Contra - Famicom and NES

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Description: In the year 2631, a small meteorite has fallen into the Galuga archipelago, located 20km northeast off the coast of New Zealand. Two years later, a terrorist group known as Red Falcon has seized the island in preparation for an alien invasion. The earth's marines sent two members of their elite Contra unit, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, to neutralize the terrorists. As either, Bill (player 1) or Lance (player 2), the player must get to the end of each stage, shooting everything in sight, while avoiding enemy fire themselves. The player can upgrade their standard-issue rifle into one of four different weapons, including the power ... (more)

Release date: 20 February 1987

Tags: Nes (3), Action (2), 2d (2), Contra (2), Ready Player One (1), STG (1), Action Platformer (1), Local Co-op (1), Arcade Port (1), Run And Gun (1), 2 Player (1), 8-bit (1), 2D Platformer (1), Platformer (1), ROM (1), 1986 (1), 1980s (1), Shooter (1)

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"Game Beaten Feb 21,2013 1:If people think call of duty is hard core contra is like one million times that especially in difficulty. 2:Most part a 2d side scrolling shooter/platformer 3:Can kinda upgrade weapons by shooting eagle crates which switches it to a better one my best is the spreader gun 4:Got to have super quick reaction time enemies can come out of nowhere so be ready to duck or jump depending on the situation. 5:Great 8 bit music even tho its only 3 songs 6:There is a section k"

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