Contra - Jungle Jam

This is my rendition of the Contra jungle theme on guitar. The classic nintendo (NES) game had some killer music scores so I took it upon myself to take them out of the 8-bit realm. All tracks, including the backing were played by me. Hope you all like it :)
Mp3's and other cool stuff is available on my website at www.vertexguy.com. Check it out!

[@idied2]

10 years later and still the best cover

[@arturoescorcia]

Indeed, the best by far!

[@guerra_dos_bichos]

12

[@yuusariamberground5331]

13 years now

[@FIxt00l]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnTMlpSNnKarn9U

[@5onic]

14 now

[@theweboffudge6830]

After 17 years.... this is still the best cover of Contra. Ever.

[@akoklongchar4541]

15 years later , still the best cover..😭😭😭 Suddenly remembered this video after years and gives you the same chills 🤯

[@504gaming4]

Me too bruh!!

[@juden420]

Same, even here in 2022 this song brings back so much. And he smashes it so hard.

[@drditup]

i was just struck by a nostalgyriff and had to come here. luckily "contra guitar" got this first. some old youtube stuff is just amazing.

[@cyxgoku]

This deserves more appreciation.. even after 17 years....I feel the same thrill as the first time I was introduced to this.. Truly Amazing...

[@Paulstandonfaith]

12 years past, and still a legend The guy who inspired me to pick up guitar

[@Mechaghostman2]

I second that!

[@Wyngless]

It's 2020. Still one of best things on KZbin.

[@charlie182x]

This is one of the first video i watched on KZbin back in 2006 and i still watch this video at least once a year.

[@666metalavernal]

Legend!! I watched this video in 2007 for the first time and I just watched a video of the first stage of Contra and here we are!

[@biswajitshaw7214]

Did you feel nostalgia after watching this video?

[@BossBelsham]

I remember watching this in highschool after googling "contra guitar" and being blown away. 18 years later and still amazing

[@dubingis1221]

18 years and it's still the best cover

[@luckster81]

Wow, I'm tearing at the eyes right now. Pure awesomeness! Oh the memories..

[@BrendanKing82]

Even with nearly 1.5 million views I feel like this video has not received enough hits. The composer himself said this version is what he had imagined when he was creating the music.

[@echavac01]

Totally agree

[@strategax]

Well... start sharing!

[@ayushgurung9564]

Source?

[@BrendanKing82]

@@ayushgurung9564 It is in an interview with 1Up. On this channel there is a video titled "Hidenori Maezawa hears vertexguy play Contra Jungle Jam". It is toward the end at 5:15.

[@ayushgurung9564]

@@BrendanKing82 Thanks!

[@dantevazquez626]

15 years later and still no cover can beat him

[@twentytoppilots3833]

17 years later and still the same.

[@twicelostgeek]

17 years later and I still think of this cover at times.

[@ThreeYearsApart3ya]

A classic legendary KZbin Video

[@shinz9092]

can't believe it's 10 years... and this is still the best contra solo in youtube

[@asmitsharma70]

Now I can't believe it's been 15 years!!!

[@softback132]

man, 2006 im still fervernly playing Contra NES at that time

[@roncaringal3149]

Still watching 🤘🏻

[@chary9063]

17 years later and this cover is still amazing o,o...

[@venkatnatarajan3479]

17 years later, still the best cover

[@VictorGonzalez-cf2mm]

Best contra guitar version, period.

[@victornaut]

The best version. Definitely

[@1_crstackedxzz]

damn, this has already 15 years and it never gets old

[@Sgt.FreeZ_8787]

18 years later still best cover

[@THEBIGCHULETA]

The one thing this cover had that none of the other covers of any contra cover was the feeling being a big hair heavy metal band, something other guitarist haven’t accomplished. This felt more rock, more metal than mere game music. Bravo!

[@adambenrefael2067]

16 years and still epic man thank you very much

[@sergioparra3820]

Recuerdo ver este video con mi hermano en el 2007 cuando por fin tuvimos contacto con youtube y quedar impresionado por como sonaba. Es impresionante ver que han pasado 15 años desde que se subió el video y sigue sonando igual de increíble a como lo recordaba ♥️

[@TheMKM]

holy fuck! this vid is 9 years old!!

[@RojoRiveraRojo00258]

The M.K.M. :v

[@matiasguillermosandoval8292]

holy shit! you're right!!!

[@vertexguy]

you're making me feel old! ;)

[@RojoRiveraRojo00258]

past time :')

[@REALGameMX]

+vertexguy Damn... Nagguh...

[@MartialKahn]

I remember seeing this when it was only just uploaded all that time ago. Still sounds just as awesome.

[@amazinggrace863]

20 years later... still the GOAT!

[@soilworker3]

Those bends at 1:38 might be the best I have ever heard on guitar, EVH would be envious. Fantastic rendition!

[@AnirudraDiwakar]

+vertexguy Please redo it for the 10th Anniversary !

[@vertexguy]

+Anirudra Diwakar I will definitely consider it...although right now my gear is in need of a lot of repair. :/

[@kushanblackrazor6614]

+vertexguy We definitely miss your contributions. You got insane talent.

[@arturintrovini5436]

Make it longer as well! Thank you for 10 years of listening this from time to time and jamming!

[@Sledgehammer003]

I love how this is a really really really old video. It means that as soon as youtube became popular, someone thought to do this ! GOOD !

[@cyruslow]

16 years and it's still the best COVER!!!

[@ghostmurf4906]

11 años tenia cuando escuche por primera vez este cover, 18 años despues vuelvo y sigo diciendo que es el mejor cover que de contra que existe

[@HelplessProcrastinatorChannel]

Simply the best metal version on youtube.

[@Heller103085]

We need this jam to fight the coronavirus!!!

[@Corehinduism]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZrUo3Sdpbmdl7c Yes man yes

[@Hero774]

Imagine if someone from 2006 could read this comment in the past lmfao, how mind fucked would they be?

[@KartKing4ever]

I'm surprised his site still exists and has adapted to the modern times.

[@myje18]

2017.....and i'm still watching..and loving it!

[@MusicalMuse444]

15 years! Still a go to for a quick rock out session!!!

[@capzaraki6065]

i'd still be playing this game today if his version was on it!

[@juden420]

15 years and still.

[@IchabodSunkle]

Been rockin to this since 2006

[@chacrawarrior]

this guy is just like the konami code, incredible

[@cesarcabrera5976]

15 years later and still the best cover, we survived the apocalypses thanks to @vertexguy and his covers.

[@charlie182x]

One of the first videos i ever watched in KZbin back in 2006, what a memories.

[@justinbatte227]

Dear lord its been a while, I remember watching this video in 6th grade. I'm a Sophomore in college now.

[@surfinbirdzx]

KZbin should allow people to add the second "like" to this video.

[@Occel0t575]

Watching this in 2018

[@piotrnod6489]

10/11

[@eddiekoleno2291]

After all these years still the best cover I ever listened.

[@Drakex1989]

Still completely legendary.

[@Gamester81]

Dude that's awesome! Nice job 5/5

[@WorldravenNevar]

Spread gun

[@JurgenKrace]

+Worldraven .Nevar Shotgun*

[@frederickwaramit4178]

Whose listening in 2024?

[@TheStivinson]

2022, best cover so far

[@skooardn26]

2022 now and Still The Best!

[@ckbapps2009]

Listening on 2018

[@Deetronic]

Ohh!!! Great sound! You will be PERFECT to try to remix The Last Ninja! It has amazing theme, perfect for guitar sound :)

[@charlie182x]

Omg! today this video turned 10 years, what a memories, i can't believe that i found this vid 9 years ago... why don't you do a 10th aniversary remake of this vid?

[@mystic991]

15 years after still the best

[@srko2012]

This video is almost 11 years old and I still love it!

[@modms11]

Smooth McGroove ^__^

[@ghos7bear]

16 fucking years

[@user-bx3rl1jj8q]

Still best version)

[@IchabodSunkle]

Been jamming to this since I was 14 years old 2006 Still fucking rockin

[@Elfcheg]

10 fukken years...

[@retronaut4398]

Every now and then I come to listen to this, always get the shivers.

[@albusbelmont269]

Eleven years ago!! I love this song. With it I remember the good times playing Contra. Locked and Loaded!!

[@jordibowen5785]

How has nobody mentioned the perfectly subtle zoom in right after 1:00?

[@jordibowen5785]

3 years later and im still fuckin floored

[@ladyfurytv]

@@jordibowen5785 i feel you! this is epic...i mean beyond epic

[@gitansh1153]

true

[@xzotic92]

anybody out there playing this game in 2014 ?

[@PartyQuest]

im not anymore, but i remember the childhood days i spent with this game.

[@fedor_stukin]

Sure. NES Emulator rules

[@RobertStineIsTheBest]

yeah bro xperia tablet z2 + dualshock + contra simulator = paradise :D

[@PartyQuest]

Stanislav Yeremitsa mhm.

[@lin4cba]

How could you not play this game in 2014?

[@Ostnizdasht206]

2 0 1 9

[@guillesixtosentido1645]

Year 2900, the best cover!

[@einarhornraiser9019]

Can't believe this is almost 14 years old!! Still the best! Nov 2019!

[@perfect1304]

Listen Michael Jackson thriller, u can't believe tht is too old than u😂

[@ankushn6797]

deserve more views over 10M. Promote it

[@Evgenius_Maximus_Fox]

запиилил контру когда это не было мейнстримом+

[@brudel001]

Thumbs up, if you watch this at 2016

[@huaxung6184]

+Aur0n me

[@a_single_white_female]

+Aur0n shut the fuck up

[@user-dz8iu1wf5u]

2017

[@basslineboss2351]

Aur0n Hell I'm watching it in 2017. For those of you who have not seen the Duke Nukem cover, it's amazing.

[@doomfist4120]

2018 :D

[@softback132]

This is still the best Contra cover

[@HowlingMoonCinemas]

That amazing change into his own awesome creation at 1:01. He kept it with the same spirit, as if Kazuki Muraoka himself were to have made it. That is true talent. I wish this guy was still uploading videos like this.

[@mr2jzgtte]

2019?

[@MichalNitecki]

12 years passed... I was learning this 12 YEARS AGO.... Where is this decade??? And it's still the best version of Jungle Jam!

[@9inch108]

another thumps up if u watch this at 2017

[@Mtaalas]

the fuck.. you're playing it how ever you think it goes. and that's wrong. any amateur could hear that... why? :(

[@Dorelaxen]

And you are? Oh, a complete fucking NOBODY. Please go troll somewhere else, shitstain.

[@EllieMcEla]

Mtaalas is right though... too many "video game cover musicians" rush A LOT of their covers, yet get a lot of views... it's a fucking shame.

[@checkmoney9891]

And? Who cares we call it free style dummie!!!can u do better? Don't think so right!!

[@minipaganini]

Mark McEla It sounds amazing, what are you talking about?

[@EllieMcEla]

minipaganini It looks like you don't have an ear, "mini paganini". I'm quite certain that even the real Paganini would point out the rytmical errors.

[@badnewsbruner]

I just finished watching this, and I'm still covered in chills. I've played guitar for 3 decades, and it always makes me smile when someone's dynamics are this incredible. Tasteful solos, that aren't gaudy or overdone. Just superb.... instant favorite!!

[@vertexguy]

Thanks man, I greatly appreciate it!

[@badnewsbruner]

​@@vertexguyYou're very welcome. Randy Rhodes would be proud.

[@1gbayfisher]

Still here in 2023! Amazing cover, best ever

[@MarMaxGaming]

17 years later, WOW. Amazingly done!!

[@javelinman7]

I can't up-thumb this enough. This is truly brilliant.

[@Jeff_Kasmala]

Damn, I commented on this 12 years ago... this is still amazing.

[@lpcasts1762]

I cant believe i´ve been watching this video at least every week for the last 10 years!!!

[@dereksmalls1985]

After nine years, this is still the definitive video game music cover!

[@vidsmayhem]

15 years later and still the best cover! March 2022 anyone?

[@masterisminimi1125]

2022 and still the best cover!

[@sahilincubus]

Its 2023 and still the best cover. The only guy to complete contra in just 2 minutes.

[@AirMan928]

Still amazing 15 years later

[@IchabodSunkle]

Music transcends time my dude

[@xKeltahk]

114 people forgot their contra code and couldn't beat the first level. This is the best contra theme I've heard, keep rockin,

[@faisalabulaziz1]

this dude brought this game back to its life

[@Dragonfly491]

I remember i saw this 16 years ago. Those were different and better times back then. This video rocked back then and it still rocks! 🤘🏻

[@Afrotechmods]

What's amazing about this cover is that not only did you nail the original, you added a few more new bits onto it that were actually good. Most covers botch their attempts at that.

[@BerretSO4]

15 years later and STILL the best cover /ht Hippy Treehugger

[@javelinman7]

Truly unbelievable. Absolutely great.

[@vivek-ht1vr]

wow what a great music love it........

[@Naverpace]

OMG that Solo! dont have words to describe it.

[@imhappyandyou.4003]

Nothing but awesomeness and nostalgia here!. Thanks for the great content back then and I hope that youdo return to do newer "Hits" like this good sir!. 🤞🤞🤞

[@jimmivalentine]

Mind blowing with old memories !!!

[@Moroukkeli]

sounds so beautiful