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C: The Contra Adventure

Mission Critical! You control Ray, the only surviving member of the elite Contra Force. Blast your way through 10 levels to stop the alien hordes from infesting the jungles of South America. Although equipped…

1 October 1998

C: The Contra Adventure is an adventure developed by Appaloosa Interactive, released 1 October 1998 on PlayStation.

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What C: The Contra Adventure is

C: The Contra Adventure is an adventure game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released in 1998. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mission Critical! You control Ray, the only surviving member of the elite Contra Force. Blast your way through 10 levels to stop the alien hordes from infesting the jungles of South America. Although equipped with a huge arsenal of weapons of destruction, including a shatter gun, grenades, rockets, super bombs, and an ever-present machine gun, Ray will have his hands full combating hoards of enemies such as snipers, alien soldiers, tanks, UFOs, and spiked slugs in 9 levels of running, jumping, climbing, and shooting 2D and 3D action.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Contra series

C: The Contra Adventure is the 25th of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. It arrived a year after Konami GB Collection Vol. 1. The next entry was Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX in 2002.

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What it launched against

C: The Contra Adventure launched on 1 October 1998, within three weeks of Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, MediEvil I, Dance Dance Revolution and Guardian's Crusade.

Released around the same time: Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, MediEvil I, Dance Dance Revolution, Guardian's Crusade.

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When did C: The Contra Adventure come out?
C: The Contra Adventure was released on 1 October 1998 for PlayStation.

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