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Contra was released for the Famicom in Japan on February 9, 1988. While the gameplay remains identical to the NES version released around the same month, the Famicom version has a custom-made Multi-Memory Controller that Konami produced called the VRC2 (in contrast to the UNROM board used by its NES counterpart).
Contra [a] is a video game series produced by Konami composed primarily of run and gun-style shooting games.The series debuted in February 1987 with the Japanese coin-operated arcade game of the same name, which has since spawned several sequels produced for various platforms.
Operation C (released as Contra (コントラ, Kontora) [1] in Japan and as Probotector in the PAL region) is a 1991 run and gun video game by Konami released for the Game Boy. It is a sequel to Super Contra , and the first portable installment in the Contra series .
Contra: Shattered Soldier, originally released in Japan as Shin Contra (真魂斗羅, Shin Kontora), is a video game that is part of the Contra series by Konami. It was developed by Team Kijirushi, a group of staff members within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo .
The Japanese version, titled Contra: The Hard Corps, is significantly easier than its overseas counterparts due to the addition of a life gauge that allows the player to take three hits from an enemy before losing a life. The Japanese version also features unlimited continues, in contrast with the American version, which only allows the player ...
File sharing in Japan is notable for both its size and sophistication. [1] The Recording Industry Association of Japan has used a 2010 study to suggest that illegal downloads (which have been illegal since 2010) outnumber legal ones 10:1. [2] [3] In 2012, a law was passed that would invoke penalties for accessing pirated music or movies. [3]
Contra: Rogue Corps is a run and gun twin-stick shooter in the Contra series developed by Toylogic and published by Konami. It was released on September 24, 2019 for the Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , Windows , and Xbox One .
Super Contra, known as Super Contra: The Alien Strikes Back [a] in Japan, is a run and gun video game by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade video game in January 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and part of the Contra series .