Contra (Famicom) English translation
魂斗羅 · Contra
Stardust Crusaders' redo of the Famicom Contra translation, putting the intro, Bill's radio reports between stages and Red Falcon's ending threat into clean English.
What's translated
The Japanese Contra has more story than the NES version: an opening that explains the meteorite and the Red Falcon threat, short reports from Bill after each stage and a final message from the enemy. This patch puts all of that into English, along with an English take on the animated title screen.
Why a new patch
An old translation by The MadHacker already existed, but Stardust Crusaders felt it left plenty to improve and set out to make a definitive version. Jonny2X4 did the translation and FlashPV the title screen animation. The first release was finished in December 2009, and version 1.01 is the current one.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the Japanese Famicom cartridge. The patch and notes are on Stardust Crusaders' project page.
Ferraro released a different English patch for the same game in 2024; it isn't covered here.