Guide: Best Contra Games On Nintendo Systems

Compared, Contra-sted, and ranked by you.

2nd February 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of Contra's North American debut on the NES, nearly a year after it rocket-launched into Japanese arcades in 1987. To celebrate, we're republishing this ranked list of all the Contra games that came to Nintendo platforms in one form or another. Enjoy!

Contra is one of a handful of franchises that have become completely synonymous with gaming; indeed, chances are if you haven't played any Contra games, then you'll have at least heard of them. Konami's run-and-shoot-'em-up behemoth may have lost a lot of its lustre in recent years (pretty much par for the course with Konami these days, it seems, save for some excellent retro collections), but its earlier iterations have become iconic in their own right.

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