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Proto:Contra III: The Alien Wars/Contra IV
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This is a sub-page of Proto:Contra III: The Alien Wars.
Contra IV: The Alien Wars is a US localization build of Contra Spirits. The game has been translated into English (albeit with some typos), but otherwise it's pretty much identical to the Japanese version (infinite continues, cheats, having an ending on all difficulties, etc.).
Differences
- The congratulatory text in the ending seems to consistently struggle with "you're" and "your" across all three difficulties.
- Other minor text differences that are a mix between the Japanese and final American versions.
- While the end texts are in English, they are arranged like in the Japanese version. Due to this, there is no message at the bottom to press start.
- Different demos, which are out of sync.
- Spread gun's muzzle flash is white for some reason. Likely an error.
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- As noted above, the game is named Contra IV instead of Contra III. This is because Contra Force was originally intended to be the third Contra game in the west, however that game ended up being delayed to after this game's release.
- The number and subtitle graphics are clearly very rough placeholders. They were given significantly more detail in the final game, and the subtitle and trademark symbols' purple color were changed to red and white, respectively.
- The copyright info is identical to the Japanese version. The final expanded and recolored it.
- Occasional graphical glitch during one of the final bosses
- Attract demos are out of sync.
- ROM header contains 3 instead of III.
(Source: Contra Encyclopedia)
