That was the thing about Konami, they had a habit of pushing console to their bare limits. Though the games themselves were excellently designed, they were often plagued with slowdown and sprite flickering. Just look at Gradius 3, at times you can slow down the game by moving.
this is not contra is a totally diferent game they just slapped the name contra on it cause they knew it would sell more that way.....the slowdowns are terrrible compare to the first 2 games ......is an ok game but next to the first 2 is very dissapointing
Watching this makes me get a rush of nostalgia. I used to have like loads of these import shitty-ass knockoff games in my country when i was growing up. There was no "actual NES", some weird Famicom system with yellow cartridges. But It's still awesome as hell to watch this, as I spent a load of my time on these games .. not to speak of the controller-kill-count of raging
I love it how people complain the slow paced gameplay when the generality of gamers who played it back then still had troubles of dodging projectiles.
it's meant to be slow at points - that's the first game in history to use Bullet time!!! And it has nothing to do with Contra. I hoped there will be anime made to it some day - characters are great, but the old school action packed anime is no more
this is a wonderful game im playing it on my ds using an emulator this rocks, i remember when i was a kid playing this on NES i love contra and all related stuff great gameplay :)
This game was originally realeased in...uhhh...Japan? Under the name "Arc Hound" but they didn't use it so they decided to slap the contra logo on the front and hope it blended in.
@MattDisturbedHendley- Actually the game wasn't released in Japan. The Japanese release was cancelled and of course the game ended up becoming a cash-in.
i think this game is canon i thinks it in the time line even know it a rip off of a game, it just follows other characters so maybe its a spin off. so maybe fits in the time line
Well, in order for that to work, it'd probably have to involve aliens. The game implies that the Contra unit is like a SWAT unit, and that they deal with terrorism.
Quite a contrast to the alien-hunting motherfuckers in all of the other games.
Your right it this game had nothing to do with the orginal contra series.i remember this so well from 1992 .this game was kinda released out of nowhere. to pass the time between other original contra releases i'm guessing..it's still a cool game.
I've played the game, and all enemies shoot at you. It's just that once you get fluent and swift in the game you just don't give them the chance. But believe me, it's quite difficult at later parts.
This was not orrignally supposed to be released in Japan named Ark Hound that is the the 2 main charcacters from super c and contra were replaced with 4 different characters but brought back in contra 3 so this is game is shit!
You're right. It's not Contra because you say it's not. Meanwhile, Konami says it is, but I guess one fan mad over nothing gets to decide what's what.
the music is acctualy pretty good i think it would make for good heavy music if you ask me. but it doesnt make any since at the sametime. but not a bad game at the same time is how i view this contra
i don't understand why you had to stay and shoot every thing trhat could explode? I mean i understand if you had done it while running but you actually stay to do that unnessecary shit.
This game was produced for the japanese market and Konami bought the rights. You dont have to be a rocket scientist to realize this is a totally different game compared with the Contra Series.
I am a huge fan of Contra and all things Konami, but this game was a suppository of gaming hell; lame music, lame premise, lame enemies, and where the hell is Red Falcon? Mad Dog? Utter trash. Konami should be ashamed of this mess.
This was released at the twilight of the NES in limited quantities because it was poorly received even before it came out (during an E3 show back then). The question back then was that after the world loved "Contra III" for the SNES, why in the heck Konami decided to release this? This is the least remembered Contra installment.
i like this game for me the bad of the game is this game are so slow tell me were i can download it because i donwload in a page and when i throught to the second level this freeze were you download the game
What in the blue hell am I seeing in these comments? Best Contra ever? Best game ever? Have you freaks ever played...hmmm I don't know...the original Contra. All Contras kick the shit out of this one. This game disgraced the Contra name. What the shit??
ya I know dude. This is like a 'retro' of the original Contra. Sucked ass, awful game controlling, crappy graphics that make it look like you're more in a street fight than vs an alien uprising.
Thank god I never saw this 'Contra' crap on the game shelf.
full freaking blast of nostalgia. now i finally know what this game was called.
goldmemberpb 3 weeks ago
Полная лажа. Вы все ебанутые.
TheGoodwin32 1 month ago
this game was very dissapointing...its too bad they decided to slap the contra name on this game...
nintendoneil 2 months ago
Contra Force is not Contra 3, it's sort of like a separated game of contra
93bendzsi 3 months ago
Destructible environments!?
This must be where Battlefield 3 got the idea!
TheAngelSierra 3 months ago
BEST BEST BEST i LOVE IT :D
ossyni 3 months ago 3
this is NOT a Contra title.....having said that, it's a bit fun....and the music is some of the best of the NES era.
clemenza1234 3 months ago
this game is better than contra
MohamedAmiNeRm 4 months ago
And that music! still awesome...
suineg1 6 months ago
No matter if it was laggy or not - this game was awesome!
suineg1 6 months ago
Because of NES and games like this - now I can speak english very well :P
suineg1 6 months ago
That was the thing about Konami, they had a habit of pushing console to their bare limits. Though the games themselves were excellently designed, they were often plagued with slowdown and sprite flickering. Just look at Gradius 3, at times you can slow down the game by moving.
dumbasspauldentonkin 6 months ago
this is not contra is a totally diferent game they just slapped the name contra on it cause they knew it would sell more that way.....the slowdowns are terrrible compare to the first 2 games ......is an ok game but next to the first 2 is very dissapointing
MRX31605 7 months ago
@MRX31605 it'real Conta game. Search wiki (Contra_Force) if ebay (usa) :) (my best top 5 nes game )
ossyni 3 months ago
BEST GAME EVAR
legodiner 8 months ago
AH memories
misternebojsa 10 months ago
memories
SunshineFull 10 months ago
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93bendzsi 11 months ago
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If this is Contra 3, then what about Contra force?
93bendzsi 11 months ago
Watching this makes me get a rush of nostalgia. I used to have like loads of these import shitty-ass knockoff games in my country when i was growing up. There was no "actual NES", some weird Famicom system with yellow cartridges. But It's still awesome as hell to watch this, as I spent a load of my time on these games .. not to speak of the controller-kill-count of raging
omgfwtfbbqdairyqueen 11 months ago
How i can change weapon in this game? if i play on computer?
piratRazor1911 1 year ago
I love it how people complain the slow paced gameplay when the generality of gamers who played it back then still had troubles of dodging projectiles.
MiddleEasternBorder 1 year ago
1:52 Did he just get the Screw Attack? Impressive!
TheBlackStar999 1 year ago
I shat bricks when I found this game was made after Contra III. For the SNES.
EddieEddieEddie90 1 year ago
This game really pushed NES to the limit. Fucking awesome.
VoxAcies 1 year ago
Nice shooting, flawless.
edvanced12 1 year ago
I don't mind it having the Contra name. I loved this game!
OptiMystic8 1 year ago
fucking great old memories
justKenny99 1 year ago
How do you change weapons in this game?
I know how to chage character but weapons i have no idea!
theskovgaard 1 year ago
it's meant to be slow at points - that's the first game in history to use Bullet time!!! And it has nothing to do with Contra. I hoped there will be anime made to it some day - characters are great, but the old school action packed anime is no more
vansvega 1 year ago
@vansvega Bullet time my sumptuous cock. That there is lag.
buttercremehonda 1 year ago
i liked this game so much, completed it many many times
verycrazyghoul 1 year ago
this is a wonderful game im playing it on my ds using an emulator this rocks, i remember when i was a kid playing this on NES i love contra and all related stuff great gameplay :)
noobathis 1 year ago
oh man i m reminded of my school days..........
shubhankarbanik 1 year ago
This is NOT speed run.
smokeTehHed 1 year ago
I am palying better
denkaz8 1 year ago
Seems to me it's impossible to do a speed run on a game with a main character that moves about as fast as sorghum.
pcostel1 1 year ago
i heard this game sucks. it looks pretty cool though cant wait to buy it, getting tired of beating contra and super c over and over again
KiaOn10s 1 year ago
This ain't a speed run...
Great run (and game), though!
3333360 1 year ago
We used to call it slow contra, because it used to slow our nes clones down.
bhaskarbrahma2000 2 years ago
game kicks ass. but the guy playing it is a noob.
metsat8ll 2 years ago
Can't wait to download this ROM tonight, and then take a poo in my shorts and wipe it on the screen!
Syntox 2 years ago 2
oh man! that was my favourite game when i was 10 years old))) so good memories!
=D
Jokill32 2 years ago
I didn't get how when you get the final upgrade for your weapon, you get a screw attack that's like Samus's screw attack.
nickrawls08 2 years ago
This game was originally realeased in...uhhh...Japan? Under the name "Arc Hound" but they didn't use it so they decided to slap the contra logo on the front and hope it blended in.
MattDisturbedHendley 2 years ago
@MattDisturbedHendley- Actually the game wasn't released in Japan. The Japanese release was cancelled and of course the game ended up becoming a cash-in.
SonicRocksBox2 2 years ago
That's what Im meant by "Didn't use it"...
MattDisturbedHendley 2 years ago
...Is this game supposed to be this slow?
TheZaius 2 years ago
I have the cartdrige and is slow in the console too
Fred1986PT 2 years ago 2
I played this as a boy and I loved it.
Burns character was my favourite because he could jump at 2-box height.
Smith was also good due to his guided missiles.
Iron was the slowest but to coolest.
Contra Force rocks!
LodovicoAriosto1 2 years ago 3
i think this game is canon i thinks it in the time line even know it a rip off of a game, it just follows other characters so maybe its a spin off. so maybe fits in the time line
utubernumber 2 years ago
Well, in order for that to work, it'd probably have to involve aliens. The game implies that the Contra unit is like a SWAT unit, and that they deal with terrorism.
Quite a contrast to the alien-hunting motherfuckers in all of the other games.
ShakinJamacian 2 years ago
guys do u remember? there was other game that was just exaclty like this. but characters NAMES were different lol
papapupunana 2 years ago
this game has nothing to do with the original contra series but its great though
mobbin44 2 years ago
Your right it this game had nothing to do with the orginal contra series.i remember this so well from 1992 .this game was kinda released out of nowhere. to pass the time between other original contra releases i'm guessing..it's still a cool game.
actorflaw 2 years ago
Iron is probably better for speed running. he can use the flame thrower which is the fastest way to kill bosses.
tonebone0011 2 years ago
So when do they start shooting at you?
jymkata 2 years ago
I've played the game, and all enemies shoot at you. It's just that once you get fluent and swift in the game you just don't give them the chance. But believe me, it's quite difficult at later parts.
Sowldred 2 years ago
This game reminds me of Ninja Gaiden.
Darius1295 2 years ago
XD Except this is cool military style and you get four playable characters to choose from!
Sowldred 2 years ago
Why thumb my comment down?
Darius1295 2 years ago
This was not orrignally supposed to be released in Japan named Ark Hound that is the the 2 main charcacters from super c and contra were replaced with 4 different characters but brought back in contra 3 so this is game is shit!
Toontown7853 2 years ago
destructible environment in a nes game
but the slowdown does annoy somewhat
nooblet911 2 years ago 24
@nooblet911 The original version does not slow down, it's this guy's shitty emulator that slows down the game...
MrDevlance 8 months ago
@MrDevlance not true.It was laggy even on console.But when I was kid,I was thinking of it as some kind of slow-mo, done on purpose
mazanakaUA 8 months ago
@mazanakaUA It is true, stop correcting me as there is nothing to correct at my comment...
I know what I'm talking about because I worked at nestopia and I am a pro at nes emulation.
I've personally worked at nestopia to make it emulate this game perfectly and I've played this game until it started working at native parameters.
It might have lagged on some consoles but the cartridge itself did no lag by default.
Emulators are meant to allow you to play original games better than on the consoles!
MrDevlance 8 months ago
@MrDevlance It did slow down on the NES. I remember it clear as day.
FutureMillennium 7 months ago
jump,pause the game,release the pause and u can jump again from the air
theexplodedrage 2 years ago
Such lost luster. Konami should have made Mad Dog and RF the face of their entire gaming legacy like Nintendo did with Mario.
This is not Contra.
ChronicBurnout3 2 years ago
You're right. It's not Contra because you say it's not. Meanwhile, Konami says it is, but I guess one fan mad over nothing gets to decide what's what.
SheepDogProductions 2 years ago
awesome i play it everyday you taught me alot i made it to level 3 today it's hard
asdzxcvbqwerty 2 years ago
lol i finished it when i was 6
mmtigan 2 years ago
Oh this game was insane. Used to play it ALL the time back in the day!
whojustdenyme 2 years ago
I rented this game when I was a kid and I still want my money back.
KTKore 2 years ago
It's like EVERYTHING slows the gameplay down!
mpontheair2 2 years ago 8
the music is acctualy pretty good i think it would make for good heavy music if you ask me. but it doesnt make any since at the sametime. but not a bad game at the same time is how i view this contra
nordicgoth 2 years ago
i don't understand why you had to stay and shoot every thing trhat could explode? I mean i understand if you had done it while running but you actually stay to do that unnessecary shit.
bosnia91 2 years ago
Possibly the weakest game in the entire series.
StarBoy62 2 years ago
This game was produced for the japanese market and Konami bought the rights. You dont have to be a rocket scientist to realize this is a totally different game compared with the Contra Series.
Triplehhhhdx 2 years ago
I am a huge fan of Contra and all things Konami, but this game was a suppository of gaming hell; lame music, lame premise, lame enemies, and where the hell is Red Falcon? Mad Dog? Utter trash. Konami should be ashamed of this mess.
turbohusque 3 years ago
This game is easier than Super C.
Hamster44444539 3 years ago
was this game really as bad as they say?
DrMlieko 3 years ago
I like how the bosses are much bigger then your character! XD Great gameplay, lots of action, and explosions!
mrnachocheese 3 years ago
let anyone say what ever they want. This game is pure awesomnes
idiotgo 3 years ago 3
well, this game isnt that bad, but it sure has some problems... like exploding platforms...
xjod9 3 years ago
This was released at the twilight of the NES in limited quantities because it was poorly received even before it came out (during an E3 show back then). The question back then was that after the world loved "Contra III" for the SNES, why in the heck Konami decided to release this? This is the least remembered Contra installment.
darkpitch1 3 years ago
for_people_w/o_a_super___
markj88888 2 years ago
Is there a video of super contra 6. It's the same in contra force but the characters are different. Is there?
KusanagitheGreat90 3 years ago
i remeber i complted all but i dun remmebr the hall game i had Nes computer when i was but i remeber hading this game
babbocke 3 years ago
I can usually overlook misspellings and such on message boards, but that was downright unintelligible. Cool game though.
meinblut75 3 years ago
this is one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had.
agent0sephiroth 3 years ago 3
why are the bosses giants? What the fuck is that all about?
acastillo999 3 years ago
Welcome to the world of video-games, man.
KajidaKitsune 3 years ago 2
Ah well...i guess it only makes them easier to beat huh?
acastillo999 3 years ago
It does. Bigger chance of hitting them. :)
KajidaKitsune 3 years ago
The massive slow-down in this game also helps. Jesus.
automap 3 years ago
xD
The framerate issue can be damn annoying at times.
KajidaKitsune 3 years ago
i like this game for me the bad of the game is this game are so slow tell me were i can download it because i donwload in a page and when i throught to the second level this freeze were you download the game
BankaiUchiha 3 years ago
na kodach to se mozesz
szturman 3 years ago
Is the game really that slow paced, or was slowdown used to your advantage?
DTysonator 3 years ago
No the game is realy that slow. :(
emons9 3 years ago 4
Oh, okay, thanks for letting me know, emons9. That does suck.
DTysonator 3 years ago
No. This game is not bad. This game is cool, but they should leave the name "Arc Hound" on it. This is a good game, but this is NOT Contra!
Masta686Yamato 3 years ago 20
@Masta686Yamato
One of my favorite game on NES.
frkmybrain 9 months ago
i can't belive konami just put the logo of contra on this game when it's suppose to be arc hound
Rayamana7x 3 years ago
the real name of this game is arc hound ya know that
narutoman555 3 years ago
Konami screw up with this game
Predatoroid 4 years ago
can we download it on pC?
jiaweizheng1990 4 years ago
Get roms and emulators
Wiinerd37 4 years ago
why the hell would you?
Tomahawk52 4 years ago
Why would someone ever give that a thumbs down. Only buy carts you cheap bastards.
michaelbogardus 3 years ago
Buy the cartridges you mean?
Tomahawk52 3 years ago
Why does the charector move so slow?
BestOfTheBestNumber9 4 years ago 2
Come back memories!!!
You're an old school gamer man!!!!!
Alastorm89 4 years ago
What in the blue hell am I seeing in these comments? Best Contra ever? Best game ever? Have you freaks ever played...hmmm I don't know...the original Contra. All Contras kick the shit out of this one. This game disgraced the Contra name. What the shit??
spencerbk0110 4 years ago 4
This game aint bad compared to the Contra games on the PS1. Those games sucked big time
shaft226 4 years ago
ya I know dude. This is like a 'retro' of the original Contra. Sucked ass, awful game controlling, crappy graphics that make it look like you're more in a street fight than vs an alien uprising.
Thank god I never saw this 'Contra' crap on the game shelf.
Tomahawk52 4 years ago
best game ever
77uk88 4 years ago
Best Contra ever! Good job!
GZBoy666 4 years ago
good job man,why did u turn bright when u jumped?was it because u were invincible?
a11urbas3rb3l0ngt0us 4 years ago
its a power up in the game when you get it youk acukally do become invinsible while in mid air bukt only in mid air
77uk88 4 years ago