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Contra

Released in 1987

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Developer: Konami
Manufacturer: Konami
Distributor: Konami

Mame ROM Info
contrajb, Contra (Japan bootleg)

Display
Raster
Orientation
Vertical
Resolution
224 x 280
Colors
128, Color
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
Platform
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)

Game Summary

Run, jump and shoot your way to the alien base. A.K.A. "Gryzor."

Hardware Info

M6809 cpu @ 1.5 Mhz
M6809 cpu @ 2 Mhz
YM-2151 audio @ 3.582071 Mhz

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Excellent platform shooter, featured horizontal and vertical scrolling levels and 3D bonus stages.

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Knowledge Base

Konami board numbers, Revision V2.7
Submitted by Graham Bisset (boards@nmisystems.demon.co.uk) Konami board numbers, Revision V2.7 (c) 1995-1997 Graham Bisset, All rights reserved. This document can be freely copied so long as all credit to myself remains and the document remains INTACT! The latest revision of this document is always available from : http://www.nmisystems.demon.co.uk/konami.htm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Last updated : 5/4/98 (UK date format) Changes since last update : +1 Changes made
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/konamiboards.html - 11 K - Updated 2000.01.20
LIST: KONAMI Video Games in Japan
Year Title Title (Kanji) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1977 Destroyer 1978 Block Invader Space King Space Ship 1979 Space War Kamikaze 1980 Maze Sidewinder The End 1981 Scramble Super Cobra Flogger Video Hustler Turpin Strategy X Tactician Amider Barrian 1982 Jungler Gattan Gotton Tuta
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-konamijapan.html - 2 K - Updated 1999.07.27
LIST: JAMMA Games
H '88 Games Konami 1988 JAMMA 1941 Capcom 1990 JAMMA V 1943: The Battle of Midway Capcom 1988 JAMMA H 3 Wonders Capcom 1991 JAMMA H 9 Ball Shoot Out Bundra JAMMA V Aero Fighters McO'River 1992 JAMMA H Air Buster Namcoi/Kaneko 1990 JAMMA V Ajax
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-jamma.html - 27 K - Updated 2000.06.20
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/contra.txt
Path: news.spies.com!news.sgi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!torn!news.ryerson.ca!hopper.acs.ryerson.ca!d3choi From: d3choi@acs.ryerson.ca (David Choi - CNED/P96) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: Re: Needed: Contra DIP settings Date: 4 Mar 1997 04:48:29 GMT Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University Lines: 213 Message-ID: <5fg9it$eaa@ns2.ryerson.ca> References: <3315dd97.1566051@nntp.calweb.com> <857130376snz@cass.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: hopper.acs.ryerson.ca X-Newsread
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/contra.txt - 7 K - Updated 1997.03.04
JAMMA/AAMA Standard Connector Pinouts and JAMMA Game list
JAMMA/AAMA Standard Connector Pinouts and JAMMA Game List
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/jamma tech.html - 46 K - Updated 2002.05.17
Konami / Stern 36 Pinouts, Switches, etc
Konami 36 pin wiring, switches, and add'l technical info Compiled for coinop.org by Kurt Koller and Sirdar Bey. Known variations follow, select game to jump to that game's information. Amidar · Circus Charlie · Contra · Frogger · Green Beret · Gyruss · Hyper Sports · Jail Break · Juno First · Kicker · L'il Hustler · Locomotion · Lost Tomb · Mania Challenge · Mega Zone · Mikie · Moon War · Nemesis · Pandora's Palace · Pooyan · Road Fighter · Roc 'N' Rope · Rush 'N' Attack · Sc
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/konamitech.html - 108 K - Updated 2000.09.17
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/contra_bootleg.txt
CONTRA (BOOTLEG) Oriented as if holding the board with parts side facing up and the edge connector to your left since the board does not contain any pin numbers. |-------------------|---|----|-------------------| | Solder Side | | | Parts Side | |-------------------|---|----|-------------------| | N/C | A | 1 | Ground | | N/C | B | 2 | Ground | | N/C | C | 3 | +5VDC | | N/C | D | 4
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/contra_bootleg.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.07
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/contra.txt
Contra, Konami Pinout = JAMMA ------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIP SWITCH No.1 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. COIN SWITCH No.1 SETTINGS SW 1 2 3 4 COIN PLAY o OFF OFF OFF OFF 1 1 ON 1 2 OFF ON 1 3 ON
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/contra.txt - 4 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/super_contra.txt
Super Contra, Konami 1988 Pinout = JAMMA ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIP SWITCH No.1 SETTINGS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. COIN SWITCH No.1 SETTINGS SW 1 2 3 4 COIN PLAY o OFF OFF OFF OFF 1 1 ON 1 2 OFF ON 1 3
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/super_contra.txt - 4 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax84.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1984 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SUTTLES 9-JAN-1984 11:40 To: @SYS$MAIL:COINOP Subj: A neat trick with mail For all of you who use the MAIL program as a form of the "paperless office", I have discovered a bug (pronounced "fea-ture") in same. It seems that the addressee line (TO: ...) is parsed independently of file handling. Mail looks at each item in the list, and checks for a double colon (
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax84.txt - 281 K - Updated 2004.09.13

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