Super Contra

Main GameReleased 1988

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Genres

ShooterPlatformArcade

Themes

ActionScience fiction

Perspective

Bird view / IsometricSide view

Game Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Release Date

08/01/1988

Platforms

ArcadePC (Microsoft Windows)DOSAmiga

Involved Companies

Konami

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Summary

Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like in the original game, the game centers on soldiers Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, who are once again assigned to protect the Earth from an army of alien invaders. The game features standard side-scrolling stages, as well as all new overhead stages in lieu of the original game's "3D" stages.

Story

A year after the battle with the Red Falcon Organization, Bill and Lance are sent on another mission. This time, the alien forces have taken over an allied military base, possessing most of its troops. Bill and Lance must not only fight against their former comrades-in-arms, but also a new mutated form of the same alien creatures they fought during their previous mission.