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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. 350 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,746 and 68% of duels won.

World rank

no. 350

ELO score

1,746

Wins

68%

Duels played

74

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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 1,746 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Contra III: The Alien Wars sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 347 Ori and the Blind Forest 1,746
  2. 348 Metro 2033 1,746
  3. 349 Kirby's Adventure 1,746
  4. 350 Contra III: The Alien Wars 1,746
  5. 351 Final Fantasy VIII 1,745
  6. 352 Euro Truck Simulator 2 1,745
  7. 353 Far Cry 5 1,744

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  1. 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.

  2. 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 ?

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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