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 • Marc Normandin
Past meets present: Cosmo Gang the Puzzle
You might better know it as Pac-Attack, but this puzzle was originally a spin-off of a different and lesser-known Namco series.
 • Marc Normandin
Re-release this: Bomberman Max
You could think of that name as more like "Bomberman & Max," considering the game features the two characters, and less like "Max Bomberman," but either…
 • Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: Gradius
Gradius is to horizontal shooters what Xevious is to vertical ones, which is to say, this is a foundational game.
 • Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
The Indiana Jones version of the Super Star Wars games, except the entire trilogy is in one place instead of spread out over three games.
 • Marc Normandin

December 2024

2024's Games of the Year, Pt. 3
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
 • Marc Normandin
2024's Games of the Year, Pt. 2
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
 • Marc Normandin
2024's Games of the Year, Pt. 1
Yes, this is a retro video game publication, but I find plenty of time for new stuff, too.
 • Marc Normandin
The retro games of the year 2024
The best of the games I played for the first time in 2024, that weren't from 2024.
 • Marc Normandin
XP Arcade: Captain Commando
If you've never played a beat 'em up with a baby riding mechanized power armor delivering jumping piledrivers to space ninjas, then you've never played…
 • Marc Normandin
Retro spotlight: Shining in the Darkness
The actual first game in the Shining series was a first-person dungeon crawler filled with budget-conscious design decisions.
 • Marc Normandin
Re-release this: Meteos
Re-releasing Meteos, a Nintendo DS game that relied on the stylus to work as well as it did, would be tough. But there's one possible way.
 • Marc Normandin
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