Nintendo exclusive
Contra ReBirth
2009M2 · Wii
Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.
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2007 · WayForward Technologies · Platformer, Shoot 'em up · Open the game page →
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248 games like Contra 4 · 1982 – 2012
Nintendo exclusive
M2 · Wii
Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.
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Konami · Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Arcade +12
Contra (also known as Gryzor in Oceania and Europe), is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. The game had multiple ports, including for var
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PlayStation exclusive
Konami · PS2, PS3
In A.D. 2642, Earth remains scarred from previous alien conflicts as environmental problems grow beyond humanity's control. 80% of the planet's population was completely devastated by a malfunctioning hyper-magnetic weapons grid during deve
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Rainbow Arts · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +11
Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personal
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Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +8
The time bomb is set. It's the only sure way to get rid of these aliens. For good. They're vile. Vicious. And villainous. And they've infested our outcolony. They're holding hundreds of inhabitants hostage. Some of them your friends. So get
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Rare Ltd. · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy +4
Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series. The game is a platform scrolling beat 'em up, with varying elements of racing, climbing and vehicle-based obstacle courses. Players start with three lives each time the game is starte
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Nintendo exclusive
Taxan · Game Boy, NES
In a remote corner of the galaxy, there lives a race of super-brains known as the Burai. For thousands of years, their vast mental capabilities have been focused upon one goal: the conquest of the universe! To accomplish this, they are crea
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PlayStation exclusive
Treasure · PS2, PS3
Gradius V is the fifth entry in Konami’s Gradius series, originally released for PlayStation 2. It introduces new mechanics while retaining core side-scrolling shooter gameplay. One notable addition is the ability to control the firing dire
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Sega console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000
The player takes the role of Chelnov, a coal miner who miraculously survives the malfunction and explosion of a nuclear power plant. Chelnov's body gains superhuman abilities due to the massive amount of radiation given off by the explosion
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Nintendo console exclusive
Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5
For two years, your people have struggled against the relentless onslaught of invading forces. With your army reduced to a handful and your artillery depleted, further resistance seems impossible. But in a hidden underground laboratory, a
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Windows
Iji is an action-packed strategic platform shooter with a detailed story, large levels with multiple paths, powerful bosses and lots of secrets. There are alternate gameplay events, dialogues and scenes depending on what you do, a wealth of
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Capcom · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1
A gigantic space explosion sends two strange meteors crashing to Earth. The call goes out and Mega Man speeds to the site. There he sees his arch-rival, Dr. Wiley, fleeing the scene, clutching one of the mysterious metallic meteors. Now Meg
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Nintendo console exclusive
Apogee Software · Game Boy Color, MS-DOS, Windows +2
Duke Nukem is back. Captured by an alien foe in the middle of promoting his best-selling book, “Why I’m So Great”, Duke must once more defeat the forces of evil to save himself from the knowledge-stealing Rigelatins, and ultimately prove hi
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Timed Sega exclusive
Bioware · Dreamcast, PS2, Wii +1
Kurt Hectic in his snazzy suit with ribbon chute is back to save the universe. This time he is teamed with the genius Dr. Hawkins and the 6-legged gun-toting robotic dog, Max. Together they must out-sneak, out-blast and out-think their enem
84 rating4 lists9 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Minakuchi Engineering Co., Ltd. · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +5
For two years, your people have struggled against the relentless onslaught of invading forces. With your army reduced to a handful and your artillery depleted, further resistance seems impossible. But in a hidden underground laboratory, a
68 rating3 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Tecmo · Arcade, NES, Nintendo 3DS +3
Thrilling new cinema screen! Follow the story of Ryu's epic adventure through Tecmo's movie-like Cinema Screen Animation. As you complete each level, a new part of the story unfolds. Exciting new powers and weapons! Over the years Ninja Ryu
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Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy Color
To the kids at school, you're 8-year-old Billy Blaze. To alien enemies in the galaxy you're superhero Commander Keen and it's up to you to save the Earth from destruction. As you put on your brother's football helmet you'll blast away on yo
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Koei Tecmo Games · Arcade, Atari Lynx, NES +3
Thrilling new cinema screen! Follow the story of Ryu's epic adventure through Tecmo's movie-like Cinema Screen Animation. As you complete each level, a new part of the story unfolds. Exciting new powers and weapons! Over the years Ninja Ryu
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo DS, Wii U
Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure game that combines exploration, shooting, and competitive multiplayer gameplay. Set across interconnected locations, it features objective-based progression alongside encounters with
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Apogee Software · Linux, MS-DOS, Windows +1
Intelligence reports indicate that a man calling himself Dr. Mangle is responsible for the mutants and the destruction of Metro. You will have to battle your way through levels packed with evil mutants and robotic guards to finally infiltra
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Timed Sega exclusive
Treasure · Android, Game Gear, Linux +7
The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo DS, Wii U
Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure game that combines exploration, shooting, and competitive multiplayer gameplay. Set across interconnected locations, it features objective-based progression alongside encounters with
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Pipeworks Software · GameCube, PS2, Wii
Total Destruction features four game modes. The first is a campaign in which players work to progressively take out cities around the world. King of the City and King of the World are competitive modes where up to four players compete. In K
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Windows
Having fought countless Robot Masters over the years, Mega Man is ready to lay back, relax and enjoy his 25th Anniversary. Getting wind of this, Ryu and his fellow Street Fighters want one last battle before they let their own anniversary f
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Nintendo exclusive
Advance Communication · NES
Something was terribly wrong in the distant man-made Spondylus star system. One by one, the planets' central life-support computers had been infected with a life-threatening virus while the planets' surfaces had been overrun with computeriz
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Nintendo exclusive
Budcat Creations · Wii
Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy challenges shooter fans to a frenetic geometric battle exclusively for Nintendo Wii. As you destroy enemies, you’ll catch their parts and use them to make your own ship bigger and stronger. Then, unleash y
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Xbox console exclusive
Mitchell Corporation · Arcade, Xbox Series
It is the late 21st century, and the world has come under the control of a single federal government. One day a new threat known as Abdullah the Slaver appears, causing widespread terror and panic. The fear in men's hearts incites the aband
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Mitchell Corporation · Arcade
It is the late 21st century, and the world has come under the control of a single federal government. One day a new threat known as Abdullah the Slaver appears, causing widespread terror and panic. The fear in men's hearts incites the aband
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MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
The best fighters from around the universe battle in the ultimate tournament. Each win allows you to advance to the next round. Lose, and your homeworld is destroyed. Survival is your only option. Flest ripping, blood sucking, claw slashin
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Sega exclusive
Game Gear, Sega Genesis
Chankan: The Forever Man was an Action Platformer for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. The game featured an uncommonly dark premise for the time of its release, which saw the home console market flooded with licensed platformers based on family-
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PlayStation exclusive
SingleTrac · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Critical Depth is based on concept and engine of SingleTrac's original best selling Twisted Metal franchise. This game is basically a demolition derby which permits the usage of ballistic projectiles, but occurs under water and every vehicl
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Nintendo console exclusive
High Voltage Software · Wii, Android
As Washington D.C. is embroiled in chaos, Secret Service agent Michael Ford finds himself recruited by a mysterious organization known as The Trust, and is quickly caught up in a national crisis, an alien invasion and a web of conspiracies
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Softdisk · Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, Windows +1
The Catacomb Abyss is the 1992 sequel to Catacomb 3-D. It is the first part in a trilogy.
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Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy Advance
A platformer released for the Game Boy Advance. It is a reboot of the franchise and was developed by Game Titan, rather than Epic Games, the developer of the previous Jazz Jackrabbit games.
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PlayStation exclusive
Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation
Mission Critical! You control Ray, the only surviving member of the elite Contra Force. Blast your way through 10 levels to stop the alien hordes from infesting the jungles of South America. Although equipped with a huge arsenal of weapon
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Appaloosa Interactive · PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Contra: Legacy of War is a 3D action game produced by Konami and developed by Appaloosa Interactive that was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was the first of two Contra games that were externally develope
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Arc System Works · PS3, Xbox 360
Thrilling retro run-and-gun action is back with a vengeance in Hard Corps: Uprising, a new 2D side scroller developed by ARC System Works that pays homage to classic Konami action series. Play as the soldier Bahamut as he begins to write hi
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SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +1
Inspired by the Contra series, Cyber-Lip is an early side-scrolling shooter by SNK for the Neo Geo. It's considered one of the predecessors to popular Metal Slug franchise.
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Nintendo exclusive
Inti Creates · Nintendo DS
This game contains elements from the Mega Man X series and the Mega Man Zero series. The game introduces a new open-ended gameplay environment and the ability to select the protagonist's gender, a first in the series. The player's character
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Sega console exclusive
Data East · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +6
Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in 1989. The game was ported by Data East to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 and by Ocean Software to various home computer platforms during the
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PlayStation exclusive
Shiny Entertainment · PlayStation
Wild 9 is a 2D platformer with 3D graphics, featuring gameplay similar in vein to the company's Earthworm Jim games. Unique to the game is the The Rig, a weapon the protagonist wields. The Rig functions like an electronic lasso, capable of
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PlayStation exclusive
PlayStation Portable
A 3D action starring a super-deformed version of the Grim Reaper (or, as the title would suggest, the junior successor to Death himself) featuring platforming and shooting elements. Death, Jr. has a range of weapons to go along with his tru
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Timed Atari exclusive
Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18
It's a nightmare, but it's true! Research shows that we are the actual aliens on Earth, and the ruthless Xevions are the original inhabitants. Now the Xevions want Earth back -- minus humans! Their invasion forces are fierce -- the land is
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Nintendo exclusive
NES
G.I. Joe is a NES game from 1991 published by Taxan which later spawned a sequel called G.I Joe the Atlantis factor.
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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5
A.M.C.: Astro Marine Corps is a sideways scrolling shooter in which you control a member of the Astro Marine Corps who has to blast his way through the various alien infested levels. You have three lives and each life has an energy bar whi
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Nintendo exclusive
Taito · SNES, Wii
Darius Twin is a shoot 'em up video game released for the Super NES in 1991. It was the first new installment in the Darius series to not be originally designed for the arcades, and also the first to have a normal 4:3 screen-ratio. Interest
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Nintendo exclusive
Torus Games · Game Boy Advance
Alien scientists have plotted to take over the earth; it's Duke Nukem's job to prevent them from executing their evil science project. Duke's using his full arsenal of weapons and is teleporting to various locations around the world in orde
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Nintendo exclusive
Semnat Studios · Wii
Battle wave after wave of enemies in this stylish side-scrolling run n' gun action game for one to four players Fight your way through 13 diverse locations on your own or with up to three friends in this frenetic sidescrolling action game.
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