Iron Meat

Iron Meat

Developer: Ivan Suvarov   Publisher: Retroware    Release: 09/26/24   Genre: Action                                    Also on: Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5 This one kind of crept up on me. The run and gun action genre has undergone a renaissance thanks to...
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Blazing Chrome

Blazing Chrome

Developer: JoyMasher    Publisher: The Arcade Crew   Release: 07/11/19   Genre: Action                                Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One If there is any one reason I love indie games it is...
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Contra: Operation Galuga

Contra: Operation Galuga

Developer: Wayforward    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/21/24   Genre: Action                              Platform: Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series Contra has had a rough go of it over the years. While th...
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Time Slip

Time Slip

Developer: The Sales Curve    Publisher: Vik Tokai    Released: 1993    Genre: Action Contra III is one of my favorite action games of all time. For an early SNES title it held up brilliantly throughout that generation and remains...
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Cross Fire

Cross Fire

I think it is safe to say that Contra is one of the most popular NES games of all time.  Literally everyone I knew with an NES growing up had it, and even though everyone had already beaten the game...
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Contra (Japan)

Contra (Japan)

We live in a time now where a significant number of Japanese video games are released almost simultaneously worldwide.  That is a tremendous feat regardless of title but is especially impressive for Rpgs.  Back in the 80s this wasn’t the...
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Contra Spirits

Contra Spirits

Developer: Ei-How Yang    Publisher: Hosenkan Electronics    Released: 1997    Genre: Action As a fan of Contra I was shocked to learn of the staggering number of bootleg and unlicensed games in the series created overseas. Most of these games were si...
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Neo Contra

Neo Contra

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Released: 10/19/04    Genre: Action Contra saw some dark days but Konami was able to right the ship with Contra: Shattered Soldier. Although it was incredibly difficult it had everything you could want in a next...
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C: the Contra Adventure

C: the Contra Adventure

Developer: Appaloosa    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/31/98   Genre: Action Anyone who had the misfortune of playing Contra: Legacy of War was scarred. The game was so bad it single-handedly ruined the series legacy of excellence. Yet two years later...
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Contra: Legacy of War

Contra: Legacy of War

Developer: Appaloosa    Publisher: Konami    Release: 11/21/96 (PS1), 05/21/97 (Saturn)    Genre: Action Coming off the back of Hard Corps Contra enjoyed a new wave of popularity and quality. That game was one of the best action games of that era...
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