Secondary Weapon Slot and Remote Barrier

Original game : Contra

Platform : NES

Author : MagusRE

Release date : 20 August 2016

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.2

Modifications : P

Downloads : 2569

ROM Information

No-Intro Name: Contra (USA)
File MD5 7BDAD8B4A7A56A634C9649D20BD3011B
File SHA-1 C9EA66BB7CB30AD5343F1721B1D4D3219859319B
File CRC32 C50A8304
ROM MD5 5A5C2F4F1CAFB1F55A8DC0D5AD4550E5
ROM SHA-1 979494E7869AC7AB4815FDBD1DC99F893F713FBF
ROM CRC32 F6035030

Hack description

This patch adds a Secondary Weapon Slot for both players and the ability to activate Barrier when ever you want.

Both players are getting a Barrier when picking it up.

Instruction

Switch to Secondary Weapon Slot:
- Press [select]

Activate Remote Barrier:
- Hold [select] for more than 2 seconds, triggered on release

You can apply this patch to USA, EUR and JAP version.

Feel free to use this patch in your projects.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
magus	Hacking

Reviews

Cool Idea!	Animation Guru	2016-08-18	Version 1.1
Reminds me a bit of Contra Hard Corps! I've been playing the Japanese version. Thank you for fixing the Game Over bug, by the way. Seems to work perfectly fine with the Stardust Crusaders English translation. I only have two minor criticisms. 1. You lose whatever weapon you have in your hand when you grab a new weapon, meaning that you have to switch it with the select button before picking up the next weapon. It's workable, but other people might find it off-putting, especially when the default weapon is still in your inventory. 2. You keep your second weapon after you die. I don't actually mind it as it works to the player's advantage, but some might perceive it as a glitch.

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