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Contra 4

WayForward's love letter to NES Contra — dual-screen vertical stages and the hardest Contra in decades.

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Why It Matters

A love letter to the NES classics that brought back brutal old-school difficulty for a new handheld generation.

What to Expect

Punishing two-screen action, the return of the spread gun, a grappling hook to swing between screens, and unlockable classic Contras.

Controls

Full keyboard map for the NDS core — remappable from the in-emulator menu.

  • Arrow KeysMove / D-Pad
  • ZA button
  • XB button
  • AX button
  • SY button
  • QL shoulder
  • ER shoulder
  • Mouse / TouchTouch screen
  • EnterStart
  • VSelect
  • 1Quick save
  • 2Quick load
  • 3Change save slot