Holding both shoulder buttons doesn't just do a cool pose, it also allows you to fire both weapons at once!

This game blew my mind as a kid.

factor 5 is just unbelievable

DF Retro? Instant like.

One minor error at 5:09 - I mistakenly swapped Super Probotector and Contra 3 titles for the dates. :|

More retro please guys. This is pure enjoyment for guys who never got to expirience the earlier consols. Your the best! Cheers.

This video broke my heart. Konami what happened to you?

Another amazing DF Retro Episode... I would love to see DF Retro of Turrican, Prince of Persia, Flashback and Another World series... these series have so much to talk about.

The turtle boss use another snes effect that is not very well known, that is the per tile scroll adjust. It's the same one that is used to do the yoshi island fuzzy effect.

Those sweet times when Konami actually made amazing games...

Continuing to be pretty much the biggest treat on KZfaq. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these John - it’s so appreciated and evident. In a perfect world, I hope you’d make these forever.

Amazing as always, John! Now, I'm kinda waiting for that Panzer Dragoon Saga & Orta episode you talked about, quite some time ago 😉

I hope this series has a long life

I love Contra 3 and Hard Corps so much. Made for a great childhood

contra is my childhood man damn it was 25 years ago or something when i first played that game pffff , the other good memory i had it was doom on dos i used to be scared while playing doom and my dad just played 80's song and Celine Dion for me to makes me comfortable lol.

One of my favorite games on SNES. Still have the original copy from back in the 90's. This is when Nintendo was killing. If only we could get SNES on the Switch.

That was an excellent video, I really like the DF Retro series.

That original GB port of Contra is pretty amazing actually. I did a bit of GB programming back in the day and coding for that thing is no fun.

Lovely video! I still personally think Konami's SNES days were some of the best, with games like Super CV4, Turtles in Time, and this one. Not only were they genuinely great games, but they also showcased the SNES hardware effectively, like the Mode7 scaling in both this game and SCV4. Those soundtracks too, they were CLEAN for the SNES, the console that usually gets downvoted for its "muddy sound", all a factor of the limited soundchips. They stand right up there among the likes of Mega Man X, Plok!, and Super Mario RPG. I'd even go as far as to say that the SNES is one of my favourite consoles ever, just so many great games developed for that system. Please keep up the good work, John. I'm eagerly awaiting to see the next episode of DF Retro!

John please make a RETRO about GBA hardware please... or Mega Drive.

Videos like this make me actually appreciate the work you guys do. Plz keep the retro stuff coming

My favorite content on KZfaq right here.

Superb video John. You tackled differences and details with aplomb and it was a joy to watch. I so need to watch more of your DF retros! Great work.

Just what my Sunday evening called for. Great as always :)

What's this? Some video about a game that's over a quarter of a century old, with 2D, sprite-based graphics? And it's over half an hour long? Haha... YES, PLEASE!!! (Also, thank you for supplying the song list at the end.)

John - I can see you branching off into DF retro full time, as your own offshoot channel. I sincerely love having your content in my feed every monday! Mondays suck for everyone, so having some retro goodness on a monday is perfect. Thanks for this ! Amazing video.

"...the series was known as Probotector in Europe..." ( 14:11 ). Erm, not quite, my first experience with the series was as 'Gryzor' on the Amstrad CPC 464 (along with the C64 and Speccy versions).

Thank you for these series, it’s great waking up on a Sunday sitting back having a cup of coffee and enjoying all your hard work. Keep it up.

Wow one of the most informative and well put together game related videos I’ve seen lately. Great job. 👍🏼

Took a huge trip down memory lane, thanks for that!!!! Best thing on YT EVER, DF Retro!!!!!

Beautiful video, I really enjoy DF Retro, specially the technical info and graphics about how the games were programmed.

Ashamed to say I'm just now realizing that I've never played the Contra3 on SNES! I need to get it immediately. Looks incredible. Thanks for making this video, it's incredibly well done and very informative.

One of my absolute favorites on the system, you simply cannot beat this run & gun LEGEND! the graphics, gameplay, enemy design, and weapons just blew me away as a kid, and will hold up forever because of the beautiful sprite work.

I love this DF Retro show, its such a trip seeing how the old game we grew up on, were made and how they work. It also makes me laugh how we gamed at 20fps and below on some games back then and never even noticed.

Huhh, I didn't know Factor 5 worked on the Game Boy version. That was neat! In any case, thank you for putting together this video. You really did the game a lot of justice here.

I always hold L & R on the first stage at the plane mode 7 bit and as that fire jumps over you, did it in the 90's, still do it now, every time...Great video John, thank you!

Once again, great episode! Thank you and keep them coming.

FFS John, you've done it again. Very slick video and great editing and research. Another top notch piece of work. Keep it up!

I paid around £90 for the Japanese import of Contra 3 in central London when it first launched in Japan and then spent the next month or so playing it pretty much every day. This was when the Konami name meant something and you could pretty much buy any of their SNES games and expect something great even if you had no idea what the game actually was about. All the titles mentioned in this video were great (actually I could take or leave Gradius) but I'd like to give a shout out to Tiny Toon Adventures which was one of the best looking and most creative cartoon platformers I ever played on SNES.

John I love your setup, pro monitor in the middle, N64 on the right, genesis on the left and snes on top. DF Retro delivers as always!

Love DF retro, something to look forward too on a Sunday that's for sure! Thanks John for the quality entertainment.

Once again an excellent video John! Keep up the great work!

Love these! Keep them coming, Super Probotector was the first game I bought for myself on the snes, totally blew my mind back then and I still love playing it today. I miss 90's Konami!

Great work yet again guys, I really appreciate the Retro series.

Fantastic work as always, John.

Another great episode, thanks ! Ive played Contra 3 for the first time on the SNES mini and i loved it, ive finished it 3 times already and im definitely going to play it again. Its a really good game, and it looks great.

Brilliant as always, John. One of my favorite episodes! Contra 3 is and always will be pitch perfect.

This is just amazing work John!

A true classic, i used to play Contra 3 over and over again with my brother when i was younger. More DF retro please!!!!

Yes, another episode of DF Retro!

Great video! The presence of several Treasure games made me wish for a Treasure focused DF Retro sometime in the future.

This is quality content! Keep up the good work :)

Whoooot! I hit like before even watching it. Looking forward to this half hour!! One of my all time favorite games!

Another great video John again tugging at the old nostalgic heartstrings bro!

Amazing video! Thinking back, the Contra 3 was a technical masterpiece

The last stage is simply a work of art, the music and the visuals make one experience unmatched by any genesis game

Congrants! My vote goes for a DFRetro about Red Zone in genesis/megadrive, or the bunch of technical marvels made by its creators Zyrinx. Love U guys!

always love to see how talented developers sneak around limitation of early video game console to achieve remarkable visual effects. Imagine someone like Yoko Taro or Amy Hennig directing a new Contra game using Fox Engine.

Brilliant episode, really enjoyed this!

Another great DF Retro! Great job, John!

Fascinating, thanks for the work on this!

Excellent content as always! Didn't expect to get a semi retrospective on the series. I loved Probotector on the Mega Drive and have enjoyed the Arcade Contra's in more modern times (XBLA releases trying to beat those 1 credit achievements was a worthy challenge XD). I didn't realise I was enjoying entries from the same series. Very interesting!

DF ... Please do more videos like this ... They're super enjoyable to watch

I see a DF retro video, I click like before the DF retro even leaves the screen. Best gaming show on the internet.

Best video series within DF as Whole... Awesome!

Man I love DF retro, been watching since the first episode. Keep it up!!

I was never a big fan of Contra, but I really enjoyed the video, especially the technical bits! Thanks, John!

DF retro talking about Contra? I have never been so psyched about a video

one of the best episodes ever, thanks a lot John!

What an amazing video. I love Contra 3 a lot. It was the one that got me into the series. Contra hard corps is my absolute favorite :D

This game is epic, best Contra game ever made. Great video!

Amazing!!! Thank You! one of my favorites games ever!!

Got this for my B-day back in the day loved it!

Great video John, I love the analysis on how the SNES handles sprite layers, I never knew all these years. Really hard to pick a favorite Contra, most of them do great things in their own way.

Awesome work, John!

Great episode. Funny coincidence: I just got my original japanese cart of this game two days ago (I only ever had the german Super Probotector before that). One of my all time favorite games.

Considering the hardware and storage limitations of the original Gameboy, that Contra 3 port is pretty incredible.

Please do Chrono Trigger on DF Retro. Love you guys btw.

Just got Contra anniversary collection and I have to say Contra 3 is starting to become my favorite after hard corps

Awesome work as always

You should do this with Contra: Hard Corps for the Sega Genesis. My goodness, that was a fantastic game.

Another great video thank you John. My first experience with Contra was the bizarrely name Gryzor on the Amstrad 464! Never played any of the others for some reason, but this looks a great game.

What a pleasant surprise on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Perfect for this DF Retro. Also, Contra does need the love xD

Now we need a DF Retro on the entire Contra series!

Found my copy of this game on the floor of my school bus back in high school over 10+ years ago. Amazing game.

Now I feel like playing Contra 3 on my mini snes!! Great video!

Fantastic video, wish DF would make more like this!! 😍👍

Next Contra Hard Cops Please

great choice John. though I notice you were using the MegaDrive music for the intro!. Would love to see a DFRetro on Contra 3 hard corps next.

Incredible work as always, John! Regarding the GBA Contra III, the issues you pointed out always stuck out to me and as a result I never could stomach pushing past the first Hard Corps stage. It's a shame because visually it still looks pretty nice. Seeing the footage from later in the game it looks like it gets even worse gameplay-wise the farther in you get, the game just simply isn't suited as a straight conversion with the GBA's lower resolution. The whole thing needed to be tweaked pretty heavily.

Loved it! Contra is my all-time favorite game franchise.

Great video DF, although I was a little disappointed that you didn't mention contra Force. Cheers

Honestly Contra 3 looks incredible, the mode 7 effects look absolutely incredible. Even today. Especially that plane for example, that’s absolutely incredible.

I definitely prefer Hard Corps over III, but man I still have such a soft spot for III. That game is STILL one of my all-time favorite games. I remember when I was 11 and being so blown away, it truly is an experience. Come to think of it, that's what the SNES is for me, amazing experiences that make up a huge amazing experience. Last year I got to play EarthBound for the first time, and I'll definitely never forget that experience. That has become my absolute favorite RPG.

This was my Contra game as a kid. It's the first one I owned and is just a superb and gorgeous experience.

I love Contra III as much as you do!!!

Great video John.... Keep them coming, and remember STAY RETRO

I've hear a lot of raving over the years about how great Contra is/was. I really needed a show like this to learn more about it, as I never had a NES back in the day, nor did I play it any more than a brief demo in the shops. Gryzor was also released on the Amstrad CPC, and many people have fond memories of that as well. Apparently it's the same game, but with flick screen ala Flashback, instead of scrolling.

Ahhhhh, when 60 fps was the rule, not the exception. LOVED this game, and i remember being blown away by the visuals and sound when my friend started it up for the first time.

Awesome review brother. I am St. Croix US Virgin Islands. So we got everything the US did. I remember waking up on Saturday and my friend Kendal coming over to play this back in 1993 or so.