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RetroSpective is our reviews section. Fancy knowing which games are worth going back to and which ones you should avoid? Well you’re in luck, as here in RetroVision we go back and review all of the classic games from the 8 and 16-bit era, taking into account both the past and the present. Our scores are represented through three simple different recommendations:

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RetroSpective 

Halloween RetroSpective – Night Trap

Sophia Aubrey Drake 216 Views 0 Comments 90s, B Movie, Censorship, Digital Pictures, ESRB, FMV, Full Motion Video, Genesis, Government, Infamous, Mass Media, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Night Trap, SEGA, SEGA CD, Sex, Vampire, Violence

Halloween is over for another year.  However, at Rings & Coins there’s still time for one last Horror themed piece of

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Halloween RetroSpective – Castlevania

Sophia Aubrey Drake 390 Views 5 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Belmont, Castle, Castlevania, Death, Difficult, Dracula, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, Halloween, Horror, Konami, NES, Ninja Gaiden, Symphony of the Night

Halloween is very nearly upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by looking back on the original entry

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RetroSpective – Super Back To The Future 2

Sophia Aubrey Drake 180 Views 2 Comments 1985, 2015, 80s, 90s, Back To The Future, Biff, DeLorean, Doc Brown, Hoverboard, Marty, Nintendo, Super Famicom

Happy Back To The Future Day!  The 21st October 2015  is finally here, the day Marty and Doc arrived in the

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RetroSpective – Back To The Future

Sophia Aubrey Drake 139 Views 3 Comments 1985, 80s, Avoid, Back To The Future, DeLorean, Doc Brown, LJN, Marty, NES, Nintendo

This year we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the cult classic film Back To The Future.  Not only that but

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RetroSpective – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan

Sophia Aubrey Drake 420 Views 1 Comment 80s, 90s, Bebop, Cartoon, Donatello, Foot Clan, Game Boy, Krang, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rocksteady, Shredder, Splinter, Stockman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was an integral part of both 80s and 90s pop culture, and with that came a

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RetroSpective – Bubsy (in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind)

Sophia Aubrey Drake 390 Views 1 Comment Bubsy, Genesis, Mega Drive, PSOne, Super Nintendo

Bubsy 3D on the PSOne (the third and final entry in the series), will always be remembered by me as

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RetroSpective – Tetris

Sophia Aubrey Drake 543 Views 1 Comment 80s, 90s, Addictive, Alexey Patjinov, Classic, Essentials, Game Boy, Nintendo, Russia, Tetris

Tetris has been released on many platforms prior to the Game Boy, having originally been developed by in Russia by

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RetroSpective – Streets of Rage

Sophia Aubrey Drake 236 Views 4 Comments Beat-Em Up, Brawler, Chiptune, Double Dragon, Final Fight, Genesis, Mega Drive, Recommended, SEGA, Streets of Rage

You’ve battled your way through the entire city and even the villainous Mr. X’s headquarters, and now you’re standing face

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RetroSpective – Ristar

Sophia Aubrey Drake 266 Views 0 Comments 16-Bit, 90s, Genesis, Kaiser Greedy, Mega Drive, Ristar, SEGA, Shooting Star, Sonic Team, Yuji Naka

Just as the 16-bit generation was coming to a close, SEGA and Sonic Team were preparing one last platforming adventure

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RetroSpective – Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

Sophia Aubrey Drake 201 Views 4 Comments Billie Jean, Bubbles, Genesis, King of Pop, Mega Drive, Michael Jackson, SEGA, Smooth Criminal, Thriller

Moonwalker is one of those games that if you didn’t already know it was a game, you’d be forgiven for

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RetroSpective – Super Mario Bros.

Sophia Aubrey Drake 335 Views 11 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Bowser, Classic, Difficult, Essential, Famicom, Koopa, Luigi, NES, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros.

What more is there to say about one of the world’s most famous games?  Just as it did on release in

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