Best Contra gun

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Spread 25
Laser 1
Fireball 1
Machine gun 0


Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 12:12 (sixteen years ago)

http://setonstun.com/wp-content/451px-contra_flyer.jpg

I'll have what she's having.

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 12:12 (sixteen years ago)

Check out those huge grenades...

a gift from your mind in the form of the perfect beat (snoball), Sunday, 8 November 2009 12:36 (sixteen years ago)

spread gun brought the lols back in the day

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 13:03 (sixteen years ago)

"two person interactive play"

coz (webinar), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:01 (sixteen years ago)

CONTINUATION

Next time I choose continue, I know what to say..

Spread, of course.

nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:05 (sixteen years ago)

I played through the original NES today (with cheat of course) and the spread was awesome as always but fuck if I could stay alive for more than 30 seconds at a time, so today's judgment is based on very little data. I kept the laser through about half of Base 2 and it went through those doors like butter so it's a tempting choice.

Spread is great b/c of both sexual and scatological lols. Since we (my brother and I) couldn't say "spread" without giggling we usually just called it the spray gun, which isn't much better.

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:08 (sixteen years ago)

http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/CronoTII/ContraSpreadGun.jpg

nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:10 (sixteen years ago)

fuck yeah

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:11 (sixteen years ago)

Spread Gun – Arguably the most famous weapon of the series. This weapon fires five bullets within a 45 degree arc. It allows for a dense concentration of firepower up close (a la shotgun), while having the ability to cover a large area when firing from a distance. Other weapons in the series have come and gone, but the Spread Gun has remained (almost) constant. Contra: Shattered Soldier has no Spread Gun. Gametrailers.com rated the Spread Gun the 8th best video game weapon of all time.

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:12 (sixteen years ago)

Man, I can't find screenshots of the laser in action anywhere. I did find these:

http://news.filefront.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/lego_contra.jpg
http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/119696-Contra%20Figures%20-%20Main%20Image.jpg

nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:17 (sixteen years ago)

http://rlv.zcache.com/contra_spread_gun_shirt-p235373796558882728t5tr_400.jpg

^^^ tempting

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:17 (sixteen years ago)

Are Mad Dog and Scorpion looking to take each other down in the Lego scene?

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 15:18 (sixteen years ago)

so to speak

banned, on the run (s1ocki), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

Contra slash

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 18:01 (sixteen years ago)

The laser is a solid choice. Very useful in many situations. Spread is great but laser is more powerful iirc.

I kept trying to read this thread but then I would just subconsciously scroll back up to the top.

Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Sunday, 8 November 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

"Gametrailers.com rated the Spread Gun the 8th best video game weapon of all time."

normally I would clown this but to be honest, 8th seems pretty low. You gotta pick the BFG higher, and Link's sword in the first Zelda when you're fully charged and it shoots swords, and the baseball bat in Double Dragon...but the spread is up there.

Euler, Sunday, 8 November 2009 20:04 (sixteen years ago)

Flame thrower you 'rods.

Leee, Monday, 9 November 2009 00:38 (sixteen years ago)

the laser was the catalyst for countless fights btwn me and my grade-school bros when we'd play this and they/I would steal it when it "wasn't our turn to get it", but this is obv. spread.

okamadablobisney (jamescobo), Monday, 9 November 2009 00:49 (sixteen years ago)

i hate the laser. Know its powerful but too fucking thin. Spread any day of the week. In Super Contra (or, lol, Super Probotector as I played it) the homing missiles were pretty cool, because the H looked slightly like a W my brother and I dubbed the gun "Wishaw" after a nearby town, I have no idea why.

Pedro Paramore (jim), Monday, 9 November 2009 00:57 (sixteen years ago)

spread, but laser in the pseudo 3d base levels.

Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 9 November 2009 15:49 (sixteen years ago)

Homing missiles got hosed here.

Leee, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 04:48 (sixteen years ago)

Obviously spread gun. Let's talk about whether there are any better video game weapons though. There are certain games I loved so much I want to nominate ALL the weapons from them, and by "certain games" I mean DOOM 2 although the plasma gun is kind of a letdown. Unreal Tournament was also sweet in this department.

Whip from Castlevania is awesome, especially in the games where you can get a flame whip.

Oh and the DISKARMER (aka "yo-yo") from Rygar, mainly for the soft booshy sound effects.

Does throwing the second player at enemies in River City Ransom count?

DUD: Halo and its sequels, which have a number of cool guns but also seemingly dozens of boring, ineffective ones, none of which can be distinguished by their onscreen icons. Super fun games regardless but the weapons really lack identity.

Doctor Casino, Friday, 13 November 2009 15:08 (sixteen years ago)

I still think that the baseball bat in Double Dragon was a great weapon, because it wasn't just some spaceship laser but a weapon you could see yourself using if you were a psycho badass. That and throwing barrels. I think the freedom to pick up objects and use them as weapons, or not, was pretty mindblowing at the time too.

Yah Kid A (Euler), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 14 November 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

best weapon in video game history is, always has been, and forever will be Kuribo's Shoe

The Enemy (jamescobo), Saturday, 14 November 2009 01:12 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

i approve of these results.

Pedro Paramore (jim), Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:41 (sixteen years ago)

Me too. In this unjust, crazy world, it's nice to know that we can all agree that the spread gun is by far the best weapon in Contra.

nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Sunday, 15 November 2009 00:55 (sixteen years ago)

thumbs up, ILG

Nhex, Sunday, 15 November 2009 03:36 (sixteen years ago)

iirc the laser was also a little slow in terms of firing? like if you tried to shoot it quickly it wouldn't send out beams that far.

jØrdån (omar little), Sunday, 15 November 2009 03:45 (sixteen years ago)

http://wii.kombo.com/images/content/news/blurb_contragirl1_1_20090827.jpg

Yah Kid A (Euler), Sunday, 15 November 2009 06:22 (sixteen years ago)

would spread

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 November 2009 18:02 (sixteen years ago)

(i wouldn't, actually, but there it was)

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 November 2009 18:02 (sixteen years ago)


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