= Seems like destroying the lair ended up destroying the island also. = Bill/Lance arriving at the Alien's Lair while also killing and destroying everything in their path. = Bill/Lance defeating a gigantic armored soldier via Gordea. = Bill/Lance defeating a hovering deployment carrier via Guldaf. = Bill/Lance defeating a heavily armored snow sweeping vehicle via Dogra. = Bill/Lance defeating another defense mechanism and two hovering automatons via Godomuga that can create illusory split images of itself. = Bill/Lance constantly destroying more metal doors/walls. = Bill/Lance defeating a gargantuan alien beast via Gromaides. = Bill/Lance defeating some sort of defense mechanism via Garmakilma. = Bill/Lance constantly destroying metal doors/walls. = Rifle/machine gun strong enough to destroy the fortress gate/door/wall. There are many powerups they can obtain such as Rapid powerup that increases the firing rate of all weapon except for the laser rifle, Machine Gun powerup that has a very fast firing rate (can be combined with Rapid) and can shoot up to six bullets on-screen, Laser powerup that can take out an entire line of enemies in one shot and it's also safe to say that this is a real laser, Fireball powerup is not a traditional flamethrower but instead it shoots out a small fireball that moves forward in a corkscrew pattern making small loops and has an on-screen capacity of four fireballs, Spread powerup makes your rifle fire several bullets in a wide arc with the capacity of ten bullets on-screen, Barrier powerup it protects you from anything for roughly twenty seconds and any infantry that touches you will instantly be killed (except for vehicles and heavy guns), and Falcon powerup is basically a big explosion that destroys every basic enemy on the screen. The player starts with the Rifle that can fire up to four bullets on-screen. Their rifles are strong enough to destroy big heavy guns. = During gameplay it's very possible for Bill and Lance to dodge bullets and lasers. = Bill Rizer and Lance Bean from the Earth Marine Corp's Contra unit are given the task to destroy Red Falcon's base. = Two years later the aliens have brainwashed a bunch of people, they form an evil organization called the Red Falcon and plan to cause the downfall of humanity. Creates a huge explosion (seems the aliens are durable enough to survive the impact). = An alien meteorite crash landing in the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand. = An explanation of what Contra is, a soldier possessing almost super-human drive and ability. The promotional materials for the US arcade version downplays the futuristic setting of the game, with the manual for the later NES and home computer versions changing the game's setting from the future to the present day and the location from Galuga to the Amazon Jungle." Two commandos, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean of the Earth Marine Corp's Contra unit (an elite group of soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare), are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them. "According to the Japanese promotional materials, Contra is set in the distant future of the year 2633 A.D., when the evil Red Falcon Organization have set a base on the fictional Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to wipe out humanity. Here's the plot synopsis copy and pasted from Wikipedia. The Famicom version has cutscenes and some dialogue. I'll start by listing some feats from Contra on the Famicom via Japanese version with translation.
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