Contra 4
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Contra 4 is a platform developed by WayForward Technologies, released 13 November 2007 on Nintendo DS and Legacy Mobile Device.
What Contra 4 is
Contra 4 is a platform game developed by WayForward Technologies and released in 2007. It was published by Konami. It is available on Nintendo DS and Legacy Mobile Device.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Contra is a 1987 run and gun video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, along with ports for various home computer formats, including the MSX2. The arcade and computer versions were localized as Gryzor in Europe, and the NES version as Probotector in the PAL region.
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. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Contra series
Contra 4 is the 32nd of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. The next entry was Contra: The War of the Worlds in 2009. Its critic score of 75 is 11 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns at 95.
How it was received
Contra 4 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Contra 4 launched on 13 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Contra 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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