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News – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Action Figures Incoming

03/06/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 258 Views 0 Comments 16-Bit, 80s, 90s, Action Figures, Arcade, Collectibles, Konami, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT

Ask anyone who grew up in the golden age of the arcade to list some of their favourite games, and

News – HD Salamander Remake Leaks Online

16/03/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 556 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, Android, China, Gradius, HD, Konami, News, Remaster, Salamander, Schmup, Shooter

First released in arcades in 1986 as a spin-off to Gradius, Salamander is a game that brought with it many

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,

Featured RetroVision

Halloween RetroVision – Who Created Castlevania?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 259 Views 2 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Adventure, Atari, Bloodstained, Castlevania, Dracula, Dracula's Castle, Halloween, Hitoshi Akamatsu, Keiji Inafune, Koji Igarashi, Konami, Metroidvania, Symphony of the Night

This week at Rings & Coins, we’re celebrating Halloween. So, what better way to celebrate, than by looking back on the foundations

Halloween RetroSpective – Castlevania

Sophia Aubrey Drake 318 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

Cheats & Secrets – Castlevania

Sophia Aubrey Drake 213 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Belmont, Castle, Castlevania, Death, Difficult, Dracula, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, Halloween, Horror, Konami, Konami Code, NES

Castlevania is one hell of a hard game, and despite this being a Konami game, don’t go thinking you can

RetroVision – Konami’s Code to Cheat Nintendo

Stuart Drake 122 Views 0 Comments Famicom, Konami, Metal Gear, Motocross Mayhem, NES, Nintendo, Operation C, Snake’s Revenge, Ultra Games

If I were to ask you who who published the original Metal Gear game, what would your answer be? Most

Retro Weekly Roundup – 4th September

04/09/201504/09/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 113 Views 2 Comments 8-Bit, Alex Kidd, Big Boss, Golden Axe, Hideo Kojima, Konami, Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, MSX2, Nolan Bushnell, PlayStation, Retro Weekly Roundup, SEGA, Solid Snake, Streets of Rage, The Phantom Pain

Another week has passed and at Rings & Coins that means there’s more retro news to report. So here’s this

Cheats Japan/Import RetroVision

RetroVision – The Konami Code

Sophia Aubrey Drake 656 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,

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

RetroSpective – Track & Field (Arcade)

Sophia Aubrey Drake 458 Views 0 Comments 1980s, Arcade, Hyper Olympic, Konami, Olympics, Track & Field

For this review I’m doing something a little different, a review of an original arcade game, and one of the