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Pre-Eedom Stream: 07/03/2014

Before freedom reigns Contra must be played. I believe that is in our Constitution. Pretty sure.

Jul. 3 2014

Cast: Vinny, Alex

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Contra

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Wow, this was the run!

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Wow, I can't believe Alex thought you couldn't steal lives in Contra. That's one of the defining, memorable traits of that game. Hold A + B gentleman.

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Spread Gun is Freedom.

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The truest freedom comes from the East.

Adoring every last drop of GBeast content, Vinny and Alex. Thanks.

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East coast!

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The BEAST is alive!!

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After watching that I didn't realize how terrible I was at Contra when I was kid. I kept dying and never got past the exploding bridges in the first level. I didn't own NES at the time had to play at a cousin's house. Never played Contra again after that.

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Vinny and Alex are a great combo!

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Dat ending

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Now do it without the Konami Code, wimps.

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Got my Vinny fix. Should hold me over through most of next week...hopefully.

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This is the definitive version of Contra.

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I just hope they get a working PC soon. The old school set-up for live streams is kinda cool already, though.

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You can TOTALLY steal lives in Contra.

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@shaunage said:

I got all of the achievements in the XBLA version of Contra, which isn't quiiiite the same game as this, though the levels are similar. Loved learning that game. Of course nothing I learned to 1CC it applies to the NES version.

Do you realise that the xbla version is the arcade version that was a money muncher

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You really have to fix that sound issue with the Retron. That sounded awful.

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@seeric said:

@dizzyhippos said:

@beeryayghost said:

Contra is one of the best games of all time. Fight me.

While contra is a very very good game (might go so far as to say a classic). If you can die though the game to finish it, it empirically can not be one of the best of all time.

Keep in mind that 'dying through the game to finish it' in this case is due to the use of a code which gives each player 10x the amount of lives they would normally have per continue and they lost a total of over 60 lives in the span of less than thirty minutes.

True enough

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It's real good to see Vinny playing a nes game.

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Happy 4th of July!

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@tonch said:
@hero_swe said:

Man the Retron5 has TERRIBLE sound emulation.

They said at some point that it was a problem with their capture hardware for some reason. Supposedly the Retron5 sounds fine normally.

It does, definitely a problem on their end.

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@hero_swe said:

Man the Retron5 has TERRIBLE sound emulation.

They said at some point that it was a problem with their capture hardware for some reason. Supposedly the Retron5 sounds fine normally.

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

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Freedom!! Oh freedom!!! I <3 GBNY

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YAY VINNY CONTENT

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Push the button, Frank Vinny.

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@beeryayghost said:

Contra is one of the best games of all time. Fight me.

While contra is a very very good game (might go so far as to say a classic). If you can die though the game to finish it, it empirically can not be one of the best of all time.

Keep in mind that 'dying through the game to finish it' in this case is due to the use of a code which gives each player 10x the amount of lives they would normally have per continue and they lost a total of over 60 lives in the span of less than thirty minutes.

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Hey, look, the guys playing knockoff Probotector.

Yeah, I went there.

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Before there was freedom there was Contra.

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@froggeh said:

FREEDOM AINT FREE

Yah it is, they just tell you that to keep you a slave.

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FREEDOM AINT FREE

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Man the Retron5 has TERRIBLE sound emulation.

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"They'll never take... OUR FREEDOM"

Awesome show guys.

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When do we get a 4 hour GBEAST stream!?

Really love the whiskey media-style feel of what's going on in New York.

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That ending. Man.

And lo, Vincent Caravella and Alexander Navarro signed the decree which gave all people FREEDOM.

His name is actually Alexis Alexander Navarro.

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While there is no doubting that the spread gun is the best gun, if you had an auto-fire controller, you could turn the laser into a lightsaber and that shit was rad when you were 7.

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I got all of the achievements in the XBLA version of Contra, which isn't quiiiite the same game as this, though the levels are similar. Loved learning that game. Of course nothing I learned to 1CC it applies to the NES version.

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Contra is one of the best games of all time. Fight me.

While contra is a very very good game (might go so far as to say a classic). If you can die though the game to finish it, it empirically can not be one of the best of all time.

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hurray for freedom

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Contra is one of the best games of all time. Fight me.

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@gaspower said:

Man, with the speed of these uploads of live streams, I keep thinking that Giant Bomb might be the Jimmy John's of videogame websites.

Freaky fast video uploads!

Also this comment is brought to you by Jimmy Johns!

Oh man, I'm hungry for Jimmy Johns now...

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@tikicobra: I think Vinny said it's their temp studio.

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Probotector!

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Love your setup guys! Looking forward to some good times. Only request is if you can make your camera window bigger so we can see you better. Kinda like on UPF.

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Something about the image… are you guys adding scanlines or any effects to simulate a CRT?

edit… I should add, I'm not complaining. It looks nice, just different from what I'm used to.

25 seconds in they bring up the Retron 5 window and scanlines are turned on :D

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Man, with the speed of these uploads of live streams, I keep thinking that Giant Bomb might be the Jimmy John's of videogame websites.

Freaky fast video uploads!

Also this comment is brought to you by Jimmy Johns!

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Oh that ending had me laughing, great job guys. keep it up