Beat Contra.

[Chris P Bacon]

Contra on the NES may not be the hardest game ever made, in fact it's one of the easiest games with the word Contra in it; but, it's still hard enough that everyone with the proper finger and thumb callouses could recite to you the 30 lives code off-hand.

So I issue this challenge to anyone manly and shirtless enough to accept it: Beat Contra, right now. No Konami code, no savestates or emulator aid, and no continues. All who will accomplish this will surely be known to all as a worthy opponent at any button-related activity!

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I've only just managed this feat myself earlier this very week.

And for those who don't have Contra on hand, tell us about a game you were never able to beat for many years, and finally took head on. For example: finally beating Zelda 2 or TMNT on NES, both are games that everyone played but so very few beat, I've never even beaten the latter.

P.S. Anyone who can beat Contra: Hard Corps must have the thumbs of a god.

 

[HT_Black]

Is this Battletoads?

'Cause I could never, ever beat that.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Contra is nothing. Go do Bionic Commando in a straight playthrough.

 

[Negatempest]

Is Contra: Hard Corp really that hard? Heck my friend and I could beat it during our golden years with just one continue, all continues if we just suck at the moment. We saw all the endings and replayed it to see the different path ways. (Train with the robot blocking it was my favorite) I remember using the wolf to one shot the 1st level boss with the charged up punch. (Still wondering if that was a glitch.)

 

[The Madman]

If you can prove you've beaten Nethack to me, I will worship you as a demigod. A deity among mortals! A true visionary of the gaming arts, unmatched by the filthy masses!

I've been playing that game on and off for over ten years now, and it's been around for over twenty. Yet despite having played dozens, perhaps even over a hundred different characters, I've yet to have beaten the game.

Got close once, and only once... but never beaten it!

 

[Chris P Bacon]

I have beaten Bionic Commando on both NES and Gameboy Color, as well as the sadistic Challenge modes of Bionic Commando Re-Armed. However I have not been able to beat Bionic Commando Re-Armed's Super Hard mode. A mode so hard, even Super Joe in his prime would break out in a single bead of sweat, temporarily of course.