Contra
It’s hard to think about modern run and gun shoot ’em up games without going back to the old school series that is Contra. The high-octane multiplayer action game first came to arcade cabinets in the late 80s and gave us a super difficult sidescroller.
Playing as a guy who’s basically Rambo, you have to fight against aliens and extraterrestrial creatures to save the world or something of that nature. You can grab upgrades for your weapons that can put out massive damage but it comes at a risk.
The last Contra game put out by Konami was Hard Corps: Uprising back in 2011, but since then the company has been keeping quiet on a new release. But still, even though it’s been a while since we’ve seen Contra in the spotlight, we still have Konami to thank for the franchise.
