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    Contra

    Game » consists of 18 releases. Released Feb 20, 1987

    A Konami run-and-gun famous for its fast-paced, gritty, old-school action.

    blastr85's Contra (Nintendo Entertainment System) review

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    Best action game on the NES

    With an aesthetic towards ALIENS (1986) and every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same era, Contra NAILS the art-style and follows it up with rock solid gameplay that is always fair, sometimes maddening, but certainly a delight to play. Two-player co-op definitely makes the game tougher, but with the infamous "up up down down" Konami code, even the less-skilled players can get an edge and see all of the various and distinct locations. I was one of those kids who played the game so much with the Konami code I one day realized I no longer needed it and the last time I played (I'm 31) I could beat the game with zero deaths.

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      Contra(Nintendo Entertainment System) by glockstararmani on May 15, 2012

      Glockstar Armani present this game with a *GLOCKIE* award for:*BEST GAME OF 1987*If I were Dan Brown, I would set to work writing a novel called "The Konami Code", in which Tom Hanks finds a murdered video game enthusiast and follows a series of clues to discover that Shigeru Miyamoto hid a bunch of religious conspiracies in his video games. Shit, that would be an AWESOME book!Contra is one of those games that is unanimously agreed upon to be one of the greatest of its time. On the Nintendo Boar...

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