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.
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Contra
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.
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Game feelChallenging
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Game modeCo-op
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Game feelChallenging
GameplayCombat-focused
Game modeCo-op
Game modeMultiplayer
GenreArcade
GenrePlatform
GenreShooter
ThemeAction
ThemeScience fiction
ThemeWarfare
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Traitdeath
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Traitdigital distribution
Traitdigital rights management
Traitexplosion
Traitguerilla warfare
Traithigh score
Traitice stage
Traitinfinite ammo
Traitinfinite spawn
Traitkonami code
Traitmeme origin
Traitmodern military
Traitmodern warfare
Traitmoving platforms
Traitmultiple enemy boss fights
Traitmurder
Traitonline multiplayer achievements
Traitpax east 2010
Traitpixel art
Traitpower glove support
Traitrobots
Traitrun and gun
Traitshoot the core
Traitside-scrolling
Traitsnow
Traitvore
Traitxbox one backwards compatibility
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- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
- Franchise
- Contra
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Spielprofil
- Modi
- Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
- Perspective
- Side view, Third person
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction, Warfare
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Platform releases
- Arcade Feb 20, 1987
- Arcade Mar 1987
- Arcade Feb 1987
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