Contra – Nintendo NES system

NES gamepad:

Gamepad control:

 

Player 1:

Player 2:

↑

↑

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↓

↓

–

←

←

–

→

→

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A

X
–

B

Z
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SELECT

Shift

–

START

Enter

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Emulator selection:

The following emulators are a­vai­lab­le for this game: NeptunJS (Ja­va­Script), Nesbox (Flash), Ret­ro­Games (JS) and vNES (Java).

Other platforms:

Unfortunately, this game is cur­rent­ly available only in this ver­si­on. Be patient 🙂





Game info:

box cover

Game title:

Contra

Console:

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Author (released):

Konami (1987)

Genre:

Action, Platform, Shooter

Mode:

Multiplayer

Design:

Koji Hiroshita, Shigeharu Umezaki, Shinji Kitamoto, …

Music:

Kazuki Muraoka, Hidenori Maezawa, Kiyohiro Sada

Game manual:

manual.pdf

File size:

9640 kB

Download:

not available (stream only)

Game size:

128 kB

Recommended emulator:

FCEUX
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

   Contra, known as Probotector and occasionally Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, 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. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, along with ports for various computer formats, including the MSX2. The home versions were localized in the PAL region as Gryzor on the various computer formats and as Probotector on the NES, released later. Several Contra sequels were produced following the original game.

   In Contra, the player controls one of two armed military commandos named Bill ‘Mad Dog’ Rizer and Lance ‘Scorpion’ Bean, who are sent on a mission to neutralize a terrorist group called the Red Falcon Organization that is planning to take over the Earth. Details of the game’s setting

Contra (co-op mode, 1st level)

varies between supplementary materials: the Japanese versions sets the game in the year 2633 on the fictional ‘Galuga archipelago’ near New Zealand, whereas the manual for the American NES version sets the game during the present in an unnamed South American island. The American storyline also changes the identity of ‘Red Falcon’ from being the name of a terrorist organization to the name of an alien entity.

   The main character is equipped with a rifle with an unlimited amount of ammunition. The player can also jump, move and fire in eight directions, as well as move or jump simultaneously while firing. A single hit from any enemy, bullet, or other hazard will instantly kill the player character and discard the current weapon. There are over 10 areas in the game. There are two types of stages in Contra. In addition to the standard side view stages, Contra also features stages in which the player character is seen from behind and must move towards the background in order to proceed. Each of these ‘3D maze’ stages are set inside the corridor of an enemy base in which the player must fight through the base’s defenses in order to reach the core of the base. During the 3D maze stages, the upper screen will display a map of the base along with a time limit. Each maze stage is followed by a ‘3D fixed’ stage set at the core of the base, in which the player must destroy a series of flashing sensors to expose an even larger sensor and destroy it. Contra also features a two-player cooperative mode. Both players occupy the same screen and must coordinate their actions. One player lagging behind can cause problems for his partner, as the screen will not scroll onward, and a slow player can be fatal to his partner. The European release, Gryzor, does not feature a simultaneous 2-Players mode. Instead, both players take turns: whenever one player dies, the other gets his turn.

More details about this game can be found on
Wikipedia.org.

For fans and collectors:

Find this game on video server

YouTube.com
or

Vimeo.com.

Buy original game or NES console on

Amazon.com
or

eBay.com.

Find digital download of this game on

GOG
or

Steam.

 

Game controls:

The NES version of Contra was originally controlled via the NES controller with a cross-shaped joypad and two action buttons. The basic description of game controls is summarized in the table below. Detailed description of how to play this game can be found a in the attached game manual. Please note that individual
gamepad buttons are emulated by different keys on your PC keyboard depending on the settings of your online emulator (see the table next to the game).

Press left and right to make the player run in either direction. Press up to aim the player’s gun upward. Press down to crouch low. Press the joystick diagonally to aim your weapon in those directions.

Press the A button to make each player leap off the ground. They can jump straight up, or to either direction. Hold the control pad down while pressing jump to move your player down to a lower platform.

Press the B button to shoot your current weapon. Your weapon will fire in whatever direction the control pad is being pressed. To fire straight down, you must hold the control pad down while jumping.

Press Select on the title screen menu to select between a one or two player game.

Press Start to begin a new game or to pause the action mid-game.

 

Videogame Console:

This ver­sion of Contra was de­sig­ned for the Nin­ten­do En­ter­tai­nment Sys­tem (NES), which was an eight-bit vi­deo ga­me con­so­le ma­nu­fac­tu­red
by Nin­ten­do in the years 1983 – 2003. In that time, it was the best-sel­ling vi­deo ga­me con­so­le for which mo­re than 700 li­cen­sed ga­mes and a num­ber of non-li­cen­sed
ga­mes we­re cre­a­ted. World­wi­de, ap­pro­xi­ma­te­ly 62 mil­lion units of this con­so­le we­re sold at ap­pro­xi­ma­te­ly pri­ce $ 100 per unit. Mo­re in­for­ma­ti­on about the
NES con­so­le can be found here.

Recommended Game Controllers:

You can control this game easily by using the keyboard of your PC (see the table next to the game). However, for maximum gaming enjoyment, we strongly recommend using a USB gamepad that you simply plug into the USB port of your computer. If you do not have a gamepad, you can buy one of these NES controllers:

Available online emulators:

6 different online emulators are available for Contra. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For
maximum gaming enjoyment, it’s important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic
features of each emulator available for this game Contra are summarized in the following table:

 

Emulator
Technology
Multiplayer
USB gamepad
Touchscreen
Without ads

EmulatorJS

JavaScript

YES

YES

YES

YES

NeptunJS

JavaScript

YES

YES

NO

NO

NesBox

Flash

NO

YES

NO

YES

RetroGames.cc

JavaScript

YES

YES

YES

NO

vNES

Java applet

YES

NO

NO

YES

Emulatrix

JavaScript

NO

NO

NO

YES



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