Super Contra

Super Contra, known as Super Contra: The Alien Strikes Back in Japan, is a run and gun video game by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade video game in January 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and part of the Contra series. The game stars Bill Rizer and Lance Bean as they are sent to thwart another alien invasion from the vicious Red Falcon.

Super Contra
European arcade flyer
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Director(s)Hideyuki Tsujimoto, K. Wada, S. Fujiwara, Takashi Kondo (arcade)
Producer(s)Koji Hiroshita
Programmer(s)Eric Freytag (DOS)
Shigeharu Umezaki (NES)
Artist(s)Kengo Nakamura
Setsu Muraki (NES)
Writer(s)Hideyuki Tsujimoto
Composer(s)Kazuki Muraoka, Motoaki Furukawa (Arcade)
Kris Hatlelid, Michael J. Sokyrka (DOS)
Hidenori Maezawa, Yƫichi Sakakura (NES)
SeriesContra
Platform(s)Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, Xbox 360, Amiga, IBM PC, MS-DOS
Release
January 28, 1988
  • Arcade
    NES/Famicom
    • JP: February 2, 1990
    • NA: April 1990
    • EU: 1992
    Amiga
    MS-DOS
    Microsoft Windows
    • NA: November 16, 2002
Genre(s)Run and gun
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemKonami GX775, PlayChoice-10

It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System under the shortened title of Super C in North America and as Probotector II: Return of the Evil Forces in Europe. Both the arcade version and the NES version have been re-released for various other platforms since their original releases.

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