Contra arcade speed run

[@douglasfernandes9969]

a great classic of the 80's arcades.

[@kev3d]

@3:59 "Hey Commander, we've reached the hostile human, should we run him over with our spiked grill?" "Hmmm, no. Hit the brakes, sit still and keep shooting over his head. That ought to work." "But sir, he keeps shooting at us.." "Don't worry, we have our orders and I'm sure Red Falcon knows what.." *KABOOM*

[@glhf9860]

Eh...this version was so short. It's like there's only 1 level. Kinda dissapointed in that regard. It looks better than the nes version though. On another note, I've always hated the laser weapon but now that I play the game again I realize the laser is really good even in nes version, as well as more versatile. If you spam it, you get a flamethrower like weapon, if you shoot it once and let it go it becomes a projectile.

[@neoluminoscalvaros8130]

Well technically 7 stage

[@hitstun]

Good job, man. Some parts of this really get crazy when you crank the difficulty up. Nice laser shots, too.

[@MrSoftwizard]

NES version is better than on Arcade.

[@zunigasystementertainment8840]

I agree

[@Thrashgu]

I prefeer the NES version

[@alanbenali882]

I liked this version more and the arcade songs give them a touch of tension and adventure, a work of art created by Konami

[@Sable2322]

I'm 16 and I've known Contra all my life. I know I wan't around in the 80's but I've been playing Contra sinc I was 4 or 5. That and Sonic the Hedgehog.

[@marliciagreen2486]

Same

[@xXxLAMBOFGOD12xXx]

Seems like the arcade version is much easier than the NES version.

[@vdogaymer]

I am one of those people that did not know that, and its sad since I have been to many arcades when I was young and never saw it. But Cool to see this finally. Thanks for posting this Toad!

[@DjSkyattack]

Cool like how the drums are placed in different positions , left to right , Inverse Short n abrupt . Well done .

[@AizensPlan]

This actually looks shit compared to the NES version

[@zGold]

Ikr

[@brudog56]

Reminds me of Turbo Graphics 16 graphics. This Konami arcade board was pre TMNT/Simpsons, so...

[@1983parrothead]

@BalooRJ This is the earliest version of the earliest Contra game. Without it, there would be no NES Contra nor its successors. Most games started in the arcades. The arcade version is short, because what if you just wanted to beat it, while your parents came up to you and said it's time to leave? The arcade version's music sounds like Konami's real voice (which also can be heard in their other arcades), while its NES version's sounds like the voice of Konami and Nintendo's child.

[@Wyldephang]

@Skyrift Agreed. I remember playing Contra at a Pizza Hut in my younger days. I always thought arcade games look and sounded better than consoles, but there's something about the NES Contra experience that cannot be replicated: the Contra code, the hours of sitting in front of the TV with friends and cursing every cheap kill (scrolling deaths). Graphics didn't make the game, the experience did. I'm a proud gamer of the console generation. :)

[@phj9894]

it's interesting that they drew faces for all konami staffs in ending.

[@niceslippers]

Thanks for this video...remember completing this in the arcades years ago - but not with one life! Nice one.

[@badimarcus]

Eu não sabia da existência dessa versão arcade, ou seja, não sabia que era a original. Mas isso era de se esperar, afinal, várias versões de jogos arcade foram feitas para NES. Muito boa!

[@budbrigman]

And I always avoided the laser ...

[@phuturephunk]

@Galaxieretter Yeah this game was made back in a time where only arcade proprieters could really afford to buy a machine that could pump out 16 bit graphics. We didn't see this stuff at home until the Genesis came out (followed shortly by the SNES) and even then the smoothness of the processing wasn't nearly there.

[@SuJuMcKronklin]

Contra reminds me even MORE of Alien now. They even ripped the Pulse Rifle.

[@frakty8186]

Arcade soundchip in this sounds like Sega Genesis soundchip.

[@EnigmaHood]

I wouldn't say it's harder, but the levels are longer. The arcade version also doesn't have the konami code.

[@albertoalejandro0424]

The game looks easy 'cuz this dude is an expert. Check the way he takes specific paths and how he uses that weapon. Besides, arcade games are not meant to make you last too long playing, but to keep putting coins in the machine. Now, the 80's arcade games' music actually rocks, check some pop songs from that time and compare them with the compositions and the sound's characteristics. I don't want to bitch about it, I'm just trying to explain a thing or two here.

[@fl305]

oh gosh lol I prefer the NES version. This felt like a demo version, it's the same stages from the NES but the arcade version is so damn short lol.

[@Czesnek]

Especially the Waterfall stage. It was so short I smirked in disappointment.

[@majesticlizard]

The arcade version used 16 bit graphics with over 200 colors and two different CPU's. So yeah, it would look a lot better than the NES version that only had 16 colors and used one 8-bit processor.

[@katkid2405]

Dude, your skills are legendary, i'm so jealous. Congrats! If you think the Arcade version is terrible, well you should take a look at the MS-DOS version

[@neoluminoscalvaros8130]

Level 1 boss: wall Level 2 boss: core Level 3 boss: garmakilma (eye boss) Level 4 boss: grumoides (statue boss) Level 5 boss: core Level 6 boss: godomuga (illusory boss) Level 7 bosses: guldaf (UFO boss), 2 dogra (tank boss), 2 gordea (titan boss), java (alien head boss) and gomeramos king (final boss)

[@phuturephunk]

The music on the NES version was so much crisper and nicer.

[@mrai2004]

I like the way that after you kill the final boss you get another 14 bonus lives.................yeah like that's useful

[@JavonteTreble]

Fuck the NES version, I wanna play THIS. And the music here sounds pretty sweet using the FM Synth, especially the "The End" jingle that plays after the credits.

[@1983parrothead]

@the1andonlybigh If it was as long as or longer than the FC/NES version, most players wouldn't have enough time to beat it before their parents pull them away from it or before they miss out on their concerns outside of gaming. Another reason why this has some differences other than being an arcade is that it was released a year before the FC/NES version.

[@MxArgent]

I'd like to see a version of the Stage 1 theme that has the Speed it has in the NES version with the heavier percussion of the Arcade version.

[@Toad22484]

well it's not supposed to be but when it compressed it went into 320 by 240, which made it look full screen.

[@uofibud]

I like how you gain 14 extra lives upon killing the last boss.

[@RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77]

The fastest way to beat the waterfall level is actually probably to grab the invincibility item at the beginning and then ascend the stage completely ignoring all enemies and kill the boss while still invulnerable. IMO.

[@1983parrothead]

@ERIMATAIMY As well as the Sega Mark III and Sega Master System with the Custom 'FM Sound' expansion pack added to them.

[@NotRegret]

the arcade version isn't for scoring. You can get infinite score by going to the second base boss with a spread shot. Killing his projectiles but not damaging the boss till your score counter is max and than killing yourself and writing your initials.

[@mrai2004]

On MAME you press the tab button and then go into te dip switches option to adjust the difficulty. Works on most MAME games

[@Jerichoholic89]

looks cool and the musical score is pretty nice as well, the levels of the nes contra were a bit longer though

[@mightycirus]

@Joelomite you are right I remember playing the nes version and thinking this not like the arcade I knew somebody that could beat contra with one quarter his name was fred johnson I did not know that nes had more levels though, but because I was wanted to always have the real thing at home I would consider the arcade always best and never gave the nes respect, because really a having a little peace of the arcade back then is a thing of dreams and I guess that part is still with me. arcade

[@1983parrothead]

@the1andonlybigh Because what if you were playing this at a department store or a restaurant, while your parents tell you it's time to leave while you are half way through the game?

[@Joelomite]

The NES version is FAR superior to the arcade, but the arcade excels in the graphics dept and some sound effects. The arcade had multi-layered backgrounds (I especially LOVED the mountains in stage 1 that pulsated with light!). I also loved the Fireball sound of the arcade more. Overall, the NES had more playability. 8 individual long stages instead of the last 4 stages compressed into 1 of the arcade.

[@logan_cadfgs]

That's the silliest jumping animation I've ever seen! (Or, it would be, if it wasn't Contra!)

[@stylin291]

I think I played the arcade version 1nce as a kid. My best memories are from the NES. The laser seems a LOT more useful in this game. How are the controls?

[@wilsvgaddiction4456]

Nobody likes a showoff- Kidding- that was pretty good.

[@Toad22484]

nah the laser is only half as good, I think, in the NES version. MUCH stronger in the arcade which makes it great. Thanks and thanks for watching :).

[@RyanWithTwoHeads]

That's just shattered my pride - I was chuffed this morning when I finished Contra (highest difficulty) on one credit with a final score of 1,448,920... Now I find my score's useless!

[@magnuswootton6181]

didnt know it was an arcade game!!! awesome. might be the precursor to the aliens arcade game?

[@Galaxieretter]

This was in 1987? I had no idea that computer technology was so amazingly advanced at the time to produce such a game. It wasn't for another 4 or 5 years later that the United States was able to produce something on this level for the home PC market.

[@solja19k]

I can't help but laugh at the way they flip. XD

[@Norrbottning]

At first I thought this would be better than Contra III, but no... Contra III is still the best game in the series. Arcade Contra is much slower and that ending was ridiculous. Contra on the NES is improved in every thinkable aspect except the graphics and possibly the sound.

[@DNchap1417]

my favourite weapon of all... the spray gun!

[@Sonicgott]

About 8 minutes of bullet rain. I likes!

[@TvTubeHeadSurfer]

Kay-Bee..havn't heard that in a long time!

[@timcarlsondo]

wow, now that was an exciting ending

[@1983parrothead]

The first game to use the Konami Code was actually the NES version of Gradius, not Contra.

[@turrican3839]

Yeah most people prefer the NES port for having bosses, stages being longer and more defined and having superior controls

[@johnmkrs83]

did anyone ever finally figure out who the charecters are based off of? it doesnt take much to figure lance is based off sylvester stalone in rambo and bill is based off dutch from predator. just look at the nes game box, bill is acctually a direct port directly ripped off the predator vhs cover. they did the same thing with metal gear solid, the cover for that was actually michael beine from terminater 1. go look for yourself if you dont believe me.

[@kinmanyuen]

The NES did a great job porting the arcade.

[@OfficialTruDru]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Shoot, Jump This code does work in the Arcade Version I own it on my PC.

[@Toad22484]

Yeah they changed it quite a bit, both are real fun though.

[@strider975]

I don't think the NES version has better graphics,but I think it's SUPERIOR to this one.Same goes for Super Contra (Super C). BTW,good job!Whoa,I don't remember Stage 2 looking like THAT.

[@TheDarkGamer02]

0:12 what version does these new enemies appear ???

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

the graphics on this version are good but why is there so much grey in the coulor

[@Toad22484]

They are, it seems a bit smoother to play. This isn't bad though.

[@derekabdullah9253]

Im still a fan contra i first play the arcade game and the nes contra game

[@93bendzsi]

Has anyone noticed that in the arcade version you shoot in 16 directions?

[@Toad22484]

Yeah but thats the arcade for you :). Thanks for watching.

[@HistoMagouri]

Bill and Lance should have been in Super Smash Bros. 4! If anyone thought Solid Snake didn't fit too well in the last one, then at least Bill and Lance will! It would compensate really well for his absence, and I would have played as either of the two!

[@amango7925]

At would be epic

[@daquarlow]

HistoMagouri true I WANT IT

[@GradiusicCyber]

I can't really tell because of the video quality, but the gun looks very familiar. Looks like an M-41A Pulse Rifle to me, but I can't be sure because of the quality. Nice little detail if it is. :)

[@Toad22484]

while I like the NES version a bit better, this one isn't bad at all, it's definitely a fun game.

[@Superbattle54]

This version of Contra was pretty cool because of it's graphics, but the nes version seems harder than this version of Contra. Also, what's up with four stages of the nes version being combined with one stage of the arcade version. Why just four stages in an arcade game. The only thing that I know is that the TMNT arcade made by the same company has more than four stages. Also I know that the nes version came after the arcade.

[@1983parrothead]

Because you are more familiar with it than the arcade version. Most people prefer the NES versions of nearly every arcade game.

[@OutFreak28]

Why does the Nes feels right and this not?

[@eldacar351]

I think the NES version has more stages.

[@PlanetSidewinderGaming]

Doesn't really have more stages, it's just that Snow Field / Energy Zone / Hangar Zone and Alien Lair connect like a huge medley. Therefore, no Hangar Zone boss.

[@addictdredd]

hahaha

[@revengekid5303]

cool, this is the first time I've seen this one

[@ovj4]

i grew up on the nes version... so wen i played this about a month ago for the first time lol... it didnt feel good but im gettin use to it... have yet to beat the game tho keep losing my last credit on the last level

[@RainMan34]

I think the level design on the NES version far exceeds the arcade...Cool vid!

[@Payasoplas]

Why the enemies exploded,, what running trhough their veins?

[@Tomahawk52]

wow, the arcade version had some short stages. I don't even remember this type of graphic either for some reason....

[@DRCsyntax]

@djuro20 The NES version was considered an improvement, even with the weaker graphics.

[@vin7392]

such a diverse staff

[@TheGustlik102]

I thought that Arcade Contra is hard... until I played the 10th loop of the NES port.

[@gazember78]

what a great player...

[@EnigmaHood]

Don't be a fanboy. Both are good.

[@MisterRON]

People that say the NES version is superior wouldn't be saying this if they weren't brought up on the NES version. The arcade version shits on the NES version, despite it not being nearly as popular.

[@Atomduck]

after hearing the sound on this version, I love the NES version more.

[@destructorv2]

wow who would've known in the arcade, the laser is the best weapon where in the other port, its the most hated weapon

[@strider975]

Oh,and can you also make a Super Contra arcade speed run?

[@gamr693]

they sorta did with contra 4 for the DS. not the top of the line graphics but... still

[@iceveiled]

The graphics are about on-par with SNES graphics, so in other words, the arcade graphics beat the NES version. They could be different games, especially given huge level layout differences. Wasn't the original arcade contra screen taller than it was wide? This video must be an emulation ROM.

[@passiveMenis]

You don't like the sound so you want us to blind you? brilliant

[@TheGustlik102]

@wootlanter the arcade Contra *is* difficult as hell, if you play on the Hardest mode.

[@MannyKunV]

look like hes got a bad pair of moldy dirty old socks on

[@Korgi_Polymer]

ive beaten the nes one, but this is amazing.

[@mundolukas]

This is from 1987? wow, the graphics makes it like from a SNES game

[@logan_cadfgs]

Calm down, sonny! Do realize, it's just a videogame, at the end of the day. He can blurt all he wants! :P

[@RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77]

@JavonteTreble You can play it using MAME, or else you can get it on XBLA.

[@fareedbakhit]

i thought this game back then was only on the NES or the famicom.

[@Sheepy007]

wasn't the laser the Worst weapon of all on the Nes version?

[@diabloeb]

awsome play dude! you know some1 should rm this game in 5th gen graphics, would be so kickass