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Contra
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Name: Contra Manufacturer: Konami Year: 1987 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Settings: Contra Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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 Photo contributed by: Mike Fox
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Contra DescriptionContra was produced by Konami in 1987. Konami released 433 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Other machines made by Konami during the time period Contra was produced include Battlantis, Boot Camp, Ajax, Blades Of Steel, Black Panther, Gradius (PlayChoice), Double Dribble, Goonies, The, Bass Angler, and Castlevania. Contra - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.52 (4 votes)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionSeptember 12th 2631, Midnight. The latest and most powerful automatic was equipped, and the radar commanded by the Marines caught a small-size meteorite that was approaching abnormally to the earth. The meteorite fell 20km north-east of New Zealand at the gal mosquito archipelago. The command did a long-term observation of the meteorite after that.Two years later, on December 2633, an intruder known as Red Falcon was occupying the Gal Mosquito Archipelago and was planning the fall of mankind. Command ordered a confidetial investigation at the enemy's front base. The marine post ordered two "Contra" Soldiers Private First Class Bill Rizer and Private First Class Lance Bean. Their mission is to penetrate the insides of the enemy, destroy the front base and the entire center of operation. Bill and Lance are sent to the Gal Mosquito Archipelago. Game PlayOne or two players must travel through eight stages six side-scrolling stages and two behind-the-back stages. Along the way players can collect additional weapons such as a machine gun, a shotgun, a laser gun, a flamethrower, etc.MiscellaneousThis game is known as IGryzorI in Europe and IKontoraI in Japan. The European NES version of this game was called IProbotectorI, but the IContraI duo and the human enemies were replaced by robots.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Contra CensusThere are 12,097 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,507 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 159,185 machines (6,676 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 117 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 49 of these machines are owned by our active Contra collectors. And of these, 12 are original dedicated machines, 2 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 35 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Contra machine for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Contra circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Contra. This game ranks a 30 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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