#SuperC

[@todzulu6]

You’re like the Bob Ross of playthroughs, awesome

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Thanks!! I admire Bob Ross's chill style, so that's a big compliment for me!

[@mattdeman5200]

Take out this little happy tree that lives here.. lol

[@prestongrizzard6416]

Yes, this! Exactly this!

[@DarthNater246]

We are just going to use our happly little spread gun on this alien.

[@jasongann8535]

We have nice little puffy aliens here..

[@davidcapano9996]

Man, i remember when this came out, i asked my grandparents for it for my birthday solely because the commercial for the game was awesome, one of the few times a game from back then lived up to the commercial and the hype

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

It was always hit or miss with games back in the day, so when you got a really good one it was so awesome.

[@asilver50]

The dog at the beginning of these videos always makes me smile.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

He's a really good boy!

[@special_kitty7195]

It's hard to believe one person could be so good at so many nes games. Very impressive

[@DietBajaBlast]

TAS?

[@devill2312]

true but this game is easy i have it her when i was kid this game was just super easy

[@BeeHatGuy]

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[@kevinlopezobrien5366]

One thing I always liked to do on the Laser Chandelier was to start attacking the center. If you knock out the lasers in the middle, you can stay safe in the middle, since the boss never scrolls the still intact lasers off screen.

[@Colechamdiceman]

The kinda high pitched sound effect of enemy bosses taking hits is my favorite sound in life.

[@the_sixxness]

Wow been playing for years and never knew Fireball could be charged.

[@parrishharris3008]

Yes and I'm almost 48

[@kristopherhall140]

I know right.

[@freddyvidz]

Me either

[@Deist]

Yup, played it many times and even beaten it yet had no clue about the charge up.

[@patrickhanlon932]

Dang, the enemies have hilarious names in this game.

[@HylianFox3]

Konami's American division had a habit of doing really off-the-walls localizations for their games. Snake's Revenge is probably the most notorious example. For instance Big Boss is now "Higharolla Cockamamie"... yeah.

[@DarthMirasshtar]

What if I told you, this channel rocks. What if I told you this channel will grow.

[@xRussianbishop]

You missed a big secret in stage 2. When entering the boss room you can walk around behind the tank and kill the back middle gunner instantly.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

That's smart! Thanks!!

[@xRussianbishop]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames Anytime love the channel glad i found it

[@LanieG1]

In stage 2, there is an easier way to progress. After you get the last 2 turret before you go to the bridge, if you have the spread shot, you can line yourself in the middle and continually shoot and walk forward. Don't stop. The spread will take out most if not all of the soldiers and the turrets you pass won't be able to target you in time. You can get all the way to the door like this. When you get to the boss, you have enough time to get all the way behind him and shoot the main soldier directly, and their shots won't be able to touch you.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Oh, that's really cool! Thanks Lanie!

[@fishyfinthing8854]

The second boss, you can sneak behind him asap. That way you can kill him faster. The forth boss, you can break the middle lasers and stay under it. You will be safe under that blind spot and then eventually take out the lasers from middle toward left and right. Always keep the right and left most laser last for safety. On the last boss. I did quite the same except walk from the ground toward the leg without climb up. When you kill it, you can quickly climb to the top right of the screen. There you can see your character floating mid air during the ending. When play on emulator, you can put both player the same button layout and select 2 players. With the same control, you can combine 2 characters to become one with double the fire power. Sometime I call the laser gun light saber when fire it very fast.

[@DDubya004]

One of my nerdy party tricks is being able to beat Super C without dying once. It was my favorite game as a kid and its like muscle memory. lol.

[@co81385]

I came here after watching your Contra video! I actually never owned the original Contra as a kid, but I did own Super C. Also, for some reason, Super C was available on the Wii Virtual Console (as well as Contra 3), but the original Contra was never on there. I got Super C and Mega Man 3 for Christmas one year. What a holiday! I think that I kind of prefer Super C to the original. I like how much of a graphical improvement Super C is. In particular, I like the selection of colors used in each stage. The sprites seem a lot more detailed. I also liked how the level design wasn't just straight left-to-right, or bottom-to-top. Some levels, such as Levels 5 and 8, have you moving both horizontally and vertically in the same stage. I agree with you that one of the reasons that this game wasn't as possible as the original may have been its name. I think that for a lot of people, "Super C" didn't immediately signal that the game was "Contra 2". I also think that the lack of the 30 lives code may have been a factor, because Super C's first level is a lot more difficult than Contra's, and a lot of players may have never been able to get past the first two levels on just 3 (or even 10) lives. By the way, I never knew about the trick that you showed for defeating the Level 3 mid-boss (the multi-leg walker thing)!

[@frozenburst6463]

Yeah, when I first played Super C, I needed the code just to beat the first level, I eventually got good enough to beat level 2 or 3 with the code. It wasn't until I beat the arcade of contra 1 and 2 from the arcade and watched guides that I got better with Super C.

[@mlc4050]

On the laser chandelier, I find it's helpful to take out the 2nd and 3rd lasers from the left first, then you have a nice umbrella to stand under to avoid laser fire, as you take out the remaining 'middle lasers', saving the end ones for last. When you leave the end lasers for last, it's not able to scroll offscreen, keeping your umbrella intact.

[@michaelemory3102]

I beat this game so many times and I still enjoy playing it! Keep up the good work!

[@JuanRodriguez-ce8vs]

9:31 Stage two: Align yourself in the dead center, and go forward without stopping. You can skip the turrets and gunners and looks AWESOME. Developed that strat with my dad when we used to play this in the 90's.

[@tylermills79]

I gotta admit whenever I think of this game that code is the first thing that pops in my head lol. I’m glad I was an older kid when the NES came out. My parents bought us the system for Christmas but I had a job so I was able to buy an enormous collection of games which I still have to this day. Being older we took really good care of it and it still works perfectly not even any yellowing. I’ve been watching this channel all week and going back an replaying all the games. It’s been a fun week.

[@DavidWonn]

I generally preferred the Fireball gun over Spread in this version, as it could deliver massive damage with the charged version (9x damage) followed quickly by a regular shot (5x damage) when the timing is mastered. A Fireball player with a Spread partner just wrecks the game as one can expect. On the other hand, a fun challenge is not just beating the game on one life, but also picking up every power-up, even if it downgrades the current weapon. It’s trickier than it sounds, as some power-ups spawn in hard-to-reach places at times, especially in the final levels. I made a video a while back that demonstrates this challenge, along with the rules in the description if anyone is interested in trying it out.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

They really did upgrade the fireball weapon for this game. Your challenge sounds fun!

[@Jopo1226]

I agree with the fireball weapon. A neat trick to do with fireball is stand on the spider miniboss in level 3 and jump up and shoot down at the spider it will harm it while you stay safe.

[@DavidWonn]

@@Jopo1226 Oh indeed, the explosions from the fireball have their handy uses, as I’m aware of the method you refer to. The method is slower than a direct assault, but extremely safe as you mention, and a fun way to show to friends. The vertical section of stage 4 naturally has places to take out guns from the explosions without ever exposing the player to any line of fire. The fireball's spiritual successor, the Crush gun in Contra 3, also has some similar exploits in hitting some mini-bosses from the "wrong" side, such as the first one in stage 3. And the flamethrower in that game is even more fun in doing similar exploits, so I almost always like to have at least one in reserve. :-)

[@101fng]

Dude, your introductions to each game are just as entertaining as the main content.

[@not2tired]

What if I told you... these intros are fire

[@DTysonator]

Super Cool guide! Super C was an absolute nightmare from my childhood, as the one hit and your dead concept was a bit too much to ask for from me at that particular point in time, much like Battletoads of course hahaha! I got up to Area 4 before getting TERMINATED during the elevator shaft boss battle. That being said, despite the harsh difficulty, I really enjoyed Super C's awesome music and kick ass action, which led me to reacquire and play this game again years later as an adult (lent the game to a friend back in 1992 and never got it back, unfortunately!). Anyway, long story short, just finishing Super C was not enough, so I decided to put myself through a single player 2P mode (letting the aliens kill off 1P Bill on purpose right off the bat, so that 2P Lance is left with even more enemies to deal with, but normal bosses/while most video games make the bosses take more damage while on 2P mode, Super C does not, surprisingly enough!) no items no deaths run. I opted to give 2P Lance (the red hero John Rambo clone, or Rance as he goes by in Japan) a chance, as most single player runs feature 1P Bill (the blue hero, Alan "Dutch" Schaefer clone): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWeXp4SBqaxqnas Yeah, that final boss is such a letdown and is one of the most anticlimactic final battles in video gaming history hahaha! However, Vigo from Ghostbusters II on the NES remains the most anticlimactic, as the game literally beats him for you and his painting pathetically melts into oblivion hahaha! And for the record, Super C for the NES was the first Contra related video game that I ever played/finished and remains my favorite to this day, on that nostalgic basis :).

[@alfredocanas6802]

I remember back in the day really liking contra force, the first boss looks like Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead.

[@JazGalaxy]

It wasnt bad but it was SO not Contra, that it felt comical. Now, with how different contra has become, it slots right into the franchise.

[@TheDeelunatic]

One thing that is worth noting with the spread gun, though it seems counter intuitive, is not using a turbo setting and spacing the timing of your shots. The reason for this is that the spread gun only allows so many bullets on the screen at a time per player so if you are rapid mashing or turbo setting on the fire button, you get a less effective (not as wide) spread.

[@parrishharris3008]

Yessssssss i love this video and I'm old so i have most contra games on all of my game systems - P.S. the last stage with the flamethrower aimed at the dropping ceiling emits a small radius of flame too detroy the orange aliens eggs pretty decently.

[@jamieanderson6222]

Omg how did I forget about super c thanks man you have really given me a trip down memory lane

[@SoleEpiphany]

It’s awesome how we all did these Contra games the same way, there was no internet resources so I don’t know if we had more logic, persistence or word of mouth got around. I remember playing these games as a kid over and over, must have been thousands of times. Definitely got your rental money worth or if you were lucky enough to own it or borrow it from a friend

[@lareh5501]

Slowdown with a lot of enemies on the screen of the original contra was a FEATURE to be enjoyed with friends. Like combining the wow factor of the 360 matrix scenes (a decade+ earlier) with the heightened urgency to concentrate in avoiding obstacles. Therefore its removal in subsequent titles should not be classified as improvements as argued at 0:58.

[@bruzzunathtuch]

Fun fact! "Jagger Froid" 's actual name is Emperor Demon Gava, they renamed him in engish because here in the states, we have ridiculous rules.

[@Pfletch83]

@U Can Beat Games The best method for taking out the Level 4 boss is to get directly under the laser array then use the spread gun to chew the center out of the laser emitters and continue shooting them from the center line out, you'll have to stay in the dead spot you created but it is very fast and very safe.

[@ruestruest1798]

the only channel where the commentaries actually complement the playthroughs

[@prshess]

I always run behind the area 2 boss. You can kill him in just a second or two if you do that

[@thehammer5164]

I used to beat this often when I was a kid. I picked it back up recently and couldn’t believe that I knew the first 4 levels like I had never stopped playing it 😂

[@Terranshark]

Still own it. At the main screen press select,start,A, and B at the same time for a list of all the sound effects and music

[@13lood13ath]

Honestly, when I was a kid I needed the Konami code, but as I got older I was able to beat Contra no problem without the code. I'm currently trying to get a no death run and I'm pretty close. The game isn't that difficult once you know whats going on.

[@frozenburst6463]

Yeah I believe you can do it. So far I have managed to beat Contra 1 for the Arcade and Famicom without dying, but always I die once in Super C (NES), and barely do not get a gameover in Super Contra (Arcade).

[@RichardCraig]

I've been playing this game since it came out and never knew about the super fireball until now... like, my mind is a little blown. It's also like CRAZY powerful! I tried some cheat codes that force you into a specific weapon, and the super fireball takes bosses out in like three shots, lol!

[@frozenburst6463]

Much better than the laser gun lol.

[@Lastjustice]

I thnik that's what really elevates Super C over Contra is you have viable options besides spread. The fireball and spread both have situations where they shine, so when my younger brother and I played, we each take one weapon and smash the game. If you charge, and immediate press the fire button you can fire another shot directly after the large fireball for maxium damage.

[@MechaTailsMK2]

Super C is my childhood game and I had no knowledge of the 10-lives code, beaten it at age 4. Thank you for making this vid, dude. Game on!

[@سیدابوالقاسمحسینی-ع9ه]

It's very nice that you provide us with information as well as the game play

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Are you going to do a video on playing Fester's quest?

[@cedric1138]

The original Contra aka Protector here in the UK is one of my fav games ever!! I knew nothing about it but went out on a limb and splashed out £40 of my very hard earned 12yo cash and I was not disappointed!!

[@MazaBLaze]

You've pointed out every reason why I never gave Super C more gameplay. Now I have to go back and play it.

[@stormykeep9213]

As a kid, I always thought of the jungle mission in Contra as some kind of homage to the movie Predator, given that they ripped off Arnold's likeness on the box art (later found out both characters on the art are Arnold, one with added hair.)

[@JM-co6rf]

You 100% articulated my thoughts on the baffling name choice of "Super C"

[@MarshallFlores]

Agree, I do think Super C is superior to Contra in a number of ways. It's a bit more polished, gameplay is a bit more fluid, the difficulty is a bit more balanced, and although Contra's soundtrack is great, Super C's is just rockin' - one of Konami's best on NES.

[@addisonwhetzel6648]

I used to play this game all the time as a kid. I could never beat the 4th level. Those damn bubbles though! You make it look easy! I'll have to dust it off and beat this right after I finish playing through Link2 with your other video. Great content!

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Thanks, Addison! Let me know if you beat either game!

[@fishyfinthing8854]

There's a finite amount of bubble, you can wait till it stop spawning.

[@addisonwhetzel6648]

@@fishyfinthing8854 I was not a patient child....

[@hannes8835]

I am not a fan of shooters, but on this channel, I could watch every game. ^^

[@libragod6671]

My new favorite channel. Great job I love the history and on screen game stats. It all looks pro. 💪👏

[@sigicosmichael9463]

My favorite channel. I am impressed i just wait for the day i see that guy playing SMASH TV on Snes like in chillmode. That game is mercyless.

[@OGREChad]

Level 7 - Never thought those were skulls before, I thought those were eggs like from Aliens! Now I can't unseen the skulls.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Its weird how our brains work sometimes!

[@Movie_Games]

The name is so stupid. I LOVED Contra as a kid. I played it through so many times. And yet somehow I thought Super C was some weird spinoff. I didn't learn the truth until Contra 3 came out. I still haven't gotten around to playing Super C.

[@doctorteethomega]

Did beat this one back in the day. Balls of steel. Your videos are so good. Please keep 'em coming.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Thanks! Im always working on the next one, getting pretty close to finished

[@kbforme]

I like your concept of offering some history and general information before you play the game.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Thanks!!

[@kurosbelmont2355]

Hmm. How did I miss this one? I never actually played super C growing up. Quickly! To the man cave! Emulator power up! We got a game to beat!

[@kristopherhall140]

I think you're the first I've seen play through without losing a life, and single player at that. Great job.

[@kamranki]

With enough practice and re-runs, you can do it too. Only somewhat random chances of dying are in 6th level (where thouse mouths/lips appear from beneath).

[@kimi4440]

You gotta teach me how to beat the 16 bit contra games.

[@arturkarpinski164]

There are a bunch of games that I wish were included in my NES mini!! Contra, Batman, Robocop and Bionic Commando to name a few. What is the best way to input more games into my NES mini??? If possible please let me know. thank you!!!

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

So, unofficially (because I don't want to be responsible if something bad happens to your NES Classic Mini from modding it - its unlikely, but it can happen) there is a program called Hackchi that allows you to add games through the USB power connection. It's not terribly hard to use, so if I wanted to add games, I'd Google that and go from there.

[@arturkarpinski164]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames Thank you that helps!!! I appreciate the info!!!🎮👍

[@VAIZEN]

I always wanted to know if the characters en the early levels they were robots, humans or aliens in disguse

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Me too! If i had to guess, Id go with aliens in disguise - that's definitely what they are in the arcade version

[@sspotter1978]

They're robots in disguise. Or Transformers.

[@danielroman7699]

I thought it was the good guys' Army but brainwashed

[@sidgar1]

They are alien parasite-infected humans. In Stage 7, they start having arms like the Xenomorphs in Stage 8, suggesting that they are hybrids or are morphing into alien life forms themselves as a result of genetic experimentation. EDIT: One starts coming on the screen at the bottom left at around 22:32

[@frozenburst6463]

I believe It is a mixture, at the end of the Famicom (Japanese version of the NES) Contra, if you held down Select and Start as the island exploding cutscene was playing, and held them down the entirety of the credits a secret messaged appeared that translated to something along the lines of, "Foolish Earthlings! Did you really think you destroyed us? We will take over all of Earth's Bases and by the time you realize it, it will be too late. Red Falcon will Live Forever!" (source: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJTapIeLeLlllbs). Then in Super C we clearly see some Soldiers are Aliens in Disguise in Stage 7. But Stage 2 is called Fort Firestorms Warped Mind Command Center, hinting that some soldiers are actually human, but are just mind controlled to do Red Falcons bidding.

[@EMM-dd1vs]

Damn. Did you literally never die?

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

It took a lot of attempts to get a good looking run!

[@stacypare7955]

I'm 36...and I can beat this without a single death every time..might explain why this was and is one my top 5 go to games on nes. I honestly mastered this game at an early age. Now iv got it down to a science and ridiculous memory.

[@stacypare7955]

I'm 36...and I can beat this without a single death every time..might explain why this was and is one my top 5 go to games on nes. I honestly mastered this game at an early age. Now iv got it down to a science and ridiculous memory.

[@tiagojorge8071]

I have a Super Contra clone cartridge, manufactured in Brazil by a company called CCE which was sold under the name of a subsidiary company called Audax. In this cartridge, when entering the 30 lives code, we receive 200, simbolized by (K1) and there is still another curiosity, if we gain one more life, the amount changes to 100.

[@albertnorman4136]

I always preferred the fire gun in Super C, because it had so much more range in those top-down levels.

[@frozenburst6463]

As long as you got the R powerup for the other guns, they would go much further too.

[@Lastjustice]

@@frozenburst6463 The only gun you can have a rapid by lvl 2 is the machine. The rest you can't get a rapid till later, so for level 2 you probably will need take the fireball for greater range. By level you have several chances to have another weapon with rapid, but matter of surviving that long with it on lvl 6.

[@crazysnake1096]

I can honestly say I beat both Contra and Super C without the codes

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

That's the way to do it, good stuff!

[@OneManGSG]

Me too. Every single time

[@bransonbenson9520]

You're my new favorite youtuber bro..finding a channel of this quality is like finding secret treasure..I want u to blow up but I'm kinda selfish in that I like that not many people know about u yet but that will change soon I know..and you deserve it buddy I'm glad to witness it💯👍🏽

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Thank you so much, Branson!! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[@Nocturne_Duskclaw]

I love the dramatic reading of the really stupid localized names they gave the enemies and bosses in this game. Unless those were their names in the Japanese Version too.

[@frozenburst6463]

I would believe they were similar but not as extreme as the English version. Edit: just searched the name of the second level in Japanese, it says 基地内部 (Kichi naibu) which means "Inside The Base". While the English version is "Forth Fire Storm's Warped Mind Command Center". So Japanese versions probably where all more normal.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

Super C is my goto game on the NES since it came out

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

People all love the original, but this sequel is totally worthy of the same kind of praise.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames It's better than the original, no stupid pseudo 3D + I love the overhead stages that replaced it! I've been addicted to the game since I was a kid and it's still just as fun now! The arcade game is great too

[@AndyMutz]

I have never played any of the Contra games, but now I understand why this and the Turrican games are always compared to each other :)

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Oh yeah, they are definitely comparable!

[@อัครเดชนาคพิทักษ์ไไันามน]

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[@jodysgamingchannel9480]

Dude, you're doing these _every week_?! This is like a month of work at least! Love the content, but don't burn out on us. Can't wait for Guardian Legend. (Figure of speech, I can totally wait, just excited)

[@gabrielallen8256]

8:37 you can can never attack it from the side, you'll do less damage that way. Just shoot straight. The bullets that come out the tank shoot in three different directions leaving an opening for you to avoid them.

[@tylerharvey3688]

"what if I told you" man you crack me up. Lol

[@Alysa-Aiday]

*Fun Fact:* The sound made by the dynamite that drop in 3s during Area 1 of Super C, is the same sound made when Foot Soldiers either break doors open in Scene 1-1, or smash up through the floor in Scene 6 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game for NES *Fun Fact 2:* If you successfully - *Yes, it can be done!* - avoid dying and move behind the Magnetically Powered Heavily Armored Magnus, you can shoot the middle gunner & take it down *WAY* faster!!

[@caslaBBalsac]

There are a few problems: -I agree with you that the spread gun is one of the best in the game, however, there are several places where it is weaker than the Fire Gun. Most Notably levels 7 and 8. In the former, you can kill the purple pods below you by firing at the floor, though one of the requires charging it. In the latter, it makes the section where the ceiling drops safer, as you can destroy the "alien eggs" by just shooting the ceiling. It also gets more range in the overhead levels, and to me, the things that shoot at you from far away are a greater threat than the random spawns. -In level 3, there's actually an easier and safer way to deal with the orb launchers, simply scroll the screen slowly and stop the instant they fire. You can then move to the back of the screen to avoid getting hit, you'll have to jump over some explosions, but it's overall safer. For the miniboss, many find it safer to just jump on it, wait for it to fire, jump off, shoot it up, then jump back on. Your strategy, while solid, requires precise positioning. -On the level 4 boss, it's WAY safer to take out the MIDDLE turrets first, then carve your way outward. This gives you a safe place to be until there is only one turret left. Also, the blue orbs at the beginning DO stop spawning, so you can just shoot them until that happens instead of running under them. -You don't have to kill Jagger Froid's Dragon. It actually travels a set path no matter your position. Just stand a distance in front of Jagger Froid, and it'll circle around you, while still leaving you enough room to destroy his shots, then exit left. -It's actually possible to jump to the slope above the spit statues in level 8 right about as they start firing. It's risky, but arguably less so than ducking while hoping not to get flanked by the runners.

[@johnmorey720]

With the facehugger eggs in stage 7, if you use the spread gun and shoot down at the last ones (where you can scroll t so only the tiniest part of the sprite is visible) when the tip of the egg is visible, you can kill it - but with an added graphical glitch where the egg won't "explode," but it will effectively be dead. You can tell that you "killed" it when your shots stop hitting and start passing through, and from that point on the egg will be motionless and harmless in the background, but its graphics will still be there. Try it sometime!

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

That's cool I will try it sometime!

[@johnmorey720]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames It's something I just sort of always did - jump and fire down as soon as I can hit them, and I realized that nobody else does this online, so maybe it's a glitch/secret only I discovered? I dunno.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

They're actually background tiles and not sprites, because they're off the screen partially it causes the gfx glitch. Same deal as the turrets on stage 2 when you can't hit them until they are on the screen enough, they're just animated background tiles too.

[@johnmorey720]

@@PlasticCogLiquid Thank you! I thought it was something like that.

[@frozenburst6463]

I just run off the edge a bit and quickly clip back on to reveal the eggrons.

[@kennymendoza1581]

On the second boss, dont stop walking around the left side while the boss id frozen still. Get behind the boss and hit the center guy point blank in the back. You will save time.

[@ThetrueCosmicKaiju]

Super C is still my favorite contra game. I absolutely adore it

[@frozenburst6463]

Other tips that are good to know when you play (Warning, long as hell, but pretty detailed): *General Tips* - If you crouch and press the jump, you will be able to jump (you would have to stand up first in the first game). If you hold down as you are about to land though, and you will instantly touch the ground in your crouch form. Using this ability will make it nearly impossible for the turrets (stage 1) and Jameera/Jagger Froid's Spit Soldier (stage 8) to hit you, and this allows you to attack the enemies that spawn while dealing with the turrets and Jameeras. - Turrets and other machine based enemies in side-scrolling levels have an exploding animation, DO NOT run into them while they explode, they can still kill you if you touch them as they are dying. - The R power-up not only makes bullets shoot faster, it also allows the bullets to travel further in the top down levels. *Tips Throughout The Video* - For turrets in the second level at 9:17, it is best to stand just to the side of the guns on the turret. A good spot would be with the sprite of Bill is to the side of the dots on the tiles closest to the turrets guns (Confusing? Imagine Bill's sprite at 9:17 to be more to the left to where his model is just to the side of the dots he is standing on). This will make the turrets shoot straight, but not hit you, just don't move too close or they can aim diagonally and hit you. - A better strategy for the turrets at 9:39 is to stand in the middle of the bridge and run straight through (sometimes depending on how they shoot, you will need to turn back and run again once they stop shooting). If you want to kill them though then stand pretty much where UCBVG stood at 9:51, and gun them both down. - For the boss at 10:00, there is another strategy you can do which is quicker. The boss will move based off of the verticality of the player. So if the player is higher up, the boss will move up, but the boss can only go so high. So if you take out the red gunners (1 if you want to be quicker but it is more risky), go behind the boss and watch out for the green gunner (and red if you only killed 1 red). Once you are right behind the green gunner, spam your shots, you will shoot faster since your bullets are instantly hitting him and the game cant slow you down with its bullet limit. - For the motor launcher at 11:07, you can shoot the bullets it launches and destroy them if it is taking too long to kill the motor. Don't stand too close to the motor because 1. touching it will kill you (like UCBVG said) and 2. a support capsule (the football looking object) will spawn that has a laser gun. Laser guns suck in this game. You don't want to collect it because you were shooting the bullets and accidentally shot the capsule and was forced to get the gun. - A great strategy for the Outer Defense System is to stand where you gun shoots straight up and right into the purple gun to the bottom of the boss, but your character is a bit to the side of the gun. The bottom and top turrets can't hit you as long as you don't move. The characters hitbox is weird so you will be alright from those 2 guns. The side guns can hit you though. The first shot they shoot will miss but the next one you will need to jump over (note: do not jump over the side guns first shot because the bottom gun is too low and will kill you from jumping into it). Then the when the guns change positions, do the same thing you did last time. If you were spamming your shots fast enough with your spread gun (if you still have it). You will be able to defeat the boss with the guns only changing positions once or twice. - A better way to deal with the bubble guns at the beginning of stage 4 is to just shoot at the bubbles until they stop coming after a while, there is actually a limit to how much each gun can shoot, it will take longer, but it will guarantee you will not get hit by them. - For the barrels on the ceiling at 14:05, if you want you can shoot the ones falling right on top of you and destroy them before they hit you if you got the spread gun and can spam fast enough. If you think you will not hit them in time, just duck and you are okay. - Another strategy for the Laser Chandelier is to shoot as fast as possible to destroy middle lasers. If you destroy at least 3 lasers that are side by side, you can stand right under them and safely shoot the other lasers. The issue with video's strategy is the boss will continuously move to the side until a working laser touches the side, so you could easily get cornered. - For Jagger Froid himself, it is just better to stand right in front of him (in case the perspective throws off how you should aim at him). If the dragon is defeated, them just stand close enough where you can hit him, but far enough where the bullets don't spawn on you. - If you want to make the game feel more creepy and cinematic, the "Alien Skulls" are actually dead Alien Eggs (the entire level is made of them). - If you want to take care of the Bugger Spawners quicker but more safely than jumping down in front of them, you can jump into the underside of platforms and shoot them at an angle (hitting your head on the platforms will not make you fall quicker than jumping without one in the way), just make sure to fall back onto the platform you were on before you fall right in front of the spawners. - The Eggron at 24:32 cannot be killed unless you run off the platform and quickly run back on (your character will be high enough to clip back onto the platform if you are quick enough). For some reason, doing that enough will make the screen scroll low enough for you to kill the Eggron. - For the falling ceiling in Red Falcon's Poison Palace, if you don't have the Spread Gun or aren't comfortable using it to deal with the bubble enemies when the wall falls, then use the fire gun that appears right before it. The cool thing about the fire gun is that it can penetrate walls with its explosion. Making it a piece of cake to deal with those enemies, but that is the last power up that appears, so you will have to use that or your basic rifle against the final boss. - If you want to waste no time when the ceiling falls, jump at the edge of the platform and you can usually make the jump to the next platform. Just don't jump as the ceiling falls, you will get pushed into the pit.

[@frozenburst6463]

While I do know things, I didn't know of the tips for the Metal Spider Boss and didn't know the Temple of Terror's horns could be destroyed either. Funny bonus tip is that If you defeat the final boss and hold right and spam jump, you will jump onto an invisible floor and be flying in the air by the time the theme plays .

[@frozenburst6463]

Credits to where most of my tips come from (Most I did not learn of myself) Source 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnWXYXmYjLCroMU Source 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJCkfoGIrJKZb68 Yes these are both music videos of the game and I just find that hilarious this is how i got good at Super C.

[@yangofice8361]

I want to see Contra Force!!!!!! That game was tough too! It's underated!

[@MR-nl8rg]

Your content has helped me so much. Ty

[@Jedavis05]

Took me back in time. Nice vid bro 👍🏾.

[@Xenolord]

I played the hell outta Super C when I was younger. I was garbage at it, of course, but I always came back to it, no matter what. My brother and I would play coop. I never got Spread, 'cause I would always - without fail - lose it immediately. :D I personally love Super C more than the original Contra, but that's just rose-colored glasses. Some of these bosses though... the hell were they smoking when they named them? My favorite has to be the Babalou Destructoid Mechanism (Love his design, too.)

[@matthewtheuret8215]

This was hands down my favorite nes game.

[@celam1244]

I'm playing on a "250 games in 1" cartridge for NES and the 4th boss glitched and was invisible 😳 thanks to this, I beat it anyway 👍

[@johnnyglenn2692]

That's so funny, I actually didn't get super c as a kid because of the name, I exactly thought the same thing you said, it seemed like it was a fake contra instead of part 2, I didn't play it until I was an adult

[@the_sixxness]

I have scored over 1 million points on SuperC and I have reached over 6 million, and approached the 6,999,999 score limit on Contra. All without codes.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Woah, that's impressive!!

[@the_sixxness]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames Yeah im pretty good at Contra but you were the one who informed me the Fireball Gun could charge.

[@gabrielallen8256]

10:00 Walk around the tank before the guys with guns pop up, then shoot the green guy at the top. It'll take about 5 to 10 seconds (maybe a little less) to beat the boss depends on the weapon you have. They won't shoot you if you're on top.

[@nebulapig]

I never knew about ducking down in the water!

[@orlandotruitt5997]

This game spooked me a bit as a kid.

[@toonreaction]

I'm addicted to your channel. Please consider doing an Super Nintendo channel as well please!😊

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

I'm definitely going to do some more Super Nintendo games, but I'll do them on this same channel! I have done one SNES game already, Super Star Wars, if you want to check that out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXScd5Kgdp6naqc Thanks for watching!

[@medleysa]

Anytime you see a difficulty change or code removal in the American version of an old game, it’s usually because of the US rental market. Rentals weren’t really a thing in other regions; people tended to buy their games. In the US, the fear was that if a game was too easy, people would rent it and beat it during the rental period, which would discourage them from purchasing the game.

[@TheWaterdog6]

I really enjoy these and the monster breakdowns too. I think you should expand to the Genesis too. There are loads of difficult games there. For some reason Genesis is like the one platform nobody covers unless its Sonic.

[@BurnDoubt]

The reason the extra lives code was taken out of the American release is the same reason most releases have the difficulty cranked up here. Since renting video games was only a thing allowed in the us at the time, the thought was by increasing the difficulty and making it impossible for players to beat in one or two rentals they wouldn't see as much of a decrease in sales because of renting.

[@MsFreshadenu]

I had super C. So I was stoked it was on classic. I liked it more

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

This game is awesome, and while the original is a serious classic, they really made good upgrades for the sequel!

[@philswaim392]

You dont have to lower your voice to sound cool or epic. Your content is great and format is easy to follow.

[@CalMarcy]

for the boss at 24:45, the red balls cant hit you if you keep standing on the ground. They go right over you. So I just ignore them. Also the purple balls are easy to jump over if the fall on the ground, so I don't bother shooting them.

[@jasongann8535]

When the cheat code only gave 10 lives you knew sh*t was about to get real.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

no doubt!

[@knightimusprime25]

on the final boss you can also stand at the base of it and fire diagonally upwards and still get most everything it shoots at ya sometimes doin it that way you'll hair to fire upwards to get whatever slips through but that way is just as easy as jumpin up on it

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Nice tip! It feels like they had a little bit of mercy on the players that made it to the end, which is very unlike Contra.

[@knightimusprime25]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames actually it's a little better standin there at the base than up next to the head it's alot easier to shoot and dodge shit that way

[@frozenburst6463]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames It seems more like the NES devs felt bad for players for how how hard the original arcade levels were, so they gave more easier levels that mainly had platforming. Hence every level that was in the arcade have less enemies and more platforming.

[@danseth5775]

Contra force for Nes was really good too.No one ever talks about it

[@axelwulf6220]

My Dad actually called this Contra 2, because it was the sequel

[@officialtruvotru-druvevoch7049]

Contra series is awesome I'm sure it inspired the Metal Slug series also. Hope you'll review them as well.

[@intibird5281]

In Contra 4 for DS there's the Museum, which states that indeed, Super C got the Contra taken out of the North American title to distance themselves from the Iran-Contra scandal.

[@hdofu]

also if you have spread for the laser chandelier it makes sense to take out the center first as the chandelier will never go beyond the farthest non destroyed laser turret.

[@MySPIDERBAT]

Very underrated channel

[@gfear24]

I prefer Super C over the OG. Though I loved the OG as well.