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4.2 / 5

7 votes

Platform
NES
Genres
Action · Shooter
Release date
February 15, 2021

Summary

Contra’s notorious difficulty can be a wall for anyone who isn’t a pixel‑perfect shooter. This Easy Mode hack softens the blow by letting you either snap back to the powerful machine gun after a death or cling to whatever weapon you were using, so you don’t waste a half‑level grind on a pea‑shooter. Your life pool also gets a generous boost: the standard start is now ten lives, and if you punch in the Konami Code you begin with a whopping fifty. Continues jump from three to nine, giving you more chances to recover from a bad run. Finally, several of the tougher non‑boss foes have their health trimmed to roughly three‑quarters of the original, making even a semi‑skilled player feel like they have a fighting chance.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Multiplayer

Game modes
Single