contra

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Media

Contra Vs. Duck Hunt

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There’s no Contra in Duck Hunt, but let’s imagine there was. Let’s fantasy. Let’s. More »
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Culture

11-Year-Old Exposed To Contra For The First Time, Hates It

10:00AM Owen Good | The old-school gamers at Nerdballoon sat down with a slightly uncommunicative 11-year-old and asked him to describe his first experience ever with a platform shooter – the beloved Contra. Predictably, he hated it. More »
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Hands On

G.I. Joe Preview: The Rise Of Contra

2:00AM Mike Fahey | He’ll fight for freedom wherever there’s trouble, and the E3 show floor is no exception. We went hand-to-hand with EA’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra for the Xbox 360. More »
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Friday, May 8, 2009
News

Konami Gives Birth To Contra On The Wii

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Run-and-gun classic Contra is getting a brand new game with WiiWare title Contra -ReBirth-. On May 12, the game will be be released in Japan for 1000 Wii Points. More »
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Culture

Contra Remade In LittleBigPlanet (The Whole Thing)

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Remakes in LittleBigPlanet—or LBPmakes, if you will—are typically nothing if not impressive. The Gradius remake, for example, might have blown your mind. But this Contra remake is awesome if only for its exhaustive authenticity. More »
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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Uwe Boll’s Contra: Even Better Than The Real Thing

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Prepare to be Contra’d, because this trailer for Uwe Boll’s Contra packs so much Contra into one minute and fifty-three seconds that you’ll think you’re at a Contra convention. Don’t worry, it’s a joke! More »
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Friday, August 15, 2008
News

The Most Difficult Games Of All Time?

4:30AM Mike Fahey | GameTrailers countdown of the 10 Most Difficult of all time brings back so many painful memories for me. For once, I played every game on the list, and the development of the dirty mouth I have today can be directly traced back to many of these. The only games I take exception to are F-Zero GX – the only racing game series I ever excelled at – and Battletoads, which while difficult to be sure, was nowhere near number one difficult. Ug. I’m going to need an antacid. More »
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

New 8-Bit Theater Tackles Adventure, Contra, David Bowie’s Head

11:30PM Luke Plunkett | Hey, new 8-Bit theater, courtesy of BoingBoing. This week? Two features. One stars Adventure, as it could have been. Or, should have been. The other? Contra, re-imagined as a trippy music clip that hurts both my eyes and ears. Enjoy! More »
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