I remember getting this along with a whole ton of other NES games from my older cousin when I was eight years old. My sister and I never knew what the "C" stood for because the only games we'd ever ...

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It was a strange time in video game history when Contra first hit NES. International rules forbade content of too violent a nature – if it contained humans – and all blood was highly, highly pixelated ...

Super C, the sequel to the original Contra, is a great game. Not only have the mechanics and weapons of the first game been preserved, but new additions such as top-down levels, which replace the 3D ...