Contra for Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom (NES)

Board:
Pos Score Name Date Lups
6,553,500
video
J
JessePorter (HS)
 		2016-06-10 700
6,553,500
video
M
MegaRetroMan (HS)
 		2016-06-11 700
6,553,500
video
image
FS
FrozenSith
 		2018-01-14 700
6,553,500
video
KID
Whilethekidsareaway
 		2022-06-24 700
5 3,268,100
video
image
OFP
Omargeddon
 		2017-08-12 260
6 145,800
video
image
O
OriginalGamer (HS)
 		2014-12-29 11
7 57,000
video
image
GTi
GTi 🎱
 		2025-04-15 4
Rules
General Rules: Must be played on an authentic NES or Famicom console; Excl. Mini. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 credit. No continues. 1 player mode only. No use of trainers, cheats, auto-fire (when not default present in-game) , game saves, or cheat codes. Can be overruled by the Specific Rules (see below).
It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to
- excessively point farm
- use glitches or other game exploits
Specific Rules:
Play on default settings (US/PAL/JAP version).
The Japanese version of Contra contains extra features not found in the US and Europe releases of the game, such as cutscenes in between levels and animated background effects such as trees blowing in the wind and snow falling. This was made possible by a special memory management controller (MMC) created by Konami called the VRC2 chip.

Nintendo did not allow third-party developers to use their own PCBs and mappers outside of Japan, and as a result Konami was required to use Nintendo's UNROM mapper chip instead, which resulted in the removal of the cutscenes and special effects.
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Lauren Tyler
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