Contra III: The Alien Wars/Controls

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SNESControls
Left Dpad+Right DpadMove the character
Up DpadLook and fire upward (side levels) or move the character (overhead levels)
Down DpadDuck and fire low (side levels) or move the character (overhead levels)
B ButtonJump (side levels) or duck (overhead levels)
A ButtonAura bomb
X ButtonSwitch weapons
Y ButtonFire weapon
L ButtonRotate character counter-clockwise (overhead levels)
R ButtonRotate character clockwise on (overhead levels)
Start ButtonPause and unpause the game
Select ButtonShow the area map (overhead levels)
L Button+R Button+Y ButtonMake your guy jump and fire both weapons at the same time. If you do this on the overhead levels, he will spin and fire at the same time