Among mutual fund categories, contra funds stand out for their distinctive investment strategy. Rather than following prevailing market trends, these funds look for opportunities in stocks or sectors ...

Contra is one of a handful of franchises that have become completely synonymous with gaming; indeed, chances are if you haven't played any Contra games, then you'll have at least heard of them. Konami ...

Konami has decided to celebrate Contra's twentieth anniversary by making the best Contra yet. When I first heard that Contra 4 was being developed for the DS, I doubted that the game would be any good ...

Contra is a baffling experience that involves aggravated alien blasting and frantic twitch shooting. It's also one of very few videogames that can be exquisitely described by the phrase, "pulsating ...

Contra: Operation Galuga is out on the Nintendo Switch today and as part of this, there will be a patch update released in response to demo feedback. While other versions of this update are locked in ...

Jaymar Cabebe covers mobile apps and Windows software for CNET.… Read full bio Bottom line: Great for fans of the original and anyone looking for side-scrolling run-and-gun action, Contra: Evolution ...

There’s no denying that Konami’s Contra is a classic. First released in arcades back in 1987 and later successfully ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, the action-packed shooter featured a ...

Nintendo Passion via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 In Japan, videogame manufacturers used to create their own cartridges for the Famicom—that country’s version of the NES. This allowed them to add in ...

Before you even begin playing Super Contra, you can see the low level job that was done porting it to XBLA by Digital Eclipse. When you start up the "Arcade Game" mode, you are treated to the original ...

Contra 4 is awesome. And it is awesome in exactly the same ways as the classic games that bear the crest of Contra. Contra 4 is also mean. And it is mean in exactly the same ways as its forebears.