Game:

Contra Force (1992)

Category:

Review

Duration: 18:21

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It was common for game developers to slightly alter a game in order to fit a certain demand. One of the most famous examples is Super Mario Bros 2. When the sequel to Super Mario Bros wasn’t well fit for American audiences, Nintendo took a different game they made prior and recycled it to be a Mario game. When Konami’s prototype “Arc Hound” got shelved, they released it under the name “Contra Force” in the US, despite Arc Hound originally having no relation to the Contra franchise. Konami does not acknowledge this game as an official Contra game. Why not? In this video, we’re going to try to find out.




Konami brochure about Arch Hound: https://web.archive.org/web/20060505171104/http://contra.classicgaming.gamespy.com/games/contraforce/contraforce-foreign.htm


Konami brochure about Arch Hound #2: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054217/https://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secret/FC__1991Q2.html


Gaming Historian, History of Super Mario Bros 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUYSN5aFcE




Chapters:


0:00 Introduction
1:46 Prototypes
2:28 Kid Klown
3:15 Super Mario Bros 2
3:44 Arc Hound
4:45 Contra & Super C
5:31 Contra Force Review
12:10 Contra 4
13:36 Conclusion
14:46 Outtro
15:25 Outtakes




Thanks to Anna Hinckel on Pexels.com for the stock footage.


Special thanks to LostForest and Gentleman.BOSS for the music in this episode. Also, special thanks to streambeats.com for some of the other music features in this video.

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