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Contra [a] is a video game series produced by Konami composed primarily of run and gun-style shooting games.The series debuted in February 1987 with the Japanese coin-operated arcade game of the same name, which has since spawned several sequels produced for various platforms.
Contra [a] is a 1987 run and gun video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, along with ports for various home computer formats, including the MSX2 .
The Konami Code (Japanese: コナミコマンド, Konami Komando, "Konami command"), also commonly referred to as the Contra Code and sometimes the 30 Lives Code, is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, [1] as well as some non-Konami games.
Shattered Soldier returns to the classic game system employed by the series prior to Contra: Legacy of War. The game is played entirely in 2D from a side-view perspective, but with fully polygonal graphics, although some segments in which the player rides a snowboard or a motorcycle are viewed from a front or rear-view perspective.
Unlike Contra III, the player's supply of bombs will remain the same when a life is lost. [13] Another unique feature to Contra: Hard Corps is the addition of branching paths that allows the player to play through a different set of stages depending on key decisions made during key moments of the game's story. [14]
Contra III was released again for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan and North America in November 2013, [29] [30] and Europe received the unmodified Contra III on the Wii U in January 2014. [31] In May 2016, Contra III was added to the Nintendo 3DS eShop for North America and Europe for exclusive use with the New Nintendo 3DS. [31] [32]
Contra Force is an run and gun game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 in North America. It is a spinoff of the Contra series, being the third game in the series released for the NES following the original Contra and Super Contra. However, the game's plot and setting are unrelated to both previous and succeeding ...
Super Contra, known as Super Contra: The Alien Strikes Back [a] in Japan, is a run and gun video game by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade video game in January 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and part of the Contra series. The game stars Bill Rizer and Lance Bean as they are sent to thwart another alien ...