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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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Japan/Import RetroVision 

RetroVision – The Anime Inspiration Behind Road Avenger

Sophia Aubrey Drake 259 Views 0 Comments Anime, FMV, Mega-CD, Night Trap, One Piece, Road Avenger, Road Blaster, SEGA, Toei Animation, Transformers

The Mega-CD was famous for its FMV games, something which it unashamedly used to promote the power of SEGA’s CD

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News – Celebrate 25 Years With The Humble Sonic Bundle

23/06/201614/07/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 330 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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Japan/Import News RetroVision 

RetroVision – 16-Bit Akira Game Footage Uncovered

Sophia Aubrey Drake 170 Views 0 Comments 16-Bit, 80s, 90s, Akira, Anime, CES, Discovery, Feature, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Japan, Manga, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, News, Nintendo, SEGA, SEGA CD, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo

Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 adaptation of the manga Akira, is seen as not only one of the greatest Japanese animes of

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RetroVision 

RetroVision – Are Retro Games Really Worth More Today?

Sophia Aubrey Drake 168 Views 1 Comment 16-Bit, 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Earthbound, Feature, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Master System, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, NES, Nintendo, PlayStation, Retro, SEGA, SEGA CD, SNES, SNK, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros., Super Nintendo

Talk to any retro gaming collector like myself, and they’ll more than likely tell you the same thing, namely that

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Japan/Import RetroVision 

Xmas Retrovision – Snatcher: Operation Xmas

Sophia Aubrey Drake 146 Views 0 Comments 80s, 90s, Blade Runner, Cyberpunk, Hideo Kojima, Japan, Kobe, Mega-CD, MSX, Mystery, Robot, Santa, SEGA, Snatcher, Visual Novel, Xmas

Time for another game that’s perfect for a festive playthrough.  Though I’m guessing it’s not the first one that comes to mind

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RetroVision – Nintendo PlayStation Finally Revealed

Sophia Aubrey Drake 105 Views 1 Comment 16-Bit, 90s, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Ken Kutaragi, Mega-CD, Nintendo, PlayStation, SEGA, Street Fighter 2, Super Famicom

You may remember that we earlier reported on the discovery of a prototype build of the fabled Nintendo PlayStation, by Dan

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RetroSpective 

Halloween RetroSpective – Night Trap

Sophia Aubrey Drake 169 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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Cheats & Secrets – Night Trap’s Secret NEMO Scene

Sophia Aubrey Drake 633 Views 0 Comments 90s, Censorship, Cheats, Codes, Digital Pictures, ESRB, FMV, Full Motion Video, Genesis, Government, Halloween, Horror, Infamous, Mass Media, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Night Trap, SEGA, SEGA CD, Sex, Vampire, Violence

Night Trap is a terrifying game, but not for the right reasons.  The gameplay is uninspiring and distracting, so distracting the

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Halloween RetroVision – The Controversy of Night Trap

Sophia Aubrey Drake 277 Views 4 Comments 90s, 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

Developed by Digital Pictures and first released in October 1992, Night Trap is an odd sort of experience.  Coming at the

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RetroVision 

RetroVision – Ecco, The Unlikely Tale of a Cult Classic

Sophia Aubrey Drake 154 Views 0 Comments 80s, 90s, Alien, Difficult, Dolphins, Ecco, Ecco The Dolphin, Genesis, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Sea, The Tides of Time

Ecco the Dolphin is a curious game, it blends genres and in many ways is quite a unique title.  On

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