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In the year 2631, a small meteorite has fallen into the Galuga archipelago, located 20km northeast off the coast of New Zealand. Two years later, a terrorist group known as Red Falcon has seized the island in preparation for an alien invasion. The earth's marines sent two members of their elite Contra unit, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, to neutralize the terrorists.

As either, Bill (player 1) or Lance (player 2), the player must get to the end of each stage, shooting everything in sight, while avoiding enemy fire themselves. The player can upgrade their standard-issue rifle into one of four different weapons, including the powerful spread shot.

Alternate Titles

  • "魂斗羅" -- Japanese spelling
  • "魂斗罗" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Probotector" -- European NES title
  • "Kon To Ra" -- Japanese gikun phonetic title
  • "Gryzor" -- European Arcade/Computer title

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Trivia

On August 31, 1988, Contra was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.


This entry was contributed by JRK (8148), Martin Smith (64127), Servo (51212), Ben K (18330) and The Ring Hawk (666)
 

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