Contra Cover Art Traced

Post by **Shisho** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:52 am

I was cleaning out some old picture folder back ups and I had these pictures I've been sitting on for a year or longer. I thought it was pretty amusing who they traced for the original Contra cover art. So I kind of half assed photoshopped these pictures together to show how blatant this shit was. Why I notice this shit and save it? No clue.

Who might that be?

Post by **Buzkashi** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:10 am

You got a keen eye. But the question is who wouldn't want to trace Arnold for there soldier/commando type picture? eh?

Post by **Femto** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:16 pm

Contra is fucking awesome.

The only thing that can match Contra in awesomeness is Arnold himself.

Post by **Eldo** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:03 pm

I have the dumbed down Australian/UK release of Contra Spirits 3 known as Super Probotector, where the two characters are replaced with robot-like or armoured characters. The difficulty is cakewalk compared to the US/Japanese release.

Post by **Vicissitude** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:55 pm

What, you guys didn't notice that that's John Rambo, one man army behind him?

Post by **MournfulWoods** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:12 pm

I <3 Contra.

Super Contra was awesome too. And my twin has Neo Contra on PS2 wich is quite cool too. For the fans, the best cover ever is Vomitron playing the contra soundtrack. Hear it on http://www.myspace.com/vomitron.

Post by **Ayanami** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:53 pm

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Select, Select, Start.

Post by **Tempest** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:06 pm

I've heard/seen shops of a theory that not only was the 1P dude's stance based off of Arnold in Predator, but the 2P guy on the right was based off of Sly Stallone in one of the Rambos.

YTMND gave me a decent version of the switch up, but I'm almost positive I've seen a shop with Rambo in the exact same stance as the Contra guy:

http://contrarnold.ytmnd.com/

Post by **BigSassy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:11 am

MournfulWoods wrote:I <3 Contra.

Super Contra was awesome too. And my twin has Neo Contra on PS2 wich is quite cool too. For the fans, the best cover ever is Vomitron playing the contra soundtrack. Hear it on http://www.myspace.com/vomitron.

I've heard that cover before, and with each listen it kicks just ass much as the first

Post by **ZoddsNo1Fan** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:54 am

Super Contra was the first game i ever loved.

For good times sake:[GVideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 4784346894[/GVideo]

Post by **Femto** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:35 pm

Contra 3 > *

The Mode 7 stages almost ruin it though.

Post by **MournfulWoods** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:03 am

Femtov2 wrote:Contra 3 > *

The Mode 7 stages almost ruin it though.

The what ?? what's mode 7 stages ?

Post by **Femto** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:14 am

MournfulWoods wrote:
Femtov2 wrote:Contra 3 > *

The Mode 7 stages almost ruin it though.
The what ?? what's mode 7 stages ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_7

Not even 10 seconds.