PixlBit

Oh yeah!...I forgot about Hard Corps: Uprising.  Thanks for the reminder dude.  I've definitely got to get my hands on that Contra goodness.

This game looks like my kind of RPG.  Very traditional in presentation.  I should get this sooner than later.

The folks at EA are nothing more than a bunch of suits trying to make fast money and dupe gamers into buying their crap.  I miss the old EA.

Honestly...I never trusted DLC since it was introduced years ago.  I knew it was going to be bad news and an excuse for developers to produce less (or withold) content for the some $60.

One of my favorite intro songs was the opening for Metal Gear Solid 2.  It had the flare of modern militaryspy thriller on TV.  Pretty epic for a video game back then.

Also, ditto on the opening theme to Zelda: Ocarina of Time.  I first played the game when the Zelda Collection was released on the GameCube.  Here that song instantly gave me these magical nostalgic feelings for a game I hadn't even played back on N64.  And the game commanded my attention until the very end.

Agreed-- the game really wasn't so tough once you got the boss patterns down.  But I definitely needed the 30-man code if I were to stand a chance at beating the game.

Man, I've got get my hands on Contra 4.  I also need to get Contra Rebirth on my Wii.

My brother used to hate it when I stole his lives to come back into the game after losing mine.  Good times man.  Good times.

Well spoken, my friend.  Playing Contra was a right of passage in the NES gaming days of old.

Yeah, playing games  as intended on a console is the only to fly.  Unfortunately, I no longer have my collection, so I'm forced to use emulators for more than just capturing screen shots.

Dang dude, sorry about your laptop. Could you possibly buy a HDD duplictor and copy the files to your PC or another laptop?