I’m amazed that I get the meme, despite not really ever having played Contra. I never had it or knew anyone with it, and it was always stacked in the arcade.
I had to settle for all the random knock-offs that didn’t even have the Konami code :(
If I lose the spread gun, I start over.
Submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
108@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I won’t start over. But, I’ll hate play until I get another one.
tehmics@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Spread gun is even better if you manage to offset the spread. It can only have x bullets active at once, so if you stack the bullets it will turn into the highest DPS machine gun in the game
zanyllama52@infosec.pub 1 year ago
This is fucking gold lol, nice share. Snow fields, get ready!
_lilith@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You know how you keep missing the exploding bridge jump on the first level? You gotta stop shooting the machine gun while you jump. Makes you go a little further.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That was a hard game I’ve never beat.
maxprime@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
I only ever beat it with a friend in 2 player. He really carried me, it probably would have been much easier for him in 1P!
BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I used to play with a friend. But we were young. Wonder if it would seem any easier now? Haha.
frunch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Tsk tsk. You forgot the start button at the end. Or select then start, if you have friends.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Start it is
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
aaaaaaand the music is now stuck in my head again.
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 year ago
they made it so Spread was the best choice almost alway, i recall a boss for which Laser was best, using memories from 35 yeats ago tho
Banichan@dormi.zone 1 year ago
The boss with the big LED panels
hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
MUSHA has this with the orb circle shield/weapon thing (I never learned the name). I used to think this was bad game design but even if it was an accident it’s interesting trying to bend your way around a game to keep from picking up stuff you dont want.
midori@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MUSHA has a killer soundtrack.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Flamethrower” (the wavy path ball gun) is perfect for a couple parts of the game where you can lay down. You fire and ever shot hits, and you are never in the path of enemy bullets or mobs.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Does it do this better than the spread? I’m trying to think of what part of the game this advice would work…
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I too, am older than 35 yeets
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is that like those two yoots?
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This is a masterpiece. Good find!
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It warms my heart that people are still making memes about decades-old games.
NOPper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Vampire Survivors, the breakout hit game on so many platforms now, has a full DLC based on Contra. It’s still very much on the minds of everyone who loves this stuff.
zod000@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
I love this, this has to be the best version of this meme I’ve ever seen.
I personally won’t start over if I lose spread, but lose all my powerups in something like Gradius or Lifeforce and it probably isn’t worth it to keep going. It is the Konami way.
weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s actually part of why I didn’t enjoy Gradius and Life Force. At that point it’s not a fun challenge, it’s just bullshit. In Contra you can do pretty good with the starting weapon, even if it’s not ideal.