Retronauts Episode 248: Contra

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Shane Bettenhausen use the Konami Code to tackle the challenge of recapping the Contra series, just in time for the latest entry in the franchise.

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0:28.0	or search UK export finance.
0:30.0	As we get return outs, it's Bill and Lance's excellent adventures.
0:58.0	Welcome to RetroNots.
1:08.0	This episode is very carefully timed to the launch of a brand new game.
1:12.0	It's Contra Rogue Corp.
1:16.0	The week you're listening to this, unless you're a Patreon supporter.
1:22.0	It's coming out the week after you're listening to this.
1:26.0	But yes, for the first time in many years, Konami has started making video games again.
1:32.0	Also regurgitating their old video games and not just on Wii U virtual console after the system's dead.
1:38.0	Part of this revival of Konami remembering, oh, we make video games sometimes,
1:44.0	brings us a new Contra game and it's being led by none other than Nobuya Nakazato,
1:49.0	who worked on Contra 3 and hardcore and shattered soldier in a bunch of other Contra games.
1:55.0	I don't know if Rogue Corp is going to be any good, but the fact is it has a legacy.
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