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The Konami Code (popularised by the nintendo game Contra) was a cheat code that could be used on many Konami games. The code was inputted during the title screen. This gave your player 30 extra lives. For me, this code has extra signifigance. I got my first real girlfriend when I was 13 years old. I rode my bike to her house which was in some rich subdivision. I cuddled with her while watching The Little Mermaid, and then her mother came home. We decided to go into her basement rec room to play some nintendo. Once there we turned off the lights (much to her mothers dismay) and began playing contra together. We tried pausing the game, but apparently just the music going on without any explosions or sounds tipped off her mom to come back and make sure we weren’t making out. Then I brought the mighty Konami code from the depths of my brain. After a few botched attempts I finally got it. As our avatars were being slaughtered on the first level we started kissing. It was actually a pretty good first kiss. Her mom came down while we were kissing and made me go home even though it was raining outside. I rode my bike home in the rain out of the weird cookie cutter suburban landscape. I didn’t really mind the rain though, who would?
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