30th Anniversary: Contra by Konami


February 20th saw the release of Contra in Japanese arcades.

Arcade version


Interesting facts:

-North America saw the NES port released a week before Japan
-One of the first games to use the Konami Code
-Simultaneous 2 player play was rare among game releases at this time
-The European version of the game doesn’t allow for 2 player simultaneous play

NES version

Contra on Wikipedia

Gameplay by World of Longplays via Youtube

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *