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: 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
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
Re-release this: Phoenix

Re-release this: Phoenix

A stepping stone for early shoot 'em ups in between Galaxian and Galaga, but with plenty to offer in its own right.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Road Runner

It's new to me: Road Runner

Videogamus Arcadeus Excellentus

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: Resident Evil

Retro spotlight: Resident Evil

Not the first horror game, no, but certainly the one that defined the genre and its possibilities.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin

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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
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
Re-release this: Phoenix

Re-release this: Phoenix

A stepping stone for early shoot 'em ups in between Galaxian and Galaga, but with plenty to offer in its own right.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: Road Runner

It's new to me: Road Runner

Videogamus Arcadeus Excellentus

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Max RPM

XP Arcade: Max RPM

Head-to-head arcade drag racing from Bally Midway, played on a split-screen cabinet.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
It's new to me: SNK Gals' Fighters

It's new to me: SNK Gals' Fighters

SNK's women get together for a fighting tournament where they are all chibified for the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: Resident Evil

Retro spotlight: Resident Evil

Not the first horror game, no, but certainly the one that defined the genre and its possibilities.

Marc Normandin
Marc Normandin
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