[RustedCorpse]

For those of yen's whose testicles hadn't dropped yet, can I point out the innovation of Zelda? I loved and may have played more contra because of the multi player aspect, however, it is no competition as to which is the better game. Zelda.

1)Saving. We're talking about the ability to store data from session to session, something that was a pain in the butt even on my 286 computer. Now it was availible in a solid state cartridge.

2)Hidden zones. Level five? Lost hills. That was pretty original. Bombs to find hidden areas. I mean seriously the complexity of some of those dungeons was excellent.

3)Boss tactics. Yes other games had boss patterns to beat, but Gannon's fight was an original in my opinion.

4)Non linear gameplay. You could skip around dungeons, even going so far as to get some items way before their intended time.

I really love contra, but guys, come on.