Has Contra 4's grueling difficulty kept you from even seeing its second stage? The Konami code, while useful, only upgrades your weapons instead of rewarding you with the extra mans you need to die-n-gun your way past enemies and their scattered shots. During the throes of one of his many deaths, GameFAQs poster Empty2002120141 stumbled upon a neat, albeit elaborate, trick for getting 99 free lives in Contra 4. First, you'll need to make sure you currently have zero lives. Next, you have to die at either the exact moment or right after you kill something that pushes your score up high enough to get an extra life. Those who've pulled off the trick suggest trying it with the first level's mini-boss. This should work across all three difficulty modes!
We're not sure if WayForward programmed this as an intentional cheat or if it's actually a game glitch, but it sure sounds helpful (if you can actually execute the maneuver).
[Via GameFAQs]
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11-22-2007 @ 6:00PM
Utils said...
This is clearly a bug.
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11-22-2007 @ 6:04PM
Chase said...
Rumor has it, if one does the Contra code twice before they respawn during their first death that it will unlock a special mode, entitled, "Contra Bros." Thus, the screenshot above. ;o
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11-22-2007 @ 8:12PM
Trogdor said...
Well, that sounds easy! Nooo, not really.
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11-23-2007 @ 3:13PM
ehaleen said...
or you can just use AR
game ID - YCTE 8c13221a
99 Lives
221CD800 00000063
99 Continues
221CD802 00000063
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11-23-2007 @ 5:18PM
Konstantino said...
No...please no.
11-24-2007 @ 12:34PM
arkiel said...
Holy Shit. It's the Sinistar 255 lives trick all over again! Well, probably same mechanic, albeit with a different counter.
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12-03-2007 @ 11:19AM
TRiST said...
i did it! ... but it was on accident. It does work though, and I still couldn't beat it on normal, sheesh
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