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.: November 7, 2002.: November 14, 2002.: February 21, 2003Mode(s),Contra III: The Alien Wars is a 1992 video game developed and published by for the (SNES). It is the third home console entry in the series after (1987) and (1988) for the (NES). In, it was retitled Super Probotector: Alien Rebels and the player characters were replaced with robots.
The player is tasked with fighting off an alien invasion of Earth across six stages. Four stages feature side-scrolling action traditional to the series while two are presented from an overhead perspective. It is the first Contra title to have been directed by Nobuya Nakazato who later directed other games in the series. He designed Contra III to feature more comical elements, a more cinematic soundtrack, and tighter stage design than its predecessors.Contra III received positive reviews, with critics praising its arcade quality derived from its sound and visual design. It has been called one of the best Contra games in retrospective reviews. It was ported to the as Contra: The Alien Wars (1994) by where it received positive reviews for its enhancements.
Konami also released a port titled Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX (2002) which received more critical reviews for removing features in the original. The SNES version was rereleased several times on 's online distribution services. Four stages are side-scrolling ( top) while two are played from an overhead perspective ( bottom)Contra III is a game akin to the series' predecessors. Players take on the role of commandos and fighting off an alien invasion on Earth. It can be played in single-player or a two-player cooperative mode. There are six stages in total; four are while two are presented in an overhead perspective using the Super NES's rendering mode.
In the side-scrolling stages, the player progresses by running, jumping, and shooting at enemies. In the overhead stages, the player navigates across the stage to find and destroy predetermined targets. The stages each feature unique controls, giving the player the ability to rotate the screen to navigate. All stages have a at the end and occasionally a mid-stage boss.
The player will lose a by touching enemies or their bullets, or falling down a pit.The player is equipped with two machine guns that can be swapped at will and upgraded with. These power-ups are typically dropped from flying pods and include alternate shot types: homing missiles, torpedoes, a flamethrower, a laser, and a spread shot. Picking up a power-up will replace the shot type of the gun equipped, and losing a life will result in losing the power-up from the gun equipped. Bombs and a temporary barrier shield may also be dropped. The player has limited bombs, and using them will damage all enemies on the screen. The player can also perform a spinning jump, firing both guns in an aerial somersault. However, during this move, both of the player's weapons will be at risk of being lost upon losing a life.Development Contra III was developed by with a team led by Nobuya Nakazato.
Although this was Nakazato's third year at Konami, Contra III is the first Contra game he worked on, having only previously done informal playtesting for (1990). He believed the original arcade version of (1987) was difficult to play because of its vertical screen, but he did enjoy the port. Nakazato's team worked in Konami's new offices in Tokyo, seated next to the arcade team that had developed Contra.
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Nakazato shared progress on Contra III with the arcade team and received positive feedback. In early coverage, the game was known as Contra IV. Nintendo Power reported the name change to Contra III in its coverage of in 1992.Nakazato believed Contra had a theme.
To emphasize this, he asked the sound team to change the music as the stages progressed to give a cinematic style. He also believed the action in earlier Contra games is too realistic, so for Contra III he wanted to include more comical elements. He was concerned the change may upset series fans, but believed it would be more entertaining. One scene added to accomplish this is a sequence where the player hangs from flying missiles. This strains the Super NES's sprite capabilities, so the team used background tiles to draw the helicopter and missiles in the scene.
Making the graphics appear to move like sprites in the foreground required clever programming tricks. The Super NES allowed for 'raster scrolling', which allowed the programmers to change the graphics for each. The programmers shifted the and cut off the sprites at the scanline.
The restriction is that graphics can only move horizontally along the scanline to achieve the illusion that they are actually sprites in the foreground.Nakazato was concerned the traditional pattern of weak enemies followed by a boss fight was becoming mundane and did not want players to feel 'in for the long haul' every play session. To combat this, he established a key concept for something interesting to happen every three seconds of screen scrolling. This made the game content feel more dense and gave it a ' type feel. Nakazato believed Contra III 's fast-paced action was going against the trend of games shifting to slow-paced and, and is good for quick-starting stress relief.Contra III was released in Japan on February 28, 1992, and North America on March 26. In Europe, the game was retitled Super Probotector: Alien Rebels and released on September 12, 1992. In Super Probotector, the gameplay and story remained mostly the same, but the player characters were changed to robots.
Due to technical differences in SNES systems, Super Probotector 's gameplay is slightly slower. Reception Contemporary reviewsReview scoresPublicationScore/4092%95%92%The SNES release of Contra III received considerable praise for its visuals and sound design. Its use of, sprite scaling, and sprite rotation was commended for being well-integrated with the gameplay and not a gimmick. ( EGM) wrote that these special effects pushed the limits of the SNES hardware. Along with ( CVG), they admired the use of Mode 7 on the top-down stages, with EGM extending their praise to the boss design on those stages. Both magazines also praised the soundtrack, with CVG calling it a combination of orchestral and rock music. Wrote that the score rivaled that of (1990).
Critics also praised the gun and explosion sound effects for enhancing the atmosphere, though believed they sometimes drowned out the music.Critics found the gameplay enjoyable and a good challenge. CVG called it a cross between (1989) and (1989), and enjoyed the athletic climbing ability of the characters. Along with EGM, they believed the top-down stages added good variety. Mean Machines called the game 'ultra-addictive, arcade quality blasting action.' EGM dubbed Contra III its 'Game of the Month' and said it matched the quality of arcade games. Agreed, writing that 'everything about this game speaks coin-op quality.'
In retrospective reviews, called it 'arguably the best installment in the Contra series' and 'one classic that deserves its place in the video game hall of fame'. Also called it one of the best in the series. Both noted its satisfying level of difficulty but said the game was somewhat short compared to modern games.
Wrote that it was a good challenge and 'practically synonymous with SNES ownership'. Called Contra III 'exemplary' and debatably one of the best games in its genre.In 1997 EGM ranked the Super NES version the 8th best console game of all time, remarking that 'This game has everything: huge bosses, Mode 7 stages, ultradeep gameplay - all wrapped up in a beautifully atmospheric post-apocalyptic package.' Ports and rereleases Contra III has been rereleased on Nintendo's online distribution services. It was released on the in January 2007 in Japan and North America, and Super Probotector was released on the European Virtual Console the same month. Contra III was released again for the Virtual Console in Japan and North America in November 2013, and Europe received the unmodified Contra III on the Wii U in January 2014.
In May 2016, Contra III was added to the Nintendo 3DS for North America and Europe for exclusive use with the.Both Contra III and Super Probotector were included in Contra: Anniversary Collection, a compilation of classic Contra games. It was released in June 2019 for the,. In addition to the Western version of Contra III, an option to play the Japanese version was added after launch in a free update. Contra III was included in the 2017 dedicated console.Contra: The Alien Wars (Game Boy) Contra: The Alien Wars review scoresReview scoresPublicationScore/4091%60%86%developed a port for the; it was released on September 23, 1994 in Japan, and in November in North America. The game was released in Europe in October as Probotector 2 with the player characters redrawn as robots. The game is mostly identical to the SNES version but features some differences: some levels are missing, there is no ability to swap weapons, and there is no spinning attack. The game also features color graphics and improved sound when played through a.
Critics thought it was an excellent conversion of the SNES version, with calling it 'one hell of an achievement'. Critics also extended their praise to the Super Game Boy enhancements, though Electronic Gaming Monthly criticized the control scheme using the SNES gamepad.Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX (Game Boy Advance) Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX review scoresAggregate scoreAggregatorScore70/100Review scoresPublicationScore5/1027/407.4/107/10At 2002, Konami announced the development of a remake of Contra III for the.
The port was titled Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX and released in November 2002 in Japan and North America, and February 2003 in Europe. The secondary weapon slot and bombs were omitted from the port, and the Mode 7 stages were replaced with side-scrolling stages from (1994). Additionally, the game uses a system, and supports two-player cooperative gameplay by linking two systems with two carts. Contra Advance received 'mixed or average' reviews per ratings aggregator; IGN criticized the removal of the Mode 7 stages for eliminating variety and GameSpot was troubled by the weaponry changes. GameSpot wrote that players familiar with Contra III on the SNES would be disappointed, but series newcomers may enjoy it.
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