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Contra: The Alien Wars (Game Boy)

Contra: The Alien Wars (Game Boy)
DeveloperFactor 5
PublisherKonami
GenreRun and Gun
ReleasedOctober 1994
Title Screenhot
In-game Screenshot

Achievements

There are 32 achievements worth 475 (2703) points.
Authors: tuinj (22), MarioJunior10 (10)

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Spray And Pray (1) (1)
Get the Spread weapon upgrade.
1167 (558) of 1206
(96.77%) players
Armor Up (1) (1)
Get the Barrier item.
1121 (531) of 1206
(92.95%) players
Shooting With Your Eyes Closed (1) (1)
Get the Homing Shot weapon upgrade.
947 (491) of 1206
(78.52%) players
Crush Your Enemies (1) (1)
Get the Crush Gun weapon upgrade.
725 (420) of 1206
(60.12%) players
The Roof Is On Fire (1) (1)
Get the Flame-thrower upgrade.
344 (208) of 1206
(28.52%) players
Level 1 Completed (Normal) (5) (8)
Complete Level 1 on Normal.
355 (219) of 1206
(29.44%) players
Level 1 Completed (Hard) (10) (30)
Complete Level 1 on Hard.
139 (93) of 1206
(11.53%) players
Level 1 Completed (Maniac) (25) (89)
Complete Level 1 on Maniac.
130 (75) of 1206
(10.78%) players
Mastering the Streets (10) (66)
Clear Stage 1 without dying and using only the Default Gun (Hard or Maniac)
68 (36) of 1206
(5.64%) players
Level 2 Completed (Normal) (5) (10)
Complete Level 2 on Normal.
232 (152) of 1206
(19.24%) players
Level 2 Completed (Hard) (10) (32)
Complete Level 2 on Hard.
130 (85) of 1206
(10.78%) players
Level 2 Completed (Maniac) (25) (100)
Complete Level 2 on Maniac
116 (65) of 1206
(9.62%) players
Destroy 6 Parts (10) (83)
Clear Stage 2 without dying and using only the Default Gun (Hard or Maniac)
59 (28) of 1206
(4.89%) players
Level 3 Completed (Normal) (5) (11)
Complete Level 3 on Normal.
197 (127) of 1206
(16.33%) players
Level 3 Completed (Hard) (10) (36)
Complete Level 3 on Hard.
111 (72) of 1206
(9.20%) players
Level 3 Completed (Maniac) (25) (121)
Complete Level 3 on Maniac.
101 (52) of 1206
(8.37%) players
Between Aliens and Robots (25) (240)
Clear Stage 3 without dying and using only the Default Gun (Hard or Maniac)
52 (24) of 1206
(4.31%) players
Level 4 Completed (Normal) (5) (12)
Complete Level 4 on Normal.
172 (113) of 1206
(14.26%) players
Level 4 Completed (Hard) (10) (39)
Complete Level 4 on Hard.
102 (66) of 1206
(8.46%) players
Level 4 Completed (Maniac) (25) (123)
Complete Level 4 on Maniac.
97 (51) of 1206
(8.04%) players
Survive in the Sands (25) (240)
Clear Stage 4 without dying and using only the Default Gun (Hard or Maniac)
52 (24) of 1206
(4.31%) players
Level 5 Completed (Normal) (10) (31)
Beat the Game on Normal.
140 (86) of 1206
(11.61%) players
Level 5 Completed (Hard) (25) (103)
Beat the Game on Hard.
98 (63) of 1206
(8.13%) players
Level 5 Completed (Maniac) (50) (246)
Beat the Game on Maniac.
97 (51) of 1206
(8.04%) players
Alien Extermination I (25) (203)
Clear Stage 5 without dying (Hard or Maniac)
60 (29) of 1206
(4.98%) players
Alien Extermination II (25) (216)
Clear Stage 5 using only the Default Gun (Hard or Maniac)
55 (27) of 1206
(4.56%) players
Prepared for the War (10) (53)
Gain seven lives.
105 (47) of 1206
(8.71%) players
Only Bullets Are Needed (10) (81)
Win the Game without using a bomb. (Normal or higher)
66 (29) of 1206
(5.47%) players
Future Sergeant (10) (74)
Win the Game without using a continue.
84 (32) of 1206
(6.97%) players
Veteran Shooter (25) (209)
Win the Game without using a continue on Hard difficulty.
59 (28) of 1206
(4.89%) players
Only the Basics (25) (119)
Finish the game using only the default gun.
86 (53) of 1206
(7.13%) players
Real Veteran (25) (123)
Finish the game without dying.
92 (51) of 1206
(7.63%) players
💬Official Forum Topic
Recent Players:
UserWhenActivity
LaiN852023-02-03 20:06:56Playing Contra: The Alien Wars
bug672023-02-03 17:40:03Playing Contra: The Alien Wars
RavenHomicide2023-01-31 23:05:38Playing Contra: The Alien Wars
QrayQray2023-01-04 20:59:00Playing Contra: The Alien Wars
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jonasjacob2022-08-06 21:32:38Playing Contra: The Alien Wars
Comments:
GAMERJET 13 Mar 2018 19:51
I recently watched a longplay of this game on youtube and was surprised how well they did for the technology when compared to the SNES version. Looking forward to playing more contra!
JAM 19 Jul 2018 15:28
Try this. https://retroachievements.org/Game/11109
GAMERJET 20 Jul 2018 04:37
That's interesting how the unlicensed versions are ported on to an older system.
NgNvNn 11 Apr 2019 17:04
Is not protected against the code to skip levels, at least "real veteran" and "Only the basics" triggered using the code.
Aekko 9 Jan 2020 03:09
Surprised the achievements for lower difficulties aren't included with the same achievement for higher difficulties. Oh well, Normal and Hard runs are now on the to-do list.
Araujo8686 3 Feb 2020 07:20
"Prepared for the War": only Hard difficulty. Isn't possible gain lives in Maniac difficulty, even If maxed score to 999.999.
Aekko 5 Jun 2020 01:33
There, Mastered this one for a second time!
SuperCarloConti 16 Oct 2020 08:02
Compared with snes version this is easy, but really great game
AzuchiAkeshi 22 Nov 2021 15:49
Mastered! Great port, much better than the GBA version! :D
RetroGamerKyo
RetroGamerKyo 3 Nov 2022 18:55
Excellent game, sometimes you be angry, sometimes you fun with F gun.
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[AotW - Achievement of the Week 2018]
[Developer - Factor 5]
[Meta|QA - No Dynamic RP]
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[Publisher - Konami]
[Series - Contra]

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