ok, hears what i think. me and my dad used to play contra way back in the day. it was fun. now i play halo3, and l4d, and ff11, and other such games. i found out you can download contra off of xboxlive, and thought "oh hell ya". so i did. played the game for about 30 minutes, and finally realized...the game isnt really all that great. its fun for short periods of time, but any longer than that, and the game gets tiring. the only reason why most of us here thought it was one of the best games, is because there was nothing better at the time. i grew up with contra, but now that im playing newer games, i cant really go back. i personally, do not blame this 11 year old, and most certainly would NOT smack him, neuter him, or put him to sleep