Contra is a baffling experience that involves aggravated alien blasting and frantic twitch shooting. It's also one of very few videogames that can be exquisitely described by the phrase, "pulsating ...

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 ...

Konami has decided to celebrate Contra's twentieth anniversary by making the best Contra yet. When I first heard that Contra 4 was being developed for the DS, I doubted that the game would be any good ...

A new Steam game mixes Doom's demonic chaos, heavy weapons, and Contra's fast 2D action with roguelite progression and co-op combat.

Contra: Operation Galuga is out on the Nintendo Switch today and as part of this, there will be a patch update released in response to demo feedback. While other versions of this update are locked in ...

Contra: Shattered Soldier may be destined to become the most noble commercial failure on PlayStation 2. You see, we love this game, and yet at the same time we know that so many modern gamers will ...

Nintendo Passion via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In Japan, videogame manufacturers used to create their own cartridges for the Famicom—that country’s version of the NES. This allowed them to add in ...

There’s no denying that Konami’s Contra is a classic. First released in arcades back in 1987 and later successfully ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, the action-packed shooter featured a ...