Every CONTRA Game | a Series Evolution Retrospective (Part 1 – 1987-1994)
Covering every Contra game and port from 1987-1994. Part Two: https://youtu.be/oC_L4FUbTLM?si=nkoTeXwxKtFKFdT5 Check …
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November 21, 2024
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Part Two is up! https://youtu.be/oC_L4FUbTLM?si=nkoTeXwxKtFKFdT5
Great video
That Contra 3 level 3 music in the beginning 👌~chef's kiss
WOW! (flips and drops to the ground)
Started with Famiclones for me, my dad grabbing a Superjoy plug n play shaped like a 64 controller. Contra and Super C were my most played games on the various models I'd go through (due to the shoddy build quality). When I got into emulation in the XP era I tried Contra 3, and eventually got Operation C at a GameStop. These days I go for Super and Operation C the most.
Its funny you mentioned remembering where you got your copy of contra as a kid because I also distinctly remember my dad picking it up from a local k-mart
The pirated Contra Spirits for NES got a mod with loads of qol choices and in english
Contra Hard Core- Best !
Excited to hear yer thoughts on Contra 4. I’m no Contra aficionado but it’s my favorite of the ones I played. 3 might have it beat if it weren’t for the top down sections
Contra force, loved it when I was a kid(still do). But the soundtrack of that game is so good, I have it as my ringtone. Here is a super good rock cover https://youtu.be/3YQ7vPVXjRc?si=L9kn1r8P6ZeRKq0L
Well I was going to go to bed, but I think I'm going to grab a snack, a glass of grog, a pipe and sit back and relax.
50Min!!! Part1!….U,U,D,D,L,R,L,R,B,A, Select,START!
Great retrospective! 👍🕹️
One nitpick though : It’s “by accident”. Publishing circles will automatically reject manuscripts without this proper usage, the other of which arose from uneducated internet circles.
Hard Corps, Alien Wars and Shattered Soldier are the holly trinity of Contra games.
Recent Operation Galuga is not bad either, but the levels drag for way too long, platforming sections are pure cancer and art direction is just terrible.
Great video. Subscribed!
Great video!
I’m guessing that you and I are about the same age as the Nintendo version was also my introduction to the series. As much as I love this game, Super C, Operation C, and Contra III, my favorite is hands down Hard Corps Uprising for the Xbox 360.
Had no idea there were any computer ports.
when will you make the video for homebrew horror genesis games?
Appreciate your positive vibes even when being critical. There's too much real and faux hate in retrospectives/reviews and you take a more measured approach.
16:13 thankyou for giving Probotector a good shout out 👍, other Contra videos tend to not mention it's existence.
I'm from the UK so growing up this is what I and many of us British/euro kids got, I personally prefer the robot aesthetic over the macho guys, but as kids we didn't know any better, to each their own.
The Genesis version is crazy
SNES era was a great era
Awesome video! It’s really fun seeing all the jank computer ports of the original game ❤
Another awesome video 👌
You know, now that Operation Galuga is out, I hope we get a sequel that remakes and combines the Alien Wars and Hard Corps. The only thing I don't want in the sequel are the branching paths that Hard Corps had.
getting up in them alien guts LOL
Yay new video! My brother when he was a small child in 2011 (I was 13) got one of those knockoff emulator games on the swap meet where there's over 80 NES games in them and we would have fond memories playing Super Contra.
Wow! What a great series overview and a pleasant YouTube find! You definitely deserve more subs and views. You'll certainly have mine. I look forward to the second part.
There's even a romhack of Hard Corps that lets you choose from the original version and probotector characters. 😀
I never could get all the endings to that game originally, got so close though. ><
A great way to end the 16bit generation.
Crusher Missiles? Cluster Missiles.
I won't even try the Genesis contra, even though it looks awesome, I know I won't last longer than 20 seconds, get frustrated and turn it off.
Gryzor hurts my eyes.
up up down down left right left right B A select start
Thanks for another great video
Very well done! My favorite memories of Contra are watching other people play the games, because I don't attack agressively enough and suck at them.
I'm so disappointed at the Amiga version. Surely that game must've been using only 10% of the Amiga Power™
First played Contra at a friends house as a kid. He had a little b&w tv in his room, sadly. But still had fun.
Contra is a fun series, even if it can get challenging. I would often use the 30 lives code to make progress.
Great video burst! Keep this content coming!!!