Throwback Thursdays - Let's Play Contra Gameplay Walkthrough Part 2 - The Joy and Pain of Contra
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This is Part 2 of our Let's Play Contra playthrough.
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Contra is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. The home versions were localized in the PAL region as Gryzor on the various computer formats and as Probotector on the NES.
Contra employs a variety of playing perspectives, which include a standard side view, a pseudo-3D view (in which the player proceeds by shooting and moving towards the background, in addition to left or right) and a fixed screen format (in which the player has their gun aimed upwards by default). Up to two people can play simultaneously, with one player as Bill (the commando with the blue pants), and the other player as Lance (the commando with the red pants).
Contra was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in February 1988.
When the NES version of Contra was localized for the North American market, certain details of the game's background story were altered. The year of the setting was changed from 2633 to 1987 (the year of the arcade version's release) and the location was moved from the Galuga Islands to the Amazon. Bill and Lance were also given the codenames of Mad Dog and Scorpion.
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The game can be played by up to two players. They are both depicted as shirtless commandos (Bill and Lance) distinguished by the colors of their pants, blue pants for the first player and red pants for the second.
The NES version consists of eight stages, which are structured a bit differently from the arcade game.
The player's default weapon is a rifle with unlimited ammunition that can be upgraded into one of four other guns. These can be obtained by destroying the pill box sensors and flying item capsules containing them, or by defeating the red-clad guards in the enemy bases. They consist of a machine gun that fires rapidly when the fire button is held down, a laser gun that shoots a powerful beam, a fireball gun that shoots its rounds in a corkscrew pattern, and a spread gun that shoots five individual bullets in individual directions.
Contra was one of the early NES games to feature the Konami Code. Inputting the code at the title screen starts the player with thirty lives instead of the usual three.
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Name: Contra
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action, Run and Gun
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Release Date: February 2, 1988
Wikipedia Site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game)
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