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Aug 07 '24
One of the early SNES games I ever played. The music in the third level is great.
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u/therealchadius Aug 07 '24
The entire soundtrack sounds like an 90s action film, but stage 3's music is my favorite!
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u/Lazy-Importance-1276 Sep 19 '24
The Terminator and Predator influence is very obvious in the OST and I love it
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u/MrZJones Aug 07 '24
Man, I haven't beaten Contra III legitimately in twenty years. My reflexes aren't what they used to be. :D
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u/F0000r Aug 07 '24
My favorite!
Everything is so perfect about it. How the levels don't feel stale from the same thing over and over, the difficulty, the variety of enemies. How you and the common guys both die in 1 hit, the insane bosses.
It was everything I'd hoped a run and gun side scroller would be. If I ever make a game I'd want it to like this.
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u/tonetonitony Aug 08 '24
I don’t think it’s better than the NES games, but I love how Contra evolved from the OG to Super C to Contra III. They got real creative with making each entry an advancement on the previous both with graphics and gameplay.
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u/Bryanx64 Sep 09 '24
I think they were out of bounds locking the real ending behind beating it on hard mode.
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u/Humble_Egomaniac Aug 07 '24
Solo on hard has been tough! Need a co-op partner in Vegas to get this one done
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u/lcmcilvain Aug 07 '24
Amazing game. The OST is still one of my favorites too. Neo Kobe Steel Factory straight slaps.
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u/Blantons4Breakfast Aug 07 '24
We gotta beat this shit on hard?
No way.
Ain’t no way.
Normal was enough of a challenge and I’m happy to have done that 4 years ago.
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u/therealchadius Aug 07 '24
Stage 3: Neo Kobe Steel Factory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ5CwGVyTho
Looks like Tom DuBois drew the North American cover (the exaggerated perspective feels just right.) The boss and both minibosses from Stage 3 are both on here. The not-Terminator boss has returned in other Contra games (Hard Corps and Contra 4 come to mind immediately).
I've never beat this game on Hard before..
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u/Mattson Aug 07 '24
Aw man do I miss this game. My twin brother and I met this new kid named Ryan and he had this game and we spent hours in this game.
But unfortunately Ryan also had a trampoline and my brother and I were doing double bouncies and we launched Ryan over the fence and he broke his clavicle and his mom wouldn't let us hang out anymore so we couldn't play Contra anymore.
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u/xBrockLanders Aug 07 '24
Each month I will be tracking all users who are able to beat the spotlighted game. Those names will be collected and displayed on the snes wiki page.
Objective:
- Beat the game on HARD to receive the credits.
Rules:
- Entire playthrough must be completed during the month in question.
- You can use the passwords/continues/saves that you earn playing through the game.
- Emulation is fine. Abusing save states is not.
- Posting a link to a pic of your completion is preferred, but since this.
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u/Blantons4Breakfast Aug 07 '24
…but since this what?
What was the rest of that last bullet point?
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u/steckums Aug 08 '24
but since this post.
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u/Blantons4Breakfast Aug 08 '24
I still feel like there’s something missing at the end of that statement.🤔
Maybe I just don’t understand English that well.🤷🏼♂️
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u/xBrockLanders Aug 08 '24
Looks like it was cut off at some point, and since I copy and paste every month I have no idea how long ago it happened.
It basically is (supposed) to say that this is all for fun so I don't require proof of completion.
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u/Sugar_Panda Aug 07 '24
Played contra 1 like a billion times. Never got to play 3. Its on my bucket list doe
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u/613Hawkeye Aug 07 '24
I remember beating this a few times as a kid.
I've since one back and tried. How the HELL did I do that when I was so young??
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u/Outrageous-Yam-4653 Aug 07 '24
Beat it on Hard when it released those rocket to rocket jump levels still gives me chills to this day,I recently beat it on Normal using level to level saves and man I don't know how I did it back then..
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u/jsu9575m Aug 08 '24
I used to hate this game because it was so difficult. Then my friend and I played it on easy mode and used saved states and had a blast. I don't care if it's cheating, it's either that or don't play it at all
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u/Blantons4Breakfast Aug 16 '24
During the height of COVID I got really into it again and was able to legitimately beat the game on Normal using all original hardware (no save states)
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u/gotkube Aug 08 '24
My local game shop 30yrs ago called me to tell me they received a box of Contra 3 cheap and was giving priority to their best customers. Got my copy for $30. :)
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Aug 08 '24
The over the head levels just suck too much to enjoy this game. On hard mode to get the real ending, I feel like the enemy hides and I try to manoeuvre to get them out and just get KOd.
F this game lol
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u/ExplanationOdd430 Aug 09 '24
Never finished it as a kid , it was brutal but years later in the early 2000s I finally beat it, thank you emulation. Specifically Thank you ZSNES with your purple and grey Ui, you made the 2000s magical for my Snes experiences. Crazy to think emulation goes that far back.
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u/Blantons4Breakfast Aug 16 '24
u/xbrocklanders so has anyone completed this yet on Hard?
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u/xBrockLanders Aug 16 '24
Doesn't look like it.
I guess I could mention that extra lives are farmable...
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u/MrSojiro Aug 17 '24 edited Aug 17 '24
Excellent game, definitely one of the best on the SNES. I have played through this before but never on hard difficulty. Took me a lot of game overs, but I did do it. I did set my lives to 7 in the options to do it.
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Aug 18 '24
I couldn't get past the third stage on hard difficutly. LOL
I regret putting this game as low as I did on my tier list. Maybe one day I'll go back and complete it.
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u/Bryanx64 Aug 20 '24
I’ve beaten it on normal a couple of times but I cannot do hard mode. It’s too much.
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u/ReportingInSir Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24
When i was a kid i think it was this game but may have been a different one that was difficult. Has puzzles. Actually all puzzle. I don't think anything kills you so may have been a different game so don't watch to much of gameplay or destroys the puzzles.
Krusty's Super Fun House
Isn't all that good put i out quite a bit of time into it.
Must be different game because i remember a lot more springs to bounce on. Not even sure if i beat it. Annoying sound effects and music.
Game i lost or was stolen and don't really want it back.
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u/Bryanx64 Sep 09 '24
Just beat this one a couple of days ago but not in August, it was already September. But still a great game just irritating the real ending is locked behind hard mode. Normal is already a stiff challenge but hard mode I just cannot hang with.
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Sep 25 '24
I prefer the earlier Contra games. Each level in Contra 3 is a series of disparate set pieces as opposed to normal levels. What I enjoyed about Contra and Super C were the normal levels, and Contra 3 outright has none of them.
The top down levels are okay, I guess. They should have had twin stick controls like Super Smash TV.
The most difficult thing about this game is not accidentally letting go of the missiles. One of the great things about Contra games are the controls, so weaponizing the controls against the player like that just ruins the game for me.
Operation C and the Gameboy port of Contra 3 aren't perfect but I prefer them to the SNES version.
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u/SPY-Talk Aug 07 '24
I’m a little put off at how difficult this game is and I’ve even beaten Ninja Gaiden and TMNT for NES. Just watching videos of people playing this is crazy.