![]() It too has a slight delay when you turn and shoot, so if you struggle with the original arcade Contra it’s going to be the same here. It also doesn’t help that, unlike most other arcade games, Contra and Super Contra only let you continue a few times before both decide “nope, sorry, that’s Game Over now”: you can’t just brute force your way to the end with continues.Īs a nice touch, Konami has also included the lesser-known Game Boy title Operation C. This isn’t really a port of Contra or Super Contra: instead, it’s a completely original adventure that borrows elements of each. Many Game Boy adaptations of console titles left a lot to be desired, but Operation C is just as entertaining as the NES games that inspired it, and its inclusion here is far more welcome than the inclusion of Game Boy slog Castlevania: The Adventure was in the last compilation. It also has one of the best renditions of the Contra theme you'll hear anywhere. Jumping up to 16-bit, this package wouldn’t be complete without the legendary SNES game Contra III: The Alien Wars. Arguably the best of the games on offer, Contra III has some of the most memorable and screen-filling boss battles in gaming history, though it’ll take a lot of practice before you can reach them. Also included is the PAL version, Super Probotector, which replaced the heroes with robots. Conveniently, you’re given the option to play this version in its original 50Hz mode or a ‘turbo’ 60Hz mode (which just brings it up to the same speed as the American release).įinally, there’s Genesis game Contra: Hard Corps and its European Mega Drive counterpart Probotector (which again ditches the soldiers in favour of cyborgs). Contra games are difficult at the best of times, but the extremely high-speed gameplay on offer here means you’re likely to see the Game Over screen within seconds the first few times you play it. Stick with it and it eventually becomes fun, but this is easily the least approachable of the games in this collection. Much like the Castlevania offering, emulation in the Contra Anniversary Collection has been handled by the retro porting masters at M2 (of Sega Ages fame), so it should come as no surprise that everything runs flawlessly here. The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (adventure platformer)ĭragon Ball Z - Hyper Dimension(fighting) Magical quest staring mickey mouse(boner wizard em up) Street fighter Alpha 1&2(fighting/impressive port for the system) Sonic Blast Man II (beat em up/ kinda trash but fun trash)Ĭastlevania Darcula X(action platformer/botched port) Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Fighting (Fighting) Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers(beat em up) Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (beat em up) ![]() King of the monsters 1 & 2(kaiju fighting)ĪctRaiser 2 (action platformer no god sim sadly) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (beat em up) Jurassic Park and rampage edition(dinosaurs/dumb fun) Snatcher(Adventure/interactive comic movie thingy)
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