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News – Capcom Announce Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Sophia Aubrey Drake 93 Views 0 Comments Blue Bomber, Capcom, Famicom, Legacy, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, PC, PS3, PS4, Remake, Remaster, Steam, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo, Xbox One

Last year Capcom bundled together the six classic Mega Man titles that make up Mega Man’s complete 8-bit history as

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News – First 6 Mega Man Games Coming To iOS & Android as Mega Man Mobile

20/12/201616/08/2017 Sophia Aubrey Drake 126 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Android, iOS, Mega Man, Mobile, Rockman

It looks like the Mega Man 8-bit collection will also be finding a home on Western smartphones after all. The

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News – WWE Star T.J. Perkins’ Retro WWE Entrance Is A Thing Of Beauty

28/09/201629/10/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 152 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, Mega Man, Wrestling, WWE

So, it seems like even the WWE can’t resist a bit of retro these days. Not only have they begun

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News – Nintendo Announces The Nintendo Classic Mini

14/07/201628/09/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 94 Views 4 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Castlevania, Console, Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, News, Nintendo, Nintendo Classic Mini, Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Bros., Zelda

Nintendo may be working hard on the upcoming NX, but that hasn’t stopped them announcing another new console. Even more surprisingly

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News – NES Visual Compendium Hits Kickstarter Goal

19/06/201615/09/2016 Sophia Aubrey Drake 149 Views 2 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, Bad Box Art Mega Man, Bitmap Books, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, Kickstarter, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda

There’s no denying the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom’s lasting popularity. It’s an icon of the 1980s, and one

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RetroVision 

RetroVision – The Covers of Mega Man Part 4: Legacy

Sophia Aubrey Drake 481 Views 0 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Bad Box Art Mega Man, Capcom, Dr. Wily, Europe, Famicom, Keiji Inafune, Legacy, Mega Blaster, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, Rockman

So, here we are at the bonus round.  When thinking of all the different cover art available, most will jump

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RetroVision – The Covers of Mega Man Part 3: Europe

Sophia Aubrey Drake 4110 Views 1 Comment 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Bad Box Art Mega Man, Capcom, Dr. Wily, Europe, Famicom, Keiji Inafune, Mega Blaster, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, Rockman

In part one we admired the glory that is the Japanese covers for Rockman 1 through 6.  However, next came the descent

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RetroVision – The Covers of Mega Man Part 2: North America

Sophia Aubrey Drake 365 Views 3 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Bad Box Art Mega Man, Capcom, Dr. Wily, Famicom, Keiji Inafune, Mega Blaster, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, Rockman

Oh dear, do we really have to do this?  Last time we looked at the glorious Japanese covers for the

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Japan/Import RetroVision 

RetroVision – The Covers of Mega Man Part 1: Japan

Sophia Aubrey Drake 759 Views 4 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, 90s, Capcom, Dr. Wily, Famicom, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, Rockman

The box art of the 8-bit Mega Man games has some incredible highs, and some absolutely desperate lows.  It’s a

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RetroVision – Bad Box Art Mega Man

Sophia Aubrey Drake 271 Views 5 Comments 8-Bit, 80s, America, Art, Bad Box Art, Bad Box Art Mega Man, Capcom, Japan, Keiji Inafune, Mega Man, Street Fighter, Tekken, Yoshinori Ono

Anyone who grew up outside of Japan in the 80s will remember how unfaithful and inaccurate to the source material

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Happy 30th Birthday NES!

18/10/201528/10/2015 Sophia Aubrey Drake 162 Views 1 Comment 1983 Market Crash, Atari, Castlevania, Famicom, Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, NES, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros., Virtual Console

Whilst the Nintendo Entertainment System was first released in Japan in 1983 as the Famicom, it wasn’t until October 18th 1985

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