There are two tricks to being able to beat this without the code. The first is remembering enemy patterns and the second is eliminating everything in sight on the bosses before the actual fight commences. Its much easier to blow stuff up when less things are trying to kill you
Great playthrough! James and Mike brought me here. one thing that helps is mastering constant shooting while simultaneously making jumps. That and developing the ol' auto thumb, haha
The NoobScorpion haha, "auto thumb." I've been playing Super C and it's making me want to do another Contra playthrough as a stream- I'd do stuff differently for sure! Thanks for stopping by :)
few tips for your next play through! in 3rd level take time to blow up some of the auto turrets while you are below them before you keep going up, makes avoiding the football dudes easier and getting power ups easier you can actually shoot straight down while in mid air.. just jump hold down and fire. helps a lot especially in boss fights like the hangar with all the guys coming out the door - lets you kill the little turrets and the fight becomes a breeze! you're awesome and anyone who doesn't make crazy noises at the screen while playing Contra isn't really playing Contra
Life expectancy when you pick up a Spread power-up ? About 0.5 seconds ! You mentioned James & Mike in this video, they're huge Contra fans. I actually discovered your channel thanks to them and that "James & Mike Mondays" episode you did with them ! Anyway, good video. It must have been terrible to realize that your first playthrough wasn't recorded and that you had to record an additional run...
Hey I'm glad you found me! Yeah, I'm better at Contra now than I was then but I still enjoy this one, haha. Even if I had to record it twice! Ah, memories :p
Contra was my first NES game I still remember getting it from Electronics Boutique Now Gamestop. Found the channel out of the blue I like the content, good to see more women gamers.
For years I've been wanting to see a woman's perspective on this game, and it's only now that I finally get to see it! 😌🙏 Needless to say, I loved it. 😁👍
Hi Erin :) if you're ever revisiting this game - you can shoot diagonally and if you do get the M power up, you can just press and hold the shoot button for auto rapid shots. Thank you for posting and. entertaining us :D
Yes people would watch you play but your commentary is an added bonus! Contra is my personal fav NES game, have beat it a few times no deaths! Normally die 1-3 times. I love the sound of the (M)achine gun! When you are jumping try shooting up and down at angles! Let's you shoot ahead and hit enemies, on the base levels wait until you kill the red soldier who hops before you clear the rooms and get you some better firepower! Nice Ren and Stimpy reference!!
You know Erin Contra has been 1 of my favourite games for Nintendo and also Super C (Contra 2) I will always love that game. The best game I ever played.
To this day Contra is still a great classic game. I was honored to watch her play it. Really would be great to team-up with her on this game. I recommend the Contra Collection to anyone. If Erin is still reading this, if I had to pick an enemy character on this game it would be the sniper (red soldiers). Well played Erin 👏
21:39 is a moment of pure sincerity. That "no" came straight from her heart. Other examples include: Will the Cavs upset the Warriors? No Do you like the new Coldplay album? No Can I buy you a drink? No
Nobody beats this without the code. There are too many no-win situations in Contra where the bullets are too dense to be dodged. This isn’t a flaw, just a reality. I’ve been playing this all my life. Best I’ve ever done is like 7 or 8 deaths. Great vid & format. Liked & subbed.
Emceemur I know it can be done, but yeah it’s definitely a challenge! I think it comes down to memorization and being able to respond very quickly. I’m not there yet. And thank you very much!
6:31 no no no, I love your rambling, it's entertaining and lets us see what's going on in your mind and that is where a lot of funny moments come from. Oh shit, this is a 5 year old video, goddamnit. lol Ah well. *hits comment button*
I actually pulled off a zero death run on Contra before. With a few slight adjustments you could cut your deaths in half lol! Awesome video. Even though you jumped into the squiggly arm and died XD
i also think yur adorable not in a creepy way but in afriendly way anyway great lets plays vid keep up the good work erin and showing these cool nes game even frommy childhood
I'd rather be the standard minion dudes than the rocket launcher guy simply because the rocket launcher guy's job seems to require him to not be allowed to move. If Arnold Schwarzenegger came at you with a machine gun, at least if you were a regular minion you could try to run and jump away to safety.
Hell yeah Contra :D One of my favorite games to replay from the NES era. Co-op Contra is a blast, even if it results in a few extra deaths from trapping each other. :) I believe the R is for 'Rapid Fire'! (Though I'm calling it Razmataz from now on) and B is for Barrier. I actually never knew the spike trucks could even be hit from behind! Also, Team Rocketlauncherman :P Thanks for the playthrough!
+Positron haha "barrier" and "rapid fire," duh! I should've guessed that. razzmatazz does sound a little more special though, in my opinion 😋 And yay, one down for team Rocket Launcher! Thanks so much for watching :)
Erin Plays Today, my little girl turned 5. As a kid that grew up on NES myself, I can only imagine that a few years from now she will be watching your videos and getting inspired to play "old school". I know we have thousands of gameplay videos, but yours have a kindness and curse-free language that is definitely suitable for all ages :) Thanks you so much. AND you gave a shout-out to Mike Matei !!! Now you are also my hero!
+Gustavo Valdiviesso oh wow, that is so sweet of you to say! Thank you very much. I try not to curse too much, but I must admit I let a few words slip in this video, haha. 🙊 and yeah, Mike is the best!!
I would def be a runner for a red falcon job LOL ur so goofy. Id like to see u come back to this and practice and get the legit win (with no code) Awesome play through Erin loved it. Short hair erin alert!!!!!!!!! lol
btw i talk to myself in 3rd person ALLLLLL the time, its become a thing on my channel. People always laugh when i say DAMMIT DANIEL!!!!!!! lol lol so i hear u on that
I ve played this as kid, I could finish the game alone but if I played with my brother we could never finish the game bad teeamwork or smth. Like 3 months ago we played it and we actualy finished the game that was so cool we couldnt belive it, so much fun.
awesome time machine! I remember that on the Famicom, probably the first game I finished with that cheat code of course. We used to call it 99 lives...the R is for rapid fire but I enjoyed your ver. of razzmatazz)))
I always thought that the bombs, especially in the snow level, looked like those things of yarn my grandma would have. Not a ball of yarn, but like a vile red falcon bomb of yarn. Ya know?
On the bosses after the electric fence things, kill the guns first so you aren't dealing with the boss+those guns Tanks: run all the way to the left, you can't damage it till it has stopped anyway, keep mashing, it won't be able to hit you and you can kill it normal gun right before it gets to you (no death) D-pad door, just go all the way right and shoot up and to the right, may die some but quicker to get more hits in, probably less deaths than you had. End boss, kill the thing underground first, and like the d-pad door you can get a lot of rapid hits in right next to it shooting up and to the right
I went from casual viewer to subscriber when you said the "electric fence" quote. I wish I had someone to play games like this with but my friends play less intense games. I guess it's true what they say- it's lonely at the top 😄😄😄
Not hating not at all but i was just watching and out of the gate i was like *wtf* lol im so used to jumping down and grabbing both wweapons instantly ~ played it when it was freshly new haha ~ enjoyed your videos Erin thank you
Great video :) I loved this in the arcade, eventually I could beat it with one coin. In the UK it was called 'Gryzor'... (wtf?). Please do a follow up, maybe a Contra sequel game. Or a two player run at Contra again. I'll dance at your wedding.
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Dang. Forgetting to hit "record" is one of those things media people talk about sometimes that's hard to communicate exactly how awful it feels if you haven't done it yourself. It feels like you just burned a book, or something -- especially if you record like an hour of blind reaction and then its all lost forever because you didn't press the button hard enough. Definitely a hard lesson to learn.
Hi, nice gameplay. I have to say one thing tough, you don't need to get every single powerup :D Usually I play through Contra and I never get the powerup F for example, it's like the worst weapon you can have. Laser is ok, but I hardly use it as well. The most useful one is the S (spread)
Love your plays Erin. So the footage didn't record the first time around huh hahaha. That has happened to me in the past as well with a challenge. Get through the game and notice the cam was not recording....I was not happy lol. Envious of your editing.
Louis Duenes right? Nintendo needs to issue a PSA with Mario saying, "hey kids! Don't forgot to stretch your hands and wrists during your Contra marathons!"
Best advice I can give is to shoot diagonally when you can. It saves a lot of headache as you wont have to keep jumping and shooting, putting yourself in danger of getting hit by stray projectiles 🙂
Her gameplay is so addicting idk why but it is. She is somewhat quiet, she doesn't seem so excited and its simple gameplay but damn is it addicting. Plus doesn't hurt that she is beautiful and has awesome red hair.
I didn't realize that when you continued after entering the cheat you get thirty lives again. I always thought it went back to three. Adore you and your channel. Keep up the good work!
Great video! You should play Bionic Commando on the NES next, I think you'd like it. Also, I'm not sure how interested you are in playing newer consoles, but you should give God Hand on the Ps2 a try. It's always fun watching someone play that game for the first time
There are two tricks to being able to beat this without the code. The first is remembering enemy patterns and the second is eliminating everything in sight on the bosses before the actual fight commences. Its much easier to blow stuff up when less things are trying to kill you
2017 era ErinPlays is the best!
I played this game when I was 13 in 1989.
"Which position in Contra would I want?"
I'd be the asshole at 19:42 who's job is literally to jump down a chasm and die.
Steve haha solid choice
Steve that gig has a sweet 401k
Great playthrough! James and Mike brought me here. one thing that helps is mastering constant shooting while simultaneously making jumps. That and developing the ol' auto thumb, haha
The NoobScorpion haha, "auto thumb." I've been playing Super C and it's making me want to do another Contra playthrough as a stream- I'd do stuff differently for sure! Thanks for stopping by :)
that's what my step brother and I used to call it when we were kids. We'd laugh so hard at each other in a crazy button tapping frenzy
Love this game, i remember renting it. Then my parents got it for me in 89. I used to be able to pass it without dying once.
2:10 the nes turbo finger :) great gameplay like allways very fun to watch!
few tips for your next play through!
in 3rd level take time to blow up some of the auto turrets while you are below them before you keep going up, makes avoiding the football dudes easier and getting power ups easier
you can actually shoot straight down while in mid air.. just jump hold down and fire. helps a lot especially in boss fights like the hangar with all the guys coming out the door - lets you kill the little turrets and the fight becomes a breeze!
you're awesome and anyone who doesn't make crazy noises at the screen while playing Contra isn't really playing Contra
Best moment ever- after hours middle of the night we beat it without the code. My friend was like ok awesome now I'm going home lol
That's awesome
Life expectancy when you pick up a Spread power-up ? About 0.5 seconds !
You mentioned James & Mike in this video, they're huge Contra fans. I actually discovered your channel thanks to them and that "James & Mike Mondays" episode you did with them !
Anyway, good video. It must have been terrible to realize that your first playthrough wasn't recorded and that you had to record an additional run...
Hey I'm glad you found me! Yeah, I'm better at Contra now than I was then but I still enjoy this one, haha. Even if I had to record it twice! Ah, memories :p
Up up down down left right B A and start!!!! R stands for rapid fire!
Contra was my first NES game I still remember getting it from Electronics Boutique Now Gamestop. Found the channel out of the blue I like the content, good to see more women gamers.
For years I've been wanting to see a woman's perspective on this game, and it's only now that I finally get to see it! 😌🙏
Needless to say, I loved it. 😁👍
I love watching your NES plays! But that level 2 of Contra was brutal. It seemed liked what could go wrong did! Keep up the videos I'll watch:)
Hi Erin :) if you're ever revisiting this game - you can shoot diagonally and if you do get the M power up, you can just press and hold the shoot button for auto rapid shots. Thank you for posting and. entertaining us :D
"Boom yea, blow up that island from hell." XD
New subscriber, very impressed. Plus that damn code exists for a reason. Thumbs up soldier.
Yes people would watch you play but your commentary is an added bonus! Contra is my personal fav NES game, have beat it a few times no deaths! Normally die 1-3 times. I love the sound of the (M)achine gun! When you are jumping try shooting up and down at angles! Let's you shoot ahead and hit enemies, on the base levels wait until you kill the red soldier who hops before you clear the rooms and get you some better firepower! Nice Ren and Stimpy reference!!
Oh, this game. One of my favorite (and NES) games and i enjoy playing Contra for 13 years.
You know Erin Contra has been 1 of my favourite games for Nintendo and also Super C (Contra 2) I will always love that game. The best game I ever played.
Gamer + Fun + Skilled + Down to earth + Funny + Red Head = SUBSCRIBED
+Nightrider 9000 thanks! :)
How is she skilled if she used a cheat code?
To this day Contra is still a great classic game. I was honored to watch her play it. Really would be great to team-up with her on this game. I recommend the Contra Collection to anyone. If Erin is still reading this, if I had to pick an enemy character on this game it would be the sniper (red soldiers).
Well played Erin 👏
I really can’t fathom how any human could beat this game without the Contra code...
Why the hell did they make so many of the games ridiculously hard? Especially when it was mainly kids playing them..
Erin tell Mike I said hi and excellent gameplay video of Contra!
New subscriber here. Great video! Contra is great, but Super C was always my fave between the two.
+Alex Perez Super C is definitely on the list. And thanks so much!
21:39 is a moment of pure sincerity. That "no" came straight from her heart.
Other examples include:
Will the Cavs upset the Warriors? No
Do you like the new Coldplay album? No
Can I buy you a drink? No
Nobody beats this without the code. There are too many no-win situations in Contra where the bullets are too dense to be dodged. This isn’t a flaw, just a reality. I’ve been playing this all my life. Best I’ve ever done is like 7 or 8 deaths. Great vid & format. Liked & subbed.
Emceemur I know it can be done, but yeah it’s definitely a challenge! I think it comes down to memorization and being able to respond very quickly. I’m not there yet. And thank you very much!
6:31 no no no, I love your rambling, it's entertaining and lets us see what's going on in your mind and that is where a lot of funny moments come from. Oh shit, this is a 5 year old video, goddamnit. lol Ah well. *hits comment button*
they do kinda look like they're in Devo jumpsuits.
I never could beat this game, or Super C, even with the extra lives codes
I actually pulled off a zero death run on Contra before. With a few slight adjustments you could cut your deaths in half lol! Awesome video. Even though you jumped into the squiggly arm and died XD
i love playing contra nes game and I beat it too
First time watcher. Totally remember this. Not bad Erin😊
Hahaha...Devo dudes! I totally see it!
Oh, you're so adorable. Good luck on the channel.
i also think yur adorable not in a creepy way but in afriendly way anyway great lets plays vid keep up the good work erin and showing these cool nes game even frommy childhood
i was able to beat this without the contra code practice makes perfect
I'd rather be the standard minion dudes than the rocket launcher guy simply because the rocket launcher guy's job seems to require him to not be allowed to move. If Arnold Schwarzenegger came at you with a machine gun, at least if you were a regular minion you could try to run and jump away to safety.
Jajaja hizo el truco de las 30 vidas!
Didnt realize i need a girls touch on video games til Erin.
I still watch lol
Don't worry Erin. I understand since I make similar mistakes in games too.
Hell yeah Contra :D One of my favorite games to replay from the NES era. Co-op Contra is a blast, even if it results in a few extra deaths from trapping each other. :)
I believe the R is for 'Rapid Fire'! (Though I'm calling it Razmataz from now on) and B is for Barrier.
I actually never knew the spike trucks could even be hit from behind! Also, Team Rocketlauncherman :P
Thanks for the playthrough!
+Positron haha "barrier" and "rapid fire," duh! I should've guessed that. razzmatazz does sound a little more special though, in my opinion 😋 And yay, one down for team Rocket Launcher! Thanks so much for watching :)
Fun play-thru!
+Damaramu HQ thanks for watching! :)
Great gameplay. Thanks for the video.
+Gustavo Valdiviesso thanks for watching!
Erin Plays Today, my little girl turned 5. As a kid that grew up on NES myself, I can only imagine that a few years from now she will be watching your videos and getting inspired to play "old school". I know we have thousands of gameplay videos, but yours have a kindness and curse-free language that is definitely suitable for all ages :) Thanks you so much.
AND you gave a shout-out to Mike Matei !!! Now you are also my hero!
+Gustavo Valdiviesso oh wow, that is so sweet of you to say! Thank you very much. I try not to curse too much, but I must admit I let a few words slip in this video, haha. 🙊 and yeah, Mike is the best!!
You re good at it🙂. Love all ur videos
I would def be a runner for a red falcon job LOL ur so goofy. Id like to see u come back to this and practice and get the legit win (with no code) Awesome play through Erin loved it. Short hair erin alert!!!!!!!!! lol
To bad you had to film twice, but another great playthrough! Alien Shrimp Babies!!! Maybe Super C next...
+watsonpunk thanks so much for always watching! And yeah, Super C is totally on the list :)
btw i talk to myself in 3rd person ALLLLLL the time, its become a thing on my channel. People always laugh when i say DAMMIT DANIEL!!!!!!! lol lol so i hear u on that
I ve played this as kid, I could finish the game alone but if I played with my brother we could never finish the game bad teeamwork or smth. Like 3 months ago we played it and we actualy finished the game that was so cool we couldnt belive it, so much fun.
awesome time machine! I remember that on the Famicom, probably the first game I finished with that cheat code of course. We used to call it 99 lives...the R is for rapid fire but I enjoyed your ver. of razzmatazz)))
I always thought that the bombs, especially in the snow level, looked like those things of yarn my grandma would have. Not a ball of yarn, but like a vile red falcon bomb of yarn. Ya know?
lol nice lets play erin!!!! love to see another run of this without the contra code
I love ur channel!! I'm a new fan joining the club, I love retro games especially contra! Now that's a classic
Thanks so much!
Felicidades amiga,no cualquiera termina este juego,soy nuevo suscriptor saludos y arriba lo retro, hermosos recuerdos,god game congratulations.
Robot boss is really cool because he lives in a giant 1950's jukebox.
The blue and red characters we use that’s supposed to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
Good job
Any time there is an electric fence reference in anything, it reminds me of Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence.
Thought u weren’t gonna make it for a second against that eye 👁, glad u pulled thru 😝
DEVO DUDES!! We called them the same.
New fan here.....bringing it back old school...Thanks!
Razzmatazz... a catchphrase is born. 😄 Waiting for that Contra 3 run. 🤓
Eventually! I want to do alien wars for sure.
On the bosses after the electric fence things, kill the guns first so you aren't dealing with the boss+those guns
Tanks: run all the way to the left, you can't damage it till it has stopped anyway, keep mashing, it won't be able to hit you and you can kill it normal gun right before it gets to you (no death)
D-pad door, just go all the way right and shoot up and to the right, may die some but quicker to get more hits in, probably less deaths than you had.
End boss, kill the thing underground first, and like the d-pad door you can get a lot of rapid hits in right next to it shooting up and to the right
I went from casual viewer to subscriber when you said the "electric fence" quote.
I wish I had someone to play games like this with but my friends play less intense games. I guess it's true what they say- it's lonely at the top 😄😄😄
I’m glad you appreciated the ren and Stimpy reference! Thanks for subbing :)
My dinosaur droppings painted like Easter eggs!!!
Love this game, easily one of my favorite NES games. I've beaten it many times, but not once without using the 30 live code lol
Not hating not at all but i was just watching and out of the gate i was like *wtf* lol im so used to jumping down and grabbing both wweapons instantly ~ played it when it was freshly new haha ~ enjoyed your videos Erin thank you
Gran juego gracias por compartirlo muchos éxitos saludos me gustan tus vídeos
Normally I really enjoy watching you play but.. you really bungled this.
Contra level 5: oh, hey, look - (bullet) hell froze over!
Great video :) I loved this in the arcade, eventually I could beat it with one coin. In the UK it was called 'Gryzor'... (wtf?). Please do a follow up, maybe a Contra sequel game. Or a two player run at Contra again. I'll dance at your wedding.
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Definitely at some point I’ll get to Hard Corps. I want to play Alien Wars too. Thanks for watching :)
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LOL I could not beat the game with out the code too! XD
This erin plays character seems pretty cool
I still love this music.
Erin, quick tip, shoot at 45 deg angles to kill most of the baddies from below lol, also helps in boss battles. Ninja Gaiden would drive you nuts :)
Dang. Forgetting to hit "record" is one of those things media people talk about sometimes that's hard to communicate exactly how awful it feels if you haven't done it yourself. It feels like you just burned a book, or something -- especially if you record like an hour of blind reaction and then its all lost forever because you didn't press the button hard enough. Definitely a hard lesson to learn.
So cute that you call them pork chop bombs
You can shoot up and down while running and jumping in angles, it really helps in Contra games ; )
practce makes perfect and cool vidi was able tobeat this without the code nice playthrough
one of my fav shooters
Hi, nice gameplay. I have to say one thing tough, you don't need to get every single powerup :D Usually I play through Contra and I never get the powerup F for example, it's like the worst weapon you can have. Laser is ok, but I hardly use it as well. The most useful one is the S (spread)
16bit Generation Yeah, spread is definitely the best! Too bad I barely hung on to it during this play through, haha. Thanks for watching!
Love your plays Erin.
So the footage didn't record the first time around huh hahaha. That has happened to me in the past as well with a challenge. Get through the game and notice the cam was not recording....I was not happy lol.
Envious of your editing.
btw, keep swearing :)
+The Retro Challenger Ⓥ haha yeah. At least this game was short so it wasn't too big of a deal to beat it again! And thanks so much 😄
Hand stretches while playing are grossly underrated.
Louis Duenes right? Nintendo needs to issue a PSA with Mario saying, "hey kids! Don't forgot to stretch your hands and wrists during your Contra marathons!"
I also have an AVS! It might be my favorite console that I own coupled with the powerpak.
+Davey Whitney that's awesome. Yeah, the AVS is definitely worth owning!
I love how you’re talking in a library voice and apologize for being “spazzy” lol. You are too funny!
Best advice I can give is to shoot diagonally when you can. It saves a lot of headache as you wont have to keep jumping and shooting, putting yourself in danger of getting hit by stray projectiles 🙂
I would want to be a foot soldier in contra erinplays
Her gameplay is so addicting idk why but it is. She is somewhat quiet, she doesn't seem so excited and its simple gameplay but damn is it addicting. Plus doesn't hurt that she is beautiful and has awesome red hair.
Ikr.. she's adorable as well.
My sister and I finished this game last weekend! It was a victory 30 years in the making!
R means “rapid fire.”
7th AngelAD I didn’t know what r ment in contra so r means rapid fire ok thanks I will remember that 😊
The 3d levels were always the hardest for me.you make it look easy.
I definitely would want to be one of the people assigned to throw bombs from the woods in real life Contra.
You really love the AVGN and the cinemassacre don't you😂 me too .who in their right mind would hate them
I beat this w/ 3 lives 1 time many years ago and it took me weeks of trial/error. I attempted it in 2018 and failed miserably.
I didn't realize that when you continued after entering the cheat you get thirty lives again. I always thought it went back to three.
Adore you and your channel. Keep up the good work!
I think about the same stuff. I would say that i would want to be a soldier who pushes the rocks
out of the caves in level 3...
The 2nd boss doesn't have to be that difficult. Good vid
This is when she was sitting on her bed with cables everywhere. Hehe.
Id be the guy throwing the bombs from behind the trees. He's never in danger.
+Larry Walls Jr smart choice 👍🏻
Nes Level stress
Great video! You should play Bionic Commando on the NES next, I think you'd like it. Also, I'm not sure how interested you are in playing newer consoles, but you should give God Hand on the Ps2 a try. It's always fun watching someone play that game for the first time
Hey James, thanks for the suggestions! I'll keep those in mind. :)
Razzmatazz my azzamatazz. This was a fun watch. Definitely more laid back than my psyche would allow. Much love. Good stuff.
That was nice can I play Contra with you 😁
Honestly the video was kind of a bummer would have rather seen you play W/O the code. But it made me want to play Contra so Cheers.
Whip it. Into shape!