Contra
Contra

Contra

February 1, 1987
Konami
80
User263 ratings
50
Critic0 ratings
65
Total263 ratings
ShooterPlatformArcade
Arcade
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Third person, Side view
ActionScience fictionWarfare

Summary

Contra (also known as Gryzor in Oceania and Europe), 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 game had multiple ports, including for various computer formats. Several Contra sequels were produced following the original game.

Storyline

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 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.

Release Dates

ArcadeFeb 20, 1987
ArcadeMar 1987
ArcadeFeb 1987

Gameplay video

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