Contra Horizon (Megadrive / Genesis)
The Japanese Famicom version of Contra (1988), ported to the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. Why "Horizon"? The arcade Contra runs on a vertical screen. This is the home console version, played on a horizontal screen, the way most players remember it. The Japanese release of Contra is the best version of the game on 8-bit hardware: animated backgrounds, cutscenes between stages, a map screen before each area and a full ending. This project brings that version to the Mega Drive, with the original game logic intact, new 16-bit style backgrounds and all Japanese text translated into English. Features The original game, faithfully: the game logic has been translated instruction by instruction from the Famicom code to the Mega Drive's 68000 and checked frame by frame against the original. Enemies, patterns, weapons and difficulty are exactly the same. Fully in English: the intro story, the title screen text and the briefings between stages are translated. Less flicker: the Mega Drive shows twice as many sprites per line as the NES. 1 or 2 players. NTSC (60 Hz) and PAL (50 Hz): the game runs at the right speed on both. Options menu: infinite lives, invincibility and stage select. Controls D-pad: move and aim B: fire C or A: jump START: start / pause A + START: SELECT button of the original controller How to play Download the ROM and run it on a Mega Drive / Genesis with a flash cartridge, or in an emulator (BlastEm, Genesis Plus GX, MAME...). The ROM is 4 MB. Disclaimer This is a non-commercial fan project. Contra is a trademark of Konami. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Konami or Sega.
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