Someone remade the first level from the original Contra using Half-Life 2. You all should be extremely familiar with this level as you've died at least a thousand times in it. At least.
It's pretty awesome getting to see this level from a first person view. It's also a nice change of pace as I'm sick of seeing that stage how you normally view it. It's not that I suck at Contra. It's that I'm freaking impatient and just want to pew pew pew through the entire game as fast as possible.
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9:00 PM on 11.24.2009
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I saw this earlier, freaking amazing.
Also, Little Big Planet Contra!
Then get the hell out of here and watch the real thing. Us people who appreciate when gamers do awesome things will be here.
I've come to the conclusion that most of Bigmoose's comments are pretty idiotic. I wouldn't bother giving them much thought. He didn't.
On a less selfish note this is awesome. I almost didn't believe the headline because the mix is pure delish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT7AfQF_RQo
Contra is no more a FPS than Doom is a platformer.