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<\/a>1990 - NES (Konami)<\/p><\/div>\n
It wasn’t obvious to me at the time, but Super C<\/em> is indeed a sequel to one of my favourite NES titles, Contra<\/em>.\u00a0 To me, the “C” could have stood for anything…\u00a0 after renting it, all was clear, however.\u00a0 Super Clear, in fact.<\/p>\n I can remember sitting in our basement and basking in the glory that was “my little space”.\u00a0 I had\u00a0a decently-sized television at my disposal, and it was nice and cool in the summer months.\u00a0 The winter got a little chilly at times (I was too young to know how to properly manage the nearby woodstove), but my Mario\\Zelda blanket took care of that.<\/p>\n Bill (or Lance, I can never remember) jumps out of that helicopter at Stage 1, and the character models gave it away.\u00a0 If it wasn’t obvious before, Super C was more of the same…\u00a0 and that was just fine with me.\u00a0 It was still difficult, and that well-known Konami code didn’t seem to work.<\/p>\n But wait!\u00a0 I had a magazine with a different cheat in it\u00a0that just may help me out a bit…\u00a0 I brought it over to my friend’s and…\u00a0 just where did I put it??<\/p>\n Somewhere in here.<\/p><\/div>\n Every time I drive by the house now, sure, I find it’s a little big.\u00a0 I’ve seen much bigger, however.<\/p>\n As a kid, though, the sense of awe I had when visiting my best friend Josh was immense.\u00a0 Next to the garage, there was a living room, and a closet nearby with nothing but toys.\u00a0 In the main entry way (where I never went in), there was a spiral staircase leading to the second floor.\u00a0 In the basement was another area with a game room (the adult kind, with pool tables and such) and a spare bedroom we never really went into.\u00a0 I’m sure I never quite saw every bit of the house, and (probably) neither did Josh.<\/p>\n To find this bloody magazine, I had to somewhat look around for it as I hung out with him.\u00a0 I couldn’t be rude and say “I’m here to look for my magasine – step aside!”\u00a0 I did look a few times, but I ended up having to return the game before finding it, which I knew would be a daunting task.<\/p>\n One time several months later, Josh was psyched about an experiment he had tried, so I\u00a0ran over and checked it out.\u00a0 We both loved iced tea (I still love it, in fact), and he had filled an ice cube tray with the stuff.\u00a0 He also stuck a toothpick into each individual cube before they froze, so when they popped out, they were somewhat like iced tea popsicles.<\/p>\n Score!!\u00a0 Excellent thinking!<\/p>\n The mini-freezer he put them in was downstairs, and next to it was that spare bedroom we never went into.\u00a0 I wonder if…\u00a0\u00a0surely enough, there was the\u00a0magazine on the floor in the corner of the room.\u00a0 How did it end up in there?\u00a0 I didn’t really care, I had it.<\/p>\n<\/a>