 Gryzor / Contra Level 1 - Jungle Strike
A nice easy level to start things off, make sure you get the Spread Gun from the flying pod before dropping down into the water to avoid the exploding bridge. Kill all the pesky bad guys and make your way right to the Base Entrance. Shoot the baddie hiding in the battlements, then lie down & take out the two cannons before destroying the door. Level 2 - Maze of Doom
Completely different from the first level, you are now in a '3D' corridor. At each section you must blow up the round target in the far wall before proceeding. If you touch the electric fence, you will be frozen momentarily. There's a tight time limit, so don't hang around. At the end is a 'Boss' of sorts, the Eye of Fear. Go to the extreme left or right and jump to avoid the cannon balls, then destroy the launchers. After all the boxes have been destroyed, the Eye will appear. He tracks left & right, and fires spinny fireballs at you. You can shoot these fireballs, or just dodge them. Kill him, then it's onto the lifts. Level 3 - Waterfall of Tragedy
Slightly different again, this level scrolls vertically rather than horizontally. If you start this level without a weapon, a floaty pod will appear containing a Barrier. With this, you can just storm through to the top with no problems. Otherwise, take care to avoid the falling rocks and make sure you pick up the Spread Gun near the top. At the top lurks the Giger-esque Base Entrance. Destroy the two turrets first, before taking on the cannonball launcher. Hit the symbol at the very top to blow open the gateway. Level 4 - Maze of Doom 2
This is similar to level 2, but a bit longer. Watch out for jumping red men, they give you weapons when killed. At the end is the 'Boss', the Terrible Twins. Destroy the little men and all the boxes and they will appear. They can only be hit when their two 'images' are together. They throw lots of strange atom things at you, which can be destroyed for points. Level 5 - Snowy Factory with Alien Bits
The final level, this is divided into three sections. The first is a frosty landscape where you are attacked by a hovering troopship and later by some armoured vehicles. If you have no weapons, you can get Rapid and Machine Gun just before these tanks appear. The second section starts with an attack by a large American Footballer. Show your love of this sport by frying him with your death weaponry. Now enter the Factory, avoiding the deadly fire jets. Kill another American Footballer, and advance into an area with spiky things hanging from the ceiling. Avoid these. The third and final section is reminiscent of the film Mary Poppins. No, not Mary Poppins, another one. Kill the giant head-thing, and proceed into the corridor of secreted resin. Shoot all the facehuggers before 20th Century Fox's lawyers notice, and prepare to face the Alien Heart. The Heart is completely passive, but is protected by six eggs which constantly generate facehuggers, until you blow them up. The Heart beats ever faster as you pump ammo into it until it explodes and awards you 1,000,000 points. The End
Watch the credits roll, and that's it. There's no second time on this game. Bit of a swizz really. But the real question is - why isn't there a picture of Ishiwari Jinbo? Was he too shy? Too ugly? We may never know. |
