Contra (NES)/Stage 4

Base 2
This stage is basically the same as Base 1 but only harder... yeah, harder as in more rooms and more enemies and crap thrown at you. The locks also have shields on them. The only way to get rid of them is to blast them to reveal the lock. There’s a lot more action in every room than the last base so you’ll have to start ducking and weaving around to avoid enemies and bullets. Don’t be a hero and start shooting everything - duck when you have to! By the way, the spread gun is a savior here. Try not to lose it.

Key:
 * [o] = lock
 * [t] = turret
 * ||| = grenade slots


 * lock/turret in center = level with your gun.
 * lock/turret near top = above you, you'll have to jump and fire to hit it.
 * lock/turret near bottom = below you, you'll have to duck and fire to hit it.

Boss: Terminal 2
The same basic thing as the previous base boss. Start off by destroying the block in the way of the turret and then the turret as fast as you can. You’ll see why right away. Around the time you start hitting the turret the bastard brigade of enemies will start coming out of the sides in two main waves: the red Soldiers and the Winged Soldiers. Roughly every ten seconds one of the groups will come out in alternating waves and attack. The red Soldiers come out, stop in your general area, and fire three bullets each at you. Worse still is that they generally behave like Snipers meaning they have decent aim. Get them while they’re still moving around if you can. The Winged Soldiers will move to your general area and try to jump into you. These guys are much easier to kill. These two groups of enemies will endlessly come out and menace you until you destroy the turret and the blocks.

It’s very important to note that you should destroy the turret first before the rest of the blocks or the waves will continue while the real boss appears. This time the boss is composed of four shadowy images that move along the black section at the top of the screen. You can only damage the boss when two of the images intersect with each other. When they do, they’ll stop for a moment before separating again at which time they each shoot out a small, fast moving orb that will try to home in on you. If you have the spread gun, you can make mince meat out of this boss, all you have to do is stand in the middle and fire away and occasionally jump over the orbs if they get too close. If you don’t have the spread gun, concentrate on one side first and then move onto the other side. Try to destroy the orbs on the side you’re concentrating on so you don’t have to work so much to defeat this boss.