{"id":1161,"date":"2012-09-27T12:21:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T12:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2012-09-27T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T12:21:50","slug":"my-top-100-79-m-c-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #79 &#8211; M.C. Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1164\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MC-Kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1164\" title=\"MC Kids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MC-Kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MC-Kids.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/MC-Kids-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1992 &#8211; Virgin Interactive (NES)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To this day, I&#8217;m not sure if this is game&#8217;s title is pronounced <em>Emcee Kids<\/em> or <em>Mick Kids<\/em>&#8230; either way, it&#8217;s one of those games that didn&#8217;t get a whole lot of attention, but is still quite fun to play.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard <em>M.C. Kids <\/em>described as a &#8220;Mario Clone&#8221; by several reviewers on YouTube (you know, the pros&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;), and I&#8217;ve gotta say that I don&#8217;t quite understand why the term is used in a derogatory way.\u00a0 Sure, it shares a lot with <em>Super Mario Bros. 3 <\/em>in that it has vividly-coloured graphics, level maps, and an emphasis on exploration in each level to find secrets\u00a0and progress through the game.<\/p>\n<p>Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and <em>M.C. Kids <\/em>is unique enough to warrant a spot on this countdown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVBerX6Dzmc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*I hope nobody in the AVGN camp minds if this video is shared this way, but it&#8217;s a classic review\u00a0from James, and I&#8217;m a big fan of his.\u00a0 He has since\u00a0said that the review ended the way it did because he wasn&#8217;t satisfied with the way the review was going, since he actually thought\u00a0it was\u00a0a pretty decent game!*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already guessed by the box art, this game is a little bit of a McDonald&#8217;s cash-in.\u00a0 It was a no-brainer; a generic game based on characters from the most kid-friendly restaurant in the world.\u00a0 So long as they kept the gameplay fresh, they were sure to have a hit on their hands.<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, McDonald&#8217;s thought the end product was too difficult for their intended audience, and gave it very little promotion.\u00a0 In fact, here in Canada, I don&#8217;t recall ever seeing the slightest mention of the game at McD&#8217;s restaurants.\u00a0 Maybe they were too busy trying to convince people they could sell pizza at a burger joint&#8230;\u00a0 I dunno.\u00a0 Either way, they still released the game, and I still recall bringing it over to my friend Thomas&#8217; place that first time I rented it.<\/p>\n<p>Not to get too far off topic, but every summer, I was lucky enough to be &#8220;babysat&#8221; (I was 10-11 at the time) by Tom&#8217;s mother.\u00a0\u00a0Every day\u00a0I was there was\u00a0pretty much all about hanging out, playing games, baseball in the backyard, whatever.\u00a0 Tom liked all kinds of genres of video games, so I was able to\u00a0discover some new favourites when I went to his place.\u00a0 I was also able to introduce him to some of my favourites, as well.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t re-invent the wheel, but <em>M.C. Kids <\/em>gets the job done with great controls, nice visuals, good music&#8230;\u00a0 it also made me want McChicken Nuggets whenever I played it.\u00a0 Most delicious game EVER!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1165\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/funny_mcdonalds_Funny_McDonald_pics-s350x509-57274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1165\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"funny_mcdonalds_Funny_McDonald_pics-s350x509-57274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/funny_mcdonalds_Funny_McDonald_pics-s350x509-57274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/funny_mcdonalds_Funny_McDonald_pics-s350x509-57274.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/funny_mcdonalds_Funny_McDonald_pics-s350x509-57274-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LET&#8217;S PUT A SMIIIILLLLE ON THAT FACE&#8230; with chicken nuggets!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; To this day, I&#8217;m not sure if this is game&#8217;s title is pronounced Emcee Kids or Mick Kids&#8230; either way, it&#8217;s one of those games that didn&#8217;t get a whole lot of attention, but is still quite&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1161\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,5,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m-c-kids","category-nes","category-top-100"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}