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Contra Anniversary Collection is a compilation that includes ten selected classic titles from the Contra series. It was released on June 11, 2019 on the Nintendo Switch.

The product is part of Konami's "Anniversary Collection" series, celebrating the company's 50th anniversary, with the other two compilations being Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics and Castlevania Anniversary Collection.

Features[]

All the games in the collection have been announced to be enhanced with modern features.

The package also includes a 74 pages bonus eBook packed with new information about the titles, including interviews with the development staff, behind-the-scenes insights, and sketches and design documents never before revealed to the public.

In a free patch to be released shortly after launch, players will receive the original Japanese versions of selected titles, plus Japanese scans from the bonus eBook.

Game list[]

The compilation includes ten titles overall: five selected classic titles from the Contra series, as well as a combination of five ports and different localizations of four of them (the latter mainly being their European "Probotector" counterparts):

Title Original System Rating
Contra
00Arcade
Everyone 10+ PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV B CID 7 GRAC All GSRR Protected
Contra
04Nintendo Entertainment System
Everyone PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV A CID L GRAC All GSRR Protected
Super Contra
00Arcade
Everyone 10+ PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV B CID 7 GRAC All GSRR Protected
Super C
04Nintendo Entertainment System
Everyone PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV A CID L GRAC All GSRR Protected
Contra III: The Alien Wars
08Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Everyone 10+ PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV B CID 7 GRAC All GSRR Protected
Contra: Hard Corps
S02Sega Genesis
Everyone 10+ PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV B CID 7 GRAC All GSRR Protected
Operation C
06Game Boy
Everyone PEGI 7 CERO A USK 12 ACB Parental Guidance SMECCV A CID L GRAC All GSRR Protected

Reception[]

Contra Anniversary Collection received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 81/100 on Nintendo Switch.[1]

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