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    Aomori Asamushi Aquarium
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    Honma Residence
    Kamo Aquarium
    Ken Domon Museum of Photography
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    Zao Onsen Ski Resort
    
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    Oarai Isosaki Shrine
    The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
    Tsukuba Space Center
    
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    Tobu World Square
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    Shrines and Temples of Nikko
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    Fukiware Falls
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    Tomioka Silk Mill
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    Hikawa Shrine
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    Omiya Bonsai Village
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  - Chiba
    
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    Boso no Mura Open Air Museum
    Fukuoka Castle Ruins (Maizuru Park)
    Museum of Aeronautical Sciences
    National Museum of Japanese History
    Tokyo Disney Sea
    
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    Aogashima Island
    Ghibli Museum
    Hama Rikyu-teien Garden
    Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
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    Idemitsu Museum of Arts
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    Kyu Furukawa Gardens
    Meiji Shrine
    Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
    
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    National Museum of Western Art
    
    Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands)
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    Doraemon Museum
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    Enoshima Aquarium
    Great Buddha of Kamakura
    Hakone Open Air Museum
    Hase Temple (Hasedera)
    Hikawa Maru
    Hokoku-ji
    Iwaya Caves
    Jomyoji
    
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  - Aichi
    
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    Atsuta Shrine
    Inuyama Castle
    Meiji Mura Museum
    Nagoya Castle
    Nagoya TV Tower
    Noritake Gardens, Museum and Craft Centre
    Osu Kannon Temple
    SCMaglev and Railway Park
    Sky Promenade in Midland Square
    Tokugawa Art Museum
    
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  - Fukui
    
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    Echizen Katsuyama Castle (Katsuyama Castle Museum)
    Eihei-ji Temple
    Fukui Dinosaur Museum
    Kehi Shrine
    Tojinbo
    
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  - Gifu
    
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    Chirihama Beach Driveway
    Hida Folk Village
    Otaki Shonyudo
    Shin-Hotaka Ropeway
    Takayama Jinya
    Wada House
    
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    Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  - Ishikawa
    
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    21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
    Hakusan White Road
    Kanazawa Castle Park
    Kenroku-en Garden
    Mount Hakusan
    Senmaida Rice Terraces
    
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  - Nagano
    
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    Chubu Sungaku National Park
    Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
    Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
    Kamikochi
    M-Wave Nagano
    Matsumoto Castle
    Mount Iizuna
    Shin-Yakushi-ji
    Shinano Art Museum
    Takato Castle Park
    
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  - Niigata
    
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    Bandai Bridge
    Shirone Grape Garden
    
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  - Shizuoka
    
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    Atami Onsen
    Cape Irozaki
    Dogashima
    Fuji Safari Park
    Hamamatsu Castle
    Izu Cactus Park
    Jogasaki Coast
    Kunozan Toshogu Shrine
    Miho Beach
    Mount Omuro
    
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    Fujisan
    
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  - Toyama
    
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    Kurobe Gorge
    Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
    
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  - Yamanashi
    
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    Fuji Five Lakes (Fujigoko)
    Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park
    Kawaguchiko Museum of Art
    Kawaguchiko Music Forest
    Narusawa Ice Cave
    Yamanashiken Fuefukigawa Fruit Park
    
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- Kansai
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  - Hyogo
    
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    Arima Onsen
    Engyo-ji
    Himeji Castle
    Honpuku-ji
    Ikuta Shrine
    Kinosaki Onsen
    Kobe Animal Kingdom
    Kobe City Museum
    Kokoen Garden
    Takeda Castle Ruins
    
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  - Kyoto
    
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    Amanohashidate
    Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
    Bishamondo Temple
    Chion-in Temple
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    Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
    
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  - Mie
    
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    Akame 48 Waterfalls
    Ise Grand Shrine
    Mikimoto Pearl Island
    Toba Aquarium
    
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  - Nara
    
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    Gangoji Temple
    Heijo Palace (Nara Imperial Palace)
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    Isui-en Garden
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    Mount Yoshino
    Nara National Museum
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    Buddhist Monuments at the Temple of Horyu-ji
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    Grand Front Osaka
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    Kids Plaza Osaka
    Minoo Park
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    National Art Museum of Osaka
    National Bunraku Theatre
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    Osaka Aquarium
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  - Shiga
    
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    Hikone Castle
    Ishiyama-dera Temple
    Miho Museum
    Mii-dera Temple
    
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  - Wakayama
    
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    Adventure World
    Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine
    Mount Koya
    Wakayama Castle
    
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    Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
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  - Hiroshima
    
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    Asa Zoo
    Daisho-in Temple
    Hiroshima Castle
    Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Heiwa Kinen Koen)
    Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
    Itsukushima Shrine
    Mazda Museum
    Mitaki-Dera Temple
    Momijidani Park
    Mount Misen
    
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    Peace Memorial Dome at Hiroshima
    
    Shinto Shrine at Itsukushima
  - Okayama
    
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    Great Seto Bridge
    Japan Rural Toy Museum
    Ohara Museum of Art
    Raikyu-ji
    
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  - Shimane
    
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    Adachi Museum of Art
    Izumo Taisha Shrine (Izumo Grand Shrine)
    Matsue Castle
    Matsue Vogel Park
    Shimane Art Museum
    Yushien Japanese Garden
    
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    Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
  - Tottori
    
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    Sand Museum
    Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park
    Tottori-sakyu Sand Dunes
    
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  - Yamaguchi
    
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    Hagi Uragami Museum
    Iwakuni Art Museum
    Iwakuni Castle
    Kintai Bridge
    
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    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Hagi)
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  - Ehime
    
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    Matsuyama Castle
    Shiki Memorial Museum
    Shimanami Kaido
    Uchiko-za Theater
    Uwajima Castle
    
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  - Kagawa
    
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    Benesse House
    Chichu Art Museum
    Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
    Ritsurin Garden
    Teshima Art Museum
    
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  - Kochi
    
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    Chikurin-ji Temple
    Katsurahama Beach
    Kitagawa Village "Monet's Garden" Marmottan
    Shimanto River
    
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  - Tokushima
    
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    Naruto Whirlpools
    Ōtsuka Museum of Art
    
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    Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
    Hakata Machiya Folk Museum
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    Kitakyushu Manga Museum
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    Kyushu National Museum
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    Space World
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    Amakusa Christian Museum
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    Minamata Disease Municipal Museum
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  - Miyazaki
    
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    Heiwadai Park
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    Atomic Bomb Museum
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    Oita Prefectural Art Museum
    Usa Shrine
    
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    Karatsu Castle
    Mifuneyama Garden
    Yoshinogari Historical Park
    
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    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Mietsu Naval Dock)
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Saga)
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    Miyako Island
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    Okinawa World
    Shuri Castle
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    Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
    
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Retrogaming: CONTRA

Shinishiro Moriuchi | May 18, 2020

Contra is the earliest game published by Konami and designed by Koji Hiroshita, Shigeharu Umezaki and Shinji Kitamoto. The plot is about the 2 commandos named bill and lance tasked to destroy the alien forces of the evil Red Falcon Organization. Contra is a nostalgic game for those kids who grew up playing NES games and the family computer or Famicom in the 1980s and 1990s.

Photo by J. Albert Bowden II

Tags: famicom, contra, konami, japanesegames, games, videogames

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