Contra (or Gryzor in Japan... or Probotector in Europe) is still a great game nowadays, you can't go wrong with the NES version... which is easily playable as it's a common game on the real hardware (and even multicarts) and in current platforms (going on the legal side of course) you can get it on PC, Ps4/5, Xbox One/Series X/Series S and Switch along with Super C, Contra 3, Contra Hardcorps and the Arcade incarnations of Contra and Super Contra, by the way, when playing the JPN version if you hold I think Start and Select as soon as the ending starts and after the screen flashes after the credits, you get a special message from Red Falcon teasing Super C.
@@PikangsFutaba I found out by playing the Japanese Contra on Switch is that cutscenes and stage graphics were cut out in the North American version...
![Contra III: The Alien Wars speedrun [14:42] hard difficulty no deaths](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdgJG_QifDY/mqdefault.jpg)
Contra (or Gryzor in Japan... or Probotector in Europe) is still a great game nowadays, you can't go wrong with the NES version... which is easily playable as it's a common game on the real hardware (and even multicarts) and in current platforms (going on the legal side of course) you can get it on PC, Ps4/5, Xbox One/Series X/Series S and Switch along with Super C, Contra 3, Contra Hardcorps and the Arcade incarnations of Contra and Super Contra, by the way, when playing the JPN version if you hold I think Start and Select as soon as the ending starts and after the screen flashes after the credits, you get a special message from Red Falcon teasing Super C.
@@PikangsFutaba I found out by playing the Japanese Contra on Switch is that
cutscenes and stage graphics were cut out in the North American version...
@@Matt-Rat Yup, blame Nintendo of America for that with their non-3rd party mappers thing