Contra

I-Contra wumdlalo wevidiyo ocijile wohlobo lwe-run-and-gun owakhiqizwa futhi washicilelwa yinkampani i-Konami. Waqaqa emdlalweni wama-arcade ngomhlaka 20 kuNhlolanja 1987, lo mdlalo washeshe waba yinsika yohlobo lwemidlalo yesenzo, udunyiswa ngokulawuleka kwawo okuhle, ubunzima obukhulu, kanye nomdlalo wokubambisana phakathi kwabadlali ababili. Nakuba ekuqaleni wawuyimpumelelo ezitolo zemidlalo, i-Contra yazuza isithunzi esikhulu ngokukhishwa kwayo kuma-console asekhaya, ikakhulukazi ku-Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) ngowe-1988. Ngokuhlanganisa kahle isitayela samafilimu esenzo sowe-1980 nemishini yokuhamba eceleni (side-scrolling), i-Contra yashiya umkhondo ongenakususwa embonini yemidlalo yevidiyo. Ukwakheka kwe-Contra kusekelwe kakhulu kumasiko nezombusazwe zowe-1980. Abalingisi abaphambili, u-Bill Rizer no-Lance Bean, bayisikhumbuzo sezinkanyezi ezidumile zamafilimu esenzo zaleso sikhathi, njengo-Rambo, Commando, kanye no-Predator. Isihloko somdlalo ngokwaso sibonisa isimo sezombusazwe; wakhishwa ngemuva nje kokuvela kwe-Iran-Contra affair, futhi wabelana ngegama nabahebebi base-Nicaragua, okwathi ngezinye izikhathi kwabangela izinguquko ezindaweni ezithile. E-Europe nase-Oceania, wakhishwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi Gryzor, kanti ngenxa yemithetho eqinile yase-Germany emayelana nodlame, inguqulo ye-NES yashintshwa yabizwa ngokuthi yi-Probotector, lapho abalingisi abangabantu bashintshwa baba amarobhothi. Ngo-2633 A.D., u-Bill no-Lance bathunywa ukuyobulala inhlangano i-Red Falcon, amabutho abafokazi (alien) ahlela ukulawula umhlaba. Nakuba indaba ilula, umdlalo uhehayo kakhulu. Abadlali kumele badlule ezindaweni eziyingozi besebenzisa ukudubula ngezindlela eziyisishiyagalombili, ukugxuma, nokucathama. Ukusinda kuncike ekushesheni, njengoba ukushaywa kanye nje kusho ukufa. Ukuze basizakale, abadlali bangadubula izinkapsule ezindizayo ukuze bathole izikhali ezinamandla njenge-Machine Gun, Laser, Fireball, kanye ne-Spread Gun edumile. Nakuba inguqulo ye-arcade yaba yimpumelelo yezohwebo, inguqulo ye-NES yiyona ethathwa njengeyona ehamba phambili. I-Konami yenza izinguquko ezinkulu ekwakhekeni kwayo ukuze ilungele i-NES, ihlukanisa umdlalo ube izigaba eziyisishiyagalombili esikhundleni sezinhlanu. Inguqulo yase-Japan, i-Famicom, yayinezici ezengeziwe ezifana nezizinda ezinyakazayo kanye namamephu phakathi kwezigaba ngenxa yobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe. Esinye sezici ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Contra ukuthandwa kwe-"Konami Code". Ngenxa yokuthi umdlalo wawunzima kakhulu, abadlali ababefaka ikhodi ethi Phezulu, Phezulu, Phansi, Phansi, Kwesobunxele, Kwesokudla, Kwesobunxele, Kwesokudla, B, A babethola izimpilo ezingu-30 esikhundleni sezintathu ezijwayelekile. Le mfihlo yaba inganekwane phakathi kwabadlali, yabe isifakwa emidlalweni eminingi eyalandela. Ifa le-Contra alikwazi ukubukelwa phansi. Ukunqoba kwayo njengomdlalo ongcono kakhulu wesenzo ngowe-1988 kwafakazela ukuthi imidlalo yama-arcade ingathuthukiswa lapho ilethwa kuma-console asekhaya. Yabeka isisekelo sochungechunge olukhulu, olufaka imidlalo efana ne-Super C ne-Contra III: The Alien Wars. Namuhla, ukukhishwa kokuqala kowe-1987 kusabhekwa njengempumelelo enkulu emidlalweni yasendulo, ikhunjulwa ngenxa yesenzo sayo sokubambisana, umculo ongasoze walibaleka, kanye nendima yayo ekubumbeni inkathi yegolide yemidlalo yokudubula.