Contra is coming back with Rogue Corps, a new game from Konami releasing for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on September 24. It’s been a hiatus for this shoot-’em-up franchise, and it turns out we have those mini systems like the NES Classic Edition to thank (at least in part) for its return.
The first Contra debuted as an arcade game back in 1987, although the franchise gained most of its popularity when the NES port came out in 1988. The sidescroller spawned numerous sequels, but the last of them — Hard Corps: Uprising — came out all the way back in 2011.
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