' keeps the pixelated textures and the retro-futuristic aesthetic, resulting in what looks like an early Platform/PlayStation2-looking game with modern day shaders and lighting effects.

* [[VideoGame/SydneyHunterAndTheCavernsOfDeath All]] [[VideoGame/SydneyHunterAndTheShrinesOfPeril four]] VideoGame/{{Sydney|HunterAndTheSacredTribe}} [[VideoGame/SydneyHunterAndTheCurseOfTheMayan Hunter]] games have been rendered in 8-bit to 16-bit graphics with chiptune music.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tanzer}}'', a 2019 game visually resembling 90s HackAndSlash {{platformers}} like ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'', ''VIdeoGame/CannonDancer'' and ''VIdeoGame/{{Hagane}}''.

* ''VideoGameSuperMonkeyBall: Banana Mania'' has the Classic Characters Pack DLC, which grants you the ability to play as the main cast using their original designs from prior to ''Banana Blitz''. This goes for ''Blitz'' newcomers [=YanYan=] and Doctor as well, giving them designs that are more in-line with the [=GameCube=] games.

* ''VideoGame/{{Sword of Xolan}}'' is a side scrolling platformer with pixelated graphics.

* ''VideoGame/Valkie64'': The game is rendered in 64-bit to emulate the Platform/Nintendo64 ActionAdventure [[VideoGame Video Games]] it was inspired by.

*** While they can't be heard during normal gameplay, chiptune arrangements of "Jump Up, Super Star" and [[spoiler:"Break Free (Lead the Way)"]] can be unlocked and played in the in-game music player.
** ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour'' has the drivers Mario (SNES) and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES), who use their sprites from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'' instead of 3D models like all other characters in the game. Playing as them even changes the countdown, item roulette sounds, and finish music to their ''Super Mario Kart'' versions.

* ''VideoGame/NineteenSeventeenTheAlienInvasionDX'' is an arcade-style shump modeled after the graphics of ''VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo'', btut released in the 2020s.

** ''VideoGame/SuperchargedRobotVulkaiser'' is a SpiritualSuccessor of the above, homaging several other Super Robot shows such as Mazinger Z, Voltes V and Voltron. It also has a sequel of sorts in the form of ''Witch-bot Meglilo'', which this time homages and parodies 70s MagicalGirl shows instead of giant robots.

* ''VideoGame/BombChicken'''s aesthetic calls to mind UsefulNotes/The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames with its large, cartoony sprites and smooth animation, but an ''actual'' 16-bit system wouldn't be capable of running this game.

* ''VideoGame/{{Frogun}} is designed like a [[UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 5th generation]] platformer.

* ''VideoGame/{{Observo}}'': The game is made as a love letter to early-2000s SurvivalHorror video games, being rendered in [[UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfVideoGames fifth generation]] graphics and fixed camera angles that were widely used before ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'''s over-the-shoulder view became more widely accepted.

* ''VideoGame/VernalEdge'' resembles a 2D title from UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, combining detailed sprites with low-poly 3D graphics for the overworld. The game's story also features many elements that were common in the {{Eastern RPG}}s of the time, including airships, a GottaCatchThemAll plot, and an antagonistic CorruptChurch.

* ''VideoGame/VoidStranger'', by the same developers as ''VideoGame/ZeroRanger'', is a Game Boy-style grayscale block puzzle game/dungeon crawler hybrid.

* ''VideoGame/ZeroRanger'' is a '90s-inspired {{animesque}} vertical shmup with dichromatic graphics reminiscent of the Super Game Boy.
* ''VideoGame/VoidStranger'', by the same developers as ''VideoGame/ZeroRanger'' above, is a Game Boy-style grayscale block puzzle game/dungeon crawler hybrid.

* ''VideoGame/VoidStranger'', by the same developers as ''VideoGameZeroRanger'' above, is a Game Boy-style grayscale block puzzle game/dungeon crawler hybrid.