Contra

Contra he moʻokalaleo pāʻani wikiō run and gun i hana ʻia e Konami. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka moʻokalaleo ma ke ʻano he pāʻani arcade i ka makahiki 1987. Ma ʻEulopa, ua kapa ʻia ka pāʻani ʻo "Gryzor". Ma Iapana, ua kākau ʻia ka inoa me nā kanji penei: 魂斗羅 (コントラ, Kontora).^[1]

Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka pāʻani ma ka makahiki 2633 M.H., i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai ka Red Falcon Organization e hoʻopau i ke kanaka. Ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻelua koa, ʻo Bill Rizer lāua ʻo Lance Bean o ka "Earth Marine Corp's Contra unit", i ka mokupuni ʻo Galuga kokoke i Aotearoa e kūʻē i nā pū kaua a me nā mea ʻē.^[2]

He pāʻani run and gun ʻo Contra, kahi e hiki ai i ʻelua mau pāʻani ke pāʻani pū. Hiki i nā koa ke lelele, moe i lalo, a kī i nā pū kaua like ʻole:

• Machine Gun - He pū kaua wikiwiki
• Laser Gun - He pū kukuna ikaika
• Spread Gun - He pū e kī ai i ʻelima pōkā
• Fire Gun - He pū ahi e kī ai i ka pōkā heliki
• Barrier - He pale e pale ai i nā pōkā no ka manawa pōkole
• Rapid Bullets - He mana e hoʻonui ai i ka wikiwiki o ke kī ʻana

Ua kaulana ka pāʻani no ka Konami Code - he hoʻonohonoho pihi kuhikuhi e hāʻawi ai i ke kanakolu ola: luna, luna, lalo, lalo, hema, ʻākau, hema, ʻākau, B, A.^[3][4] ʻO Contra kekahi o nā moʻokalaleo kaulana loa o Konami, me ka nui o nā miliona kope i kūʻai ʻia a puni ka honua.^[5]

Ua hoʻokupu ʻia ka moʻokalaleo e Konami no ka mākeke arcade i ka makahiki 1987. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka pāʻani no ka Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) i ka makahiki 1988, a ua lilo ia i mea kūʻai nui loa.^[6] Ma ka ʻōlelo Iapana, ua kapa ʻia ka moʻokalaleo ʻo "Probotector" ma ʻEulopa, me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kānaka paio i mau lopako.

He pāʻani run and gun ʻo Contra, kahi e hoʻohana ai nā pāʻani i nā mea kaua like ʻole e hakakā ai i nā ʻenemi. Hiki i ʻelua mau pāʻani ke pāʻani pū, a he mea koʻikoʻi ka hana like ʻana no ka lanakila.^[7] ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kaulana loa o ka pāʻani ʻo ia ka "Konami Code" - ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻonohonoho pihi kuhikuhi: luna, luna, lalo, lalo, hema, ʻākau, hema, ʻākau, B, A.^[8]

• Contra (1987, Arcade)
• Contra (1988, NES)
• Super Contra (1988, Arcade)
• Super C (1990, NES)
• Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992, SNES)
• Contra: Hard Corps (1994, Sega Genesis)
• Contra: Legacy of War (1996, PlayStation)
• Contra: Shattered Soldier (2002, PlayStation 2)
• Neo Contra (2004, PlayStation 2)
• Contra 4 (2007, Nintendo DS)
• Contra ReBirth (2009, Wii)
• Contra Returns (2017, Kelepona)

Ua mahalo nui ʻia nā pāʻani Contra no ko lākou ʻano paʻakikī a me ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolālā ʻana.^[9] Ua hoʻohanohano pinepine ʻia nā pāʻani mua ma ke ʻano he mau pāʻani run and gun maikaʻi loa.

Ua lilo ka moʻokalaleo Contra i mea nui i ka moʻomeheu pāʻani wikiō, me ka Konami Code e lilo ana i mea kaulana loa ma waho o nā pāʻani Contra. Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia code i loko o nā pāʻani he nui a Konami a me nā hui ʻē aʻe.^[10]

1. ↑ Computer and Video Games Magazine, Malaki 1987
2. ↑ Konami Game Archives, 1987
3. ↑ IGN. "The History of the Konami Code"
4. ↑ Edge Magazine. "The Making of Contra"
5. ↑ Konami Annual Report 2008
6. ↑ Retro Gamer Magazine. "The History of Contra"
7. ↑ GamePro Magazine. "The Essential Guide to Contra"
8. ↑ IGN. "The History of the Konami Code"
9. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly. "Top 100 Games of All Time"
10. ↑ Kotaku. "The Legacy of the Konami Code"

• Paena Pūnaewele Konami Contra

• Konami
• Run and gun pāʻani wikiō
• Nintendo Entertainment System pāʻani

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