Konami confirmed the final lineup for its upcoming Contra: Anniversary Collection on Tuesday, revealing that the collection will pack in 10 titles, including the Probotector games released in Europe.
Konami confirms Contra: Anniversary Collection final game lineup
Ten 8-bit and 16-bit classic Contra games in one package
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The collection will boast Contra series classics like the NES port of the original Contra and Contra: Hard Corps for the Sega Genesis. They’ll join previously confirmed games like Contra (arcade), Super Contra (arcade), Super C (NES), and Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Super NES).
Here’s the full lineup, as reported by IGN:
- Contra (arcade)
- Contra (NES)
- Contra (Famicom)
- Super Contra (arcade)
- Super C (NES)
- Operation C (Game Boy)
- Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Super NES)
- Contra: Hard Corps (Sega Genesis)
- Probotector (Sega Mega Drive)
- Super Probotector: Alien Rebels (Super NES)
The Probotector games were specific to Europe and Australia, and replaced protagonists Bill Rizer and Lance Bean with robotic soldiers, RD-008 and RC-011. Probotector is based on Contra: Hard Corps, while Super Probotector: Alien Rebels is based on Contra 3: The Alien Wars.
IGN reports that the Japanese versions of six games in the collection will be released as part of a free update.
Contra: Anniversary Collection is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One this summer. The Contra compilation will succeed the already released Konami Anniversary Collection: Arcade Classics and Castlevania: Anniversary Collection.
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