There are so many games using the "retro" styles of NES and SNES games, even if they don't strictly follow the limits of the console they're emulating. What do you think of Atari 2600 as a style? Like, it doesn't have to follow the hardware limitations 100%, just looks and feels like an Atari 2600 game, even if it's way more complex than a VCS game could ever be. There are a lot of games that do this for other styles, why not Atari 2600? I say this as someone who's interested in graphical styles that people don't traditionally think of using—for instance, I love N64 style graphics and want to make games in that style.
Do you think Atari 2600 is a legitimate graphical/audio style? Do you think it's okay for games in this style to bend the rules a bit, or should they match up with the hardware limits of the system?
EDIT: It just occurred to me this might not be the right board for this thread. Sorry if it's not!