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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It's new to me: Big Tournament Golf

It's new to me: Big Tournament Golf

The Neo Geo Pocket Color featured a colorful and cartoony version of an SNK arcade golf title.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Ryukyu

XP Arcade: Ryukyu

A single-player poker game that's also a puzzle, and one that will have you coming back again and again.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Past meets present: Mario vs. Donkey Kong

A remake of a Game Boy Advance title that manages to both improve upon and lessen the original.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes

Past meets present: Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes

A board game RPG for the Famicom that has only recently released worldwide.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Solar Assault

It's new to me: Solar Assault

Gradius goes 3D in the arcades, in the style of Star Fox... sort of.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Money Puzzle Exchanger

It's new to me: Money Puzzle Exchanger

It might look like Magical Drop with money at first, but this is a significantly different puzzle game.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin

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It's new to me: Big Tournament Golf

It's new to me: Big Tournament Golf

The Neo Geo Pocket Color featured a colorful and cartoony version of an SNK arcade golf title.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Ryukyu

XP Arcade: Ryukyu

A single-player poker game that's also a puzzle, and one that will have you coming back again and again.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Past meets present: Mario vs. Donkey Kong

A remake of a Game Boy Advance title that manages to both improve upon and lessen the original.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes

Past meets present: Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes

A board game RPG for the Famicom that has only recently released worldwide.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Solar Assault

It's new to me: Solar Assault

Gradius goes 3D in the arcades, in the style of Star Fox... sort of.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Money Puzzle Exchanger

It's new to me: Money Puzzle Exchanger

It might look like Magical Drop with money at first, but this is a significantly different puzzle game.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Mappy

XP Arcade: Mappy

[whispering to date while playing Mappy when Mappy first appears on screen] That's Mappy

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
30 years of the Sega Saturn: How to play Saturn games in 2025

30 years of the Sega Saturn: How to play Saturn games in 2025

You have options, and you should know what they are. If only so you no longer have an excuse to not play Sega Saturn games.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
30 years of the Sega Saturn: Baroque

30 years of the Sega Saturn: Baroque

Baroque is a horror-themed roguelike dungeon-crawler, and its finest form was stuck on the Sega Saturn in Japan for decades.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
30 years of the Sega Saturn: Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die

30 years of the Sega Saturn: Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die

A bigger, better sequel to an already excellent game.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
30 years of the Sega Saturn: Radiant Silvergun

30 years of the Sega Saturn: Radiant Silvergun

One of the highlights of both the Saturn and Treasure's library, which should tell you something out of the gate.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
30 years of the Sega Saturn: Segata Sanshirō

30 years of the Sega Saturn: Segata Sanshirō

Marketing works.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
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