Game : Contra
Platform: NES
Genre: Run n 'Gun
Release: 1988
Developer: Konami
Against is an ultimate classic, practically creator of a genre that exploded in arcades in 1987 and was released on NES the following year, with some differences.

(Generic heroes in the hood ... say it was Stallone and Schwarzenegger...lol)

Starting from presuposto you, dear reader, unaware of the game in question, I will explain what it is. Contra is a game of "run and shoot" where you control a face semi nude blue pants named Bill Rizer who, along with her semi naked partner red pants Lance Bean, out to destroy an alien organization called Red Falcon and prevent Earth is invaded. But wait a minute ... if the alien is based on Earth does not mean that the planet does not BEEN INVADED ..?

The game is hard, in fact the whole series is known for its high difficulty, all because the game offers meager 3 lives to win eight stages, which can be facilitated by the inclusion of the famous Konami code on the title screen, increasing this initial limit for 30, and both a help.
Even as a port, the game differs from the arcade. For starters, the stage 3:06 of the original have been condensed in stages 2 and 5, reducing the number of stages from 10 to 8, the stages were also increased, counting here more enemies and challenges, the 4 final stages (Snowfield, Energy Zone , Hangar, and Alien Lair) ceased to be a continuous sequence as in the arcade and were divided in NES.

Another novelty is the introduction of a new power-up. In addition to the 6 different weapons that heroes can use NES exists in a "clean-screen bomb," you knows what she does.
The controls are simple and easy to learn, the guys shoot in 8 directions and can run while doing so, jump can be a problem here, because some platforms are short and not easy to control the acrobatic jump the guy, nothing that some Game- overs teach.

Graphically, Contra is very neat for a game 8-bit 1988, designers were concerned enough with details both in background and in own characters and enemies. The soundtrack is also excellent, inserting the player into the game's fast pace.

Curiosities:
- The Japanese flyer informs that the game takes place in December 2633.
- The Jap version has a intro explaining a bit the story of the game, this opening shows that Alien landed here on an island near New Zealand, two years before the game.
- In the American version, the intro was removed and the manual states that the game takes place in the ruins of Central America ... the heroes began to be called "Mad Dog" and "Scorpion".
- The European version is also different. For starters, the game is called Probotector and semi naked warriors are now robots.

All I can say is, "It's aliens."

Freaking aliens.

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