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Super C

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2005-10-03

Stats

5,817

Conversions

Arcade
Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox One)
Mobile/Cell Phone
Nintendo Dual Screen (DS)
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Nintendo Virtual Console (Wii/Wii U/3DS)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1990
Super C
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
Extremely rare

Notes

[1] Sequel to Konami's arcade classic CONTRA (aka GRYZOR or PROBOTECTOR), which never saw an Amiga conversion.

[2] Game contents included a Konami games catalogue for home computers (see HERE).


TRIVIA: [1] In a bizarre twist, Konami referred to the 'C' in SUPER C as COMMANDO and not CONTRA on the game packaging of the Amiga/PC/NES home conversions (see HERE). It is quite possible that Konami's renaming of SUPER CONTRA for the home conversion releases in North America was designed to avoid certain political connotations (i.e. the Iran-Contra affair that plagued Ronald Reagan's U.S presidency in the mid-to-late 1980s). No official word on this has ever been received from Konami, however.

[2] In May 2013, coder Foster Hall listed on eBay an original factory-sealed copy of SUPER C for the Amiga (albeit slightly squashed and accompanied by his autograph, if desired) for the princely sum of USD$600 (see HERE). It was one of a few copies of the final sales release that the game author received following the completion of coding, as apparently was standard practice at Konami back then. As an added bonus, Foster Hall was enthusiastic to share with the auction winner an interesting back-story to the Amiga conversion of SUPER C that presumably has never before been divulged publicly, namely, how and why the Amiga conversion could have been a damn sight better than what it was!

"There is a great story behind the development of SUPER C for the Amiga, and why it doesn't look as good as it could have. I can tell the winner if they are interested!"

Seemingly, the author never did take the opportunity to share the back-story of the Amiga conversion. Despite an initial offer being made for the factory-sealed copy of SUPER C on eBay, the game was relisted and presumably did not sell - on eBay, at least - as no record of feedback for the item can be found.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1990 Konami coin-op + 1988 Konami coin-op SUPER CONTRA
PC versions: Hercules, CGA/EGA, Tandy

-aka PROBOTECTOR II: RETURN OF THE EVIL FORCES
-C64 version doesn't exist

Screen info

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Victory!!!

Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

Box scan ECS no. 2

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Code Protection Sheet

ECS no. 2

Konami Catalogue Cover (included with game)

ECS no. 3

Konami Catalogue Advert

ECS no. 4

Magazine Preview [Source: .info, Issue 34 (Nov 1990), p40]

Manual info

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ECS no. 1

Manual (English) [Source: PixelatedArcade]

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Arcade
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Conversion Arcade

Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox One)
No conversion screens found.
Mobile/Cell Phone
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo Dual Screen (DS)
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

European version

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Japanese version

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

US version

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Nintendo Virtual Console (Wii/Wii U/3DS)
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
No conversion screens found.
PC (Windows)
No conversion screens found.
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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ECS no. 1

Level 1

ECS no. 2

Level 2

ECS no. 3

Level 3

ECS no. 4

Level 4

ECS no. 5

Level 5

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

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MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

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Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
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Info
34 (Nov 1990)
Tom Malcolm
Preview
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