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Contra is one of a handful of franchises that have become completely synonymous with gaming; indeed, chances are if you haven’t played any Contra games, then you’ll have at least heard of them. Konami’s shoot-em-up behemoth may have lost a lot of its lustre in recent years (pretty much par for the course with Konami these days, it seems, save for some excellent retro collections), but its earlier iterations have become iconic in their own right.
From the original Contra in 1988 all the way up to Contra: Rogue Corps in 2019, the series has rarely strayed from its relatively simple formula — run through a bunch of linear levels and shoot up a bunch of bad guys — but this is arguably its biggest draw. In an age where gaming is more complex than ever, Contra is a fantastic reminder that you don’t need a boatload of features to make a cracking game.
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