I think I know what you mean, I've been on P3 still when P5, even P6 was release. I had to abandon it because of the memory bug (the same that P4 has, but there's a patch for it...), it can't eat so much RAM...
I'm missing it, still. Everything was so much simpler, and yes, retro
She's beautiful, I made some test renders last night, used JR's freckle texture on her...