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Nintendo Super System: Contra 3: The Alien Wars

| 1992
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Developer: Konami
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(6)
Number of Players: 4
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Contra III - The Alien Wars (c) 1992 Nintendo.

The year is 2636. The aliens that lost in battle to the Contras have once again regained their full strength and have begun a large-scale invasion. Humans are nothing but mere rag dolls in the face of their overwhelming resources, scientific capability and powerful life force.

Half a year later, 2 men, Bill and Lance of the Contra team, history's greatest mercenaries, arrive to the devastated city controlled by the aliens.
A heated battle begins once more.

- TECHNICAL -

Nintendo Super System hardware

Main CPU : G65C816 (@ 3.58 Mhz)
Sound CPU : SPC700 (@ 1.024 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 1.024 Mhz)

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

- TRIVIA -

Since the instruction manuals for the American versions of Contra and Super C for the NES established those games to be set in present times, yet Contra III featured an obvious futuristic setting, Konami explained this discrepancy by claiming that the main characters of Contra III were Jimbo and Sully, the descendants of Bill and Lance.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* All Weapons Code : At the player selection screen, press Right, Down, Downright, Right and Start. A scream will confirm the code.

* Level Select : At the player selection screen, press Left, Down, Downleft, Left and Start. A Hum will be heard if you've entered the code correctly.

- SERIES -

1. Contra [Model GX633] (1987, Arcade)
2. Super Contra (1988, Arcade)
3. Operation C (1991, Game Boy)
4. Contra Force (1992, NES)
5. Contra Spirits [Model SHVC-CS] (1992, Super Famicom)
6. Contra - Hard Corps (1994, Mega Drive)
7. Contra - Legacy of War (1996, PlayStation)
8. C - The Contra Adventure (1998, PlayStation)
9. Contra - Shattered Soldier (2002, PlayStation 2)
10. Neo Contra (2004, PlayStation 2)
11. Contra 4 (2007, DS)
12. Contra ReBirth (2009, WiiWare)

- STAFF -

* Visual Designers :
Main and directed : Nobuya Nakazato
Players character : Masayuki Saruta
Assist : Noritoshi Sasaki

* Programmers :
Main & top-view : Yoshiyuki Matsumoto (Yaipon)
Side-view : 1991/Nami
Help-man : K. Horio

* Sound Designers :
Program and effect : Atsushi Fujio
Sound effect : Masanori Oouchi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hirofumi Taniguchi
Music compose : Miki Yanagisawa, Masanori Adachi, Tappi Iwase

Technical adviced : Jun Furano
Package designers : Kenji Shimoide, Hiromi Sumida
Produced by : Kazumi Kitaue

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Nintendo Super Famicom (1992)
Nintendo Game Boy (1994)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2002, "Contra Advance - The Alien Wars EX")
Nintendo Wii (2007, "Virtual Console" - SNES version)

* Others :
Mobile Phones [CN] "Contra III"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1843&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000703 7E0086 00000006 FFFFFFFF Select Next Stage
00001501 7E0086 00000005 FFFFFFFF Select Starting Stage You should enable this cheat on the 'Select PL1/2 screen'
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 7E1F8A 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 7E1F8C 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000 7E0224 0000000F FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1 You may not be able to control the vehicle with this cheat ON, if you can't just turn the cheat OFF.
00010000 7E1508 0000000F FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1 (2/2)
00000000 7E1F88 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Barrier You may not be able to control the vehicle with this cheat ON, if you can't just turn the cheat OFF.
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon (I) PL1
00010000 7E1F84 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal
00010000 7E1F84 00000001 FFFFFFFF S
00010000 7E1F84 00000002 FFFFFFFF C
00010000 7E1F84 00000003 FFFFFFFF H
00010000 7E1F84 00000004 FFFFFFFF F
00010000 7E1F84 00000005 FFFFFFFF L
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon (II) PL1
00010000 7E1F86 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal
00010000 7E1F86 00000001 FFFFFFFF S
00010000 7E1F86 00000002 FFFFFFFF C
00010000 7E1F86 00000003 FFFFFFFF H
00010000 7E1F86 00000004 FFFFFFFF F
00010000 7E1F86 00000005 FFFFFFFF L
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 7E1FCA 00000064 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 7E1FCC 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000 7E0264 0000000F FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2 You may not be able to control the vehicle with this cheat ON, if you can't just turn the cheat OFF.
00010000 7E1548 0000000F FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2 (2/2)
00000000 7E1FC8 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Barrier PL2 You may not be able to control the vehicle with this cheat ON, if you can't just turn the cheat OFF.
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon (I) PL2
00010000 7E1FC4 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal
00010000 7E1FC4 00000001 FFFFFFFF S
00010000 7E1FC4 00000002 FFFFFFFF C
00010000 7E1FC4 00000003 FFFFFFFF H
00010000 7E1FC4 00000004 FFFFFFFF F
00010000 7E1FC4 00000005 FFFFFFFF L
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon (II) PL2
00010000 7E1FC6 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal
00010000 7E1FC6 00000001 FFFFFFFF S
00010000 7E1FC6 00000002 FFFFFFFF C
00010000 7E1FC6 00000003 FFFFFFFF H
00010000 7E1FC6 00000004 FFFFFFFF F
00010000 7E1FC6 00000005 FFFFFFFF L

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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