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NECA Contra Bill & Lance Action Figures Will Have You Jumping Up, Up, Down, Down

A couple of years ago we checked out a pair of custom made Bill and Lance action figures. Fortunately for the rest of us NECA will be releasing officially licensed figures of the run-and-gun legends. NECA…

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Teens React to Contra. You React to Teens Sucking at Contra

When we were kids, games were hard. Like, really hard. We didn’t have the fancy checkpoints and respawns that you special snowflakes have today. We only had life or death. Many games were unforgiving. Brutal even.…

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A Star Wars/Contra Mashup for Your Phone

Sure, there are mashups everywhere you turn, but some are actually awesome and worth your time – like this one. This free mini-game from the Star Wars: Force Collection was created by Konami and LucasArts and…

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Custom Contra Action Figures: I’d Give 30 Lives for These

If you’re one of the thousands of kids who grew up playing Bill and Lance’s excellent adventure aka Contra, join me in ogling these custom action figures by John Harmon aka Mint Condition Customs. They even…

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Guy Hacks NES Contra Game to Propose

No, these screens weren’t accessed via the Konami code. That’s what I thought too when I came across this. Nope. Instead, Redditor Equinn0xX hacked an old Contra cartridge to propose to his girlfriend. He has some…

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LEGO Video Game Art by Meufer: Pixel Perfect

We’ve seen tons of LEGO versions of video game characters, but this is the first time I’ve seen ones that are this accurate. You see it’s not just the shapes and details that Flickr member Meufer…

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NES Games Rendered in 3D: from Pixel to Voxel

John Buonvino’s user name on DeviantART says it all: “NES–still-the-best”. He paid homage to his favorite console by making 3D voxel renderings of many popular NES games. Buonvino considers his Super Mario Bros. render below to…

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I Dream in Retro: This is You on Video Games

Have you ever had video game-like dreams? Mike aka OrinCreed had one such dream. Fortunately, he and his friends were able to translate his dream into a video. Mike says I Dream in Retro is “based…

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Tetris Vs Contra: or is It?

Children are full of questions. If you open one up you’ll see that they’re made of nothing but drool and questions. Questions like: “Why do we have to eat?”, or “So I’m a poop factory?”, or …

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Super Mario Crossover: Pants-Wetting 8-Bit Mashup

Itching for a classic platforming game? Why not revisit the original Super Mario Bros.? Oh sure, you’ve finished it tons of times, but that’s with Mario. Now you can adventure on the Mushroom Kingdom with Link,…

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Tag: Contra

NECA Contra Bill & Lance Action Figures Will Have You Jumping Up, Up, Down, Down

Teens React to Contra. You React to Teens Sucking at Contra

A Star Wars/Contra Mashup for Your Phone

Custom Contra Action Figures: I’d Give 30 Lives for These

Guy Hacks NES Contra Game to Propose

LEGO Video Game Art by Meufer: Pixel Perfect

NES Games Rendered in 3D: from Pixel to Voxel

I Dream in Retro: This is You on Video Games

Tetris Vs Contra: or is It?

Super Mario Crossover: Pants-Wetting 8-Bit Mashup

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