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I'm pretty sure I heard the phrase, "there's no way you can beat Contra without the cheat code" in college as well.

I knew that was garbage when I would use the cheat and would routinely finish the game with more than 30 lives.

After I realized that, I just stopped using it.

Yeah once you get the Spray Gun or whatever the S gun is called you are pretty much golden.

Really the challenge is playing at the same time with some one else.