When you beat the game on hard, it tells you that you've stopped the invasion and brought peace to a ruined world thanks to the efforts of a gaming champion! Hard difficulty also offers a bonus boss. If you finish it on easy or normal, the game tells you that you're getting better but the war only gets harder.
Once you eventually beat the game, you unlock hard mode. In which other game do you blast your way through an entire alien army with no backup? Where can you shoot in eight directions in mid-air as you please? I also enjoy the little touches like how you can stop walking with R or how you can do a spinning jump attack to shoot bullets everywhere. Level 5 is yet another top-down level and level 6 is a long and taxing boss rush stage.Ĭontra III is also the most action-packed game on the SNES Classic, period. Level 4 is a biking level with a really cool segment where you fight bosses while riding a chopper then you jump around missiles that are being fired at an alien mothership. For instance, level 1 is a side-scroller while level 2 is a top-down shooter and level 3 is a side-scroller with vertical sections. However, Contra 3 is a different game depending which stage you're playing. Most games on the SNES follow the same gameplay pattern: Mario is what you'd expect from a platformer, Mario Kart is a racing game, Metroid is a 2D exploration game. I love that the levels in the Contra series manage to consistently break expectations. On the other hand, every time you beat a level, it feels great! There is so little room for error that it always feels like the odds are against you.
Lose all your lives and you lose one continue and once those are gone, it's game over and you have to start from the beginning again. When compared to its NES and arcade predecessors, Contra III has the same gameplay where you run and gun your way through an alien army on your way to the aliens' lair. The Contra series has made a name for itself as one of the most difficult yet memorable retro franchises. This is a rare moment when you don't have to worry about taking damage Because I like punishing myself, I decided to see if I could beat the game without relying on the SNES Classic's save states. Written by Alex Legard for Retrospectives on December 21, 2018Ĭontra 3: The Alien Wars is one of those maddeningly difficult retro games that will destroy you over and over if you're not prepared.
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