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The European version, Probotector, changed the main character and some of the enemies into robots, much like the European localizations of the NES installments. Operation C is included in the Game Boy compilation Konami GB Collection Vol. 1 released in 1997 in Japan and in 2000 in Europe.
While the original Japanese version of the early Contra games (specifically Contra, Super Contra and Operation C) were set in the 27th century (in the years 2633, 2634, and 2635 in that order), the American versions of these games omitted this detail and the instruction manuals for these versions implied that the series was set during the ...
The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C [2] or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon , but failed to locate and destroy the bulk ...
A home version of Super Contra was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System on February 2, 1990, in Japan and in April 1990 in North America, where it was retitled Super C, in order to avoid association with the Iran–Contra affair. A PAL version of the NES game, titled Probotector II: Return of the Evil Forces, was released in 1992.
An MSX2 version of Contra was released by Konami exclusively in Japan on May 26, 1989. The MSX2 version greatly differs from the arcade and NES versions. Due to hardware limitations of the MSX2, the game does not scroll but instead uses flip-screens like other MSX2 games such as Metal Gear and Vampire Killer. The game uses the SCC sound chip. [16]
The Japanese version, titled Contra: The Hard Corps, is significantly easier than its overseas counterparts due to the addition of a life gauge that allows the player to take three hits from an enemy before losing a life. The Japanese version also features unlimited continues, in contrast with the American version, which only allows the player ...
Japanese Location Production Operation Launched by Toho, Country’s Major Film Group (EXCLUSIVE) Patrick Frater. April 26, 2023 at 9:00 AM. Toho, Japan’s most powerful movie studio, is ...
The U Go offensive, or Operation C (Japanese: ウ号作戦, U Gō sakusen), was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills (then administered as part of Assam).