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Contra Spirits (NES)

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Title Screen

Contra Spirits

Also known as: Super Contra 3
Developer: Ei-How Yang
Publishers: Realtec, Hosenkan Electronics
Platform: Unlicensed NES
Released internationally: 1997


GraphicsIcon.png This game has unused graphics.
DebugIcon.png This game has debugging material.
LevelSelectIcon.png This game has a hidden level select.


Contra Spirits is a bootleg port of the SNES original that's probably best known for its "THEND" ending sequence.

Hmmm...
To do:
  • A lot of sprites and BG tiles of unimplemented enemies and stuff.
  • There's another unused title/logo left, but without CHR data at all.

Unused Graphics

CSnes-rambogaiden.gif

This unused title screen that says "Lanbo Waizhuan" in Chinese ("Lanbo" being a Chinese approximation of "Rambo", and "Waizhuan" being equivalent to the Japanese "Gaiden", so "Rambo Gaiden") may have been left over from an older build, or it may have been intended to allow the manufacturers to produce copies of the game with an alternate title using the same PCB, in a similar fashion to Hummer Team's Aladdin.

This game uses the same mapper as Aladdin, which supports this functionality, but it doesn't seem to have been used.

(Source: BootlegGames Wiki)

Unused Continue Screen

Contra Spirits (NES)-continue.png

Present in the tilemap data.

CSnes-easter.png

Press Up, Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Down, Left, Left, Right, Right before the title screen.

Stage Select

Contra Spirits (NES)-stgeselect.png

At the stage info and score screen, before the level starts, press A + B + Select. Use Up / Down to select a stage, and Start to begin.

Debug Leftovers

Acactussayswhat?
Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.
Specifically: Explain the debug leftovers.
Contra Spirits (NES)-debug.png

Game Genie code XVUEKPAV re-enables an in-game debug display. The variables displayed are set up by different debug functions, which are also disabled but can be enabled with more patches. They include player coords display, various helper cheats, etc.