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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Guest Feature: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Guest Feature: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Frame perfect.

Ashley Schofield
Ashley Schofield
Re-release this: Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Re-release this: Hotel Dusk: Room 215

A graphic point-and-click adventure where narrative remains at the heart of things.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: 1942

Retro spotlight: 1942

The game that made Capcom into a major player, both in arcades and the living room.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Guest Feature: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Guest Feature: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

A revision of a short story into a game, with author Harlan Ellison heavily involved, meant to serve a different purpose than the original work.

Wallace Truesdale
Wallace Truesdale
XP Arcade: Football Champ

XP Arcade: Football Champ

That's "football" as in "soccer," except this one is at least as violent as the other football.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Guest Feature: Bio Force Ape

Guest Feature: Bio Force Ape

The story of a prototype game that was all but completed, but never saw the light of day... at least, not officially.

Madeline Blondeau
Madeline Blondeau
Re-release this: SimCity (SNES)

Re-release this: SimCity (SNES)

Will Wright and Shigeru Miyamoto once got together to produce a classic game that you can't legally play on modern platforms.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Gulkave

Past meets present: Gulkave

An early Compile shooting game that shows off both their programming chops and imagination.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: Red Faction: Guerrilla

Retro spotlight: Red Faction: Guerrilla

Volition at their least subtle — which is saying something — and most pro-worker, in a game that resonates even more today than it did upon release.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin

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Guest Feature: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Guest Feature: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Frame perfect.

Ashley Schofield
Ashley Schofield
Re-release this: Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Re-release this: Hotel Dusk: Room 215

A graphic point-and-click adventure where narrative remains at the heart of things.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: 1942

Retro spotlight: 1942

The game that made Capcom into a major player, both in arcades and the living room.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Guest Feature: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Guest Feature: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

A revision of a short story into a game, with author Harlan Ellison heavily involved, meant to serve a different purpose than the original work.

Wallace Truesdale
Wallace Truesdale
XP Arcade: Football Champ

XP Arcade: Football Champ

That's "football" as in "soccer," except this one is at least as violent as the other football.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Guest Feature: Bio Force Ape

Guest Feature: Bio Force Ape

The story of a prototype game that was all but completed, but never saw the light of day... at least, not officially.

Madeline Blondeau
Madeline Blondeau
Re-release this: SimCity (SNES)

Re-release this: SimCity (SNES)

Will Wright and Shigeru Miyamoto once got together to produce a classic game that you can't legally play on modern platforms.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Gulkave

Past meets present: Gulkave

An early Compile shooting game that shows off both their programming chops and imagination.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: J.B. Harold Murder Club

It's new to me: J.B. Harold Murder Club

The graphic adventure game that put Rika Suzuki on the map.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Guest Feature: Cosmic Ark

Guest Feature: Cosmic Ark

Imagic's middle entry from a trilogy that was never completed tells a tale that sounds familiar in the present.

Garrett Martin
Garrett Martin
Past meets present: Wonderland of Carbuncle

Past meets present: Wonderland of Carbuncle

Another Disc Station release makes its way to D4's EggConsole service on the Switch.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Paddle Mania

It's new to me: Paddle Mania

It's not what you think it is.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
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