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A Brief History of Contra

Posted by Zonk on

downwithlove writes "Seems most of the sites out there are not digging Neo Contra. I actually think it's better than Shattered Soldier, that one being ridiculously hard. I caught this History of Contra feature on UGO that briefly outlines the progression of the series from Arcade to Next-Gen system. Good for those looking to remember their first NES romp, before the three-dimensional polygonse."

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  1. Quite interesting by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Informative
    In the linked (non Slashdotted!!! Yah) site: "but the Contra name was born out of two Japanese kanji symbols on the side of the cabinet that were pronounced "kon" and "tra". "

    I always thought that it had something to do with the Contra rebels in Central America, who were in the news at the time. Now... I know better.

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    1. Re:Quite interesting by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Informative

      Slight uber-geek nitpick, there is no "tra" sound in Japanase, it was probably tora, but in English, it sounds kind of dumb to have that extra o in there, so they took it out and made a perfectly good alien drug cartel name from it.
      I hear Reagan was an afficionaddo...

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