The Gamer's Quarter

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:45 am Post subject: Contra on XBLA

Hey, Contra's coming this week! I'm definitely going to grab the demo and give it a whirl. I've never played the arcade version before, and I'm hoping to rope somebody into a two-player game.

Is anyone else looking forward to it?

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:47 am Post subject:

what i like about the arcade version is just the little map that they show you during those room-by-room stages.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I haven't been too happy with Digital Eclipses work with Konami games in the past, so I am for sure getting the demo before I buy the game. But yeah, I have been looking forward to this one. Next one that I know of which I'm looking forward to is Small Arms. That's going to be amazing for multiplayer.
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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Contra arcade > Contra NES.

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

hey let's not say things we can't take back
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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject:

I just realized that Contra is online co-op. Sweet!

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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Maybe it's just because I've spent more time with the arcade version and so I'm used to that one, but it feels better to me for some reason.

Lestrade · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:40 am Post subject:

I played the demo last night while talking on the phone. It seems fast and fluid enough, but man that vertical orientation makes everything so small. not even a widescreen HD can save you now!

It controls well, but the more detailed and less iconic art of the arcade version doesn't seem as nice as the stark, yet more impactful NES game.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I don't know. I played the demo last night and it looks like crap, just like every other Digital Eclipse game does for the 360. Konami needs to fire their slacker asses.
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-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:59 am Post subject:

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Lestrade · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

Hey, post some side-by-side comparison shots of that!

SuperWes · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

Let's do it this weekend! What are you doing Sunday, Matt?

-Wes
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