Super Contra
Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series…
Super Contra is an arcade developed by Konami, released 8 January 1988 on Amiga, Arcade, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Super Contra is
Super Contra is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1988. It is available on Amiga, Arcade, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
A year after the battle with the Red Falcon Organization, Bill and Lance are sent on another mission. This time, the alien forces have taken over an allied military base, possessing most of its troops. Bill and Lance must not only fight against their former comrades-in-arms, but also a new mutated form of the same alien creatures they fought during their previous mission.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric 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
Super Contra is the fourth of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. The next entry was Contra in 1988. Its critic score of 58 is 6 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns at 95.
How it was received
Super Contra holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1988 averaged 71, so it scored 13 points below the year average. Players rate it 66, 8 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Super Contra launched on 8 January 1988, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Contra yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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