Contra Anniversary Collection

This is not the old console game for Super Contra that I remember playing. There is a delay when moving gun to fire in different positions (up, diagonal, straight in front of you or behind). Jumps make situation worse. Jump, want to shoot straight up while moving horizontally at the time? Good luck. Sometimes, doesn't fire at all. Even when mashing shoot button with or without rapid fire. Just .... nothing. So I land on some enemy and life gone. Without jumping and trying to go from horizontal to vertical, first round or two end up going diagonal. Top down view (2nd area) makes this much more difficult. Need to move to avoid enemy rounds, fire at various angles, and the delay makes shots miss a lot. Feels like the only way to actually send the round to a desired location in top down view is just to remain stationary for a second or so, then fire. That's not good for that 2nd area. Prefer playing this on my old console. Controls are just bad for aiming. Want to mash buttons, fire at stuff, and the aim doesn't work unless wait a half to a full second. I don't see a way to stand still and fire diagonally. So that's a real problem in several areas for me. Continuing is also st…

Started replaying these games for nostalgia and have been having an amazing time, until I tried the Arcade version of Contra. The slowdowns (which are not pressent in the real arcade machine) are massive and make the game way less fun to play. Hope is not the same case for Super Contra which I plan to play next. Overall good collection, but wish the emulation was better.

Most realistic combat simulator I have ever played. I always die after about 30 seconds. Just like I would in any real-life combat scenario. 10/10 would definitely die again (and I will).

Hard Corps is the best Contra game ever made

not fun today.

Highly recommended for those willing to stick through the barrier of entry of old school games. I've so far managed to 1cc(No Continue clear) 2 out of all the titles in this collection; being Super C and Contra 3 and I've had an amazing time with it. No issues whatsoever with input lag or anything. The ports are a bit barebones, having only one savestate slot per game, very simple CRT/scanline filters, and some games lacking button mapping. Also no online leaderboards which saddens me. But you at least get one replay per game for those, like me, that want to save their runs to replay/rewatch or upload to other platforms. I hope M2 is given the reins to port the rest of the Contra catalogue as this is one collection I would recommend to any old school gamer.