The fastest way to beat the waterfall level is actually probably to grab the invincibility item at the beginning and then ascend the stage completely ignoring all enemies and kill the boss while still invulnerable. IMO.
@3:59 "Hey Commander, we've reached the hostile human, should we run him over with our spiked grill?" "Hmmm, no. Hit the brakes, sit still and keep shooting over his head. That ought to work." "But sir, he keeps shooting at us.." "Don't worry, we have our orders and I'm sure Red Falcon knows what.." *KABOOM*
People that say the NES version is superior wouldn't be saying this if they weren't brought up on the NES version. The arcade version shits on the NES version, despite it not being nearly as popular.
I remember back in the NES heyday when Contra was all the rage on that console. What I always found interesting is just how few people knew that there even WAS a Contra arcade machine (or rather, that the NES game was a port of an arcade title)...most people thought it was a stand-alone game, made for the NES.
Both have their merits but the arcade version is just too bloody short. But then, it only costs 25 cents to play and NES games were...50 bucks? So I would expect longer levels. =)
@Skyrift Agreed. I remember playing Contra at a Pizza Hut in my younger days. I always thought arcade games look and sounded better than consoles, but there's something about the NES Contra experience that cannot be replicated: the Contra code, the hours of sitting in front of the TV with friends and cursing every cheap kill (scrolling deaths). Graphics didn't make the game, the experience did. I'm a proud gamer of the console generation. :)
arcade version is much better... It's NOT EVEN CLOSE... Lol Nes version? Smh I remember when this first dropped in the arcades... Just like Street fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat.. Awesome
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This may look like crap for some people but still I loved to hear the the original music in this arcade mode as it meant to be. Still the nes one is more challenging.
Wow, I thought I was old school playing the NES version, I was wrong! xD. Wish I could've played this when I was a kid, we didn't have it at our arcade =(..
Fuck the NES version, I wanna play THIS. And the music here sounds pretty sweet using the FM Synth, especially the "The End" jingle that plays after the credits.
did anyone ever finally figure out who the charecters are based off of? it doesnt take much to figure lance is based off sylvester stalone in rambo and bill is based off dutch from predator. just look at the nes game box, bill is acctually a direct port directly ripped off the predator vhs cover. they did the same thing with metal gear solid, the cover for that was actually michael beine from terminater 1. go look for yourself if you dont believe me.
@johnmkrs83 not to mention look at the charecters main weapon, it looks like a pulse rife of colonial marines in ALIENS, even some of the creatures in the game and the creature on the cover resembles a alien. this game is nothing more than a cross between rambo, predator, and ALIENS, that was there intentions. almost all of those movies are in the same time period as the game.
@Galaxieretter Yeah this game was made back in a time where only arcade proprieters could really afford to buy a machine that could pump out 16 bit graphics. We didn't see this stuff at home until the Genesis came out (followed shortly by the SNES) and even then the smoothness of the processing wasn't nearly there.
This version of Contra was pretty cool because of it's graphics, but the nes version seems harder than this version of Contra. Also, what's up with four stages of the nes version being combined with one stage of the arcade version. Why just four stages in an arcade game. The only thing that I know is that the TMNT arcade made by the same company has more than four stages. Also I know that the nes version came after the arcade.
@Superbattle54 Contra, like most other video games, was originally an arcade game.
The reason why the stages were made that way was part of their development. You can put a middle finger up against someone's WIP project until it is finished to it's "awesomeness" or whatever many call it.
Another reason why the stages were like that is so players can have enough time to finish it before someone they are with comes up and forces them to leave home with them (e.g. parents, girlfriend, etc.).
oh god the way they jump ad fliped in midair was so fucking funny, i sent more time laughign at that then shooting the other guys.... then agian it would explain how i finally beat the level $1.50 short
Each one had their ups and downs Arcade -slicker graphics -Bill and Lance actually resemble Arnie and Sly -better powerups -more simultaneous onscreen objects -higher difficulty NES -More responsive aiming control -longer levels -an actual ending -faster gameplay -catchier, faster music They're both practically completely different games based on the same thing, though. Super C is even more different from it's arcade counterpart than this one.
@ImpaledWolf Hey, in the NES version, the laser was still actually pretty powerful (more so than the spread gun, in fact) but it was hard to hit moving targets with it. The laser's best for bosses, the spread gun for the levels.
i grew up on the nes version... so wen i played this about a month ago for the first time lol... it didnt feel good but im gettin use to it... have yet to beat the game tho keep losing my last credit on the last level
This is the earliest version of the earliest Contra game. Without it, there would be no NES Contra nor its successors. Most games started in the arcades.
The arcade version is short, because what if you just wanted to beat it, while your parents came up to you and said it's time to leave? The arcade version's music sounds like Konami's real voice (which also can be heard in their other arcades), while its NES version's sounds like the voice of Konami and Nintendo's child.
The arcade version used 16 bit graphics with over 200 colors and two different CPU's. So yeah, it would look a lot better than the NES version that only had 16 colors and used one 8-bit processor.
the arcade version will always be better the console one...the nes did have its limitations...but you must admit Konami did a really good job porting this to the nes
I remember the arcade version, and it was hard. The NES version is 100 times better than the arcade. I will stick with "Contra" for the NES, one of the best games ever with a 30-live Konami code.
The NES version is FAR superior to the arcade, but the arcade excels in the graphics dept and some sound effects. The arcade had multi-layered backgrounds (I especially LOVED the mountains in stage 1 that pulsated with light!). I also loved the Fireball sound of the arcade more.
Overall, the NES had more playability. 8 individual long stages instead of the last 4 stages compressed into 1 of the arcade.
@Joelomite you are right I remember playing the nes version and thinking
this not like the arcade I knew somebody that could beat contra with one
quarter his name was fred johnson I did not know that nes had more levels though, but because I was wanted to always have the real thing at home I would consider the arcade always best and never gave the nes respect, because really a having a little peace of the arcade back then is a thing of dreams
Because what if you were playing this at a department store or a restaurant, while your parents tell you it's time to leave while you are half way through the game?
@the1andonlybigh If it was as long as or longer than the FC/NES version, most players wouldn't have enough time to beat it before their parents pull them away from it or before they miss out on their concerns outside of gaming.
Another reason why this has some differences other than being an arcade is that it was released a year before the FC/NES version.
@the1andonlybigh arcades were meant to be shorter in the event that u managed to beat the game but harder if u didn't but didn't realize how had it was until u sunk 10 bucks work of quarters into it.
@the1andonlybigh arcade games were designed to be shorter so if u were that kid who could beat um all, u would either run thru it a couple of times and be done with it (with another quarter of course) or be done with it after the first go. they were also harder for that same reason. it was more profitable that way.
the NES version is much better. This graphics are alright and the sound its acceptable. But imma stick to gritty, hardcore playing, AWESOME BGM original.
Audio Is Better On NES. Everytime There Is a Game For Both A Console And An Arcade The Console Version Has Better Audio Like For Example Search Street Fighter 2 Dhalsim SNES Theme And Then Search Street Fighter 2 Dhalsim Arcade Theme The Console Version Sounds Better But Arcade Graphics Are Better Like This Right Here And It Is Funner On Arcade For Some Reason Because You Don't Have To Pay 50$ To Play SF4 Just 50 Cents XD
i know why the lazer cant shoot rapid fire cuy ita like a need to regenerate but if you press trigger it like makes the fired lazer disapear and colect the fired lazer energy in order to fire if the lazer didnt have that option it would just blow up in youre hands which means instant death
@ 1:36 you don't need to bother with the turrent and surprisingly enough you can just jump past the mortor explosion. Do you think its possible to beat the whole game with the lazer on the hardest mode? I've tried it many times unsuccessfully :(. I can get to the end really fast with it, but I die eventually in the alien lair. I've almost given up on the idea because it takes too much time to practice.
Eu não sabia da existência dessa versão arcade, ou seja, não sabia que era a original. Mas isso era de se esperar, afinal, várias versões de jogos arcade foram feitas para NES. Muito boa!
I can't really tell because of the video quality, but the gun looks very familiar. Looks like an M-41A Pulse Rifle to me, but I can't be sure because of the quality. Nice little detail if it is. :)
arrrrrrrrrrrrr just reloaded the page to see if my comment appeared and again....that soundtrack is horrible.....who is with me to say theat the baddest sound tracks were the original like double dragon...contra...any of em...mega man...commando.....someone blind me now....
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO what the fuck happenned to this remake.....THIS IS HORRIBLE"...miss the 8 bit old product god dammit this is gay cant stand those weird soun ds.....this is a SHAME how could anyone pretend to do better than the original contra....im a retro gamer....RETRO not post retro awsome remodeled super dooper ass game player fuck this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 16 and I've known Contra all my life. I know I wan't around in the 80's but I've been playing Contra sinc I was 4 or 5. That and Sonic the Hedgehog.
dude...its the 21st fucking century and your still playing this piece of shit game...and then brag claming on how good you are?,pathetic. why dont you get a life
Lmao kid. You failed for his trick. Guys that do speed runs at games like this are using tools wich they record evry scene for scene and put it together so it looks like the game is perfect done.
The NES version is definitely better. The character models here move really awkwardly, the levels are shorter, and whatever system they used for the music sounds terrible.
It was definitely cool to see a different version of my favorite game though. :)
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You give me a thumbs down because I said that they game had to be short and sweet? You fucking tards. I played the NES version, but you fucking idiots couldn't even take the time to read between my lines. Why don't the all of you find some 3D games since you love your 3D genres with you Sephroth and your Cloud and those gay Tekken characters.
Oh to let you guys in on 1987 Contra (Arcade). The guys at Konami wanted a short and sweet game with firearms and enough to beat SNK's Ikari Warriors and Capcom's Commando games. So they made this to top expert level designs and use a engine that would work for only 4 stages. Fuck Double Dragon 1 and 2 on the arcade were short, something to think about.
'Ikari Warriors' and 'Commando' are Vertical Side-Scroll Shooter like that of 'Front Line'. They have no relation to 'Contra' at all!
'Contra' comes from a long line of lineage or family of Horizontal Side-Scroll Platformer such as 'The Legend of Kage', 'Rush'n Attack', and 'Kung-Fu Master'!!
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Fucking kid. I can easily pwn you in Street Fighter 4. With Zangief, all I have to do is Spinning Pile Driver you all day on arcade stick and then the super. Play me on any game and I can smoke your ass out in a second. So don't get me no fucking lip, son. I will pwn you if you even fuck with me.
Meaning I could easily beat him or rape him in a Street Fighter 4 match. Oh, pwn is also meaning that the person owns your life. Like right now, I own your soul.
Nah, you don't own anything. Sorry kid, but I don't play those juvenile games. I just asked a simple question. I wouldn't brag to much about being good at a video game at 28 years old. Don't you have more important things to do than to talk shit on youtube about being better than someone at a silly video game?
Obviously, the nes version had less than a megabyte of memory to be played in a 8 bit system, the arcade game was much stronger for being a big machine, that should not be disrespectful, all arcade games where much stronger than their home versions, I dont know why someone gave you a bad mark for that, what you said is true. Thats the same fact for Super C, Pit Fighters or any Double Dragon, just to name a few... Have a nice day!
True but the nes was longer which I liked. If they could of comboed the two in a way then it would of been complete bad ass. But each contra Be it arcade or Console all are great games.
This is from 1987? wow, the graphics makes it like from a SNES game
mundolukas 1 month ago
I mean it's pretty impressive that you didn't get hit and all that, but it doesn't really seem like a "speed run." :)
RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77 1 month ago
The fastest way to beat the waterfall level is actually probably to grab the invincibility item at the beginning and then ascend the stage completely ignoring all enemies and kill the boss while still invulnerable. IMO.
RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77 1 month ago
Contra reminds me even MORE of Alien now. They even ripped the Pulse Rifle.
cjkid14 1 month ago
@3:59 "Hey Commander, we've reached the hostile human, should we run him over with our spiked grill?" "Hmmm, no. Hit the brakes, sit still and keep shooting over his head. That ought to work." "But sir, he keeps shooting at us.." "Don't worry, we have our orders and I'm sure Red Falcon knows what.." *KABOOM*
kev3d 2 months ago
The only thing the Arcade version has on the NES one is the graphics. The NES game has tighter controls and better level design.
PoIaris 2 months ago
People that say the NES version is superior wouldn't be saying this if they weren't brought up on the NES version. The arcade version shits on the NES version, despite it not being nearly as popular.
CatNasty 2 months ago
Has anyone noticed that in the arcade version you shoot in 16 directions?
93bendzsi 2 months ago
Just goes to show you kids, Fancy Graphics don't make a game any better.
thecomedymaker 2 months ago
That's now I say: 8Bit music is the shit !
atomickid 3 months ago
I remember back in the NES heyday when Contra was all the rage on that console. What I always found interesting is just how few people knew that there even WAS a Contra arcade machine (or rather, that the NES game was a port of an arcade title)...most people thought it was a stand-alone game, made for the NES.
Both have their merits but the arcade version is just too bloody short. But then, it only costs 25 cents to play and NES games were...50 bucks? So I would expect longer levels. =)
Skyrift 3 months ago
@Skyrift Agreed. I remember playing Contra at a Pizza Hut in my younger days. I always thought arcade games look and sounded better than consoles, but there's something about the NES Contra experience that cannot be replicated: the Contra code, the hours of sitting in front of the TV with friends and cursing every cheap kill (scrolling deaths). Graphics didn't make the game, the experience did. I'm a proud gamer of the console generation. :)
Wyldephang 3 months ago
anyone else go "Oh shit, spread gun" at 3:29
beesly01 3 months ago
wow who would've known in the arcade, the laser is the best weapon where in the other port, its the most hated weapon
destructorv2 4 months ago
@destructorv2 the laser "most hated" says who?
trashman654 1 month ago
arcade version is much better... It's NOT EVEN CLOSE... Lol Nes version? Smh I remember when this first dropped in the arcades... Just like Street fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat.. Awesome
OmniscientVirtuosity 4 months ago
contra arcade is better than contra nes
homer12345678919 4 months ago
Hey I'm looking for someone to help me pass Contra in co-op. If you are interested send me a message on xbox live. Gt: SvG Prodigy
SicVirtualGamerz 4 months ago
damn shame when an 8bit Nintendo version looks and sounds better than an arcade version!
dirtycl1 4 months ago
he jumps like he's stuck in a washing machine :D
Renegade0056 6 months ago
man the NES version was WAY better!!
PuertoreekinPapi 6 months ago 10
@PuertoreekinPapi
No, it wasn't.
ooOmegaSupremeoo 5 months ago
@PuertoreekinPapi
No, it's not. The arcade version is WAY better!!
ooOmegaSupremeoo 1 month ago
@PuertoreekinPapi you sir, are blind!
MannyMMA 2 weeks ago
Interesting arcade version
minlee1 7 months ago
He looks like a Snes basketball player XD
zerodarkangel1 7 months ago
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darknesscollateral 8 months ago
such a diverse staff
vin7392 9 months ago
The arcade version looks like it sucks compared to the NES version. When the player flips it looks like he's falling out of a chair.
PopcornCoolie 10 months ago
I thought that Arcade Contra is hard... until I played the 10th loop of the NES port.
TheGustlik102 10 months ago
the sound is similar to mega drive
ERIMATAIMY 10 months ago
@ERIMATAIMY As well as the Sega Mark III and Sega Master System with the Custom 'FM Sound' expansion pack added to them.
1983parrothead 10 months ago
very nice ported to nes
kinmanyuen 11 months ago
look like hes got a bad pair of moldy dirty old socks on
MannyKunV 11 months ago
This may look like crap for some people but still I loved to hear the the original music in this arcade mode as it meant to be. Still the nes one is more challenging.
derictorres 1 year ago
only real players use laser!
shinmrkarate1980 1 year ago
Not only is the NES version just a better game, it's also a hell of a lot more difficult...
wootlanter 1 year ago
@wootlanter the arcade Contra *is* difficult as hell, if you play on the Hardest mode.
TheGustlik102 10 months ago
this seems more like easy mode. the enemies are all kill'd in no time.
tatsujincorp 1 year ago
@tatsujincorp you are killed in no time too
damprumpan 11 months ago
isnt this weird how the NES version is more popular than the arcade game XD
smbmadman1 1 year ago
@smbmadman1 NES kinda made the game better
93bendzsi 11 months ago
uuuughhhhhh this looks like shit compared to the nes version !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
single4themoment 1 year ago
@single4themoment i know right
Gum2Gum 1 year ago
@Gum2Gum ikr
haxor758 1 year ago
4:16 Oh, great. Bill VS Football player. Now Idk if they put that enemy for serious or for lawl.
czerwonegoooooooogle 1 year ago
0:03 should've saved the giant fart for the aliens
orangeandhoney 1 year ago
I happy to someone play this without useing the spread gun
Kilian127 1 year ago
Wow, I thought I was old school playing the NES version, I was wrong! xD. Wish I could've played this when I was a kid, we didn't have it at our arcade =(..
RyanJRA64Abella 1 year ago
i thought at the end the earth gets blown up?
khisanth75 1 year ago
Fuck the NES version, I wanna play THIS. And the music here sounds pretty sweet using the FM Synth, especially the "The End" jingle that plays after the credits.
JavonteTreble 1 year ago
@JavonteTreble You can play it using MAME, or else you can get it on XBLA.
RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77 1 month ago
did anyone ever finally figure out who the charecters are based off of? it doesnt take much to figure lance is based off sylvester stalone in rambo and bill is based off dutch from predator. just look at the nes game box, bill is acctually a direct port directly ripped off the predator vhs cover. they did the same thing with metal gear solid, the cover for that was actually michael beine from terminater 1. go look for yourself if you dont believe me.
johnmkrs83 1 year ago
@johnmkrs83 not to mention look at the charecters main weapon, it looks like a pulse rife of colonial marines in ALIENS, even some of the creatures in the game and the creature on the cover resembles a alien. this game is nothing more than a cross between rambo, predator, and ALIENS, that was there intentions. almost all of those movies are in the same time period as the game.
johnmkrs83 1 year ago
This was in 1987? I had no idea that computer technology was so amazingly advanced at the time to produce such a game.
It wasn't for another 4 or 5 years later that the United States was able to produce something on this level for the home PC market.
Galaxieretter 1 year ago
@Galaxieretter You should see "I, Robot" made in 1983.
artman40 1 year ago
@Galaxieretter Yeah this game was made back in a time where only arcade proprieters could really afford to buy a machine that could pump out 16 bit graphics. We didn't see this stuff at home until the Genesis came out (followed shortly by the SNES) and even then the smoothness of the processing wasn't nearly there.
phuturephunk 1 year ago
This version of Contra was pretty cool because of it's graphics, but the nes version seems harder than this version of Contra. Also, what's up with four stages of the nes version being combined with one stage of the arcade version. Why just four stages in an arcade game. The only thing that I know is that the TMNT arcade made by the same company has more than four stages. Also I know that the nes version came after the arcade.
Superbattle54 1 year ago
@Superbattle54 Contra, like most other video games, was originally an arcade game.
The reason why the stages were made that way was part of their development. You can put a middle finger up against someone's WIP project until it is finished to it's "awesomeness" or whatever many call it.
Another reason why the stages were like that is so players can have enough time to finish it before someone they are with comes up and forces them to leave home with them (e.g. parents, girlfriend, etc.).
MHMemeDoubleYourFun 1 year ago
oh god the way they jump ad fliped in midair was so fucking funny, i sent more time laughign at that then shooting the other guys.... then agian it would explain how i finally beat the level $1.50 short
Gottenburg 1 year ago
Looks fun, but I'll take the NES version over this any day.
glitchedgamer 1 year ago
@glitchedgamer BOOO!!!! SPAAAAM!!!
MHMemeDoubleYourFun 1 year ago
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pizza6567 1 year ago
Jacob9k1 1 year ago
Holy crap, the laser's actually decent. Is this a paradox?
ImpaledWolf 1 year ago
@ImpaledWolf Hey, in the NES version, the laser was still actually pretty powerful (more so than the spread gun, in fact) but it was hard to hit moving targets with it. The laser's best for bosses, the spread gun for the levels.
TrecoSpossi 1 year ago
ive beaten the nes one, but this is amazing.
y2k4ever1 1 year ago
No Contra arcade, no NES Contra nor even the rest of the Contra series. This is the very first version.
MHMemeDoubleYourFun 1 year ago
NES is about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 better and harder......
But good speed run anyways! :D
LordWhorfinX2 1 year ago
Holy shit!I can't beat it even with savestates!!!
alucard0712 1 year ago
One Of The Easiest Games Ever
Tonytambe 1 year ago
Jeez, you make this game seem easy.
SergeantLuke 1 year ago
this looks easier
ldlrdrllrr 1 year ago
i grew up on the nes version... so wen i played this about a month ago for the first time lol... it didnt feel good but im gettin use to it... have yet to beat the game tho keep losing my last credit on the last level
ovj4 1 year ago
SURPRISE
That's the speedest run as I see. I have tried this game but I have taken for 2 continues.
I know as you play super fast.
2009ballsudoku 1 year ago
I think I played the arcade version 1nce as a kid. My best memories are from the NES.
The laser seems a LOT more useful in this game. How are the controls?
stylin291 2 years ago
This actually doesn't look that good, and the levels seem to be about all of 15 seconds long.
Graphics seem really blah for 16-bit too.
BalooRJ 2 years ago
@BalooRJ
This is the earliest version of the earliest Contra game. Without it, there would be no NES Contra nor its successors. Most games started in the arcades.
The arcade version is short, because what if you just wanted to beat it, while your parents came up to you and said it's time to leave? The arcade version's music sounds like Konami's real voice (which also can be heard in their other arcades), while its NES version's sounds like the voice of Konami and Nintendo's child.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Ah, that I didn't know. I thought it was a NES to arcade port.
BalooRJ 1 year ago
looks cool and the musical score is pretty nice as well, the levels of the nes contra were a bit longer though
Jerichoholic89 2 years ago
anyone noticed that the arcade version is a lot shorter than msx2 version? nice vid btw 5*
ascensionofwatchers 2 years ago
The arcade version used 16 bit graphics with over 200 colors and two different CPU's. So yeah, it would look a lot better than the NES version that only had 16 colors and used one 8-bit processor.
majesticlizard 2 years ago
seem like the arcade version is better than the NES version...
gradeAbra 2 years ago
the arcade version will always be better the console one...the nes did have its limitations...but you must admit Konami did a really good job porting this to the nes
nintendoneil 2 years ago
mmmm Its much hard and funny the nes version :P
Tobix1234444 2 years ago
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CherPsKy 2 years ago
ear rape
mirabilis 2 years ago
I remember the arcade version, and it was hard. The NES version is 100 times better than the arcade. I will stick with "Contra" for the NES, one of the best games ever with a 30-live Konami code.
4PMGame 2 years ago
OMG...this brings back memories...
Orious69 2 years ago
the ration is very awful!!
tatsujincorp 2 years ago
Wow. The arcade version actually sucks compared to its ports.
geffrod 2 years ago
I can't get this game to work on my MAME =(
It says I am missing one or more required ROM or CHD files. Could someone help me out?
devonray75 2 years ago
Means you downloaded a bad dump of the rom. Try looking for a torrent with a bunch-o-mame games.
TanookiMan13135 2 years ago
ok thanks i'll try that right now
devonray75 2 years ago
I've just got the game running but I lost the game at the 2nd base level
devonray75 2 years ago
kozak :)
SuperCezi 2 years ago
wow NES version beets this 1 by a bunch
Ayden279 2 years ago
great game nicee play!nes version rocks but this is original ARCADE....
gillianx68000 2 years ago
you said you've found the difficulty setting. where? i've been looking for a more challenging game myself.
cnh2132 2 years ago
On MAME you press the tab button and then go into te dip switches option to adjust the difficulty. Works on most MAME games
mrai2004 2 years ago
The NES version is FAR superior to the arcade, but the arcade excels in the graphics dept and some sound effects. The arcade had multi-layered backgrounds (I especially LOVED the mountains in stage 1 that pulsated with light!). I also loved the Fireball sound of the arcade more.
Overall, the NES had more playability. 8 individual long stages instead of the last 4 stages compressed into 1 of the arcade.
Joelomite 2 years ago
@Joelomite you are right I remember playing the nes version and thinking
this not like the arcade I knew somebody that could beat contra with one
quarter his name was fred johnson I did not know that nes had more levels though, but because I was wanted to always have the real thing at home I would consider the arcade always best and never gave the nes respect, because really a having a little peace of the arcade back then is a thing of dreams
and I guess that part is still with me. arcade
mightycirus 1 year ago
so much shorter than the NES version.
the1andonlybigh 2 years ago 8
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Because what if you were playing this at a department store or a restaurant, while your parents tell you it's time to leave while you are half way through the game?
1983parrothead 2 years ago
@the1andonlybigh If it was as long as or longer than the FC/NES version, most players wouldn't have enough time to beat it before their parents pull them away from it or before they miss out on their concerns outside of gaming.
Another reason why this has some differences other than being an arcade is that it was released a year before the FC/NES version.
1983parrothead 10 months ago
@the1andonlybigh arcades were meant to be shorter in the event that u managed to beat the game but harder if u didn't but didn't realize how had it was until u sunk 10 bucks work of quarters into it.
YukonTimbaland 9 months ago
@the1andonlybigh arcade games were designed to be shorter so if u were that kid who could beat um all, u would either run thru it a couple of times and be done with it (with another quarter of course) or be done with it after the first go. they were also harder for that same reason. it was more profitable that way.
YukonTimbaland 9 months ago
I like the way that after you kill the final boss you get another 14 bonus lives.................yeah like that's useful
mrai2004 2 years ago 8
hahaha
SouthOx 2 years ago
the NES version is much better. This graphics are alright and the sound its acceptable. But imma stick to gritty, hardcore playing, AWESOME BGM original.
xxslaytanicxx 2 years ago
I'd like to see a version of the Stage 1 theme that has the Speed it has in the NES version with the heavier percussion of the Arcade version.
poopskinTheLiar 2 years ago
i can't even imagine how many money i spent on this arcade and never got post third level :-)
analphabetik 2 years ago
the only thing about the arcade is the way he jumps it looked weird.
jojo0017 2 years ago
he jumps very funny lol
plandercozeron 2 years ago
like a rotating stick, lulz
nooblet911 2 years ago
Audio Is Better On NES. Everytime There Is a Game For Both A Console And An Arcade The Console Version Has Better Audio Like For Example Search Street Fighter 2 Dhalsim SNES Theme And Then Search Street Fighter 2 Dhalsim Arcade Theme The Console Version Sounds Better But Arcade Graphics Are Better Like This Right Here And It Is Funner On Arcade For Some Reason Because You Don't Have To Pay 50$ To Play SF4 Just 50 Cents XD
HandyManny00Lobos 2 years ago
NES actually looks better and sounds better for some reason to me
gatmn3 2 years ago 3
Because you are more familiar with it than the arcade version. Most people prefer the NES versions of nearly every arcade game.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
i know why the lazer cant shoot rapid fire cuy ita like a need to regenerate but if you press trigger it like makes the fired lazer disapear and colect the fired lazer energy in order to fire if the lazer didnt have that option it would just blow up in youre hands which means instant death
termi555 2 years ago
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Shoot, Jump This code does work in the Arcade Version I own it on my PC.
TruDru1978 2 years ago
Wasn't the screen supposed to be vertical ?
macdeath69 2 years ago 3
lance and fuckin' bill
risefm 2 years ago 2
great video...
Mustaine 2 years ago
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i liked nes version more
djuro20 2 years ago 10
@djuro20 The NES version was considered an improvement, even with the weaker graphics.
DRCsyntax 1 year ago
@djuro20 BOOO!!!! SPAAAAM!!!
MHMemeDoubleYourFun 1 year ago
@ 1:36 you don't need to bother with the turrent and surprisingly enough you can just jump past the mortor explosion. Do you think its possible to beat the whole game with the lazer on the hardest mode? I've tried it many times unsuccessfully :(. I can get to the end really fast with it, but I die eventually in the alien lair. I've almost given up on the idea because it takes too much time to practice.
JayDay111 2 years ago
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HEY GUESS WHAT!
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
T3XM3X95 2 years ago
too bad its a speed run. i was hoping to catch the whole duration of the 1st stage music.
Tatsumachine50K 2 years ago 2
wow, now that was an exciting ending
timcarlsondo 2 years ago 8
Eu não sabia da existência dessa versão arcade, ou seja, não sabia que era a original. Mas isso era de se esperar, afinal, várias versões de jogos arcade foram feitas para NES. Muito boa!
badimarcus 2 years ago
Game's a lot shorter than I thought when I was a kid..
Kuahmel 2 years ago
I can't really tell because of the video quality, but the gun looks very familiar. Looks like an M-41A Pulse Rifle to me, but I can't be sure because of the quality. Nice little detail if it is. :)
GradiusicCyber 2 years ago
much diffrent nes vers looks not so good..
Mosquit 2 years ago
awsome play dude! you know some1 should rm this game in 5th gen graphics, would be so kickass
diabloeb 2 years ago
they sorta did with contra 4 for the DS. not the top of the line graphics but... still
gamr693 2 years ago
wasn't the laser the Worst weapon of all on the Nes version?
Sheepy007 2 years ago
I had no idea Contra could look so good.
ihavevolleyballs 2 years ago
lol the levels are so short........ what emulator can this be played on where can I find the rom?
uptown1317 2 years ago
arrrrrrrrrrrrr just reloaded the page to see if my comment appeared and again....that soundtrack is horrible.....who is with me to say theat the baddest sound tracks were the original like double dragon...contra...any of em...mega man...commando.....someone blind me now....
hugueslefebvre2205 3 years ago
You don't like the sound so you want us to blind you?
brilliant
passiveMenis 2 years ago
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO what the fuck happenned to this remake.....THIS IS HORRIBLE"...miss the 8 bit old product god dammit this is gay cant stand those weird soun ds.....this is a SHAME how could anyone pretend to do better than the original contra....im a retro gamer....RETRO not post retro awsome remodeled super dooper ass game player fuck this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hugueslefebvre2205 3 years ago
remake of the original contra?....lol......actualy this is the ORIGINAL contra, the nes version was just a port of this version
PhobosDM256 2 years ago
lol this was the arcade game it was ported to NES this is the real version but I do agree the NES was wayyyyyyyyyyyy better
uptown1317 2 years ago
So.....much....fail....ugh.
You call yourself a retro gamer and don't even recognize the original arcade version of Contra?
Turn in your gamer badge, sir.
Masterof7s 2 years ago 16
you idiot. this WAS the original contra for the arcade. the nes one came out later.
psyckid008 2 years ago
i hate how little 14 year olds talk like they even know what game this is.
z3rotek 3 years ago 2
I'm 16 and I've known Contra all my life. I know I wan't around in the 80's but I've been playing Contra sinc I was 4 or 5. That and Sonic the Hedgehog.
xsonicx08 2 years ago 3
The NES version is much better.
And what the hell with an animation in arcade contra? Especially the jumps....so lame.
JjAR01 3 years ago
ur wrong.......the nes version is MUCH,MUCH,MUCH,MUCH better than this horrible piece of shit, i bough this for 360 arcane and sucks monkey tits
Iwannaplayssbb 3 years ago
Yeah, the first contra game. ^^
czerwonegoooooooogle 3 years ago 2
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dude...its the 21st fucking century and your still playing this piece of shit game...and then brag claming on how good you are?,pathetic. why dont you get a life
UzumakiVsUchihaa 3 years ago
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Lmao kid. You failed for his trick. Guys that do speed runs at games like this are using tools wich they record evry scene for scene and put it together so it looks like the game is perfect done.
funcklu 3 years ago
this came from someone with anime names on his account name................lol
Iwannaplayssbb 3 years ago
How is it a piece of shit game? Oh, wait, I know, you're a graphics whore Halo fag, right?
MegaFan1994 3 years ago 2
it looks so much better than on nes :(
DerEwigeJude 3 years ago 4
Great run.
bottleovodka 3 years ago
wow, didnt even kno theres an arcade version. interesting how they would just combine the last 4 stages of the original into one mega-stage
yuuutsu87 3 years ago
The NES did a great job porting the arcade.
kinmanyuen 3 years ago
Haha, what is with the credits?
rowsdower50 3 years ago 2
is it just me or was the nes version better....the colors are ulgy and the music made me wanna beat somebody up
mjwmjw123456789 3 years ago 3
The NES version is definitely better. The character models here move really awkwardly, the levels are shorter, and whatever system they used for the music sounds terrible.
It was definitely cool to see a different version of my favorite game though. :)
fudawg45 3 years ago
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hahaha this looks pathetic! NES version FTW
LOLMAN22 3 years ago
Don't be a fanboy. Both are good.
EnigmaHood 3 years ago 2
Great game, one of my fav. contra games. Just wish it had a proper ending like the nes game.
Luigi84289 3 years ago
he uses the laser weapon...it's the strongest in the game BUT the spread is the most fun!
scir91 3 years ago
Man do I ever HATE the jumping animation for the arcade version!
thelastmocktroid 3 years ago 6
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You give me a thumbs down because I said that they game had to be short and sweet? You fucking tards. I played the NES version, but you fucking idiots couldn't even take the time to read between my lines. Why don't the all of you find some 3D games since you love your 3D genres with you Sephroth and your Cloud and those gay Tekken characters.
xxpandamidknightxx 3 years ago
ok dude the 3d and nextgen games are still very fun to play
theopaque 3 years ago
Oh to let you guys in on 1987 Contra (Arcade). The guys at Konami wanted a short and sweet game with firearms and enough to beat SNK's Ikari Warriors and Capcom's Commando games. So they made this to top expert level designs and use a engine that would work for only 4 stages. Fuck Double Dragon 1 and 2 on the arcade were short, something to think about.
xxpandamidknightxx 3 years ago
xxpandamidknightxx,
'Ikari Warriors' and 'Commando' are Vertical Side-Scroll Shooter like that of 'Front Line'. They have no relation to 'Contra' at all!
'Contra' comes from a long line of lineage or family of Horizontal Side-Scroll Platformer such as 'The Legend of Kage', 'Rush'n Attack', and 'Kung-Fu Master'!!
Go play your GAY 'LittleBigPlanet'!!
IronJackalTw 3 years ago
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Fucking kid. I can easily pwn you in Street Fighter 4. With Zangief, all I have to do is Spinning Pile Driver you all day on arcade stick and then the super. Play me on any game and I can smoke your ass out in a second. So don't get me no fucking lip, son. I will pwn you if you even fuck with me.
xxpandamidknightxx 3 years ago
Just out of curiosity, what does "pwn" mean?
joejacky22 3 years ago
Meaning I could easily beat him or rape him in a Street Fighter 4 match. Oh, pwn is also meaning that the person owns your life. Like right now, I own your soul.
xxpandamidknightxx 3 years ago
Nah, you don't own anything. Sorry kid, but I don't play those juvenile games. I just asked a simple question. I wouldn't brag to much about being good at a video game at 28 years old. Don't you have more important things to do than to talk shit on youtube about being better than someone at a silly video game?
joejacky22 3 years ago
Apparently not. ^_^
TenguGuy 3 years ago
Obviously, the nes version had less than a megabyte of memory to be played in a 8 bit system, the arcade game was much stronger for being a big machine, that should not be disrespectful, all arcade games where much stronger than their home versions, I dont know why someone gave you a bad mark for that, what you said is true. Thats the same fact for Super C, Pit Fighters or any Double Dragon, just to name a few... Have a nice day!
javierlocutor 3 years ago 4
The Arcade version is better in every way: Sound, graphic, and detail. The Nes version is very diluted.
solidpanther2000 3 years ago 2
True but the nes was longer which I liked. If they could of comboed the two in a way then it would of been complete bad ass. But each contra Be it arcade or Console all are great games.