PrinceWatercress plays Contra - Part 3 of 3

It's time for the final two stages of the game and it's time to destroy what secret the Red Falcon organization is hiding!

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Stage 7: Hangar

The biggest threat in this area is the extending spike columns. They will be in patterns, so keep an eye out.

Watch out on the brown floors for spiked walls that rise up. Interestingly, you can stand on them, even though running straight into them can kill you.

You can ride the mine carts to get to higher areas. You'll need these to take the top route on the last fork, as on the bottom route, you have to jump near the ceiling spikes in order to get them to come down. Because of this, it's better to take the top route.

The boss here is a door. Go up to it, keep firing on the flashing orange panel above the door and you'll be able to move into Stage 8, the final stage of the game.

Stage 8: Alien's Lair

Enemies that you will be dealing with are the floating orange aliens that fly at you as well as the purple mouth panels in the floors and ceilings that shoot homing projectiles at you. The projectiles slowly move towards you, but they and the mouth panels can easily be destroyed if you have the Fireball or spread shot.

You will face a giant purple alien mouth creature behind a wall. Get up to the wall and shoot at it, and

The purple aliens on four legs will come at you from the floors and the ceilings. Be ready to shoot them down.

The final boss is the heart of the alien itself. Keep shooting down the heart and it will go down. If you need to, stay near the heart and take out the enemies above and below (preferably below) the heart, then wail on the heart itself. When the heart is destroyed, the battle is won and you've beaten the game! Congratulations!