80%NES

Great way to kill a half hour, especially with a friend and the Konami code.

70%Arcade

It can be a little unforgiving at times and I feel like having the movement and aiming on one stick is kind of flawed compared to twin stick controls. However, it's still quite a fun time even if I had to abuse save states to beat it (No Konami code on the arcade version).

50%NES

Would be better if I didn't suck so bad at it.

80%NES

Insanely fun run n gun game, no wonder this is regarded as a classic

90%NES

I'm not good at it but it is really fun. Not as hard as I expected. Will return to get a proper completion time.

80%NES

B

50%NES

It's hard to appreciate this game almost 40 years after its release. Overall ok, pretty decent graphics and snappy gameplay. On the downside, the difficulty is too cranked out towards the end and the platform limitations (too much flickering sprites and intermittent sounds). The game is passed in half an hour, but gamedesigner's idea is to 10-15-20 hours 'try-and-error' the same levels in the hope of random success - you should play this on emulator with rewind

70%PC

+ Satisfying risk/reward-based gameplay loop
+ Precise gunplay that makes you feel overpowered...

- ...at the cost of being able to die in one hit
- Inconsistent pacing, regardless of length

70%NES

Enjoyed the game a lot and is one of the more challenging games on the NES. I wish it were a longer game to help the overall experience.

90%Emulated

(NES)

100%NES

+ Jouabilité au poil
+ Armes variées
+ Bosses intéressants

- Trop court

100%NES

Dinossauro do run and gun:
Contra é um dos dinossauros do subgênero run and gun, pelo menos falando de consoles domésticos (ou de mesa). Tem uma qualidade absurda de gameplay, se comparado com o que há de mesmo gênero no NES (o que pra mim, é a única - talvez - comparação justa hoje em dia). A dificuldade que pode assustar a criançada rsrs (joguei na infância e não conseguia avançar muito). Zerei no meu Dynavision Xtreme, meu famiclone do coração S2. Pegar um contrinha depois de zerar um Metal Slug é delicinha demais, que foi meu caso e, inclusive, recomendo fazer isso. E, se possível, joga no co-op local, vale a pena demais.

55%NES

This game was alright. Definitely a great side scroller/shooter. But that's it. Super difficult. The head-on stages are hard on your depth perception. Although, the famous Contra code was spawned because of this game.

65%NES

El mejor shooter de la infancia

50%NES

Gun go pew pew oh no da aline from Alien.

90%NES

This game rules, I say after finally getting a 1CC clear today

70%NES

Got to the 2nd to last level and the game over screen kicked me to the main menu. But was fun, didn't feel like it was anything special. Had some really cool pixel art though

70%Arcade

Contra is a classic arcade shooting game that has you teaming up with a friend to kill all the bad guys. Pick up weapons and shoot your way through heaps of enemies, machines, bosses and even aliens. The arcade version is a little shorter the nes version but still plays really well. Memorize those enemy patterns and you'll be finished this game in no time!

90%NES

Played as part of the Contra Collection. A classic. Not as hard as its reputation, but still needed to use the Konami code.

60%Arcade

Played as part of the Contra Collection. Nicer graphics than the NES version but at the cost of constant slowdown, which actually helped make it significantly easier. Rare instance of the NES port being superior than the arcade version.

100%NES

Classic. One of my favorite NES games.

70%NES

Used Konami Code

90%NES

I probably play through this once a year, and never lose to urge to revisit it.

80%PlayStation 5

Difficult but fun.

90%NES

an amazing classic with amazing gameplay not much else to say super straight forward and does what it needs to do to be great

70%Nintendo Switch

A classic for a reason. Playing it in 2022, I found it to be a bit dated and the lack of autofire/turbo makes it a thumb killler (fortunately M2, who ported it, added it). Some of the deaths I experienced felt cheap due to tiny, hard to see overlapping pixels. Ultimately though it's a great game if you try to 1CC it (which I did, twice). It forces you to dive deep and learn the stages. There's enough RNG that the game throws several curve balls at you which really tests your reflexes and skills. Fortunately not enough RNG for a frustrating experience. A great game overall.

100%NES

Has a way of making you feel cool as fuck while simultaneously kicking your ass. There's one or two mechanics that are a bit cheap, such as the erecting walls that you don't get an impression of before hand, but everything else is pure and soft like an unfinished crunch-wrap

70%NES

Hard,nes games man

70%Emulated

Very good game, will continue playing without the code

70%NES

Super fluid gameplay, not much to complain about aside from a very select few moments. Particularly involving tanks and carpal tunnel. Short, but sweet.

70%PC

A port of the arcade version, Contra's success had to lie in how well the difficulty was handled and this game doesn't fuck around. You either learn to play it the right way or you give up. That being said, I found that Contra was surprisingly on the fairer side of things when it came to difficulty. Don't get me wrong, this game is brutal, but most of that is surmountable.

Jungle is an excellent intro stage as it is a perfect playground for you to test out different guns and get a feel for the controls while gradually being drip-fed a rising difficulty curve. Waterfall is an evolution of this as it becomes a vertical level and helps solidify your grasp on the jumping mechanics. Snow field was probably my least favorite of the standard levels due to the Basquez enemies appearing onscreen far too late for you to have time to react to them as well and having a confusing hitbox. The miniboss was pretty lame and gets used twice. The Guldaf is also a complete pushover of an actual boss fight. Energy Zone was a good level with Gordea being my favorite boss but whoever designed those fire pillars can go fuck themselves. Rather than be a timed obstacle like most platformers, the damn things only go off when you get close enough to them making platforming a pain in the ass to do with them. Hangar Zone was fine if a little unmemorable. The excessive usage of those spiked walls was annoying and the minecarts were an unnecessary nuisance. The boss was also pretty lazy. Alien's Lair is a fun stage if you're using anything but the main gun, as the bulk of the levels enemies use fast-moving projectiles that home in on your location and the final boss felt nigh-impossible while using it.

The worst part of this game, other than the occasional bullshit death, had to be the two base levels. They felt like leftover scraps from the arcade version of this game and were incredibly boring when compared to the rest of the levels. Your movement is restricted to an annoying degree and the amount of shit that gets thrown at you in the later portions of these levels overdoes it.

The music is great and the gun variety was much enjoyed (even if the shotgun overshadows every other gun type).

All-in-all, despite some rough patches, Contra ended up being far more enjoyable than I initially thought it'd be.

60%NES

yeah i used the konami code to beat this, but honestly the game is balanced enough to where it is very possible to get good enough to finish the game without needing it. I just haven't gotten around to doing a playthrough in that vein just yet.

90%Emulated

Fucking brutal difficulty that old school NES games had.

80%PC

Campaign.

100%Emulated

Unbelievable. Still such a Kickasss game! Unlike Mario it matched my Nostalgia and more!
Superb soundtrack, excellent gameplay, fantastic levels! Just AWESOME!

80%Nintendo Switch

Great game. Played the Arcade version for the first time and while difficult, very fun. Only disappointed by having hard game overs and not being able to force through with coins.

70%Emulated

This game is actually really good but too hard for my weak self. I shamelessly used the Konami Code but it's not the same. Hats off to whoever can beat this game without it.

100%NES

My very first local co-op game.
Very difficult game

90%NES

Very good !

60%Nintendo Switch

Used konami code and all continues

70%NES

This game was hard. I mean even with the Konami code - still hard. But fun to run through, especially with a friend. While overshadowed by more recent games, it's a memorable NES classic.

50%NES

My controller didn’t really work well and I played only singleplayer so my Contra experience probably wasn’t ideal. It still was fun, but I had to kind of brute force my way through it, and I wasn’t really able to increase much in my skill level at playing the game

60%Emulated

Pretty dece

100%Emulated

A true classic. Immediately fun and engaging. Challenging, but fair. Extremely catchy music. Awesome, snappy controls. The “spread” gun. Play it.

90%PC

I'm a huge fan of Contra. I enjoy the first game a lot. It is very difficult though. But once you get good, its a blast to play. I think any fan of 2d shooters should play this game. And the series, in my opinion, only get better from here on.

70%NES

Fun, classic gameplay.

70%NES

A hardcore game for hardcore gamers, after finished this one i end up´at the hospital, because my eyes had stop working.....like i said HARDCORE!

70%PC

Classic action platformer. never gets old.

90%NES

Classic run 'n' gun platformer. A fine example of where the home conversion resoundingly trumps the arcade original. Gameplay is definitely challenging and has a learning curve, but it is nowhere near as difficult as its reputation suggests. Side note: the original Japanese release has higher presentation value. It has cutscenes between levels

90%NES

This game is so easy to control and play it took some time but I finally beat this game after months of trying :D