Retro XP

Retro XP

Retro reviews, analysis, and thoughts about retro games I’m playing, and think you should be playing, too.

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Re-release this: A Kappa's Trail

Re-release this: A Kappa's Trail

A Brownie Brown rarity, in that it's not an RPG, but also in the sense that it released as DSiWare and is no longer available anywhere.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Re-release this: Gradius 2

Re-release this: Gradius 2

It's not Gradius II, no, but we'll get into that.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Pole Position

XP Arcade: Pole Position

One of the most influential games ever, Pole Position is another classic from Namco's golden age in the arcade.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Changeable Guardian Estique

Past meets present: Changeable Guardian Estique

Compile might be no more, but there's nothing stopping former devs of the shoot 'em up legend from working together on something new in the present.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Elevator Action

XP Arcade: Elevator Action

Who doesn't love destroying secret documents and kicking nameless agents in the face while you descend a building?

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Zusar Vasar

It's new to me: Zusar Vasar

A racing game on the Dreamcast featuring robot animals pulling chariots. And it somehow gets weirder than that.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin

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Re-release this: A Kappa's Trail

Re-release this: A Kappa's Trail

A Brownie Brown rarity, in that it's not an RPG, but also in the sense that it released as DSiWare and is no longer available anywhere.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Re-release this: Gradius 2

Re-release this: Gradius 2

It's not Gradius II, no, but we'll get into that.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Pole Position

XP Arcade: Pole Position

One of the most influential games ever, Pole Position is another classic from Namco's golden age in the arcade.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Elevator Action

XP Arcade: Elevator Action

Who doesn't love destroying secret documents and kicking nameless agents in the face while you descend a building?

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Changeable Guardian Estique

Past meets present: Changeable Guardian Estique

Compile might be no more, but there's nothing stopping former devs of the shoot 'em up legend from working together on something new in the present.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Star Luster

Past meets present: Star Luster

Namco's Famicom classic was misunderstood in its day, but it merits your attention, especially now that it's finally available outside of Japan.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Cleopatra Fortune

Past meets present: Cleopatra Fortune

Cleopatra Fortune isn't a series Taito kept going back to, but it's still a worthy puzzler.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Zusar Vasar

It's new to me: Zusar Vasar

A racing game on the Dreamcast featuring robot animals pulling chariots. And it somehow gets weirder than that.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Last Legion UX

It's new to me: Last Legion UX

Hudson and Yuke's partnered together on a mech combat game on the N64, but only for Japan.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Sutte Hakkun

Past meets present: Sutte Hakkun

Nintendo put a game with Satellaview origins on Nintendo Switch Online, and we're all the better for it.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Valkyrie no Bōken

It's new to me: Valkyrie no Bōken

The first of the Valkyrie games, and still a Japanese exclusive nearly four decades later, this game had its own take on the emerging "Zelda-like" genre.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Re-release this: Ganbare Goemon 2: Very Strange General McGuinness

Re-release this: Ganbare Goemon 2: Very Strange General McGuinness

The Japan-only sequel to The Legend of the Mystical Ninja deserved a worldwide release over three decades ago.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
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