Category:Contra

Contra games are developed and produced by Konami (except for the two PlayStation titles). Before the PlayStation era of Contra games, it went under the title Probotector in Europe. Legacy of War was the first 3D Contra game, and two of the three sequels (The Contra Adventure and Neo Contra) were as well. Shattered Soldier returned to the series' 2D roots, and is generally considered to be the most difficult game in the series.

Contra Force, Legacy of War, and The Contra Adventure have been retconned out of the official chronology. Contra Force was orginally intended to be called Arc Hound and have nothing to do with the Contra series, but Konami rebranded the game for better sales (similar to what Nintendo did with Super Mario Bros. 2), and Legacy of War, and The Contra Adventure were created by Appaloosa Interactive, not Konami.

Contra games
Contra, Super Contra and The Alien Wars are about an alien invasion that began on a small island off the coast of New Zealand, each game dealing with an individual alien "nest". Operation C takes place between Super Contra and The Alien Wars, dealing with a "neighbor" of Red Falcon, Black Viper. Hard Corps is after The Alien Wars; it involves a rebel organization who plans to use past alien cell remains to gain power. By the time of Shattered Soldier, 80% of the planet's population is dead due to an accident involving a weapon created to fight off alien invasions and a terrorist group is threating the remainders. Neo Contra takes place centuries later when Earth is nothing more than a prison controlled by an organization calling themselves "Contra".

Main titles

 * Contra (US) aka Gryzor (EU, Arcade only) aka Probotector (EU, NES only) in the Arcade, ported to the NES, MSX, and Commodore 64/128.
 * Super C (US, NES only) aka Super Contra (JP, US, EU) in the Arcade, Probotector 2: Return of the Evil Forces/Probotector 2 EU, NES only.
 * Operation C (US) aka Probotector (EU) for the '''Game Boy
 * Contra III/Contra 3
 * Contra III: The Alien Wars (US) aka Contra Spirits (JP) aka Super Probotector: Alien Rebels/Super Probotector (EU) for the SNES
 * Contra: The Alien Wars (US) aka Contra Spirits (JP) for the Game Boy
 * Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX (US) aka Contra: Hard Spirits (JP) aka Contra Advance (EU) for the GBA
 * Contra: Hard Corps (US) aka Probotector (EU) for the Sega Genesis
 * Contra: Shattered Soldier (US, EU) for the PS2
 * Neo Contra (US, EU, JP) for the PS2
 * Contra 4 (US, JP) aka Contra Dual Spirits (JP) for the Nintendo DS

Other titles
These three Contra titles were also released in North America, but not in Japan.


 * Contra Force (US) for the NES
 * Contra: Legacy of War (US, EU) for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn
 *  The Contra Adventure (US) for the PlayStation