About Contra
Contra (also known as Gryzor in Oceania and Europe), is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-oper
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In Contra, the player controls one of two armed military commandos named Bill "Mad Dog" Rizer and Lance "Scorpion" Bean, who are sent on a mission to neutralize a terrorist group called the Red Falcon Organization that is planning to take over the Earth. Details of the game's setting varies between supplementary materials: the Japanese versions sets the game in the year 2633 on the fictional "Galuga archipelago" near New Zealand, whereas the manual for the American NES version sets the game during the present in an unnamed South American island. The American storyline also changes the identity of "Red Falcon" from being the name of a terrorist organization to the name of an alien entity.
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About Contra
Contra is a game developed by Konami. Released in 1987, Contra falls under the Shooter and Platform and Arcade genres. It holds an overall rating of 65/100 based on 264 ratings.
The game is available on Arcade. It features co-op gameplay. Game modes include Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative.
The game explores themes of Action, Science fiction, Warfare and is played from a Third person/Side view perspective.. Players who enjoy Contra might also like the 8 similar games listed above.