Question 1

True or false: In the original Contra arcade game, players could only use the spread gun.

Accepted Answer

False. The arcade version includes multiple weapons like the machine gun, laser, and spread gun, though the spread gun is the most powerful.

Question 2

True or false: Contra was originally released as an arcade game in 1987 before coming to home consoles.

Accepted Answer

True. Contra debuted in arcades in February 1987, then was ported to the NES in 1988 with notable changes like the Konami Code.

Question 3

True or false: The Konami Code was first used in Contra for the NES to give 30 lives.

Accepted Answer

True. Kazuhisa Hashimoto coded the Konami Code for the arcade version of Contra, but it became iconic due to the NES port's 30-life cheat.

Question 4

True or false: Contra's protagonist Bill Rizer was based on Arnold Schwarzenegger's character from 'Predator.'

Accepted Answer

True. The developers modeled Bill Rizer's design and bandana after Schwarzenegger's look in 'Predator,' and the game's plot echoes the film.

Question 5

True or false: The NES version of Contra has a two-player co-op mode that uses a split-screen display.

Accepted Answer

False. Contra on NES uses shared-screen co-op, not split-screen; both players share the same view, which can cause chaos but is intentional.

Question 6

True or false: Contra was banned in several countries due to its graphic depictions of human dismemberment.

Accepted Answer

False. Contra faced censorship, not bans; the NES version removed blood and dismemberment from the arcade original to appease Nintendo's content policies.

Question 7

True or false: Contra's soundtrack was composed by the same person who scored the Mega Man series.

Accepted Answer

True. The NES Contra music was composed by Kazuki Murakami and others, not the Mega Man composer (Takashi Tateishi did Contra's arcade music).

Question 8

True or false: The Japanese version of Contra on NES features a top-down perspective for all levels.

Accepted Answer

False. The Japanese version, titled 'Contra,' includes the same side-scrolling and pseudo-3D levels as the international release, not all top-down.

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