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Contra is a run and gun video 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. An indie homage to Contra or specifically the European version - Probotector. Developed by Artur Games, Super Cyborg is a 2D run'n'gun where you have to save humanity from.

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Name: Contra
Manufacturer: Konami
Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: JAMMA
Settings: Contra Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [FireJump]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard

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Contra Description

Contra was produced by Konami in 1987.

Konami released 432 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Contra was produced include Ajax, Battlantis, Black Panther, Blades Of Steel, Boot Camp, Sonic Le Mans 24, Wizz Quiz, WEC Le Mans 24, Top Gunner, and Tokushu Butai Jackal.
You and an optional second player are commando-type characters in a scrolling shoot-em-up. At the end of each scene or world, there is a difficult bad guy to finish off. At various points there are stationary skill-type screens to get by.

Contra - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.52 (4 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.60
Overall 'Like': 4.33
Fun (Social): 4.67
Fun (Solo): 3.75
Collector Desire: 4.33
Technical Impressions Score: 4.25
Gameplay: 4.67
Graphics: 4.33
Originality: 4.33
Sound/Music: 3.67

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, 'Like' carries a little more weight than the other factors.
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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

September 12th 2631, Midnight. The latest and most powerful automatic was equipped, and the radar commanded by the Marines caught a small-size meteorite that was approaching abnormally to the earth. The meteorite fell 20km north-east of New Zealand at the gal mosquito archipelago. The command did a long-term observation of the meteorite after that.

Two years later, on December 2633, an intruder known as Red Falcon was occupying the Gal Mosquito Archipelago and was planning the fall of mankind. Command ordered a confidetial investigation at the enemy's front base. The marine post ordered two 'Contra' Soldiers Private First Class Bill Rizer and Private First Class Lance Bean. Their mission is to penetrate the insides of the enemy, destroy the front base and the entire center of operation. Bill and Lance are sent to the Gal Mosquito Archipelago.

Game Play

One or two players must travel through eight stages six side-scrolling stages and two behind-the-back stages. Along the way players can collect additional weapons such as a machine gun, a shotgun, a laser gun, a flamethrower, etc.

Miscellaneous

This game is known as IGryzorI in Europe and IKontoraI in Japan. The European NES version of this game was called IProbotectorI, but the IContraI duo and the human enemies were replaced by robots.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Contra Census

There are 11,173 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,929 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 149,703 machines (6,456 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 102 known instances of this machine owned by Contra collectors who are active members. Of these, 39 of them are original dedicated machines, 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 57 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with Contra machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Contra circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 7 active VAPS members currently looking for Contra.

Horoscope luck meter. This game ranks a 30 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 11 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value.[More Information]

Legacy

  1. Contra

Manuals

  1. Schematic 14 Pages, 503 kB File.

Video Clips


    Contra Arcade Coop

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Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Contra Flyer #222
  2. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Contra Flyer #5167

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