Get a blast from the past and get gritty in this old-school side scrolling shooter game! Shoot all your enemies and avoid getting shot in Contra! Play as the tough macho dude Bill Rizer and proceed to assault an island fortress and destroy everything that moves.
Contra is a classic 1987 sidescrolling shooter known for its nefarious difficulty. Although not as hard as other titles in the same console, this game is considered as an entry to the hardcore arcade gamer title. Avoid bullets, boulders, lasers, fireballs, and aliens as you play the commando agent Bill Rizer (Lance Bean for player 2). Complete dozens of levels and defeat the game bosses that are located at the end.
If you are having trouble completing the game, you may utilize the “Konami Code” cheat:
“Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start”
This gives the player 30 lives to start instead of the normal 3.
Contra is a high quality game that works in all major modern web browsers. This online game is part of the Arcade, Shooting, Emulator, and NES gaming categories. Contra has 61 likes from 72 user ratings. If you enjoy this game then also play games Contra 4 and Contra III - The Alien Wars. See full list on howtogeek.com.
Click inside the screen to activate controls
Controls
Arrow Keys – Directional Buttons / Movement
Press “Z” Key – A button
Press “X” Key – B button
Space – Select
Enter – Start
To save your game:hover over the emulator screen and use the icons to save your progress.
Down arrow icon (save), Up arrow icon (load).
There have been 61 likes from 72 votes on this game.
Available Platforms: NES, MSX - Alias: Gryzor
Contra is a run-and-gun style platformer developed by Konami and published by Erbe Software initially in 1987.
| Year | 1988 |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Rating | 89/100 based on 7 Editorial reviews. Add your vote |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Developer | Konami |
| OS supported | Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+ |
| Updated | 7 March 2020 |
Game Review
Contra is a run-and-gun style platformer developed by Konami and published by Erbe Software initially in 1987. It was released in arcades and on ZX Spectrum and Amstrad PC to start with. The NES version was released in 1988 and several changes were made to make it more compatible with NES hardware.
A few notable changes are that the year it took place was changed to 1987 and the setting was changed to the Amazon. The two main characters also got badass code names, Mad Dog and Scorpion. In the initial version of the game the setting is the Galuga Archipelago in the year 2633 and the two Contra soldiers’ names are Bill Rizer and Lance Bean. Contra has more than a dozen games in its franchise and is one of Konami’s most successful series.
A terrorist group is planning on taking over the world, with the help of some aliens, and the two Contra soldiers are sent to stop them. Playing alone or in tandem with someone else, you take on an all but endless onslaught of enemies. You start off with your standard weapon, but finding power-ups can change your weapon to Rapid Fire, Laser, Spread Gun and more. The characters can also fire their weapons in 8 different directions, meaning no enemy is safe. Contra plays fast with a non-stop action feel, but timing is still key as one hit can kill you. Contra is not a particularly long game, but it’s a challenge. This is personally one of my favorites and the length never stopped me from wanting to run through it again and again. Call me biased, but you need to play this one.
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Note: unfortunately we could not package the NES version for Mac, but you can download the MSX one.
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Review by: Tasha
Published: 20 May 2017 8:20 pm