Contra
Contra is a run-and-gun shooter video game developed and published by Konami. It is one of the many ports of the homonymous arcade game. The MSX2 version was later re-released for the Wii and Wii U Virtual…
Contra is a platform developed by Konami, released 26 May 1989 on Wii U, Wii and MSX2.
What Contra is
Contra is a platform game developed by Konami and released in 1989. It is available on Wii U, Wii and MSX2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Contra is a run-and-gun shooter video game developed and published by Konami. It is one of the many ports of the homonymous arcade game. The MSX2 version was later re-released for the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Contra series
Contra is the eighth of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. The next entry was C in 1989.
What it launched against
Contra launched on 26 May 1989, within three weeks of Tennis and Super Dodge Ball.
Released around the same time: Tennis, Super Dodge Ball.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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