Rememeber the Contra series? Favorite Contra games?

Uh.

It hasn't really ended.

But my favourite,if i had to choose,would be Contra III.

And Shattered Soldier,though too hard.

Contra III is my favorite by a wide margin. Just so many fond memories of playing 2 player with my brother on that game. Contra and Super Contra were good though too.

The first Contra on the NES is my fave.

The arcade version may be technically better but it doesn't feel as good to me.

The Japanese version is even better (called "Gryzor" there) with better graphics and all.

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A

The series hasn't ended yet. We got a new one last year for XBLA and PSN.

Anyways, my favorite is Contra NES. The Japanese version of Hard Cops isn't too far behind.

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A

Emerald_Warrior

I have to post this every time I see a Contra thread... Does everybody see the Konami code that Emerald_Warrior posted? Just take out the second B, A

OK, now press those buttons on your keyboard while in gamespot (very quickly) and press enter at the end! Just an easter egg :) try it out!

*note* I couldn't get it to work... :( can somebody else try it... they might have taken it out of the site.

ANyways, Contra, Super C, and Contr III were by far and still are the best. I would have just said the first three however Contra Force (NES) is technically the third contra game meaning that Contra III the Alien Wars on the SNES should have been called Contra IV

Anyways though, Contra Force still remains the number one game on my wishlist, where it has remained for about 10 years... lol

ive played the nes one, the aracde version and contra 3 on the snes...

contra 3 felt a bit hard....the arcade version was a bit wierd... i like the nes one best.

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A

Emerald_Warrior

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A

WitIsWisdom

I have to post this every time I see a Contra thread... Does everybody see the Konami code that Emerald_Warrior posted? Just take out the second B, A

OK, now press those buttons on your keyboard while in gamespot (very quickly) and press enter at the end! Just an easter egg :) try it out!

*note* I couldn't get it to work... :( can somebody else try it... they might have taken it out of the site.

ANyways, Contra, Super C, and Contr III were by far and still are the best. I would have just said the first three however Contra Force (NES) is technically the third contra game meaning that Contra III the Alien Wars on the SNES should have been called Contra IV

Anyways though, Contra Force still remains the number one game on my wishlist, where it has remained for about 10 years... lol

[QUOTE="WitIsWisdom"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A

StatusShuffle

I have to post this every time I see a Contra thread... Does everybody see the Konami code that Emerald_Warrior posted? Just take out the second B, A

OK, now press those buttons on your keyboard while in gamespot (very quickly) and press enter at the end! Just an easter egg :) try it out!

*note* I couldn't get it to work... :( can somebody else try it... they might have taken it out of the site.

ANyways, Contra, Super C, and Contr III were by far and still are the best. I would have just said the first three however Contra Force (NES) is technically the third contra game meaning that Contra III the Alien Wars on the SNES should have been called Contra IV

Anyways though, Contra Force still remains the number one game on my wishlist, where it has remained for about 10 years... lol

It is very true that just like Super Mario Brothers 2 (originally doki doki panic in japan), the game was NOT initially designed to be a Contra game (it was scheduled to release in japan with the title Arc Hound). However, just as SMB2 is considered a mario game and a part of the numbered series, Contra Force was and is considered the third game in the Contra series on the NES. I guess Konami simply tried to hide this fact (seeing as though most people dont even realize contra force exists) by releasing Contra III on the SNES covering up a major slip up on their side. A classic example of game producer slapping a sticker on something trying to maximize profits (even though in this case it didn't work... lol).

check this wiki line out (*note* I realize wikipedia isnt always accurate and not an accredited site usually worth citing)

"The American release of Contra Force was first announced in 1991 and was planned to be the third console installment of the series (which it was),[14] which is why the working title of Contra III: The Alien Wars was "Super Contra IV"."[15]

I guess that answers our question.... Contra III is indeed Super Contra IV, meaning Contra IV is actually Contra XII.

I said contra IV is actually XII because IV should actually be V, and then 5 more Contra titles were released before the release of Contra IV but, you need to add Operation C that released on the gameboy, that would make IT the true Contra III and making what we know to be Contra III instead be titled Contra V. ok I give up.. lol

Quite a confusing timeline this series has.

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="WitIsWisdom"]

I have to post this every time I see a Contra thread... Does everybody see the Konami code that Emerald_Warrior posted? Just take out the second B, A

OK, now press those buttons on your keyboard while in gamespot (very quickly) and press enter at the end! Just an easter egg :) try it out!

*note* I couldn't get it to work... :( can somebody else try it... they might have taken it out of the site.

ANyways, Contra, Super C, and Contr III were by far and still are the best. I would have just said the first three however Contra Force (NES) is technically the third contra game meaning that Contra III the Alien Wars on the SNES should have been called Contra IV

Anyways though, Contra Force still remains the number one game on my wishlist, where it has remained for about 10 years... lol

WitIsWisdom

It is very true that just like Super Mario Brothers 2 (originally doki doki panic in japan), the game was NOT initially designed to be a Contra game (it was scheduled to release in japan with the title Arc Hound). However, just as SMB2 is considered a mario game and a part of the numbered series, Contra Force was and is considered the third game in the Contra series on the NES. I guess Konami simply tried to hide this fact (seeing as though most people dont even realize contra force exists) by releasing Contra III on the SNES covering up a major slip up on their side. A classic example of game producer slapping a sticker on something trying to maximize profits (even though in this case it didn't work... lol).

check this wiki line out (*note* I realize wikipedia isnt always accurate and not an accredited site usually worth citing)

"The American release of Contra Force was first announced in 1991 and was planned to be the third console installment of the series (which it was),[14] which is why the working title of Contra III: The Alien Wars was "Super Contra IV"."[15]

I guess that answers our question.... Contra III is indeed Super Contra IV, meaning Contra IV is actually Contra XII.

I said contra IV is actually XII because IV should actually be V, and then 5 more Contra titles were released before the release of Contra IV but, you need to add Operation C that released on the gameboy, that would make IT the true Contra III and making what we know to be Contra III instead be titled Contra V. ok I give up.. lol

Quite a confusing timeline this series has.

Which by the way what? I realize games have spin offs, but in most cases it is at least semi clear in the point of doing so. Contra "spinoffs" are about as clear as mud. With that being said, it WAS still a contra game, and it WAS the third in the series, so I guess I don't get your point. Also a lot of spinoffs of other franchises are developed by different companies. These so called contra spinoffs you talk about are limited to a series of just one game? In that case there are three times the ammount of Contra "spinoffs" all under differetn titles then in the numbered series alone. All of them being made by one company. So you believe the only true contra experiences to be contra, super c, alien wars, IV, etc? What makes it clear that contra, and super c are numbered 1 and 2, yet other games in the series recieve no number? The numbering does not make sense, and that's my take. I love most Contra games and the first 3 that are numbered are some of my favorite games of all time. However for one to think that there are only 4 Contra games because those are the only "numbered" ones, and all the rest are spin offs, that means that 15 out of 19 games (something like that) are not as important as the others?

It says Contra in the title, it's a Contra game, period. Just the same way SMB 2 is a Mario game, even though it was original Doki Doki Panic in Japan.

Contra III! Me and my friend played it so much that we could beat i on the hardest difficulty without dying back when we were kids.

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A

WitIsWisdom

I have to post this every time I see a Contra thread... Does everybody see the Konami code that Emerald_Warrior posted? Just take out the second B, A

OK, now press those buttons on your keyboard while in gamespot (very quickly) and press enter at the end! Just an easter egg :) try it out!

*note* I couldn't get it to work... :( can somebody else try it... they might have taken it out of the site.

ANyways, Contra, Super C, and Contr III were by far and still are the best. I would have just said the first three however Contra Force (NES) is technically the third contra game meaning that Contra III the Alien Wars on the SNES should have been called Contra IV

Anyways though, Contra Force still remains the number one game on my wishlist, where it has remained for about 10 years... lol

[QUOTE="WitIsWisdom"]

[QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

It's still around, it's not gone, yet. We got releases on PS2, and Nintendo DS. We haven't gotten another, but then the 3DS is still relatively young, so I wouldn't count it out completely, just yet.

As for my favorite, that's easy, the original game, the NES port particularly. One of the rare examples where the NES version is without a doubt better than the Arcade version. Ninja Gaiden is the only other NES game I can think of like this. I played that game so freaking much with friends and my cousins. It's to the point where I can blow through that game in less than a half hour. I just love it!

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A

Arthas045

I have to post this every time I see a Contra thread... Does everybody see the Konami code that Emerald_Warrior posted? Just take out the second B, A

OK, now press those buttons on your keyboard while in gamespot (very quickly) and press enter at the end! Just an easter egg :) try it out!

*note* I couldn't get it to work... :( can somebody else try it... they might have taken it out of the site.

ANyways, Contra, Super C, and Contr III were by far and still are the best. I would have just said the first three however Contra Force (NES) is technically the third contra game meaning that Contra III the Alien Wars on the SNES should have been called Contra IV

Anyways though, Contra Force still remains the number one game on my wishlist, where it has remained for about 10 years... lol

First of all, I couldn't get it to work for some reason (although I have done it on and off for years just for fun). Second of all, I think that "just taking you to the game" is a pretty cool hidden easter egg that most people on this site do not know about.