Contra's craptacular co-op

by James Ransom-Wiley { Nov 9th 2006 at 5:20PM }

Game|Life and IGN report that Contra's co-op mode is broken (see evidence above). The screenshots were taken at the same moment during an online co-op match, showing how the two players' games were completely out of sync (on the left, Player Two is already dead).

Both reports indicate that the co-op mode glitches during the Waterfall stage. Can anyone corroborate?

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

Tags: co-op, Contra, Konami, multiplayer, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, XboxLive, XboxLiveArcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Adam @ Nov 9th 2006 5:30PM

I only played it once (too addicted to gears of war) but we made it through the waterfall stage fine.

Josh @ Nov 9th 2006 5:47PM

Worked totally fine for me. Played through multiplayer co-op 2 times yesterday without a hiccup.

Lou @ Nov 9th 2006 5:53PM

Contra is kind of craptacular. Or at least, I can't stop playing Gears of War to pick it up.

I never was a big contra fan anyway until I found the Code.

I'm ready for small arms, roboblitz, and of Castle Crashers.

EdensDevil @ Nov 9th 2006 6:09PM

Yes it's broken a friend and I tried to do co-op multiple times last night and it would glitch around the first tunnel. I was still able to get the achievements tho.

Me @ Nov 9th 2006 6:30PM

why even bother with contra when gears of war is out now !!

nick @ Nov 9th 2006 7:01PM

Player 2 has 8 lives remaining? Is that normal or was someone cheating?

me @ Nov 9th 2006 7:01PM

Probably because Gears is overrated. It's getting top 5 game of all time scores and not one person I know has said it's the best game they ever played by a longshot. Gears = Good but not nearly as good as the reviews claim it is. The hype is not real.

Adam @ Nov 9th 2006 7:28PM

No problems here with Contra co-op.. maybe jealous Sony fanboys?

GJM @ Nov 9th 2006 7:08PM

"Probably because Gears is overrated. It's getting top 5 game of all time scores and not one person I know has said it's the best game they ever played by a longshot. Gears = Good but not nearly as good as the reviews claim it is. The hype is not real."

I wish you knew how pathetic you come across. Do you not realize how many people have already seen and played this game and know you're talking BS? You're preaching to the choir. Don't worry, the 360 and Gears won't put your PS3 and/or Wii out of business. There is plenty of room for all 3 consoles... right on my shelf.

azesino @ Nov 9th 2006 8:13PM

Dam I been missing contra becuse Gears of Wars is too dam addicting.

6. "Probably because Gears is overrated. It's getting top 5 game of all time scores and not one person I know has said it's the best game they ever played by a longshot. Gears = Good but not nearly as good as the reviews claim it is. The hype is not real."

You sound just like a Sony Fanboy, everione knows that You are hurt, You are mad, You are angry, and most of all Your jelousy is transparent like a cristal, we all know you been crying your self to sleep ever since Gears was reviewd and it delivered, go back and cry your self to sleep in to another lonely night waiting for your beloved PS3.

Daniel @ Nov 9th 2006 8:26PM

Hey 'me' - you say 'not one person has said it's their favourite game of all time' - um, you do realize it's been out for a grand total of about three days, right?

p.s. you're an idiot.

me @ Nov 9th 2006 8:33PM

lol You can make fun of this guy too. COD3's multiplayer annihilates Gears by a landslide. Pretty graphics not greater than gameplay

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69805

"I'm not talking about my tastes, I'm just saying, when you go to metacritic and you see a 96 for Gears of War, then you read the critics saying, 'Okay, storyline - there's none, gameplay is not innovative...' Then I say, why did they give this 96? They were blown away by the high quality of the graphics... Myself, I prefer something more creative," Tascan concluded.

DCFC Fan @ Nov 9th 2006 9:37PM

They used the Konami code for the 30 lives, I'm assuming. Even though that wasn't in the original arcade version, it was added in for nostalgia sake, I suppose.

I did experience this on the waterfall stage in online co-op. It was his first few times playing and I was talking him through some of the shortcuts and tricks, and it became apparent he and I were looking at two different screens, about 5-10 seconds apart. He had died on my screen, but was still playing in actuality. I thought it was because I jumped too far ahead and killed him at the bottom of the screen, he was lagging and kept playing until his lag caught up and was told "your dead cause player 1 jumped too quickly" and he died mysteriously.

It was really strange. I'm glad it wasn't just me. I still really enjoy the game though. Nostalgia is a wonderful thing.