Contra/Stage 4

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Contra | Table of Contents | Walkthrough

[edit] 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. 
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|         [o]         |
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 Room 1
The lock is level with you’re gun so just concentrate on it until it’s gone. There won’t be much resistance yet so this should be easy to do. 
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|   [t]   [o]   [t]   |
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 Room 1
Destroy both turrets to the left and right of the lock, then concentrate on the lock to move onto the next room. 
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| [o]  [o]  [o]  [o]  |
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 Room 2
This room is extremely easy, all the locks are on the bottom, so you can just duck, fire, and destroy each of locks with ease. 
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|         [t]         |
|     [o]    [o]      |
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|_____________________|
 Room 3
The turret is at the very top, under the two locks. You might want to destroy it - it isn't really necessary, but it would save you some trouble ahead of time. Other than that, this room is standard fare. 
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|         [t]         |
|     [o]     [o]     |
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 Room 4
Same configuration as the previous room, except that all the turrets and locks have been moved down a notch. Destroy the single turret, then duck and fire to destroy each lock. Easy. 
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|   [o]   [t]   [o]   |
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 Room 5
Destroy the single turret in the center, then work on the locks on either side of the turret. Nothing special. 
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|         [o]         |
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|_____________________|
 Room 6
The only thing of interest in this room are the slots at the bottom. Line yourself up with the lock and the rolling grenades that come out of the slots should miss you. Duck when necessary, but concentrate on the lock to quickly clear this room. 
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|         [o]         |
|         [t]         |
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|_____________________|
 Room 7
Destroy the turret, then concentrate on the lock above the turret. 
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|         [t]         |
|   [t]   [o]   [t]   |
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|_____________________|
 Room 8
Same configuration as the last room in the previous base. Destroy the turrets to the left and right of the lock quickly, then fire at the lock to destroy it. Ignore the turret above the lock.

[edit] 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.

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