throwbacks

True, first-person JRPGs are more rare now, but first-person dungeon crawling really established the JRPG, and continues today in throwbacks like Etrian Odyssey, The Dark Spire, Baroque, etc.

Is The First-Person The Most-Person? SVGL 2009

(They often dress like throwbacks from the early 20th century though last night they performed in jeans and T-shirts.)

Bill Chameides: Folk-Rocking Sustainably Bill Chameides 2010

(They often dress like throwbacks from the early 20th century though last night they performed in jeans and T-shirts.)

Bill Chameides: Folk-Rocking Sustainably Bill Chameides 2010

(They often dress like throwbacks from the early 20th century though last night they performed in jeans and T-shirts.)

Bill Chameides: Folk-Rocking Sustainably Bill Chameides 2010

The 2006-07 season brought a return to the "throwbacks" -- but this time, it was a blast from the 1980's and the days of Ron Harper:

MVN 2009

The 2006-07 season brought a return to the "throwbacks" -- but this time, it was a blast from the 1980's and the days of Ron Harper:

MVN 2009

You have only to glance over the nominations this year to see that people still appreciate word-for-word throwbacks to the 60s ("Old Man's War"), endless epic fantasy series ("Feast for Crows"), and modern space operas ("Learning the World").

Miss Snark is not informed on this Miss Snark 2006

I've seen the story about "throwbacks" but wasn't aware he'd singled anyone out.

Another Yawn from Michael Portillo 2006

Lorelei Knight was mysteriously different from her kin; she might almost have sprung from a different strain, and except as one of those "throwbacks" which sometimes occur in a mediocre family, when an exotic offspring blooms like a delicate blossom in a bed of weeds, she was inexplicable.

The Auction Block Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Every civilised country has its "throwbacks," and the more monotonous civilisation becomes, the more cast-iron its rules, and the more scientific and educated its people, the more onerous and difficult become the responsibilities and duties of citizenship; and the greater the likelihood of in increased number of reverts to undisciplined and wild life.

London's Underworld Thomas Holmes 1882