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August 4, 2017 one Response

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II – the Arcade Game

Developer: Konami Publisher: Ultra Games Release: 12/90 Genre: Beat em up Next to Turtles in Time and Street Fighter 2 I can safely say that there is not another arcade game I have pumped more quarters in than Konami’s...

July 10, 2017 one Response

Life Force

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/88 Genre: Shooter I along with millions of kids always assumed Life Force was the sequel to Gradius. It would come a year later, feature an identical power-up system and even star the same...

June 23, 2017 one Response

Contra (Japan)

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/09/88 Genre: Action 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 espec...

June 22, 2017 No Responses

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...

June 20, 2017 2 Responses

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...

June 19, 2017 4 Responses

Contra: Shattered Soldier

Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: 10/23/2002 Genre: Action At the end of the PlayStation era Contra as a series was in danger of fading away. What once stood for some of the most bad ass action games on the...

June 16, 2017 No Responses

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...

June 14, 2017 No Responses

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...

June 12, 2017 5 Responses

Contra: Hard Corps

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/08/94 Genre: Action Contra Hard Corps is the epitome of the Contra series in many ways and one could argue the best title in the series. If you were speaking of the Japanese version I...

June 9, 2017 one Response

Contra Force

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1992 Genre: Action Words cannot describe how disappointed I am with Contra Force. When I first saw it in magazines I was excited but could not find it in stores anywhere. Which makes sense a...

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