Overview

The Retrograde Conglomerate started off as the Vintage Federation, led by an Amiga-kun who recognized that competition was not everything. It is a non-profit organization, similar to the real-world Vintage Computer Federation, dedicated to assisting retiring OS-tans in living a better life.

Members

History

As the Vintage Federation

As the Vintage Federation + Vintage Handheld Device Aggregation

in 2020 the Vintage Handheld Device Aggregation decided to merge with them, forming an even larger faction combined of the two known as the VFVHDA aka Vintage Federation + Vintage Handheld Device Aggregation. Nokia Actionman-tan and Amiga-kun came to an agreement that both factions shared the same goals but being spilt apart as separate factions wasn't a good idea, so they merged. This led to there being more space for characters to be as now you had Apple II's apple farms, Nokia's pulp mills and Blackberry's blackberry farms. The VHDA is similar to the Vintage Federation but for vintage phones, tablets, and similar kinds of devices. Founded by Actionman-tan in 2015 she noticed that many phone companies such as Blackberry and Nokia were somewhat losing what they had because of the iPhone 3G, and iPhone 5-tan market dominance. Inspired by the already existing Vintage Federation, she decided to form her own group for people who were affected by iPhone 2G, 3G, and iPhone 5-tan’s market dominance. At first, it wasn’t easy getting members but she managed to convince a few people, and then those people got more people which helped it grow! The VHDA is actually two locations, one located at the old Nokia pulp mill and the other being the Blackberry-tans Blackberry Farm.

As the Retrograde Conglomerate

Once again another faction merged with VFVHDA in 2023, that being the Calculator Confederacy which initially resisted merging because the VHDA had merged with them.

What was the Calculator Confederacy?

The Calculator Confederacy formed during a time when smartphones began to make calculators practically obsolete. It's debated who founded this faction since there could be various candidates. It started as a faction against the VHDA, Android Alliance, and the Infinite Loop's Handheld District because most calculator-tans and kuns saw them as a threat. After a few years, this "hatred" against smartphones waned and the faction began to turn into a place for calculators to retire that don't wish to go to the Vintage Handheld Device Aggregation however, there are rumors that one calculator there doesn't like the fact the hatred has waned and believes this faction should've started when computers began to make their fame.