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News – Contra Returns!

08/11/201509/11/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 164 Views 0 Comments Android, China, Contra, Free To Play, iOS, Konami

Yes, you read that right. This week Konami announced that Contra, one of the company’s most loved retro franchises,

RetroSpective – The Essentials

Sophia Aubrey Drake 136 Views 0 Comments 16-Bit, 8-Bit, Contra, Essentials, Mega Man, Punch-Out!!, Streets of Rage, The Mysterious Murasame Castle

So Rings & Coins is over 50 articles in and over 12 reviews richer. So, as such I thought this would

Cheats Japan/Import RetroVision

RetroVision – The Konami Code

Sophia Aubrey Drake 657 Views 5 Comments Bioshock, Borderlands, Cheats, Contra, Crash Bandicoot, Dance Dance Revolution, Deadpool, Famicom, Gradius, Kazuhisa Hashimoto, Konami, Konami Code, Marvel, Metal Gear Solid, NES, Nintendo, Resident Evil, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Vogue, Wreck-It Ralph

Most retro gamers will know the code off by heart, repeat after me: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right,

Cheats & Tips – Contra

Sophia Aubrey Drake 144 Views 1 Comment Alien, Contra, Famicom, Konami Code, NES, Probotector, Red Falcon Organisation

Contra is hard, very very hard. So as always, following on from our review, Rings & Coins is here to help by

RetroSpective – Contra

Sophia Aubrey Drake 372 Views 5 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Alien, Co-op, Contra, Difficult, Famicom, Game Over, Konami, Konami Code, NES, Nintendo, Predator, Probotector, Rambo, Red Falcon Organisation, Shooting, Waterfall

To put it simply, Contra is a game synonymous with both the Nintendo Entertainment System and the 8-bit generation. First released