Contra: The Alien Wars
Welcome to 2636 the year the notorious Red Falcon gets even-with an unprecedented alien onslaught orchestrated to push the Contra forces to their ultimate reaches. Plunge through a molten massacre on a high…
Contra: The Alien Wars is a platform developed by Factor 5, released 23 September 1994 on Game Boy.
What Contra: The Alien Wars is
Contra: The Alien Wars is a platform game developed by Factor 5 and released in 1994. It was published by Konami. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Welcome to 2636 the year the notorious Red Falcon gets even-with an unprecedented alien onslaught orchestrated to push the Contra forces to their ultimate reaches. Plunge through a molten massacre on a high speed voyage to the guts of the archenemy alien. Check out the side and top perspectives that engulf you in a 3-D sensation. Pick off solar slimedogs while you scale over walls swing from girders and ropes whatever it takes to defeat Red Falcon's allies. Sweat through five gut-splitting stages including the Streets of the Neo City and the Mucho Grande Badlands.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Contra series
Contra: The Alien Wars is the 19th of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. The next entry was Probotector in 1994.
What it launched against
Contra: The Alien Wars launched on 23 September 1994, within three weeks of DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, System Shock (1994) and Earthworm Jim.
Released around the same time: DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, System Shock (1994), Earthworm Jim.
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