When it comes to Contra, very little beats the original. The game was one of the biggest success stories on the NES and became a must-play. Many of us writing for the website have wasted months worth ...

The original Contra on the NES is the stuff of legend - going far beyond what the arcade original did in terms of reaching a fanbase, it has become iconic. Anyone who grew up in that era at least ...

Contra: Operation Galuga is more than just another remake of the original Contra. It’s a reimagining of the story of aliens using an island off the coast of New Zealand as a staging ground of world ...

It was a strange time in video game history when Contra first hit NES. International rules forbade content of too violent a nature – if it contained humans – and all blood was highly, highly pixelated ...

After all, the first Contra is where a lot of fans got introduced to the series, and has become one of the staples from the NES era, mainly due to its classic “Up Up Down Down” code, as well as its ...

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Years ago, Konami released Contra for the NES. Contra was a conversion of their arcade shooter that had a soldier running left-to-right through an alien -infested jungle, unleashing a huge barrage of ...

Konami confirmed the final lineup for its upcoming Contra: Anniversary Collection on Tuesday, revealing that the collection will pack in 10 titles, including the Probotector games released in Europe.

When we were all young and carefree, skipping homework, and engaged in a button-mashing frenzy on our (or friends’) arcade consoles to shoot down hostile alien hordes in a variety of locations, the ...