The controls consists of an eight way joystick and two action buttons for shooting and jumping. Up to two people can play simultaneously, with one player as Bill (the blond-haired commando with the white tank top and blue bandanna), and the other player as Lance (the shirtless dark-haired commando in the red bandanna).

Lance Bean of the Contra unit (an elite group of soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare), are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them.Ĭontra employs a variety of playing perspectives, which include a standard side view, a pseudo-3D view (where the player proceeds by shooting and moving towards the background, in addition to left or right) and a fixed screen format (where the player has his gun aimed upwards by default).

In 2633, the evil Red Falcon Organization have set a base on the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to conquer the world. Several Contra sequels were produced following the original game.

The home versions were localized in the PAL region as Gryzor on the various computer formats and as Probotector on the NES, released later. A home version was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988, along with ports for various computer formats, including the MSX2. Contra Download Free Full Game (魂斗羅 (コントラ) Kontora?), distributed as Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987.

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