Contra games are tough. Even on the easiest difficulty, you will still see a Game Over screen on the first stage if you’re not careful. Nevertheless, Contra III: The Alien Wars manages to balance difficulty and gameplay extremely well -- if only the North American VC release had the Konami Code to balance it out even further.
If you’re a gamer “of a certain age”, you may vaguely remember the moment when games went from a grueling gauntlet requiring all your skill and concentration to tackle to a casual, checkpoint-containing, cruise control-encouraging walk in the park.
I beat Jurassic Park multiple times!
Jurassic Park had no save system, so I would leave the console running while I went to school, took breaks. It's not that it's hard, it's just tedious. But I was a Jurassic Park obsessed kid (around 13 when this hit), so I would obsessively scower ever inch of the maps (both 2D and 3D) until I had them memorized.
The Star Wars trilogy, I only beat w the cheat codes.
Sounds just like me. I mapped out the indoor areas on paper, leaving the SNES on for days at a time. But I never finished the game. I collected all the raptor eggs except one. So close !
oh god, I remember beating JP on SNES and like you said, it was all in one shot.
I dunno about this list though, I beat all the Star Wars games and while some levels were tough, it was easy to get powerups and extra lives and stuff. Maybe set to the hardest settings it was tough. I also beat Contra 3, loved that game to death.
with the exception of Jurassic Park and Prince of Persia, I've beaten every other one of those. It just takes practice and time. Something I had way more of when I was younger.
"Konami's iconic run 'n' gun franchise is seeing a resurgence so let's take an in-depth look back at 2 of the best games in the series." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
Contra III the alien wars will always be the best contra. It was the Gears of War of its time.
No contest! Contra III: The Alien Wars is a high quality masterpiece for the ages!
I personally think Hard corps is the best contra, plus I liked a lot multiple pathways amd some secrets
"Contra 3: The Alien Wars is one of those maddeningly difficult retro games that will destroy you over and over if you're not prepared. Because I like punishing myself, I decided to see if I could beat the game without relying on the SNES Classic's save states." - Alex Legard from Video Chums
Replies(1)Absolutely when games were pure fun, tough but balanced to keep u coming back for more!!. Konami made some stunning games for SNES for sure, Timeless classics indeed.
