DF Retro: Contra 3 - The Alien Wars! Sublime 16-Bit Shooting!

Digital Foundry February 10, 2019
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DF Retro returns with a detailed look at one history's greatest shooters - Contra 3: The Alien Wars. John goes in-depth on how this classic SNES shooter works, what makes it brilliant and how the astonishing Game Boy port compares. Then it's on to the controversial Game Boy Advance conversion, including its bizarre method of borrowing content from Contra Hard Corps on Genesis/Mega Drive... Subscribe for more Digital Foundry and more DF Retro: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Support the DF Patreon, help the team more directly to produce content like this and get pristine video downloads: https://www.digitalfoundry.net

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