What is Contra?
{{nosources|date=November 2010}} '''''Contra''''' (known as '''''Probotector''''' in [[Europe]]) is a [[1987]] arcade shooting [[video game]]. The player plays as Bill Rizer (player 1) or Lance Bean (player 2), as they try to stop and evil extraterrestrial [[terrorism|terrorist organization]] Red Falcon from taking over the [[Earth|planet Earth]] and making the [[human]] species [[Extinction|extinct]]. ==Gameplay== Either Bill or Lance is chosen. The player has a rifle with no limit to the number of times it can shoot. However, the player dies after being hit by an enemy once. The game has ten stages. For each stage, the player must shoot out the sensors before moving on. A player has 3 lives, and when all of them are lost, the game ends. In the [[video arcade|arcade]] version, the player can [[Continue (arcade option)|continue]] a few times. There are three types of stages: #Side-scroller #3-D #Boss Most stages are [[side-scroller]] stages, though Contra stages follow a basic [[pattern]]. {{video-game-stub}} {{Italic title}} [[Category:1986 video games]] [[Category:1987 video games]] [[Category:Konami games]] [[Category:Amstrad CPC games]] [[Category:Arcade games]] [[Category:Commodore 64 games]] [[Category:Cooperative video games]] [[Category:DOS games]] [[Category:Head-to-head arcade video games]] [[Category:Nintendo DS games]] [[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]] [[Category:Nintendo Switch games]] [[Category:PlayStation 2 games]] [[Category:PlayStation 4 games]] [[Category:Run and gun games]] [[Category:Video games about alien invasions]] [[Category:Video games developed in Japan]] [[Category:Virtual Console games for Wii U]] [[Category:Windows games]] [[Category:Xbox 360 games]] [[Category:Xbox 360 Live Arcade games]]