Man it's a wonder they didn't get sued for this. Everything about your statement including Aliens is spot on. It's like the art director said, can you make his jaw line a little more round, there you go it's not Stallone anymore. Lol
Definitely one of the harder arcade games of its era, and that's saying something. Limited continues made sure that you never saw the endgame back in the day.
@@youmemeyou Yeah but each game was limited continues. You couldn't just keep inserting coins with this one. be set number lives/continue then reset I believe
Those playful moments usually seem very rare in "Longplay" videos; most Longplay videos just have the character do the essential stuff, and then the characters stand absolutely still or run forward like normal the whole time, so it is nice to see a Longplay video where the player actually goofs around a bit.
Honestly these graphics are pretty crap compared to other arcade games of 1988. Take a look at some of Sega's 1988 offerings like Altered Beast or Power Drift.
It blows my mind that while Contra III's best ending was flashing back to Bill and Lance's adventures, it was in fact giving a throwback to the attract mode of Super Contra. My experience with Super Contra was the NES port Super C, so it was just pure gameplay. Still a fun game, but happy to see the arcade footage!
I'd love to hear a meeting between the weapons designers and the military brass in these games. "Sir, the good news is that we developed a super tank capable of striking fear into our enemies. The bad news is that it shoots really slow bullets and can only aim at a fixed angle, but we don't think this will be a problem if the enemy will agree to stand still.".
I always liked the bomb gun myself. I also like the enemy progression in this game. The first two stages are full of human (or at least human-seeming) enemies and mechanical bosses; the third stage starts out that way, but aliens start appearing near the end, and the boss is an alien monster; the fourth stage has humanoid but not human enemies, a bio-mechanical midboss, and another alien boss; and the final stage there's nothing even remotely human or technological about the enemies. Environmental storytelling at its best, without any dialogue.
In my opinion, the best weapon is the super machine gun. It can be obtained on the first level; get the initial machine gun and then get the second one right before the helicopter. The super machine can work like a scatter gun if you move your gun up and down.
Excellent display of skill & courage on Super Contra & the gamer even managed to hold on to his weapon for the entire run of the game! Again, Congratulations!
Hitboxes are not the same size as the character in most games. If bullets are flying everywhere and you control a huge sprite your hands and legs are usually immune to enemy fire. You can see that in Doujin and Cave shooters as well as fighting games to balance the characters.
both the arcade Contra games can be beaten in around 14 to sometimes under 11 minutes the hard part is getting there without being killed SEVERAL times over... Also note that both games limit how may continues you get ( adjustable by the arcade operator. ) You can feed it all the quarters in the world but you WON'T credit spam your way to the end to make it to the end in both of these games you have to have the skill required. Nothing else will get you there.
Well, I don't know if it has an official name, but in super contra when you pick 2 of the same weapon, it becomes an upgrade version. the only upgraded you can get at the 1st level is the machinegun, one at the beggining the other when fighting the chopper. Of course the spread does a magnificent work also.
@@Celestial07 Spread, Spray, or Shotgun. That's what "S" stands for in Contra. Just like... "R" is for Rapid Fire which is now Ripple in Hard Corps Uprising. "M" is for Machine Gun. "B" is for Bulletproof or Barrier. "F" is for Fire or Flamethrower. "L" is for Laser. "C" is for Crash shot or Crush. and "H" is for Homing or Heat-seeking Missile which is now Heated Plasma, "F's" replacement in Hard Corps Uprising. The only four exceptions that don't use these letters or sometimes use colors or what they look like are... Super Contra Arcade which is a guessing game. Contra Hard Corps which only use Weapons A, B, C, and D depending on what character you use. Contra Legacy of War which follows the same formula Contra Hard Corps only they use colors. and C The Contra Adventure which follows the exact same formula as Contra Legacy of War.
Well, this is the original version. But the only things that are worse than the NES version is the lack of stages and bosses, and the use of colors that makes the game looks washed out.
Contra and Super Contra has a whole lot of pop culture references. Bill Rizer: Arnie from Predator and Commando. Lance Bean: Sylvester Stallone from Rambo. Enemies from stage 4, Xenomorph's from the Aliens movie and the stage boss is Alien Queen.
You meet a horrible, three-headed alien monster. You kill it and then you think you're done. But guess what. Another bigger, way more horrible and way more powerful m*therf*cking alien monster appears to teach you what is a real Final Boss! That is Contra! Yeah, I'm looking at you, Rogue Corps.
Thanks for posting. Reminded me more of Contra 3 as I'm sure most of us noticed. Cool to see though. I probably only played this once before the NES port took over my memories.
It really was hard. I think I just got determined and played it on hard mode till I beat it. I think a fan did a hack so you can see the ending on normal mode. Game on brother.
WTF? Contra 3 is one of the best game in the series. It is much easier than Super Contra, has much better controls and access to the Bomb, which allows player to clear the screen from enemies at any time. And 3 difficulty setting. It is problem with you now with the game.
The Aliens all have such lovely smiles, with the teeth. They come out to do their shopping, and such things like saying hi to Lance/Bill. They just shoot all times.
I love how in the later levels, the aliens sound exactly like the Xenomorphs from Aliens when you kill them. It would have been awesome if there was a TMNT game in which the pizza monsters sound exactly like them, since they too look almost like the Xenomorphs.
One year after the battle with the mysterious Red Falcon Organization, the Earth seems to be free. However....The Quest For Freedom Continues. Super Contra from Konami.
@deansatan9573 The NES was a primitive machine, even by the standards back then. Jack Tramiel and Hiroshi Yamauchi ran their businesses with an iron fist and made sure their hardware was affordable for everyone right away. They didnt want top of the line hardware.
One of the rare cases where I actually think the NES version is better than the arcade version, even though the former is technically inferior. IMO the NES version is so much more fun to play, and I think the controls are better too.
I think if I remember right, the NES port had more levels and bosses as well. Kind of weird they made the arcade version so short. I never played Super C at the arcade, but did play the original COntra, and I really didn't care for it. The NES port had so much tighter controls, even if it was graphically inferior to the arcade.
@@jeffjackson9679 Konami cared a lot about graphics in their arcade games (and sound). However, they let processing speed and memory capabilities take a back seat in order to make the games not so expensive to make in case they were a flop.
I grew up with the NES and was all into Contra and Super C, if I'd had seen this at that time I'd literaly had shit my pants. I can't believe I let this pass at that time.
Wow, what's that?! Unreal! Raw graphics, but really EXPLOSIVE vibe! NES version couldn't be like this, and this one is much harder than NES!!! Really incredible!
Arcade hardware was more expensive to produce than consoles. Console manufacturers kept costs low so they could get more units into people's homes, and sold consoles at a loss and made up for it later through cartridge sales. Konami made their own custom hardware (although most Japanese companies took hardware ideas from the Sharp X68000 computer).
WHAT IS DISPLACED? SKIP YOUR ICE PILL! But rly, great game brings good memories, epic intro, lots of explosions, insane difficulty and mighty power guitar soundtrack. They don't make 'em like this no more. :(
I luved playing this in the arcade back in the day and the NES version which I like better because Konami added a Couple of stages I even got to play this on XBOX 360 arcade and dowloaded and played it Konami was ahead of it's time! :)
To my surprise I just brought the contra collection for ps4 just for this game and they muted bill and lances dialogue in the open. Pissed me straight off🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@PoIaris im pretty sure at the end boss , when they blow up their head ... they go in there to get out of the cave and get ready to be saved by the choppa :)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone VS The Predator - The video game
Reiji Minato don't forget, aliens
It's Alien, not Predator...
@@heroesytumbas They have both in game.
Man it's a wonder they didn't get sued for this. Everything about your statement including Aliens is spot on. It's like the art director said, can you make his jaw line a little more round, there you go it's not Stallone anymore. Lol
I wish both actors make a movie of Super Contra. The best film of all times
Definitely one of the harder arcade games of its era, and that's saying something. Limited continues made sure that you never saw the endgame back in the day.
@@youmemeyou Yeah but each game was limited continues. You couldn't just keep inserting coins with this one. be set number lives/continue then reset I believe
I love that masculine feel in Super Contra. It really drives you from that monster soundtrack.
I like how he just goes with the rhythm at 9:00.
haha i do that in games too lmao
They also give the rhythm from the shooting to the music near 9:15 or somewhere in that time
Those playful moments usually seem very rare in "Longplay" videos;
most Longplay videos just have the character do the essential stuff, and then the characters stand absolutely still or run forward like normal the whole time, so it is nice to see a Longplay video where the player actually goofs around a bit.
I could not have imagined a game this good came out in 1988.
There were PLENTY of great games that had come out by 1988, SON!
You're just scratching the surface. The 80's had lots of gems.
Honestly these graphics are pretty crap compared to other arcade games of 1988. Take a look at some of Sega's 1988 offerings like Altered Beast or Power Drift.
what about Splatterhouse
They were far ahead of their time. They put their affection to this game.
This is why you do not leave home without your spread shot.
It blows my mind that while Contra III's best ending was flashing back to Bill and Lance's adventures, it was in fact giving a throwback to the attract mode of Super Contra. My experience with Super Contra was the NES port Super C, so it was just pure gameplay. Still a fun game, but happy to see the arcade footage!
Actually, Super C is the NES port of Super Contra.
I'd rather _Super C[ontra]_ be on the more powerful *_Super_** Nintendo* than the just older outdated N.E.S.
0:21 Bill: **Looking around** What is this place?
Lance: Keep your eyes peeled!
(Edit: to correct the dialogue)
I'd love to hear a meeting between the weapons designers and the military brass in these games. "Sir, the good news is that we developed a super tank capable of striking fear into our enemies. The bad news is that it shoots really slow bullets and can only aim at a fixed angle, but we don't think this will be a problem if the enemy will agree to stand still.".
"Is now a bad time to bring up the mortar launcher with a range of about 20 feet?"
lmao
Acid bath rules!
3:20 this is a pretty much badass music
The explosions are so bassy, I love it!
Everthing explodes....Alien movie was like nightmare to Japanese...they just add more nightmares to the good ol nightmare.
I always liked the bomb gun myself. I also like the enemy progression in this game. The first two stages are full of human (or at least human-seeming) enemies and mechanical bosses; the third stage starts out that way, but aliens start appearing near the end, and the boss is an alien monster; the fourth stage has humanoid but not human enemies, a bio-mechanical midboss, and another alien boss; and the final stage there's nothing even remotely human or technological about the enemies. Environmental storytelling at its best, without any dialogue.
In my opinion, the best weapon is the super machine gun. It can be obtained on the first level; get the initial machine gun and then get the second one right before the helicopter. The super machine can work like a scatter gun if you move your gun up and down.
Spreads the best for me. Too easy
Seeing this game just makes me realize how freaking good Contra 3 is. It took the best things from this game and made them much, much better
Too bad Konami no longer makes super awesome arcade games like this series as well as awesome beat em'ups anymore :(
specially after the controversy of Metal Gear Survive
Yeah they lost it but then again the arcade game era when things like this were cool is also extinct now as well.
You are so right. How the high and mighty have fallen.
Fuck you KONAMI!!!!
Khalfrank Konami always held it down with the beat em ups during the late 80s-early 90s.
Frizzurd It really started with those damn Dance Dance Revolution games.
Looks more brutal than Metal Slug
This game is designed to drained my lunch money back in the day
I like how Bill immediately shoots withour any bullshit talk at 0:31
Excellent display of skill & courage on Super Contra & the gamer even managed to hold on to his weapon for the entire run of the game!
Again, Congratulations!
That’s called having god mode turned on.
In the 80s and 90s you used to compete to beat the record points of the day. That was yesterday's online battles.
Hitboxes are not the same size as the character in most games. If bullets are flying everywhere and you control a huge sprite your hands and legs are usually immune to enemy fire.
You can see that in Doujin and Cave shooters as well as fighting games to balance the characters.
both the arcade Contra games can be beaten in around 14 to sometimes under 11 minutes the hard part is getting there without being killed SEVERAL times over...
Also note that both games limit how may continues you get ( adjustable by the arcade operator. ) You can feed it all the quarters in the world but you WON'T credit spam your way to the end to make it to the end in both of these games you have to have the skill required. Nothing else will get you there.
Looks way harder than it's NES counterpart.
It is, a freaking lot harder than any of the contra nes games. altough if you grab the super machinegun it becomes quite easy.
Noles Dire What's that? Isn't it supposed to be the 'Spread'?
Well, I don't know if it has an official name, but in super contra when you pick 2 of the same weapon, it becomes an upgrade version. the only upgraded you can get at the 1st level is the machinegun, one at the beggining the other when fighting the chopper. Of course the spread does a magnificent work also.
It is, mostly thanks to the stiff controls.
@@Celestial07 Spread, Spray, or Shotgun. That's what "S" stands for in Contra. Just like...
"R" is for Rapid Fire which is now Ripple in Hard Corps Uprising.
"M" is for Machine Gun.
"B" is for Bulletproof or Barrier.
"F" is for Fire or Flamethrower.
"L" is for Laser.
"C" is for Crash shot or Crush.
and
"H" is for Homing or Heat-seeking Missile which is now Heated Plasma, "F's" replacement in Hard Corps Uprising.
The only four exceptions that don't use these letters or sometimes use colors or what they look like are...
Super Contra Arcade which is a guessing game.
Contra Hard Corps which only use Weapons A, B, C, and D depending on what character you use.
Contra Legacy of War which follows the same formula Contra Hard Corps only they use colors.
and
C The Contra Adventure which follows the exact same formula as Contra Legacy of War.
much, much pros for excellent music
ENGRISH, DO YOU SPEAK IT?
On the *S.N.E.S.,* that is...
So the regular grunts are actually infected humans, this is soo much better than the nes versión I played back in the day...
Well, this is the original version. But the only things that are worse than the NES version is the lack of stages and bosses, and the use of colors that makes the game looks washed out.
Masterpiece game.
Contra and Super Contra has a whole lot of pop culture references.
Bill Rizer: Arnie from Predator and Commando.
Lance Bean: Sylvester Stallone from Rambo.
Enemies from stage 4, Xenomorph's from the Aliens movie and the stage boss is Alien Queen.
Yeah but in Contra 1 I think than Lance is Billy of Predator no?
@@juju2098Billy! Help me find a way out of this hole!
A damn fine arcade game. An even better NES game.
Probably the best on the *S.N.E.S./Super Famicom...*
I'm amazed of how short this game is, but also no wonder why! it looks very difficult!
It's because of how arcades were designed back in the day. They could only make them so long.
Thats because arcades are meant to eat your quarters hence the difficulty.
When noobs like us plays, it will last longer. I dare u to play it😂
5 years later, and still gives me pleasure
Музыкальное и звуковое сопровождение - божественно.
You meet a horrible, three-headed alien monster. You kill it and then you think you're done.
But guess what. Another bigger, way more horrible and way more powerful m*therf*cking alien monster appears to teach you what is a real Final Boss! That is Contra!
Yeah, I'm looking at you, Rogue Corps.
I remember being a kid playing this it was hard ass hell
The jungle theme rocks!
THE LITTLE BABY OF THE ORIGINAL BLACK VIPER IS STILL ALIVE! KILL IT ON CONTRA 4
Thanks for posting. Reminded me more of Contra 3 as I'm sure most of us noticed. Cool to see though. I probably only played this once before the NES port took over my memories.
contra 3 on snes was awful. the game was just too difficult and certainly not made for an arcade experience.
It really was hard. I think I just got determined and played it on hard mode till I beat it. I think a fan did a hack so you can see the ending on normal mode. Game on brother.
WTF?
Contra 3 is one of the best game in the series. It is much easier than Super Contra, has much better controls and access to the Bomb, which allows player to clear the screen from enemies at any time. And 3 difficulty setting.
It is problem with you now with the game.
Probably this best Intro stage in gaming history
Dude got skills imagine the final boss without spreader gun... would've taken forever son
It is so funny how bill rizer jumps in the arcade game hhaahhahhaaahahahah xb
The Aliens all have such lovely smiles, with the teeth. They come out to do their shopping, and such things like saying hi to Lance/Bill. They just shoot all times.
☠️ *_(Springfield M60E4 7.62x51mm light machine gun clicks)_* ☠️
The NES version is great but this looks pretty rad too!!
**S.N.E.S.*
@@josecarrilloii4036 What the fuck are you talking about? This is a NES game
I like how they sneak that last dude in as your killing the last boss.😂
I love how everything explode
Ive never seen Contra or Super Contra at my local arcade.
The music in the arcade reminds me of the music in S.P.Y., another arcade game that Konami put out.
I love how in the later levels, the aliens sound exactly like the Xenomorphs from Aliens when you kill them. It would have been awesome if there was a TMNT game in which the pizza monsters sound exactly like them, since they too look almost like the Xenomorphs.
One year after the battle with the mysterious Red Falcon Organization, the Earth seems to be free. However....The Quest For Freedom Continues. Super Contra from Konami.
Short but action packed. Thanks for the upload :)
Reflexes like a Jedi Knight. Awesome played. ^^
Wow that was first pump-action machinegun that i've ever see!
Man, I slay at the NES version, but can't defeat this one. Too tough!
Words To
Put In A Tshirt:
"What Is
This Place?"
Or
"Keep
Your Eyes Peeled!"
0:24 or 0:27
So Jagger Froid was himself the final boss on the arcade, interesting. I can also see system limitations neutered his ass on the NES.
One of the hardest arcade games of those times.
Very short and very different from the NES version
I remember my mom was always angry because i didn’t go straight to home after school, to play this game at arcade
After seeing you guys play, I realized I used to use my imagination to know what's going on in NES version :|
same haha
Same..
Same.
@deansatan9573 The NES was a primitive machine, even by the standards back then. Jack Tramiel and Hiroshi Yamauchi ran their businesses with an iron fist and made sure their hardware was affordable for everyone right away. They didnt want top of the line hardware.
The Quest For Freedom Continues...
I like it how the bad guys blow up. Squigglysplosion.
KONAMI'S SUPER CONTRA!
On Nintendo Eshop!
I played this game back in 2010 but still feel amazing to see it! ❤
5:12 my lord...that music 🎶🎶🎶
Damn, even Contra is better Alien game ,than the Aliens Colonial Marines...
One of the rare cases where I actually think the NES version is better than the arcade version, even though the former is technically inferior. IMO the NES version is so much more fun to play, and I think the controls are better too.
I think if I remember right, the NES port had more levels and bosses as well. Kind of weird they made the arcade version so short. I never played Super C at the arcade, but did play the original COntra, and I really didn't care for it. The NES port had so much tighter controls, even if it was graphically inferior to the arcade.
@@jeffjackson9679 Konami cared a lot about graphics in their arcade games (and sound). However, they let processing speed and memory capabilities take a back seat in order to make the games not so expensive to make in case they were a flop.
Right? The NES version doesn't have that arcade-required "Lazy" aiming system.
The only thing i remember about this game , that Game gives You 3 chances to continue.
Depend on the DIP switches you have activated.
You can modify it to 5 chances to continue.
@@followthewhiterabbit2549 ooooooh okay
Beast at 4 minutes. Skills
the 16 bit graphics of the two contra arcade games were cheap but the ones for the contra 3 snes game were great.
@xg4bx Hi there! Welcome to the world of arcade side-scrolling shoot-em-ups!
I grew up with the NES and was all into Contra and Super C, if I'd had seen this at that time I'd literaly had shit my pants. I can't believe I let this pass at that time.
"What is this place?"
"I don't know, Mr. Van Damme."
The acrobatic jump is hilarious...
I'm 37 years old and it's the first time I've played this game in 2024. Best regards
Wow, what's that?! Unreal! Raw graphics, but really EXPLOSIVE vibe! NES version couldn't be like this, and this one is much harder than NES!!! Really incredible!
Arcade hardware was more expensive to produce than consoles. Console manufacturers kept costs low so they could get more units into people's homes, and sold consoles at a loss and made up for it later through cartridge sales. Konami made their own custom hardware (although most Japanese companies took hardware ideas from the Sharp X68000 computer).
3:58 you are a legend with the dodge
Don't you wish actual quests for freedom could be completed in less than 15 minutes?
The father of metal slug
I remember this as Super C!
I'm here after Lebron used this to motivate the Lakers to act like Game 2 is level 2.. didn't know what this was so I came😅
WHAT IS THIS PLEHS?
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!
WHAT IS DISPLACED?
SKIP YOUR ICE PILL!
But rly, great game brings good memories, epic intro, lots of explosions, insane difficulty and mighty power guitar soundtrack. They don't make 'em like this no more. :(
By the time you reach Stage 4, you could tell me I'm watching an "Aliens" arcade game and I'd believe you.
@MasterOrHan1
Original arcade Contra was uploaded a few days ago :)
I like the shooting the music on the last level.
У меня на денди в детстве был клон СУПЕР УТКИ 2 , графика чуть другая была и музыка немного изменённая, а так шедевер игра 👍
Contra: Nes > Arcade
Super Contra: Arcade > Nes
Ayuda como jugarlo desde el móvil
Is it just me, or is the music a little slower than it should be? Putting playback at 1.1x seems to fix it... different region ROM?
I luved playing this in the arcade back in the day and the NES version which I like better because Konami added a Couple of stages I even got to play this on XBOX 360 arcade and dowloaded and played it Konami was ahead of it's time! :)
To my surprise I just brought the contra collection for ps4 just for this game and they muted bill and lances dialogue in the open. Pissed me straight off🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@PoIaris im pretty sure at the end boss , when they blow up their head ... they go in there to get out of the cave and get ready to be saved by the choppa :)
Esse sim é uma boa lembrança da minha pré-adolescência, implorava minha mãe por 50 centavos pra jogar uma hora q passava voando kkk.
13:09
Huh....I guess Konami makes awesome games AND Jeeps.
that scene right there is straight out of the movie platoon...remixed for super contra haha
I miss this noise.... Especially the boss defeat music!
This long play uploader probably a millionaire by now 😜
I would also like these graphics in an APK for Android
So many close calls!!!
I meant turbo function of XPadder. Wow, no deaths, you must have played this several times. Now LP the original arcade Contra.
1988?! That's.... the same year I was born too! No wonder I have interest in the series despite its hard difficulty. :)
@@DrJuice1 wat
That makes absolutely zero sense. Why would the year you were born, have anything to do with your interest in the game?