Contra is a platforming shooter that has great music, great graphics ,and a great game overall. Contra surprisingly executes everything well for the NES too. Now I will tell you why it does all that.
Graphics:
Contra's graphics are really well done for the NES. They manage to make the graphics stand out because of the bright vivid colors.It also has two types of levels 2D and 3D. It also doesn't have the same background everywhere like in a lot of games. I think they are just not perfect though because of everything they could have done to make them better. Like changing the background in the level. This makes the graphics not as amazing but they are still very good for a game on the NES and good enough to deserve a nine in the graphics quality.
Sound:
The sound is just astonishing. The gun fire has different sound depending on the kind of gun at the moment. I think the theme you will hear a lot is addictive and a really good theme for the sound capabilities for the NES. It doesn't really have a variety of music but the music it does have is great and I love it so I am giving the sound a ten.
Addictiveness:
It is really addictive because of the sound it has and the high replay value because of it being so fun. It is a simple gameplay style but it attracts you to it. It is also addictive because of all the unique guns and challenging so you would want to beat it. The game also has that old arcade game glow to it to make it even more addictive So I am this part of it a ten.
Story:
The story is not very interesting because it is just like all the old games just saving a princess or fighting something because you feel like in this case it is Bill Rizer and Lance Bean vs Red Falcon an alien.I am not really going to deduct points because of no other games really having a story back in the time this game was made in so I am going to give it a seven.
 Depth:
Contra is not that long a game and the final boss is not that impressing either because of how hard the game is up to that point and then it doesn't deliver the final boss you are expecting. The game has a few guns like the spread gun,the machine gun,and the line gun each gun speaks for itself what it does so I do not need to explain the use of them to you. The game' 2D aspect in what people usally think of when they think of Contra running along shooting everything in your way. There is also a 3D portion to the game that the enemies fire at you from ahead and you dodge the bullets but in the 3D part you do not just run ahead you need to destroy all the turrets before moving ahead and to keep you from doing this is an electrical fence. I am impressed at the boss quality and how they differ from the last boss you fought.There are eight stages in Contra the usual amount.Out of all this I am giving the depth an eight.
Difficulty:
Contra is amazingly hard so hard that I did not even beat it that is without cheating using the Konami code. When you use the Konami code you get thirty-three lives instead of the usual three lives so it makes the game a lot less hard to beat.
 Overall:
Overall I think Contra deserves a 9.2 because of the minor flaws with the gameplay and how good everything works out in game.

Nice review.  I have to disagree because all the unrest in the country the contras are trying to save comes from **%%@!)$ ALIENS!  IT"S ALIENS!!!!

I never saw that one coming.