Contra was developed by konami in 1987, it is a game series of run and gun ,action game originally released as a coin-operated arcade game.
Contra came to people’s house in 1988 when Nintendo Entertainment System released a home version of the game. It was released on more than one platform like NES, MSX2,ZX Spectrum, Windows, Commodore 64 and others. The series has 11 games:
- Contra (Arcade, NES, MSX2) (1987)
- Super Contra (Arcade, NES, DOS) (1988)
- Operation C (Game Boy) (1991)
- Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance) (1992)
- Contra Force (NES) (1992)
- Contra: Hard Corps (Genesis) (1994)
- Contra: Legacy of War (PlayStation, Saturn) (1996)
- C: The Contra Adventure (PlayStation) (1998)
- Contra: Shattered Soldier (PlayStation 2) (2002)
- Neo Contra (PlayStation 2) (2004) Contra 4 (Nintendo DS) (2007)
History
In 2633, the evil Red Falcon Organization set a base on the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to conquer the world. Two commandos, Pfc. Bill Rizer and Pfc. Lance Bean of the Contra unit (an elite group of soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare), are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them.
Its a really good game. I played with my brother many times when I was young.
If you have some time, play it
I hope you enjoy
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Contra was one of my favorites for sure.
Was one of my favorites too
Up down up down left right left right a b a b select start. Haha!!
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