Xbox 360

Contra

Description

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

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Contra series

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The Press Says

Video Game Talk	Nov 08, 2006		80
Xboxdynasty (XD)	Feb 10, 2008	7.5 out of 10	75
Game Over Online	Jan 08, 2007	70 out of 100	70
UOL Jogos	Nov 08, 2006		70
GameSpot	Nov 10, 2006	6.6 out of 10	66
Game Chronicles	Jan 31, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Apr 22, 2007	6 out of 10	60
TalkXbox	Feb 06, 2007	54 out of 100	54
Defunct Games	Dec 06, 2006	50 out of 100	50
Gamer.nl	Mar 01, 2007	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Contra appealed heavily to young, male movie crowds at the time who were still watching movies like "Aliens", and the ending environment is very similar to it. Also, the cover of the American release features two soldiers who are slightly modified and repainted images from the movie "Predator". (Both "Aliens" and "Predator" are copywrited and owned by 20th Century Fox).