First off, sorry about the sound quality. Arcade games tend to be very bombastic, so couldn't be helped. As requested by Jason Blue. Who knew. There's a reason I haven't posted any videos of the Arcade versions of Contra before, mostly because, the controls stink. Like, really.. really... stink. There is significant delay in you aiming, and your character shooting in the direction you want him to. As it happens, I'd been working on trying to play and learn this game before the request came in, so I figured, might as well go full hog, and record this morning. Boss notes below: Stage 1: Mid-Boss: Great Heli: Heli is about as easy as it was on the NES, although the arcade games' shoddy aiming system doesn't help when Soldiers start jumping out of the machine. No.. the really tricky part of stage 1? The next bit. Boss: Base Entrance: This.. is alot harder than it has any right to be. The snipers are alarmingly accurate in this game, and the fact Bill doesn't always seem to want to aim w...
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