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10 Best 80s Arcade Games

The gems that we played while growing up.

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The Best Co-Op Shooter Games

Shooting people in virtual worlds is more fun with friends by your side.

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10 Best Uses Of The Konami Code In Games

Some have remained hidden for years.

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11 Best Flamethrowers In Video Games

Video games and flamethrowers, they get on like a house on fire. These are the best ones in gaming history.

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10 Best 2D Games With Online Multiplayer

From excellent fighting games to incredible run-'n-gun titles, these 2D experiences are perfect for friends looking to play together online.

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Hardest Final Levels In Video Games

These final levels really make you prove your skills.

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10 Incredible Games Turning 30 Years Old In 2022

These video games are already collecting social security checks, but they are still a blast to play.

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10 Best H.R. Giger Influenced Games

The distinct biomechanical aesthetic of H. R. Giger's art has had a pronounced influence on many video games — these are the best of them.

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Five Konami Titles Get Controller Support On GOG

Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 4: The Room, and more now have controller support on GOG.

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Contra Returns Begins Public Beta Tomorrow

Contra Returns as a mobile game tomorrow with a global public beta test.

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Contra Returns As A Mobile Title Next Month

It's a mobile game, but Contra Returns brings the franchise back to its roots as a sidescrolling alien blast-fest.

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10 Of The Best Contra Games Of All Time, Ranked

Though it's been more or less ruined in recent years, we'll always love these 10 classic Konami side-scrolling shoot-em-up in the Contra series.

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Fight For The Survival Of The Earth In Blacklist Games' Contra The Board Game

Designed for 1-4 players, Contra is a co-operative board game that sees players take on the role of a soldier of the infamous Contra Corps.

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10 Canceled Shooters You Never Knew Existed

Video game development is unforgiving, with only a handful of games making it to shelves. Here are 10 canceled shooters that few people knew existed.

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Contra: Rogue Corps Is Stupid Beyond Belief (And I’m Totally Here For It)

Contra: Rogue Corps has an absurd, messy, off-the-wall approach to just about everything that's actually more endearing than tedious.

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10 Worst Power Ups In Retro Games, Ranked

Plenty of retro video games included power ups to boost a player's character, but these ten supposedly handy items were a detriment more than a help.

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Let's Stop Making Games About The 80's

There are so many games with neon aesthetics and synth-heavy soundtracks, that we're forgetting what the 1980s were actually like.

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The Contra Timeline: A History Of Kicking Alien Ass

Let's take a look at the Contra timeline.

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Contra Anniversary Collection Review: Unleash Your Inner Stallone

Contra Anniversary Collection contains a whopping ten games from the series, and it's very possible that you may overdose on all the raw machismo.

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Contra Anniversary Collection Includes NES, SNES, Sega, And Japanese Arcade Games

Konami has finally released the full game list for the Contra Anniversary Collection, and there is a lot of classic Contra here.

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