Tag archive: Contra

For video game players of a certain age (including DT's Fearless Leader) video games just never got any better than the side-scrolling, shoot-em up classic Contra, which chronicled the adventures of the shirtless, muscle-bound Bill and Lance (or, as we preferred to call them, “Sly and Arnie”) as they…um, well, ventured boldly from left to right and blew stuff up. Now, news from Konami: Bill and Lance's… Read More

Gamers of…well, gamers of a certain age apparently have dim, dust-covered memories of a genre called the “side-scrolling shooter.” In these games jagged, pixelated backgrounds advanced from right to left across the screen at a fixed pace, and the player's character, vehicle, or abstract collection of pixels doggedly forged its way from left to right, overcoming obstacles, eliminating bad guys, and racking up… Read More