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  • WeLLWeLL
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    • Nov 2008
    • 2507

    #1

    11 year old plays Contra for the first time

    Courtesy of Kotaku.com

    The old-school gamers at Nerdballoon sat down with a slightly uncommunicative 11-year-old and asked him to describe his first experience ever with a platform shooter - the beloved Contra. Predictably, he hated it.

    The graphics "suck," the music is "boring" and - I'm not sure if this is a positive or a negative - "it's not as easy as Halo 3 or Call of Duty: World at War," rating it "9 out of 10" on the difficulty-o-meter.


    He also doesn't like the fact everything's a one-shot kill. What would he rather play than Contra? Why, Call of Duty and Halo, of course. I'm getting the idea that's all he does play. Well that, and hockey.
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    I don't know how to embed a video so here is a link. I think the video and the series is a great concept and I'm looking forward to more.
    http://kotaku.com/5323178/11+year+ol...?autoplay=true
  • Cebby
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    • Apr 2005
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    #2
    Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

    Compared to today's games, most old "classics" do suck.

    The kid has no nostalgia, so it's a pretty objective measure.

    People who think that Contra is a better game than Halo or Call of Duty are the video game version of that old guy who thinks that George Mikan is better than Shaq.

    Aside from that, obviously the kid isn't going to be very eloquent. Most 11 year old kids aren't, and the ones that are are weird.

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    • SPTO
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      • Feb 2003
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      #3
      Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

      Interesting concept for this series. I'll have to keep an eye on it.

      Cebby is right about the old school games. You're going to get some very objective answers but at the same time it's sad how the games we loved as kids are going to deconstructed and viewed in such a negative light.
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      • bcruise
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        • Mar 2004
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        #4
        Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

        Originally posted by SPTO
        Interesting concept for this series. I'll have to keep an eye on it.

        Cebby is right about the old school games. You're going to get some very objective answers but at the same time it's sad how the games we loved as kids are going to deconstructed and viewed in such a negative light.
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        • SuperBowlNachos
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          • Jul 2004
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          #5
          Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

          I wouldn't expect any different. No one who played great games like that(or in my case the great N64 games) is going to like them when all they have known their entire life is stuff like halo and cod

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          • Whitesox
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            • Mar 2009
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            #6
            Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

            Good stuff!

            I'm 15, so I'm not too far from him age wise, but I love old games like that, and new ones. I think it is all about having an open mind when it comes to these things though.
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            • jvalverde88
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              • Jun 2008
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              #7
              Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

              Well, the kid sucks. There I said it.
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              • Altimus
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                • Nov 2004
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                #8
                Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                Contra kicks ***. I don't care what anyone says.

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                • bcruise
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                  • Mar 2004
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                  #9
                  Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                  Originally posted by whitesox
                  Good stuff!

                  I'm 15, so I'm not too far from him age wise, but I love old games like that, and new ones. I think it is all about having an open mind when it comes to these things though.
                  I'm the same way...I didn't truly get into FFVI (a true classic and one of the best games I've ever played) until a while after finishing 8. And after finishing 6 I went even more retro - to I, II, and III on the NES! II is the only FF I've actually disliked (because of the awful leveling, not the graphics or anything like that), but I and III were very pleasant old-school experiences.

                  Even now, I'm diving back into the PS1 Wild Arms games because I missed them the first time around (Thanks PSN!! )
                  Last edited by bcruise; 07-27-2009, 01:14 AM.

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                  • Whitesox
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                    • Mar 2009
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                    #10
                    Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                    Originally posted by bcruise
                    I'm the same way...I didn't truly get into FFVI (a true classic and one of the best games I've ever played) until a while after finishing 8. And after finishing 6 I went even more retro - to I, II, and III on the NES! II is the only FF I've actually disliked (because of the awful leveling, not the graphics or anything like that), but I and III were very pleasant old-school experiences.

                    Even now, I'm diving back into the PS1 Wild Arms games because I missed them the first time around (Thanks PSN!! )
                    I know how you feel. I had a 2 disc set for the PS1, containing FFIV and Chrono Trigger. Both excellent games, but I didn't really understand or appreceate them back then. One day I decided to play them, and had some of the most fun I have had with a video game. I still play them once in a while for a plesent mix up. I love the PSN classics too, except rainbow six. Waste of $6
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                    • boomhauertjs
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                      • Feb 2004
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                      #11
                      Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                      I didn't watch the video, but did they give him the 30 lives code? He might have liked the game better with that.

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                      • callmetaternuts
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                        • Jul 2004
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                        #12
                        Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                        Man, are we really that old where are games suck, are outdated and arent fun to the kids of todays world?
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                        • allBthere
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                          • Jan 2008
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                          #13
                          Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                          you could take a kid the same age who has some affinity for strategy, put him on Civ 1 and he'd be there all day.

                          some genres don't have staying power while others do. Most don't though.

                          there is absolutely no reason why a 20 year old game should stack up to new ones. Having said that, I grew up with an AtariST in the house and I'd still play the crap out of Oids, International Karate, Ninja Mission, Barbarian, and Karate Kid pt.2
                          there's others I'm forgeting too!
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                          • DC
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                            #14
                            Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

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                            • trobinson97
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                              • Oct 2004
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                              #15
                              Re: 11 year old plays Contra for the first time

                              How is the kid being objective when his experience of video games mainly consists of Halo and CoD? That's not objective at all. If you wanted an objective opinion you'd get it from someone who never played either game, or any games at all. All this kid did was compare it to the games he usually plays, how could you expect any answer than the ones he gave?
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