Retro XP
Retro reviews, analysis, and thoughts about retro games I’m playing, and think you should be playing, too.
Under Defeat was a great time when it first released in 2006, but improved with a 2012 HD release, and has now likely hit its peak final form in 2025.
When is a Fire Emblem game not a Fire Emblem game? When Nintendo sues to keep it from being one.
Is P.N.03 everything it could have been? No, but what it is still happens to be both enjoyable, fascinating, and deserving of a second chance.
A Japan-only adventure game from 1995, one that should get another chance in the present during that genre's renaissance.
Love Super Monkey Ball? A sicko for Kororinpa? You can thank Atari's Marble Madness for getting that ball rolling downhill.
The first 3D platformer was something of a Playstation tech demo, but also a ton of fun in its own right.
You might better know it as Pac-Attack, but this puzzle was originally a spin-off of a different and lesser-known Namco series.
You could think of that name as more like "Bomberman & Max," considering the game features the two characters, and less like "Max Bomberman," but either way, these games aren't available anywhere.
Gradius is to horizontal shooters what Xevious is to vertical ones, which is to say, this is a foundational game.
The Indiana Jones version of the Super Star Wars games, except the entire trilogy is in one place instead of spread out over three games.
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
The best of the games I played for the first time in 2024, that weren't from 2024.
