- The European NES version of Contra was renamed Probotector, and the two (human) main characters as well as some of the enemies where replaced with robots. Konami did this because some of the European countries (like Germany) didn't like the idea of people killing other people. The original Arcade version was released in Europe under the title of "Gryzor", but the game was banned in Germany.
- The Famicom version in Japan of the game an intro, cut-scenes and a longer ending (including a hidden message) that were not in the NES version. This was mainly due to the fact that these scenes made used of one of Konami's proprietary VRC (Video Resource Chip) mapper. When the game was localized for the NES, Konami was form to use a standard mapper and the added scenes were removed.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content