This is a game right out of my childhood that I remember fondly. Contra is an action game all the way. The plot, if there really is one, is to kill everything that moves and battle your way to the last boss and end the alien invasion until the next game (Super C). It is a standard platformer with most of the standard features. You automatically have the basic gun that can shoot pretty fast but isn't that strong. All over the stages you find weapon upgrades that you can use until you die or pick-up another one. One hit will kill you so be careful. The weapons include Flame thrower, Laser (the strongest), Spread (the best), Machine gun, and Rapid fire. You start out with three guys to try to survive unless you remember the old Contra Code. up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start, which gave 30 lives. You have to punch it in before the one or two player menu comes up and a sound will play if you did it right. You can play one or two players obviously. Red guy and blue guy. And each have thier own weapons. You can steal men from the other player if you lose all of yours. The stages involve being outside bases, inside bases, a couple stages have a cool from behind you thing, and inside an alien. Sound was pretty good for the game. The play is excellent and the graphics are only half bad by todays standards. But in that day, it was a thrilling and immersive game. It was my introduction to the genre, which I still enjoy today.
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