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The NES version of Contra is included in the video game compilation Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra for Microsoft Windows, released in North America in 2002, which also includes Super C and the three Castlevania games released for the NES. The NES Contra and Super C are included in the Nintendo DS game Contra 4 as unlockable ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
An NES cartridge (top) is taller than a typical Famicom cartridge. 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.
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 code is also known as the "Contra Code" and "30 Lives Code", since the code provided the player 30 extra lives in Contra. The code has been used to help novice players progress through the game. [10] [12] The Konami Code was created by Kazuhisa Hashimoto, who was developing the home port of the 1985 arcade game Gradius for the NES.
NES Classic Edition [a] [b] is a dedicated home video game console by Nintendo, that emulates the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Family Computer (Famicom). Originally launched on November 10, 2016, the console aesthetically is a miniature replica of the NES, and it includes a static library of 30 built-in games from the licensed NES library, supporting save states for all of them.