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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).
The NES version of the original Contra used the Konami Code (previously featured in the NES version of Gradius) to start the game with thirty lives instead of the usual three. Most of the subsequent console games in the series only featured these extra lives codes in their Japanese releases, such as Contra Spirits (the Japanese version of ...
The Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1376 [a] officially licensed games released for the Japanese version, the Family Computer (Famicom), and its international counterpart, the NES, during their lifespans, plus 7 official multicarts and 2 championship cartridges. Of these, 672 were released exclusively in Japan, 187 were released ...
Contra (Gryzor in Europe) Dark Adventure; The Hustler; Devil World (not to be confused with Nintendo's Japan/PAL-only Famicom/NES game) Fast Lane; Flak Attack; Hyper Crash; Labyrinth Runner; MX 5000; Rack 'Em Up; Life Force (Japanese Version) Typhoon (Ajax) 1988. Super Contra; Haunted Castle (Akumajō Dracula in Japan) Chequered Flag (also ...
Later released as a cartridge for the NES as Blades of Steel. Konamic Tennis: Konami: Konami August 19, 1988: Koneko Monogatari: The Adventures of Chatran: Marionette Pony Canyon: September 19, 1986: The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken: Nintendo R&D4: Nintendo: January 14, 1987: Released in 1988 as a cartridge for the NES as Zelda II: The ...
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 .
A mobile phone version of Super Contra was released in Japan and China (Super Contra 2) on March 5, 2008, coinciding with the release of Contra: Dual Spirits (the Japanese localization of Contra 4). This version features the stages from the NES version, but with graphics similar to the arcade game (including the opening intro). [19]
Released in 1992 by the Steepler company, the Dendy was easily the most popular video game console of its time there, and enjoyed a degree of fame roughly equivalent to that experienced by the NES/Famicom in North America and Japan. Business was so successful that the company spawned its own TV show about Dendy on Russian TV, and created stores ...