Posted on February 4, 2013
My Top 100: #24 – Operation C
This is the greatest Contra game ever made, and you’ve probably never played it before… but that’s okay. I forgive you! Although it was released almost a year after Super C, I considered it a port of… Read More
Posted on January 8, 2013
My Top 100: #38 – Contra III: The Alien Wars
There was a time that sequels didn’t have to blow your mind to be successful. All they had to do was deliver; just create a game with more of the same, only bigger and better-looking, and call it a day. … Read More
Posted on November 28, 2012
My Top 100: #47 – Contra
I’m finding it somewhat difficult to come up with posts about games I’ve already written about – my first non-countdown post about Contra is here, if you’re interested – so I’m about to go a bit off topic for this… Read More
Posted on January 29, 2012
Operation C (Game Boy)
For me, the best Contra game is not the original, nor is it Super C, or even The Alien Wars. Despite my reluctance in the past to acknowledge hand held games as memorable ones (even though, I know… Read More
Posted on October 26, 2011
Super C (NES)
This might not be that vivid a memory to cling to, but I am reminded of it every time I drive home! It wasn’t obvious to me at the time, but Super C is indeed a sequel to… Read More
Posted on September 30, 2011
Contra (NES)
A handful of franchises come to mind when talking about early NES standouts, and this is most definitely one of them. Contra was one of those games that had actually been ported from the Arcades, but the NES… Read More