# Retro Diffusion

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Retro Diffusion and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for clean pixel art with proper palettes, no mixels, and sprite sheet animations, though some say it shows its age for its era.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean pixel art with proper palettes (2 comments): "worked pretty well for its era - no mixels, proper palettes, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220942)) "This should give the building more realistic pixel art look." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46725745))

## What people warn about

- Shows its age for its era (2 comments): "It felt like it was trained on more natural language, so prompting it was quite nice for that era." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48899527)) "worked pretty well for its era - no mixels, proper palettes, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220942))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Nano Banana](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nano-banana-pro.md): 265 recommend
- [gpt-image-1](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-image-1-5.md): 79 recommend
- [FLUX.2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flux-2.md): 66 recommend
- [gpt-image-2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-image-2.md): 63 recommend
- [Qwen-Image](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen-image-2-1.md): 47 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://retrodiffusion.ai/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Retro Diffusion", https://hackerapproved.com/p/retro-diffusion/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).