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News – Campy Yet Controversial Night Trap Returns For 25th Anniversary

26/04/201716/08/2017 Sophia Aubrey Drake 105 Views 0 Comments 90s, Anniversary, B Movie, Censorship, ESRB, FMV, Full Motion Video, Government, Infamous, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Night Trap, PS4, SEGA, SEGA CD, Sex, Vampire, Violence

Night Trap, one of the most controversial and most talked about games of the 90s is back, in a move

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News – Sonic To become Fine Art Collection

16/10/201629/10/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 133 Views 0 Comments Anniversary, Fine Art, Naoto Oshima, Sonic

Whoever says games can’t be art certainly hasn’t heard Sega’s latest announcement. That’s because as part of the ongoing celebrations

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News – Super Pitfall Returns With Fan-Made 30th Anniversary Edition

11/09/201629/10/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 166 Views 1 Comment 8-Bit, 80s, Anniversary, Atari, Famicom, NES, Pitfall, Remake, Super Pitfall

Pitfall Harry is one of the most iconic names from the early days of video gaming, and a staple of

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RetroSpective 

RetroSpective – Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Stuart Drake 218 Views 3 Comments 16-Bit, 90s, Anniversary, Eggman, Genesis, Mega Drive, Metal Sonic, RetroSpective, Review, Robot, Robotnik, Sonic, Sonic 2, Sonic Team, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, Yuji Naka

Recently, at my brother’s wedding (Rings & Coins Founder), I had the chance to play Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from

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News – Sonic Mania Returns Sonic To His Retro Roots

23/07/201603/02/2020 Sophia Aubrey Drake 335 Views 4 Comments Anniversary, Christian Whitehead, Knuckles, Miles Prower, SEGA, Sonic, Sonic 2, Sonic CD, Sonic Team, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails

As part of Sonic’s recent 25th Anniversary celebrations, (I know talk about feeling old), Sega and Sonic Team made not

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Japan/Import RetroVision 

RetroVision – Dr. Eggman or Dr. Robotnik?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 204 Views 1 Comment 16-Bit, 90s, Anniversary, Dreamcast, Eggman, Genesis, Japan, Mega Drive, Robotnik, SEGA, SEGA of America, SEGA of Japan, Sonic, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Team, Takashi Iizuka, Yuji Naka

If you grew up loving Sonic’s 16-bit adventures, then you’ll surely know his arch enemy by the name Dr. Ivo

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News – Adventures of Mana PS Vita Version Now Available In English

29/06/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 627 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, Adventures of Mana, Android, Anniversary, English, Final Fantasy, Game Boy, iOS, JRPG, Mana, Mystic Quest, Remake, Seiken Densetsu, Square Enix, Vita

Adventures of Mana is a game known by many names. These include Final Fantasy Adventure, Mystic Quest, and its original

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News – Celebrate 25 Years With The Humble Sonic Bundle

23/06/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 328 Views 1 Comment 16-Bit, 90s, Anniversary, Charity, Genesis, Humble Bundle, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, SEGA CD, SEGA of America, Sonic, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic 3D, Sonic CD

It’s been 25 years to the day since the blue blur first sped onto the Mega Drive / Genesis (though

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News – Pokémon Ports Prove Retro Still Sells

04/05/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 113 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 90s, Anniversary, Game Freak, News, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri, Virtual Console

Retro gaming is far from dead. It’s something I say a lot here on Rings & Coins, and if you

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Japan/Import RetroVision 

RetroVision – Glimpse Into The Inner Makings of Dragon Quest

Sophia Aubrey Drake 129 Views 1 Comment 80s, Anniversary, Art, Chunsoft, Dragon Quest, Enix, Famicom, Feature, Final Fantasy, JRPG, NES, Nintendo, RPG, Secret of Mana, Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario Bros., Twitter, Yuji Horii

To put it simply, Dragon Quest is one of the most important games ever made, both on a global level,

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RetroVision – Just How Successful Is Pokémon?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 178 Views 2 Comments Anime, Anniversary, Game Boy, Game Freak, Japan, JRPG, Kanto, Manga, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokémon, Pokemon Center, Satoshi Tajiri, Trading Cards

This year Game Freak and Nintendo’s Pokémon celebrates its 20th Anniversary. Where has the time gone? What’s more, it celebrates

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