Another title released at virtually the same time as the Snes was introduced to the world. Contra 3 was perhaps the first game to bring the world of video gaming into the 16-bit era in terms of visual and audio quality. This side-scrolling shoot 'em up covers five extremely difficult levels, with the odd top-down perspective thrown in for a bit of variety here and there. The futuristic setting is immensely involving, though the slightly unforgiving difficulty level and repetitive 'shoot and kill' principle may just reduce your enjoyment eventually. Highly recommended in two player mode.