Greetings and salutations my brothers in gaming! Its me, ZeegSerpentine, and I'm back to give another review over a game I have the honor to say was the few gateway games into gaming. Sure, there are a lot of games out there, but to remind my fellow gamers, the N64 and the NES was the game systems that I started out with, and man, I will never deny that I will have a special place for them in my soul.

But enough of that, allow me to take a minute to at least tell you how Contra is so much of an epic game!  Remember brothers, its just a review, therefore opinion, so don't freak please.

Graphics: Heh...well I can't really say that its the greatest of graphics, but at least the artists for the game actually was able to make the scenery and the bad guys decent. Don't get me wrong, I think that for an NES game, Contra should get a medal...but maybe not a gold. Sorry, but for Contra being as BA as it is, I just can't give it a good score on graphics. So, I would have to say for graphics...yeah I'll say 7 out of 10 sounds pretty fair.

Sound: So many levels, different weapons, and so on, but man the sound made you get pumped up in a seriously good way! No question on it in the back of my mind, even if I got blasted away, the sound that pretty much ment "Your dead ha!" that went off when you, duh, died, made me go EEEE! In glee! So lets see, for sound, I'll give it a 9 out of 10. Again, pretty darn fair huh?

Addictiveness: Man, I couldn't begin to tell you how addicting the game is. I remember when I was young and didn't know the code to get 99 lives, I was constantly on a war path in the game. I wouldn't set the controller down for a thing. A THING. And even when I finally beat the game, heh, I just went back to playing, and soon I got my Dad and other friends to play it. That's how addicting this game is. So now, it deserves a much rewarded 10 out of 10.

Story: Well...I can't say there was a story line in this game. It was basically your average sideways scrolling shooter. And thats...well that's okay. So I guess that means I can't rate it. Sorry guys.

Depth: The game is pretty big but it does take a long time to beat, because of the difficulty, so the depth will get the same score as Difficulty.

Difficulty: If banging your head against the wall made you lose three pounds per bonk, I probably wouldn't be here. This game was teeth grinding frustrating. Thank god for the Spreader, which I still think is the greatest of all great weapons. But still, I loved it, not because of how hard it was, but because of how hard the producers made it be. So as I said, Depth and Difficulty, get a solid 9 out of 10.

So, the overall score for this game would have to be a 8.9 out of 10. Ohhh...thats pretty hurtful, and like I said, I love this game with a fire passion, but its just not what you would call the greatest. Sorry guys. Waa waa...

But hey, who says we still can't play it right? I recommend that after you read this review, go and play it. As soon as humanly possible.

Until next time!
   ZeegSerpentine