Contra (NES) James & Mike Mondays

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @beatkuettel
    @beatkuettel 11 лет назад +404

    20:26 "Let me be a little more aggresive since I'm on the top" - James Rolfe

    • @robbalan6969
      @robbalan6969 5 лет назад +66

      "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK"
      -Mike Matei

    • @chaddoom7993
      @chaddoom7993 5 лет назад +9

      Sounds like something my girlfriend would say when we're having sex in a car!

    • @Kenny-wr3ky
      @Kenny-wr3ky 5 лет назад +57

      You're going too fast James! You gotta slow down. -Mike

    • @TrippaC4939
      @TrippaC4939 5 лет назад +9

      @@chaddoom7993 thank you that was the joke

    • @STEAKnyfeCYRUS
      @STEAKnyfeCYRUS 5 лет назад +4

      ....that's what SHE said!
      😆🤣

  • @elliew6765
    @elliew6765 10 лет назад +258

    Imagine hearing these guys from the basement
    "FUCK! FUCK FUCK FUCK!"
    "I'll be more aggressive on the top"

    • @avesrbija2747
      @avesrbija2747 10 лет назад +3

      Ellie Williams XD

    • @febbra2
      @febbra2 10 лет назад +7

      Hah! I believe that was happening a lot back in the days.. Shit, I've even done it

    • @yippiyay7099
      @yippiyay7099 10 лет назад +4

      febbra2 Very you aggressive enough? XD

    • @adrianshephard6321
      @adrianshephard6321 10 лет назад +2

      Yippi Yay, don't you mean, "Are you an Aggressive on top enough dude to save the president?"

    • @RetroWolfReviews
      @RetroWolfReviews 7 лет назад

      Ellie Williams wife and girlfriend chatting upstairs and hear that

  • @VERTiiGOGAMING
    @VERTiiGOGAMING 10 лет назад +1002

    its ironic that James isnt even a very angry video gamer... his pretty calm and even when something annoys him he seems to laugh it off... Mike...well... his the real AVGN

    • @makufourteen
      @makufourteen 10 лет назад +31

      I guess he didn't really take the game too seriously either. They were playing for fun after all.

    • @fleck6276
      @fleck6276 10 лет назад +32

      Well it's because AVGN is a character James plays not how he actually acts about games

    • @makufourteen
      @makufourteen 10 лет назад +28

      DieHardjagged Nuka Cola Films Do you know what irony means????

    • @fleck6276
      @fleck6276 10 лет назад +5

      ccubeice a what are you talking about

    • @thedkboyz
      @thedkboyz 10 лет назад +31

      The amount of testosterone created by Mikes massive manhood is too much not to get frustrated

  • @Zeina107
    @Zeina107 8 лет назад +324

    The "R" is a general gun upgrade, regardless of the weapon you have. It upgrades speed and power, even works with spread.

    • @MyLuckIsManyRe
      @MyLuckIsManyRe 7 лет назад +49

      Rapid

    • @HEMIpoweredherochao
      @HEMIpoweredherochao 7 лет назад +16

      . . .in other words RARELY HELPFUL!

    • @mateoincognito8004
      @mateoincognito8004 6 лет назад +33

      Getting the R’s spread is the key to beating this game without the code

    • @draskang
      @draskang 5 лет назад +12

      omg, never knew that... amaze

    • @jamesofalltrades4359
      @jamesofalltrades4359 5 лет назад +4

      I thought the same thing too. I know I have not played this in years but I remember that.

  • @616Entertainment
    @616Entertainment 11 лет назад +78

    Mike's personality is way more in line with James' character than James' personality is, which is hilarious. Honestly, guys, watching you die and plan and die again was way more entertaining than watching two guys (who we know can get through the game) breeze through it with no problem. It was way more fun that way, we were all rooting for you rather than, "Yea. There he goes. Got the jump. Killed the guy. Did it again. Wow he's good." Keep it up, best J&M Monday yet.

  • @brentalfloss
    @brentalfloss 11 лет назад +99

    Thanks for the shout-out fellas! :)

    • @SupaSmashedBros
      @SupaSmashedBros 11 лет назад +2

      when can we expect to see the new album brent?!

    • @Crinklepouch
      @Crinklepouch 11 лет назад +11

      When I heard him say, "What's R stand for?" I thought "Rarely helpful..." and it blew my mind when he said it...

  • @SJM12492
    @SJM12492 11 лет назад +48

    I love how calm James is and how Mike is the real life AVGN.

  • @bobbypaycheque
    @bobbypaycheque 11 лет назад +39

    If a friendship can survive Contra co-op it can survive anything.

    • @bunnyfreakz
      @bunnyfreakz 11 лет назад

      Noob I can end Contra solo, I am maybe Chuck Norris reincarnation

    • @bobbypaycheque
      @bobbypaycheque 11 лет назад +2

      bunnyfreakz I believe it is spelled n00b lol and I can assure you Contra is more difficult in co-op rather than easier.

    • @WaterInmyHands
      @WaterInmyHands 11 лет назад +1

      bobbypaycheque bunnyfreakz
      It should also be added that Chuck Norris isn't dead.

    • @bobbypaycheque
      @bobbypaycheque 11 лет назад

      Haha

  • @AtlasBlizzard
    @AtlasBlizzard 9 лет назад +260

    James dresses up to become the Angry Video Game Nerd, Mike already is.

    • @nlucctw2
      @nlucctw2 8 лет назад +7

      +SethBlizzard lol

  • @Triforcefilms
    @Triforcefilms 9 лет назад +131

    I've never felt stress just WATCHING someone play games... This game just gets to me!

    • @fhoplist
      @fhoplist 9 лет назад +9

      Triforcefilms Your telling me. Pretty intense!
      As another commenter on a Contra video has said. You don't play Contra to win. You come in to accept your failure.

    • @Triforcefilms
      @Triforcefilms 9 лет назад +6

      I beat this as a kid without dying once, but i tried again after this video.... NO fucking way. used about 10 lives... We'll never quite be as quick and adaptable as we once were.

    • @Triforcefilms
      @Triforcefilms 9 лет назад +4

      lol, maybe this comes down to how much time is healthy to spend playing the same game as an adult, vs doing it as a kid:-) It was ok that i played Contra every single day when i was 8, now its hard to justify a full playthrough when theres adult responsibility looming around every corner.

    • @Celestial07
      @Celestial07 9 лет назад +1

      Yeah, well.. you almost seem to have a valid point here, if the game needed that much play to master. It's one of the easiest games I've played on the NES and I don't see how responsibility can also get in the way.

    • @Triforcefilms
      @Triforcefilms 9 лет назад +8

      lol, never mind dude. You're the contra master. Your trophy is in the mail.

  • @SebbySenpai
    @SebbySenpai 11 лет назад +69

    I think it's amazing how you two have managed to remain such close friends after all these years.
    Some folks change after they get famous and get huge egos. It's awesome to see that you guys are so down to earth and not full of yourselves.
    Much respect. :)

  • @TEEN1DOL
    @TEEN1DOL 11 лет назад +56

    14:10 LOL Mike blaming James for dying. Man, that was the best part of multiplayer games w/ your buddies sitting next to you. I used to blame my brother's for talking too loud, my parents for asking me stuff while we were playing, the fucking birds outside my window. Ahhh classic memories.

    • @OptimusPrimeribs
      @OptimusPrimeribs Год назад

      "The game cheats!" was a favorite outburst from my friend.

  • @Live2winshaneo
    @Live2winshaneo 11 лет назад +46

    "fuck james, you're going to fast, you need to slow down" - mike 2014

  • @t3rt3l
    @t3rt3l 8 лет назад +230

    Such explosive anger coming from Mike. As well as blaming James for his own mistakes.

    • @TwistC
      @TwistC 8 лет назад +15

      that's the name of the game.

    • @shottysteve
      @shottysteve 8 лет назад +16

      but its more entertaining that way!

    • @travistotle
      @travistotle 8 лет назад +63

      I definitely wouldn't call that "explosive" anger, that's just "this NES game is kicking my ass" anger.

    • @Shadrock38
      @Shadrock38 8 лет назад +36

      I can definitely tell from his reactions to these videos he's the "know it all" of the group.

    • @retropal4193
      @retropal4193 8 лет назад +4

      I got to the final boss without getting hit once, for real.
      Contra isn't as hard as it's cracked up to be, in my opinion.

  • @thepredator666qc4
    @thepredator666qc4 10 лет назад +91

    man this guy, james, seems like someone really awesome to hang out with

    • @thepredator666qc4
      @thepredator666qc4 10 лет назад +21

      mike too actually

    • @colinboots8694
      @colinboots8694 10 лет назад +8

      Yan Jod no

    • @BartSmith85
      @BartSmith85 10 лет назад +4

      Yan Jod They both complement each other. That's why they both gain a success.

    • @DWProductions87
      @DWProductions87 10 лет назад +15

      Bart Smith They seem good at constructively raging at each other as well. Like when he gets angry as shit because James ran through too quick he could have just yelled "FUCK JAMES GOD DAMN IT YOU SUCK" or some shit like some people I know, but instead just says "You went too fast!" and James says "Yeah I know, sorry". It really is a cool relationship to watch

    • @sabre4382
      @sabre4382 7 лет назад +3

      God It'd b awesome to be able to hangout with these two

  • @Therealgdude01
    @Therealgdude01 11 лет назад +22

    "I'll be more aggressive on top." LMFAO XD

  • @waycool1969
    @waycool1969 11 лет назад +30

    Man this brings me back! I was 19 back then. 12 pack of beer and Contra! Still have it. My N.E.S. still works.

    • @djjoel1
      @djjoel1 11 лет назад +11

      19! Now thats an oldschool gamer! :D I was about 7 or 8 :)

    • @OptimusPrimeribs
      @OptimusPrimeribs Год назад +1

      and now you and I are old too!😆 @@djjoel1

  • @MrIzzee101
    @MrIzzee101 11 лет назад +114

    Can you imagine if friendly fire was a thing in this game?!

    • @HerrFenchel
      @HerrFenchel 11 лет назад +9

      no.

    • @clarenceboddicker6679
      @clarenceboddicker6679 11 лет назад +21

      I don't want to imagine such a thing, my mind is easily boggled

    • @MrNorbert1994
      @MrNorbert1994 11 лет назад +5

      If you have a big chuck of knowledge of 6502 MOS Assembly language, and know which oppcode does what, you can do hit, I think it is doable, but I don't see much of a point to do this.

    • @TheJacklikesvideos
      @TheJacklikesvideos Год назад

      I think as a mode b it would be a much better challenge than getting spread and just holding right and shoot.

  • @prashantrai9265
    @prashantrai9265 4 года назад +2

    My uncle recently passed away and watching this reminds me of him... He introduced me to such classic games and I remember playing this for hours with him as a kid, and that's the reason I always find this game to be easy with two players... RIP miss you 😭

  • @sarnow76
    @sarnow76 8 лет назад +91

    "Be more aggressive since I'm on top". LOL

    • @omegarugal9283
      @omegarugal9283 7 лет назад +6

      there are a lot of lines between james and mike that can be taken out of context very easily...

  • @DHOPW42
    @DHOPW42 9 лет назад +154

    That awkward silence after 14:10 when Mike dies; games like these just destroy friendships :D

  • @avesrbija2747
    @avesrbija2747 10 лет назад +48

    20:25 XD
    Contra on NES = Making players be agressive on top since 1987 :D

    • @soulintake
      @soulintake 3 года назад

      Pac man when you eat a power pellet bro

  • @AlphaOmegaSin
    @AlphaOmegaSin 11 лет назад +120

    Every time I heard log mentioned I kept thinking of the Ren & Stimpy song lol

  • @eaaivazian
    @eaaivazian Год назад +2

    This is (in my opinion) one of the best episodes of James & Mike Mondays. Mike getting angry is one of the most fun things about the show. (I don't mind James & John...but it's nowhere near as fun a show as James & Mike Mondays. I hope Mike comes back.)

  • @coreydhughes
    @coreydhughes 11 лет назад +28

    True friendships were made playing coop games like this! "Take it slow" "Ill be more aggressive since im on the top" "It worked last time" all top quality joke quotes! "Theres too much shit!"

  • @TheRantingRobots
    @TheRantingRobots 11 лет назад +24

    We robots love you, James. Even though you battled our relative ROB in the past. We are here to make peace. We see that you enjoy killing humans virtually in Contra -- very funny. You will be spared in the robot uprising.

  • @Ar0474
    @Ar0474 7 лет назад +5

    "I'll be more aggressive on top" just, the greatest line of all time, especially being unintentional! 😂

  • @fuzzcentralage
    @fuzzcentralage 9 лет назад +238

    you're going to fast now James!

    • @OpenMawProductions
      @OpenMawProductions 9 лет назад +47

      +fuzzcentralage Mike needs to calm his tits down. They're really hyper tits.

    • @mrmackellar3337
      @mrmackellar3337 7 лет назад +3

      fuzzcentralage that sounds real bad out of context

    • @alexl.4362
      @alexl.4362 7 лет назад +5

      Aaron Mackellar Sounds good depending who you are.

    • @bobjones1783
      @bobjones1783 7 лет назад +13

      he's going to fast? man I couldn't do that, I'd be too hungry all the time

  • @edwardreese976
    @edwardreese976 5 лет назад +1

    James smile in the thunbnails always gets me. It looks like he's completely blazed.

  • @dbpooper7512
    @dbpooper7512 8 лет назад +16

    "You take the bottom, I'll take the top." Come on, James! Give the people what they want to see!

  • @djhabibi04
    @djhabibi04 11 лет назад +4

    Guys, I hope you can take comfort in that this loss is the most entertaining of ALL your Monday series: When you DON'T succeed. REAL reactions and REAL frustration that we can all relate to, with NO acting, NO editing and showing your skills live (excellent attempt BTW)! Loved it. Keep uploading this Contra game til you do it! PS: Burst out laughing with the "only live thrice gag" and then James loses a life right on cue.

  • @AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet
    @AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet 11 лет назад +19

    7:49 The most sincere „FUCK!“ I've ever heard.

  • @Buraunia
    @Buraunia 8 лет назад +13

    "Let me be little bit more aggressive since I'm on the top." Jame -2014

  • @ActingandGames
    @ActingandGames 8 лет назад +17

    "You only live thrice" is a way better motto than YOLO. xD

  • @HopelessHermit
    @HopelessHermit 11 лет назад +3

    It doesn't matter if you were just kids in the late 20th century, eager young game enthusiasts from the modern age of gaming, or just potheads in your late twenties reliving your youth and having a good laugh---this game NEVER gets old!!!

  • @Pixelmusement
    @Pixelmusement 11 лет назад +12

    Few people tend to realize this, but the "R" powerup isn't actually a weapon: It boosts the speed of your bullets, no matter what weapon you have! IE: If you have a spreader and pick up an R, you now have a spreader with faster bullets! :O

    • @soulintake
      @soulintake 3 года назад +1

      I think most people would recognize it right after the machine gun drop is an R and makes the gun obviously shoot faster in the beginning of stage 1... They couldn't have made it more obvious imo

  • @Nobunaga1983
    @Nobunaga1983 11 лет назад +77

    I really like how you guys setup the screen. Nice editing idea

    • @JamesNintendoNerd
      @JamesNintendoNerd  11 лет назад +25

      I'm always trying new things as far as fitting the images on the screen. In some of the new episodes coming up, I added a logo to the black area. Anyway, thanks for watching - Mike

    • @elway41177
      @elway41177 9 лет назад +5

      Cinemassacre Hey Mike are you guys ever gonna take another stab at Contra? Also I think it would kick ass if you guys played Contra 3. Thanks for the great videos. Keep em coming. :)

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 9 лет назад +1

      elway41177 Yeah, they seriously should play Contra 3: The Alien Wars.
      I don't know why they almost never talk about that game, because it is easily one of the best Contra games.
      Who can forget the part when you ride a motorcycle on a highway and then grab a chopper and start jumping between flying missiles?
      That part would make any action movie awesome.

    • @trueleox
      @trueleox 9 лет назад +1

      +elway41177 I would love to see a Contra 3 in hard with these guys.

    • @zambrano8512
      @zambrano8512 9 лет назад +1

      +Miguel Leon if they couldn't beat Contra they would not make it very far in Contra III

  • @AlphaXCalibur
    @AlphaXCalibur 10 лет назад +65

    OMG 20:26- funny as hell! LOL
    James: "i'ma be more agressive since I'm on top"
    Me: "ok, wait WTF! LOL"

  • @nanaosaki4
    @nanaosaki4 10 лет назад

    your partership here is IMPECCABLE! obviously it's because you know how this game works & the best way to get through it. it's a joy watching you guys run through this.

  • @rickys4979
    @rickys4979 11 лет назад +1

    Dude. Dude? Dudes!
    I can't believe you brought back my childhood nostalgia! My heart weeps with joy on hearing the musical beats of Contra! I am the youngest of One brother and thats all you need to "flip" this game(Banded Brothers in VideoGames). In this game it showed the person you are and how a team can accomplish one of the greatest video games of all time. I admit it was rare to encounter a solo soldier(Gamer) who passed the game without the code. Still, you are a cool person James to play with Mike, and let him tag along in the Contra Wars.Keep up the good work. Thank you.

  • @gillianorley
    @gillianorley 11 лет назад +6

    More exciting than the damned Super Bowl.
    Dominate from the top, James!

  • @Ashurman666
    @Ashurman666 11 лет назад +6

    "Someone´s got to get spread" James Rolfe 2014

  • @gerv55
    @gerv55 11 лет назад +4

    Oh so Mike is one of THOSE gamers, raging about dying and then passing the blame to the other player.

  • @blackiowa
    @blackiowa 2 года назад +4

    Man this takes me back to playing the NES and SNES with my boys back in the day. All in, thinking only of the game. Great times.

  • @Smaugren
    @Smaugren 11 лет назад +5

    Thanks guys, I really like these extended play videos and look forward to more. Nice skills by the way!

  • @Locut0s
    @Locut0s 11 лет назад +4

    When I was a kid this was an epic challenge. I can still remember the feeling when I first beat it!!! Went back some years ago to try it out and it's still super fun but it's not as hard now as when I was a kid. I eventually managed to get to a point where I could beat it multiple times without a continue.

  • @YukoAsho
    @YukoAsho 11 лет назад +14

    Well, being aggressive on top would certainly fit in with Robert Mapplethorpe's art...

  • @genewalter9581
    @genewalter9581 11 лет назад +10

    "fuck man your going to fast you have to slow down" lol

  • @kathulemerald8000
    @kathulemerald8000 9 лет назад +5

    This is like watching me and my friend more than 18 years ago. Damn the nostalgia....

  • @steve5123456789
    @steve5123456789 11 лет назад +41

    Funny seeing Mike rage, this unscripted stuff is great.

    • @soulintake
      @soulintake 3 года назад +1

      He's just putting on a show

  •  9 лет назад +14

    The episode is awesome. So much natural. It's really like when we played it with friends playing such a difficult awesome game. The only difference from back in the days, James don't have his Mom getting down and shouting to be more quiet while playing.

  • @badgerkins1991
    @badgerkins1991 11 лет назад +4

    contra is a test of friendship

  • @SomeoneWitSkill
    @SomeoneWitSkill 11 лет назад +27

    14:12 Mike legitimately got mad at James, Look at his face lol.

    • @TheMMObro
      @TheMMObro 11 лет назад +11

      Have u ever cooped with your best friend? If u aren't mad at each other playing a game like contra, something is wrong!

    • @SomeoneWitSkill
      @SomeoneWitSkill 11 лет назад +2

      ***** Never said anything about it being wrong. I havent cooped with a friend on Contra, but i have with other games and I do rage at them sometimes.

    • @GrazerMagic
      @GrazerMagic 11 лет назад +1

      Nothin' wrong with a little rage in co-op ey

    • @SomeoneWitSkill
      @SomeoneWitSkill 11 лет назад +1

      ***** Lol what is it with people, I never said it was wrong :/

    • @Mr.Chaos94
      @Mr.Chaos94 11 лет назад +4

      SomeoneWitSkill i find mike to be either really entertaining or he makes me really uncomfortable. does anyone else get what i mean? he can be really off sometimes and its a little unsettling, yet at other times he can be down right hilarious.

  • @vinnylt2408
    @vinnylt2408 9 лет назад +10

    LOL.. Mike: I Need Your Spread... James: *looks at the camera* Spread Gun..

  • @MattKimura11
    @MattKimura11 11 лет назад +11

    My hands are sweating, and I'm not even playing. That's how scary this game is, even watching it makes me nervous.

  • @Mysteriozone
    @Mysteriozone 11 лет назад +5

    Very entertaining video, at first I thought I was going to scan through the video and then found myself just sitting through it. Good stuff!

  • @Mundane05
    @Mundane05 11 лет назад +18

    Heh, Mike's gaming is serious business.

  • @CoffeeStain-Music
    @CoffeeStain-Music 11 лет назад +44

    I'm gonna set 19:47 as my ringtone.

  • @jdd3786
    @jdd3786 2 года назад +5

    "I need your spread to protect me from the logs"
    -Mike Matei

  • @robertbarker5802
    @robertbarker5802 8 лет назад +22

    Ah yessss... Cursing and flinging controllers while destroying friendship. Contra.

    • @scourge8143
      @scourge8143 8 лет назад +1

      +vincent fitzpatrick Especially when you use the Boo to steal the stars.

  • @theoneguynamedjesus
    @theoneguynamedjesus 11 лет назад +33

    Damn mike sure gets pissed xD

    • @DashRetro
      @DashRetro 10 лет назад +14

      I'm sure everyone who follows this series makes this realization at some point, but it's funny that Mike's the one who gets so pissed and not the Angry Video Game Nerd himself.

    • @megaemulators2776
      @megaemulators2776 10 лет назад +3

      "FUCK (x7)" ~Mike freakin hilarious!

  • @TrevorJ
    @TrevorJ 11 лет назад +19

    There's no way anyone over the age of 25 can watch this video without wiping sweat from their hands.

    • @soulintake
      @soulintake 3 года назад

      Street fighter 2 and Pac Man cured me of excessive hand and body sweat while gaming about 98%

  • @zombiejlt1
    @zombiejlt1 11 лет назад +5

    At 20:26 I broke into laughter as soon as Mike did. I caught that instantly lol.

  • @Relistx
    @Relistx 11 лет назад +1

    I've never watched a youtube video with so much intensity, thank you for that.

  • @lepetitenellie
    @lepetitenellie 9 лет назад

    I can only imagine how hard Contra is 2 player and giving commentary! I like this video though because it brought me back to childhood. The anguish and controller-throwing and sweaty palms. Sure we have perfect-run Contra videos on RUclips but your video is the true trip down memory lane!

  • @6645241
    @6645241 11 лет назад +3

    Really enjoying James & Mike Mondays, you guys are awesome, I have to declare myself Mike´s fan, you are an awesome artist and a kick ass player.

  • @Unain
    @Unain 11 лет назад +5

    That frustration... so recognizable :).

  • @szczurolak
    @szczurolak 11 лет назад +10

    "Okay I'm gonna take these things out."

  • @gigas81
    @gigas81 11 лет назад +11

    I want to see part 2 where they get to the end and beat it! They were so close!

  • @4partmedia
    @4partmedia 11 лет назад +10

    "Fucking logs" lol good play through fellas.

  • @DarthRushy
    @DarthRushy 11 лет назад +12

    These two have perfect teamwork.

    • @YouGotPwnd
      @YouGotPwnd 11 лет назад +7

      Mike's passive aggressive anger outbursts with James' calm and relaxing mind.

    • @Dbzmad34222
      @Dbzmad34222 11 лет назад +2

      YouGotPwnd imagine if mike was avgn :o

    • @YouGotPwnd
      @YouGotPwnd 11 лет назад

      Dbzmad34222 Plot Twist for the avgn movie!

    • @SOIBand
      @SOIBand 11 лет назад

      When you game with the same friends you had when you were a kid or teenager , there is some backstory teamwork for sure ^^

    • @bachelorsensei9437
      @bachelorsensei9437 Год назад

      Mike was the AVGN all along lol

  • @Masterlink01
    @Masterlink01 11 лет назад +14

    Mike's laugh is priceless.

  • @iTadakimAsu85
    @iTadakimAsu85 11 лет назад +7

    Plot twist: AVGN is based off of Mike Matei

  • @lincforehand1
    @lincforehand1 11 лет назад +1

    #JamesRolfe, #MikeMatei; I love your shows, guys! You are both extremely talented and I applaud all the effort you put into these vids!! Y'all make my Mondays so much brighter, and quite literally, everyday of the week too!! You guys are my coffee, lol, can't start the day without at least a handful of Cinemassacre vids to keep me going strong the rest of the day!! You guys give me, and countless others, entertainment & nostalgia you just can't get anywhere else! Thank you to both of you guys!

    • @Jarrygames86
      @Jarrygames86 Год назад

      9 years and not even a like. Ouch Buddy. You still watch ??

  • @FFX13Games
    @FFX13Games 11 лет назад +1

    love that lower shelf behind them bending down xD

  • @Xanerithe
    @Xanerithe 11 лет назад +3

    Loved playing this game with my friends back in the day, required real team work and when you did beat the game with no codes it felt good.

  • @tetsujin_144
    @tetsujin_144 11 лет назад +9

    Fun fact: The Japanese version of this game has little cutscenes in between missions. They don't really add all that much to the game but I thought it was pretty neat.

    • @Foxhoundcommandable
      @Foxhoundcommandable 11 лет назад +3

      They also added moving scenery and landscapes. Such as windblown palm trees in the first stage. Snowstorms in stage 5. And also moving body parts in stage 8. And it's all used in a chip in the famicom called the VRC2 which the nes didn't have. I guess the cutscenes and background effects were not in nes version due to manufacturing costs.

    • @tetsujin_144
      @tetsujin_144 11 лет назад +5

      Foxhoundcommandable
      The chip was in the cartridge, not in the console itself. These chips are called "mappers" and all but the simplest NES games used one. And the Japanese version was the original console port, the US release was stripped down.
      I'm not really sure why they did that. Could be they just wanted to make the game cheaper to produce. But also in Japan, anybody could make a Famicom cart, but in the US (and elsewhere) Nintendo tried to make sure that only they could produce NES carts. So Konami may have simply not had the option of using the VRC2 chip they'd used in the Japanese version of Contra.
      I never really noticed the scenery stuff you mentioned, I'll have to find some time to play the game again and check it out.

    • @Foxhoundcommandable
      @Foxhoundcommandable 11 лет назад

      Oh ok. Thanks for the tip.

  • @timhale7872
    @timhale7872 11 лет назад +7

    Damn brings back some old memories.

  • @Ultrasteel
    @Ultrasteel 11 лет назад +2

    I could repeat Mike's laughter at 20:28 and never get tired of it.

  • @mcgibs
    @mcgibs 11 лет назад +3

    I think the R increases the speed of your shots, and you can pair it with any weapon. Grab an S, and then an R, and you're all set.

  • @mulkytool
    @mulkytool 11 лет назад +10

    Mike was dead f-ing serious in this video lol.

  • @Kurachi84
    @Kurachi84 11 лет назад +7

    "you gotta slow down, james" mike should remember that james' wife never says that
    man, i could feel the pain mike was going through from my childhood, even though i didnt play shooters.... i did do other platformers, which also required jumping and watching the enemies at the same time
    first the pain of AVGN, now of james and mike..... mike mostly
    how many times i smashed the strong (compared to these days) controllers against the wall or on the ground (and still worked for 100%...... but i was a kid, so yeah)

  • @MrJimbofox
    @MrJimbofox 11 лет назад +15

    This is like an episode of Retro Game Lounge....depowered. ;) Rock on James and Mike.

    • @MrJimbofox
      @MrJimbofox 11 лет назад

      I don't think anyone caught my self-serving reference -- so please, someone...look for "Retro Game Lounge" on youtube!!! :)

    • @iamironclaw
      @iamironclaw 11 лет назад +9

      The Jimbo Channel NO!

  • @MvkHntr
    @MvkHntr 8 лет назад

    these guys have an awesome life. playing some games with a friend and chillin. cant get better than that. we should hang out on ur next james and mike.

  • @RTUG00
    @RTUG00 11 лет назад +1

    It's been more than 20 years since I've played this. Brings back memories...

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat
    @Novastar.SaberCombat 11 лет назад +6

    Now... those Contras are pushin' up daisies from the flowers of Robert Maplethorpe...

    • @tetsujin_144
      @tetsujin_144 11 лет назад

      Is that some kind of innuendo? I can never tell when Mapplethorpe's part of the equation.

  • @auzzgames
    @auzzgames 11 лет назад +5

    "Now I'm dead! Now I'm dead! Now I'm dead I lost my spread!" Lol!

  • @povar1981
    @povar1981 9 лет назад +43

    Best part is 19:46 when Mike really bursts out))

    • @povar1981
      @povar1981 9 лет назад

      +Alexander Povar and it makes me laugh every time I watch it)))

    • @povar1981
      @povar1981 9 лет назад +3

      +Alexander Povar Even James's smiling when he does that))

  • @atanaskirilov6470
    @atanaskirilov6470 5 лет назад

    You have so much fun here guys! I love this video. I have tried the game after watching this. The game destroyed my ass, but i had so much fun! Thank you guys!

  • @RahulKulkarniS
    @RahulKulkarniS 10 лет назад

    You guys are funny! Watching this bought tears to my eyes, me and my lil brother used to play a lot and we both are badass players (Brags like a boss) ^_^. Thanks for re-kindling the Contra memories!

  • @Jombo1
    @Jombo1 11 лет назад +16

    Do Contra: Hard Corps next!

  • @VicHD
    @VicHD 11 лет назад +18

    20:26 Too much info James. XD

    • @Therealgdude01
      @Therealgdude01 11 лет назад +2

      HADOUKENDUDE!!!

    • @ZantierTasa
      @ZantierTasa 11 лет назад +5

      "Tell you what. Let me be a little more aggressive since I'm on the top."
      ~James Rolfe, 2014

    • @JosephBlack
      @JosephBlack 11 лет назад +1

      Zantier Ta'sa That on a T-shirt, I need it!

    • @notpsicoh2107
      @notpsicoh2107 11 лет назад

      *****
      YES.

  • @kamb0510
    @kamb0510 11 лет назад +21

    I have always thought S meant Shotgun but I think Spread is the correct term for the weapon since it spreads lol

    • @brunomunemassa8266
      @brunomunemassa8266 11 лет назад +1

      Spread, more than enough to kill anything that moves....

    • @Miles-mf9kg
      @Miles-mf9kg 11 лет назад +11

      It DOES mean shotgun

    • @InterEDGE
      @InterEDGE 11 лет назад +10

      Well, the main function of a (S)hotgun is to (S)pread projectiles, so I guess it makes sense either way...

    • @brunomunemassa8266
      @brunomunemassa8266 11 лет назад

      Both of them have the same functional way to end everything that is on screen.
      Even if it's on the manual or not, there is really just pure nerdgasm as the result of that little S.

    • @alexl.4362
      @alexl.4362 7 лет назад

      kamb0_510 It is for Shotgun

  • @oopopp
    @oopopp 11 лет назад

    I memorized where EVERYTHING was as a kid and could finish the game without dying. Played it again a few months back in years, and for some reason I STILL remembered everything. And Yup, can still finish it without dying.

  • @LogicalFlow
    @LogicalFlow 7 лет назад

    After a great episode, one of the best closing 5 seconds of any video on RUclips

  • @Lennyficate
    @Lennyficate 11 лет назад +21

    Will there be a new AVGN Game review any time? Would be nice!

    • @MokokerMovies
      @MokokerMovies 11 лет назад +1

      I think some suggestions would really help him out you know there are thousands of games around, even just talking about old school title's ;)

    • @NicDoesDumbThings
      @NicDoesDumbThings 11 лет назад

      He's said before that the reason he's not been making many nerd reviews is due to him working on the AVGN movie, and the reviews can take a good chunk of time to edit.
      Personally, I don't mind watching James and Mike play games.

    • @MokokerMovies
      @MokokerMovies 11 лет назад

      Yes of course I know that and I also agree with you on that

  • @grimtube
    @grimtube 11 лет назад +4

    "you take the bottom, i take the top."
    "yeah, i got spread"
    "somebody has to get spread"
    ...

  • @Thephotondust
    @Thephotondust 11 лет назад +11

    they don't make games like these anymore. 1 word: INTENSE

  • @MonolithicPeace
    @MonolithicPeace 9 лет назад +1

    "NOW IM DEAD, I LOST MY SPREAD" that made me laugh more then I thought it would