We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky.

Nonsense. We'll be far too busy learning Mandarin for that.

Here's a speedrun of Contra. 10 minutes, 55 seconds. No cheat code.
http://speeddemosarchive.com/Contra.html

This is like TiVo for people without TiVo... or for people with PCs without vid capture cards.

You know, if some service were available that allowed me to subscribe to certain shows, and download them on demand, I might consider dropping cable. (This is where somebody replies with "What, you haven't heard of _______?")

Where can we download the videos?