Bring a friend, use the konami code and good luck. Expect no mercy from the game, try again if you feel like it
I think I just had to be born earlier to fully like this.
Quien fue el forro de mierrrrr que separó la database de Contra y Super C?
Las versiones arcade son una basura y por alguna razón en lugar de mandar mis notitas a las de nes las puso acá, puta madre backloggd
Las versiones arcade son una basura y por alguna razón en lugar de mandar mis notitas a las de nes las puso acá, puta madre backloggd
When you push start and you hear that pentatonic guitar riff intro to the Jungle I swear a burst of air comes out of the TV and blows your hair back.
Contra
The amount of differences between this version of the game and the later NES upgrade is just too large to get deep into. This game isn't bad, but the way shooting upwards works here is too different from the NES - there it was instantaneous, but here, your shot doesn't go in a diagonal immediately, it kinda has a... leadup? It's hard to explain. The jumping is also weird, and the hitbox while jumping is wacky. Stuff that you think will hit you doesn't, and viceversa. It was challenging, but beatable on one credit.
Also did anyone else notice that the PC version is missing the voices from the attract screen? The subtitles are still there.
13th game cleared in 2024 (Contra: Anniversary Collection.) Time to clear: About 2 hours. A single achievement for clearing it. Oliver North sightings: None.
Also did anyone else notice that the PC version is missing the voices from the attract screen? The subtitles are still there.
13th game cleared in 2024 (Contra: Anniversary Collection.) Time to clear: About 2 hours. A single achievement for clearing it. Oliver North sightings: None.
zerei isso tantas vezes qnd era criança e fui só notar a real dificuldade agora, depois de tantos anos, nasci gamer e fui perdendo a habilidade com o passar dos anos
Mano é difícil
Classic game insanely difficult never beat it but me and my brother tried for months.
For Rambo this is tuesday
IMO not as hard as people make it out to be, and once you've got it down you can clear it pretty quickly
Good game for its time. Has a really fun multiplayer experience. Impossible to beat without the Konami code so here you go: Up - Up - Down - Down - Left - Right - Left - Right - B - A - Start.
Would like it more without all the fast tiny white bullets that I struggle to see
Never got past the giant wall in level one.
One of the few NES games that holds up
A game made by VILLAINS!
Significantly worse than its NES conversion. Shorter, less inspired boss battles, artificially increased difficulty, inconsistent hit-boxes... I can't really recommend it. I can definitely see why this is the version that no one remembers.
Classic pure run and gun action. A classic... That hasn't aged the best. You better be playing with the Konami code or save states because this game has a lot of cheap moments past the half way point. Props to the game being one of the most response I've felt on the NES.
Amazing for its time
hard as hell but the konami code makes it a lot more accessible. even then, i'd say its enemy patterns are very well-designed and identifiable. definitely one of the better-aged pieces of the NES library. Biggest draw is that the bullets don't contrast backgrounds well in some stages and lead to some undesirable deaths.
To me, it's just an inferior version of the NES original. Less content, and a visual presentation, which although is graphically improved, has more awkward animations and a somewhat bigger character, which also means a bigger hitbox that makes dodging things harder. If I was in an arcade back in the 80's and this was there, I'd pop in a quarter, but in the modern age, I'd rather just go back to the console version.
this shit hard af 22min speedrun
When this game wants you dead, you die. Iconic levels and weapons, janky yet precise platforming, and enemies that spawn on your head (infinitely)
classic shoot 'em up fun, just make sure you bring the Konami code
The vertical screen orientation really hurts this game. It's fine on the vertical levels obviously, but it feels really cramped on the horizontal sprints. NES version definitely feels more fair in comparison.
Probably THEE premier NES third-party title along with Castlevania. I think as an NES owner, it's illegal NOT to have this in your collection. And while several better run-and-guns have come out since, this right here is the grand daddy, and still a killer time.
Only played it on an Arcade that closed many years ago, I never completed it. I don't think I would enjoy it anywhere else.
This does NOT reflect the NES port, as the original arcade version is practically a different game. A decent run-n-gun, but the sub-par controls and poor sense of movement makes it very underwhelming. I wouldn't give it too much flack, as it's one of the very first games of this subgenre.
This was the first arcade-style game I ever learned to beat without dying. Kept a stack of index cards next to my PC and just kept track of how many times I died per stage, and made notes about problem spots as I focused on just getting a little better each day (stage 6 is the worst one IMO). After a week or two I had done it and unlocked a new appreciation for these old games.
Counterintuitively, I think part of what makes this game seem hard is the 30 man code. It suggests you'll need all 30, and at the same time makes the player a little sloppy in their approach.
Counterintuitively, I think part of what makes this game seem hard is the 30 man code. It suggests you'll need all 30, and at the same time makes the player a little sloppy in their approach.
Way too difficult for me to really try to finish this, but I like the variety.