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Touted as a return to the classic Contra formula, it promises to bring the old school run-'n'-gun action ... is a full re-imagining of the classic NES and arcade Contra from the '80s.

Although it is neither the first nor the last conversion of a Famicom/NES to becoming a portable ... which in games like Contra allows you to shoot continuously by simply holding it down.