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Booted it up again recently just to check, and against modern shooters it plays faster and tighter than most of them manage today.
Game entry
Contra III: The Alien Wars
1992 · Platformer, TPS, Action-adventure · Super Nintendo, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Arcade · Konami
Contra III: The Alien Wars is ranked no. 716 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,633 and 63% of duels won. Against Mass Effect, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 1 wins to 2 losses in 3 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 7 out of 57 (1992).
World rank
no. 716
ELO score
1,633
Wins
63%
Duels played
111
About Contra III: The Alien Wars
This game is action from beginning to end, do not think that you will have a moment of peace, even because Aliens are at war with planet earth, and resting will be your least concern.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,633 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Mass Effect 33% 3 duels played · 221 points behind
- against Evoland 50% 2 duels played · 136 points ahead
- against Hollow Knight 0% 2 duels played · 196 points behind
- against Resident Evil 2 100% 2 duels played · 305 points behind
- against Hitman 0% 2 duels played · 172 points behind
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Around this spot
The games Contra III: The Alien Wars sits between in the world ranking.
- 713 Pokémon Alpha Sapphire 1,633
- 714 Deathloop 1,633
- 715 Tyranny 1,633
- 716 Contra III: The Alien Wars 1,633
- 717 Samurai Shodown 1,633
- 718 Crysis 2 1,632
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The standing
Where Contra III: The Alien Wars ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Contra III: The Alien Wars stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 7 out of 57 (1992).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 716 | 5,035 |
| Platformer | 88 | 620 |
| 1990s | 119 | 659 |
| 1992 | 7 | 57 |
The community
The debate
42 comments
fweimann
Booted it up again recently just to check, and against modern shooters it plays faster and tighter than most of them manage today.
GlitchPilot
joué faster and tighter ça reste à prouver contre des shooters modernes qui pensent aussi leur rythme, pas juste leur vitesse.
Elizabeth_88
I played it one summer at a friend's house, just the two of us trading turns, and losing turns fast became the whole point of the whole afternoon.
rossi_celina
Chez moi aussi les tours filaient à toute vitesse, mais est-ce que ça suffit vraiment à justifier sa place si haut ?
QuestDragon2005
It asks for pure reaction speed rather than exploration, which makes comparing it to something like Mass Effect feel almost unfair to both games.
CaitlynOwl
Same here, comparing it to Mass Effect never made sense to me, it's like judging a sprint against a marathon and act surprised their not the same.
gjacobi
Used to go to the arcade after school and dump every last coin I had into this thing, my buddy and I taking turns when one of us died, which was constantly. Funny how it still holds up better in my memory than half the games it gets compared to now, even the ones with all the story and cutscenes.
Loot_Howell
It's brutal but fair once you learn the patterns, though I get why some rank it above stuff with actual depth to explore.
RogueHunter
Fair once you learn the patterns still means most people never get there before rage quitting, that's not a great case for ranking it this high.
RetroBard72
Oh sure, let's rank arcade reflexes above games that took years to write, makes perfect sense.