Contra celebrates a birthday this week. Join us in looking back at the launch and legacy of this mega 8-bit classic.
"The Contra series is poised to make a comeback thanks to fan favorite-developer WayForward and Konami. Contra: Operation Galuga is a 2.5D reimagining of the original Contra arcade/NES game that will launch in early 2024. The remake looks to retain the series' traditional cooperative run-and-gun action, and we're all about it. How close will Operation Galuga be to the original game, though? Let's compare screenshots and see!" says Co-Optimus.
I am all over this
I wonder if the extra lives code will be included…
I've been waiting for another decent Contra since Shattered Solider PS2.
Day one for me
As long as it's not hard like the arcade version, I can never get past the waterfall
Contra is a classic run and gun shooter from Konami that has seen many followups since its debut in 1987 as an arcade game. It would seem Konami saw fit
Contra has fallen since SNES days. Last good contra was PS2 Shattered Solider ........PS4 version was Crap!!!!
Will Konami make a decent Contra again..... probably not.
Shattered soldier PS2, Contra 4 DS. Since then total crap. Gone are the days, of the amazing Nes, Snes, Megadrive versions. Luckily still play them:)
After 30 years, contra is making a comeback, this time on smartphones. Tencent Games have teamed up with KONAMI to develop Contra Returns. Contra Returns features over 200 levels, new game modes like one life mode, 1v1, & 3v3. And comes with HD graphics.
"After 30 years"
Guess were just pretending it didn't exist. Probably for the better
Do we really need more contra? Some things are better left in the past. I recently purchased the Contra collection for like five bucks on the PS store. I never realized how much these games actually sucked.
Spent alot of time playing this game as a youngin. Up,up,down,down,left,right,lef t,right,b,a,start.
It was great playing this game when i was a kid.. /i was even more blown away by the arcade version.. Those were the glory days.. The HD generation is by far the least creative of all time
Excellent single and multiplayer.
The good ol days of fun. Then super contra. Then contra 3 on SNES. Then games like Gunstar Heroes keeping the genre alive.
Yup. The good ol days.
Loved it growing up. Have Contra and Super Contra on the 360
The snes version was called super probotector in the Eu, It had 2 robots on the cover not an Arnie lookalike getting to the choppa. Eu thought the death of your main character was too violent back then, changed it to bots. We can kill bots all day and not feel guilt or remorse. Little game info there for ya.