This is the Family Computer (Famicom) port of Contra. Even if the American and the Japanese port look similar and share the same art style and engine, the Japanese version has added content, with more animations in the backgrounds, new cheat codes and, most importantly, story cutscenes explaining the plot of the game.
IGDB / 186208
Contra
This is the Family Computer (Famicom) port of Contra. Even if the American and the Japanese port look similar and share the same art style and engine, the Japanese version has added content, with more animations in the backgrounds, new cheat codes and, most importantly, story cutscenes explaining the plot of the game.
World design
Nicht eindeutig
GameplayCombat-focused
Game modeCo-op
Game modeMultiplayer
Deep dive / Spielprofil
Everything about Contra: story and gameplay
A structured look at the narrative, game feel, and traits that define this game.
GameplayCombat-focused
Game modeCo-op
Game modeMultiplayer
GenrePlatform
GenreShooter
ThemeAction
ThemeScience fiction
5 weitere Tags
Traitfan translation - english
Traitjapan only
Traitkonami code
Traitnes game pak - vrc2
Traitregional port
Media / Screenshots
Contra screenshots and game world
Watch / Trailer
TV Commercial
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Game profile / Plain language
Contra: release, platforms, and facts
Studio, play style, releases, and official sources — compactly prepared from external IGDB data.
Studios & ownership
Studio & publishing
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
- Franchise
- Contra
So spielt es sich
Spielprofil
- Modi
- Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
- Perspective
- Side view, Third person
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
Wo & wann
Platform releases
- Family Computer Feb 09, 1988
Primärquellen
Official & external links
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