Contra

Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System (1988)

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Yet another translation of an arcade game, Contra was one of the first really good side-scrolling action titles to appear on the NES (with isometric first-person views peppered throughout.) While rather difficult, as with most Konami titles at the time, the two-player simultanous action made it easier for friends to assume the role of two Rambo-like commandos to take on the invading alien Red Falcon together. And there was always the classic 30 man code if things got too tough.