Retro XP
Retro reviews, analysis, and thoughts about retro games I’m playing, and think you should be playing, too.
- Created by Marc Normandin
- Located in United States
- July 2020
- Free
Recent posts
August 7, 2026
There is a whole lot of misinformation out there regarding Donkey Kong 3. There are claims that its commercial failure in North America caused the Donkey Kong series to be shelved for over a decade, even though ports of the arcade games were released for the Famicom and NES following Donkey Kong…
July 29, 2026
Toaplan invented the bomb. In the now-defunct company’s first shooter, 1985’s Tiger-Heli , the limited-use bomb was introduced to the genre, with the idea being that it gave players an aggressive and exciting way to attack enemies. Instead, something unexpected happened: as players got better at…
July 27, 2026
It’s incredible how quickly the video game industry used to change, in terms of priorities and design. That’s not a knock on the current standards, but a reminder that a whole lot of what you see today got its start at the beginning of the HD era, two decades ago — there’s a reason that people…
