Beating Contra with only Laser (2009) by Peter Yang

Beating Contra with only Laser is 80.2MB.

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Contra in 13 minutes by Peter Yang

View Contra in 13 minutes at Google Video

The Contra in 13 minutes video is 40.6MB.  MD5=58bd143820cfd44477b20767e71927f0
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Contra in 15 minutes   by Peter Yang

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Notes and questions:

Q: How was this video made?
A: I used Windows Media Encoder to record gameplay. The video is complete, uncut, and at normal speed, although there may be times during more active scenes when the video is choppier.  The resolution and framerate were chosen in order to have a small enough file that I would be able to encode realtime while preserving serviceable quality.  If anyone knows of a more effective capture technique, please let me know.

Q: Did you cheat?
A: No, everything was done without the aid of any cheats, codes, or turbo buttons.  Visual anomalies--most visibly the appearance of the spread gun's bullets and the boss at the end of Base2--are by-products of the video capture itself.

Q: Why did you make this video?  Contra's an old game!
A: Even though it is over 10 years old, I still hear Contra mentioned every once in a while for its gameplay, place in gaming history, or for its well-known--and, as you can see by the video, unnecessary--30 life code.  I had never seen a video walkthrough of a full game, and I thought that a video of the full game would be entertaining, more effective, and faster to produce than any written guide.

Q: You think you're real hot, huh?
A: No, not at all.  I just hope people will enjoy watching the video and/or learning something about Contra.  The video's purpose is to serve as a walkthrough, and it should not be viewed as a time to beat.  As it was recorded in one shot (as opposed to stage-by-stage), the video is far from perfect.  I'm sure there are people who can finish the game in even less than 14 minutes, especially if they are playing in 2-player mode, although I don't think more than a minute or two can be trimmed off of my time.

Q: What's your favorite weapon?
A: Back in the day, I liked laser since it packed the power of four bullets into one shot.  However, I was also playing with my friend, who used spread to cover us both.  Since then, spread has been the clear cut favorite.  In one-player, spread is the most practical weapon and is by far the most powerful in the game, not for its arc of fire, but for the raw number of bullets fired at once--5.  That makes spread an even more effective close range weapon than laser; you may notice that I sometimes jump up or otherwise try to get closer to enemy targets while firing in order to inflict greater damage.

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