Contra (for NES) version 1.0 2/18/97 by James Perley _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 2. INTRODUCTION 3. CONTROLS 4. LEVELS 5. CODES 6. WEAPONS 7. THE END _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. INTRODUCTION This FAQ is presented without any guarantees written or implied. The game was produced for the NES by Konami. This FAQ is not to be sold for profit, and must be reproduced in full with credit given to me, if you wish to distribute it. If you'd like to use an excerpt contact the author. _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. THE CONTROLS D-BUTTON: controls your movement BUTTON A - Jump BUTTON B- Shoot START- Pause _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. THE LEVELS 1. This is an easy level. Shoot the metal box things when they open to get a weapons upgrade. The tower at the end is not hard. Just knock the guy in the top dead, then attack the two cannons, it helps to have spread. Then just blast away at the door. 2. Meet the semi-first person view. It is only in levels 2 and 4. The object of this level is to shoot the disk on the wall, blow the wall, then proceed to the next one. The end boss is pretty easy. Just take out the cannons first. Note: Shoot the red enemies for upgrades. 3. This is a classic platform stage. Jump from platform to platform killing enemies, but don't fall off. The end boss is a giant alien. Shoot his arms quickly (before his mouth starts firing). Then just dodge the mouth blasts and shoot his head. A piece of cake. 4. Just like level 2, but longer and harder. The end boss is two giant headed computer. The guards appear until you take out the cannons. Then the heads fire. Watch for when one head is vulnerable then destroy it. Then blast the other. Watch out for those lockons. 5. Just avoid the machine gun nests, the bombs, and the soldiers. To defeat the tanks just stand as far left as possible and shoot. The boss is a space ship. Blast up at it when it appears, dodge when it disappears. 6. Avoid the flame throwers, machine gun nests, and the soldiers. Time your jumps so you miss the flame when jumping. The end boss is a giant guy. Blast him. When he runs at you just jump him. Avoid his weapon by jumping up. He changes color when he goes critical. 7. Shoot the spike walls. Remember that the carts are able to run you down. You can destroy them but in at least one place if you do you can't reach the power up. The end boss is a defense system. Blast the tile above the door to trash it. 8. The alien's lair is surprisingly weak. Just jump across platforms. Make sure to shoot or avoid the yellow mini-aliens. The first boss is a giant alien head thingy. Stand against the wall and blast it. Then go on and jump some more and at the end of the level is the alien heart. It is defended by some pods which launch enemies, and a spiked ball thrower. The heart is itself defenseless. Run up to it and blast it. The only real enemy you need to take out is the spiked ball thrower, if you are shooting up diagonal. You kill it and the end credits show. After the credits the game begins again, I guess so you can get a really high score. _____________________________________________________________________________ 5.THE CODES This game is really hard. They only give you 3 lives. If you'd like 30 do as follows: At the Title Screen press; Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. _____________________________________________________________________________ 6.THE WEAPONS You start out with a simple machine gun. As you progress you can get upgraded weapons, which make the game much easier. F- This weapon shoots in a circular motion. The shots rotate. M- A heavy machine gun, this upgrade will make you shoot faster, stronger, and better. S- This is the best weapon in the game. It shoots a spread fire in a wide area. It is almost hard to miss with this weapon. H- Hyper makes your gun (any upgrade too) shoot much faster. You can level armies with this one and Spread fire. L- The laser is a powerful but slow weapon. B- Invincible. You can only be killed by falling, it lasts a short time. Note: Once you are killed the weapon you were using is lost.* You also lose the current weapon when another upgrade is collected. * This does not go for the simple machine gun. You always restart with it. _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. THE END You have defeated the evil enemy and saved the universe, consider yourself a hero! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ was written by James Perley. If it is helpful or entertaining, email me at . Questions, comments, and flames are welcome. I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.