The History of Contra

Saturday, Nov. 13 2004 | Author: derek

A nice little history of the Contra series, from the NES up through Neo Contra for the PS2.

Contra was one of the first games I ever played on the NES, and one of the only ones my dad would play with me. I remember staying up late every Saturday night to play the game, of course using the Up, up, down, down cheat code. :)

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8 Responses for "The History of Contra"

Diogo

November 13th, 2004 at 19:51
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I have fond memories of playing the NES version with a friend of mine, it was incredibly fun when someone else joined in. Probably because then you weren’t cursing alone.
JC

November 14th, 2004 at 00:38
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up up down down left right left right b a start
:-)
heh. I was playing with some polling/quiz software the other day and that was one of the questions I put in
evil latte

November 14th, 2004 at 02:28
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I remember me and my little cousin would stay up until the sun came up playing Contra on the NES. After I out grew my NES and started getting into Playstation and the Dreamcast, I’ve never picked up a Contra title since then. Maybe I’ll go and rent Neo Contra and call him up just to see if he’s up to doing the Contra all nighters all over again.
Bryan Peters

November 14th, 2004 at 03:26
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Thank god for MAME!

I thought it was up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, SELECT, start.
Scrivs

November 14th, 2004 at 22:41
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Bryan is right. JC is wrong. Nuff said.
JC

November 15th, 2004 at 06:30
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uh, no, JC is right. It’s the first line in the article derek linked, too, and on GameFAQs

I dont see it above, sorry if it’s already been said… you could actually use that 3 times to have up to 90 guys.. or maybe it’s just that you got 3 continues and 30 guys for each.. dont remember, it’s been a long time. :-)
DerekDyer

January 11th, 2005 at 05:20
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They’re both right, the difference is that you have to put the select in there to get to *two* players.
Strife_Clou0

June 8th, 2005 at 18:51
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I HAD THE ORIGINAL CONTRA! THE ONE FOR THE PS1 WAS BARELY ACCEPTABLE! I PLAYED THE NEWEST ONE AND BARFED HOW DARE THEY SPOILE THE GOOD NAME OF CONTRA!