{"id":2206,"date":"2013-01-25T19:57:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T19:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2013-01-25T20:10:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T20:10:44","slug":"my-top-100-27-bio-miracle-bokutte-upa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2206","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #27 – Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1988 – Konami (Famicom Disk System, Famicom, Virtual Console)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Of all the people\u00a0that\u00a0read this blog on a regular basis, only one of\u00a0them truly knows what the hell this game is doing on my countdown.<\/p>\n

Somehow, the smallest and most out-of-the-way corner stores always had the\u00a0widest\u00a0variety of games available for rent.\u00a0 There were big video store chains in Fredericton, like Major Video and Blockbuster Video,\u00a0as well as\u00a0grocery and convenience stores\u00a0that\u00a0carried a decent collection.\u00a0 However, it was the tucked-away Video King downtown that had some of the rarer games available,\u00a0as\u00a0did\u00a0the little Scholten’s Esso…\u00a0 or Ultramar…\u00a0 or Shell…\u00a0 or Petro-Canada…\u00a0 depending on the year, it was always different.<\/p>\n

Rural New Brunswick\u00a0seemed to be\u00a0the best spot to find video game oddities.\u00a0 In Baie-Sainte-Anne, which today boasts a population of about 1,600 people (but was much less than that 20 years ago), there was always a handful of places to choose from if I wanted to rent a game.\u00a0 But there was one store,\u00a0tucked away in the back woods\u00a0on\u00a0a narrow chipsealed road, that I preferred more than any other.<\/p>\n

Le Day-and-Night Vari\u00e9t\u00e9!\u00a0 I loved the name of it!<\/p>\n

Forget going to Blockbuster and having\u00a0someone beat you to the game you wanted.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Not here.\u00a0 The Baie area was so small that chances were pretty good you’d be walking out of the Vari\u00e9t\u00e9 with a great game!\u00a0 They\u00a0also had much rarer games, including ones from Japan.\u00a0 They weren’t always fun, but they often\u00a0looked\u00a0strange judging from the cover, and were always worth a shot.<\/p>\n

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