Nintendo Switch Digital Games: Contra, Castlevania or Konami Arcade Collections EXPIRED

Just grabbed all 3 for $15...complete no brainer!😎

I sooo wanna bite on these, especially contra.

But I got one of the NES minis a couple years ago... nostalgia's a helluva drug

Cool thing about the Castlevania collection is that they later added a free update for the Famicom versions of the games as well, which are arguably more balanced in difficulty and use a better sound chip for the music (CVIII on Famicom especially sounds great)

Quote from markbaer24 : Up up down down left right left right B A Start....is the correct code

Correct for 1 player with 30 lives
the other one with Select start is also correct -> 2 players with 30 lives

Quote from afunk377 : Just grabbed all 3 for $15...complete no brainer!😎

only if walmart honored their $70 nintendo card. they cancelled mine.

Quote from minwoo832 : Does the unlimited life code work? up up down down left right left right select start

what unlimited life code? there is only 30 lives

Quote from Harmonica : Yes, the NES version is included, as is the Famicom version.

online 2 player playable for nes?

Man loooove the original contra!! Brings me back to the couch coop days with my big bro. Greatest gaming moment was making it through on 1 life. Ahhh this is how hard games used to be. Thanks op! Now I need to convince big bro to buy haha

Great price for these collections IMO. These games still hold up honestly. If you're even remotely interested in retro games most of these are timeless classics worth playing.

The NES versions of Contra and Super Contra are better than the arcade versions in terms of control and music IMO. Contra III for the SNES improves upon the original with the ability to hold your positions when shooting at different angles, ability to carry and switch between two weapons and a slew of other features. It's harder than the first two games and doesn't have extra lives code but it's beatable and fun. You can farm for extra lives during the last boss fight and you'll definitely need the extra lives. You can find the extra lives code all over the internet, especially the first NES Contra game so look it up. Great couch co op collection.

The first Castlevania game and Castlevania III are one of those infamous hard as nail retro classic. Castlevania II and Super Castlevania are more easier and deviates from the original formula. All are fun in their own ways IMO and they all have great music that's worth playing just to hear them. YouTube Castlevania music and you'll find tons of cover, remixes and stuff.

The Arcade Classics Collection is tougher to recommend unless you like airplane/spaceship shooters aka SHMUP (short for shoot-em-up) genre, and or you like to torture yourself a bit. Salamander and maybe Twin Bee could be an exception since they're easier than the rest of the games in this collection IMO. I think you can use the infamous Contra extra lives code for Salamander as well. At $5 I recommend it just for Salamander and Vulcan Venture alone if you're remotely interested in SHMUP genre. Salamander and Twin Bee has local co op.

Are these good in today's standard? Besides the nostalgia factor. Trying to decide which to buy. only played the original Contra before but I already have it on 3ds. decisions decisions.

Is there an expectation that these will also go on sale on Xbox or PlayStation? I'm not familiar with how often these collections have the same sale price across all three platforms.

How do you get the unlimited lives code to work here? For one or two player…

Quote from klynch201 : How do you get the unlimited lives code to work here? For one or two player…

It shows 30 lives if you entered it correct right?

Quote from BigBallaBrand : Up up down down left right left right B A select start

"select start"...

Bro, don't do us like that, you know we ain't got friends to play with.

Can anybody tell me the simple way to get a two player couch co-op game going? We have been sitting here for a half hour trying to get two player mode and cannot get it to work.