About
Super Contra is a Run and Gun-style action game produced by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to the original Contra and the second game in the Contra series released for the arcades. Like in the original game, the game centers on soldiers Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, who are once again assigned to protect the Earth from an army of alien invaders. The game features standard side-scrolling stages, as well as all new overhead stages in lieu of the original game's "3D" stages.
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
- Genres
- Shooter, Platform, Arcade
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
- Age ratings
- PEGI 12, ESRB E10+
- IGDB rating
- 66 / 100 (86 ratings)
- Also known as
- Супер Контра, Super Contra: The Alien Strikes Back, Super Contra: Alien no Gyakushuu
Release dates
| Platform | Release |
|---|---|
| Amiga | |
| Arcade | · Japan · North America · Europe |
| DOS | |
| PC (Microsoft Windows) |
Screenshots
Related games
Super Contra
X360
Arcade Archives: Super Contra
PS4 · Switch
Super C
3DS · Wii · famicom · WiiU
Contra Anniversary Collection
PS4 · PC · XONE · Switch
Contra
Arcade
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Arcade · SNES · Wii · WiiU
Contra 4
NDS · Mobile
Contra ReBirth
Wii
Operation C
Game Boy
Contra: Hard Corps
Genesis/MegaDrive
Neo Contra
PS3 · PS2
Hard Corps: Uprising
PS3 · X360
Game data and images from IGDB. Names and artwork belong to their respective owners.