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The fight for freedom continues in Super Contra! The alien menace, Red Falcon, has fought back and it's up to Lance and Bill to stop them. Play multiplayer over Xbox Live with upgraded graphics and sound. Do you have what it takes to save the world again? Enjoy the authentic original gameplay of the arcade classic. Super Contra features two player co-op gameplay, just like the original. Play co-op on the same console or on Xbox LIVE. Communicate with your buddy by voice using the Xbox 360 headset. Xbox LIVE Leaderboard statistics are kept for Arcade (single player—high score, all time and weekly) and Xbox LIVE co-op (high score—all time and weekly). Score 12 achievements worth 200 gamer points with a range of simple, challenging, and hard achievements. [Microsoft]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 75
Worth Playing
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Official Xbox Magazine
Old-time arcaders will dig the ramped-up challenge: Super's tough even with a partner, and we had to lower the difficulty and hoard the spread gun - our sidearm soulmate - to beat all five levels solo. [Sept 2007, p.76]
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X360 Magazine UK
Insanely hard. [Issue#24, p.101]
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Official Xbox Magazine UK
Another cheap money-spinner. [Nov 2007, p.107]
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EuroGamer
Super Contra might appeal to the extreme hardcore retro apologists out there with oceanic reserves of patience and superhuman skills. It's certainly a challenge, and if that sounds like you, go for it. But if you're a mere mortal and squeal when the going gets tough, then the chances are you'll agree that the sequel is just too damn bloody minded by design to warrant much attention 19 years on.
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