
- First release
- Feb 28, 1992
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Details
Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords
- Storyline
Set in the futuristic year 2636, two years after the events of Super Contra (Previous version released for the NES). The protagonists Bill Rizer and Lance Bean are called once again, against an alien invasion. Taking advantage of Super NES technology, in this game the graphics are improved compared to previous games. It is considered by many the best game of the Contra series. This game offers a lot of weapons, at first you have a precise but very weak machine gun, some of the weapons are: missiles, flamethrowers, laser, shot that reaches a wide area, extremely strong missile, among others, each with Their advantage and disadvantage. The game bosses are a strong point of Contra III, they are very scary, big and well made, each with a different skill and different ways to be defeated, which leaves the game very unpredictable, you never know how to defeat that boss , And dying in them is almost certain. In most phases there is also a mini-bosses, this is very easy to defeat. The gameplay is excellent, the joystick commands respond perfectly, the characters shoot in any direction, lay on the floor, jump, scale the wall, do almost everything. The graphics are great and original and the Aliens are different from what we are used to seeing and have a horrifying look.Read more
Set in the futuristic year 2636, two years after the events of Super Contra (Previous version released for the NES). The protagonists Bill Rizer and Lance Bean are called once again, against an alien invasion. Taking advantage of Super NES technology, in this game the graphics are improved compared to previous games. It is considered by many the best game of the Contra series. This game offers a lot of weapons, at first you have a precise but very weak machine gun, some of the weapons are: missiles, flamethrowers, laser, shot that reaches a wide area, extremely strong missile, among others, each with Their advantage and disadvantage. The game bosses are a strong point of Contra III, they are very scary, big and well made, each with a different skill and different ways to be defeated, which leaves the game very unpredictable, you never know how to defeat that boss , And dying in them is almost certain. In most phases there is also a mini-bosses, this is very easy to defeat. The gameplay is excellent, the joystick commands respond perfectly, the characters shoot in any direction, lay on the floor, jump, scale the wall, do almost everything. The graphics are great and original and the Aliens are different from what we are used to seeing and have a horrifying look.
- Release dates
- Super Famicom
- Feb 28, 1992
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Apr 06, 1992
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1992
All 14 release dates
- Arcade
- 1992
- Wii
- Jan 16, 2007
- Wii
- Jan 19, 2007
- Wii
- Jan 29, 2007
- Wii
- Apr 26, 2008
- Wii U
- Nov 27, 2013
- Wii U
- Nov 28, 2013
- Wii U
- Jan 07, 2014
- New Nintendo 3DS
- May 09, 2016
- New Nintendo 3DS
- May 12, 2016
- New Nintendo 3DS
- May 19, 2016
- Age ratings
- ClassInd LESRB E10+PEGI 12CERO A
- Game modes
- Split screen, Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
- Perspective
- Side view, Third person, Bird view / Isometric
- Where to buy
- External links
- Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Fandom (opens in a new tab)Twitch (opens in a new tab)
- Keywords
- modern warfare, aliens, post-apocalyptic, murder, death
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