Contra: Legacy of War
Contra: Legacy of War is a 3D action game produced by Konami and developed by Appaloosa Interactive that was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was the first of two Contra…
Contra: Legacy of War is a shooter developed by Appaloosa Interactive, released 29 November 1996 on PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Contra: Legacy of War is
Contra: Legacy of War is a shooter game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released in 1996. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Contra: Legacy of War is a 3D action game produced by Konami and developed by Appaloosa Interactive that was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was the first of two Contra games that were externally developed by Appaloosa, followed by C: The Contra Adventure in 1998. The game marks the series' jump to three-dimensional graphics and controversial changes in gameplay. Legacy of War was released packaged with a pair of 3D anaglyph glasses, which the game supported. Legacy of War bears the distinction for being the first console game in the series to retain both the Contra title and human characters during its release in Europe and Australia (where the console…
How it plays
It is played from a third person 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
Contra: Legacy of War is the 22nd of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. It arrived 11 months after Probotector 2. The next entry was Probotector in 1997.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Contra: Legacy of War launched on 29 November 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms and PaRappa the Rapper.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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