Use the bomb while losing your last life. When dying, gain extra life with the points gained from the bomb. You gain a life every 20,000 points and then every 60,000 points. Very difficult to do ...

Some of the sequels have tried to refocus the action as a primarily top-down title, or lean into the co-op aspects, but the franchise’s peak was undoubtedly the SNES game Contra 3 (aka Super ...