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Curren$y has the cheat codes to probably every video game. Ever. They’re all permanently engraved into his mind too (he made it a point though to note he won’t share any of them). For an artist who boasts about the pleasures of THC, it’s a miracle he’s retained every single one of them, but some things are important to remember. As everyone’s favorite laid-back rapper continues to work his album The Stoned Immaculate, he reveals ten games that gets him closer to nirvana.
Wave Race 64
Remember that game with the jet skis? That was one of the first titles when the Nintendo 64 came out. They had all the fuckin’ Kawasaki jet skis and shit. You’d do tricks, jump ramps and the fuckin’ islands looked cool. Every now and then you might see a dolphin or something along the way. It was just a good game all the way around. I named a song “Wave Race” a few years ago, just because of how much I loved Wave Race.
Double Dragon
There was the old Double Dragon and then Double Dragon II: The Revenge. Me and my homie used to play that game because it was a good two-player joint. It was good for family – cousins and brothers – kickin’ ass throughout the town. It was like you and whoever you were with against the whole town. It sparked friendships, you know? Me and my older sister used to play and you could tell she was my older sister because she would watch my back. She'd always hold it down.
Excitebike
I like that you could make your own tracks on Excitebike. That may have been the first time you were able to create your own course in a game. They had the arcade version of Excitebike set up in Pizza Hut so you could play and eat pizza.
Street Fighter II
The definitive fighting game. That’s how I even found out about putting the quarter on the machine because you intend to play next. You know, like in an arcade? Somebody walks up and puts a quarter on the machine, to let them know they want to play? Yeah, that’s how I found out about that, from Street Fighter and Street Fighter II.
Contra
Remember when you had to fight the big heart at the end and you had the code for 30 men? I could never beat the game without the code, but I could get stupid far. I could get past the second base to right when you get inside of the alien, and there’s the spiked walls and all that shit. I could get there without the code, but I can’t beat that heart without the code. It’s ridiculous. You really need 30 men to do it.
GoldenEye
That’s the game that actually made me buy Nintendo 64. I played GoldenEye before Wave Race even though Wave Race was out before. My homeboy who lived behind my house had a basketball hoop, so we used to play basketball all the time. We stopped because he was always in his house; he wasn’t outside anymore. Then a lot of people who I used to play basketball with stopped being outside. It was because they were at his house fuckin’ playin’ GoldenEye! So I walked in one day to play, and I knew I had to get that. Then I knew I needed another game and that’s how I came up on Wave Race.
Tecmo Super Bowl
That was the first time they had all the teams and all the players. The original Tecmo Bowl only had like fuckin’ eight players on the field because the dudes were too big to fit on the screen. There weren’t a lot of football games going on at the time. They got it right with Tecmo Super Bowl though, eleven players and all the teams.
I remember I played a season with the Chicago Bears and Neal Anderson got injured for like a month. It affected my Super Bowl, but I didn’t start the game over and I didn’t cheat. I did the right thing and played the whole season.
Resident Evil
I would play it only in the daytime because I would be pissed at myself if I played it too late at night. If I played it ‘til like 3am, I’d be like “Fuck,” because I’d literally be shaky about the shit. It was like you were watching a movie. Once you get to the stage where you didn’t know what was gonna happen next…you kinda jumped a little bit.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Vice City is probably the greatest of the Grand Theft Auto series because of the soundtrack and the cars. I fuckin’ bought a few of those cars in real life because of Vice City. That game is the shit.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare
It’s the game that even makes me have a PlayStation 3 in my house right now. Like, Gran Turismo and all those other ones are great games too, but Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare is the reason I have that console.