

Uprising takes place during the year 2613 and the world is being ruled by Commonwealth. Uprising is a prequel to the 5th major game of the Contra franchise, Contra: Hard Corps which was the only Contra game released for the Sega Genesis. On March 15th 2011 Hard Corps: Uprising was released on the PSN and I immediately purchased the game and downloaded it so I could relive the glory days of one of my favorite franchises. My excitement was dwindling but I still held out hope. Then it came out that the game would be download only and be exclusive to the Xbox Live Network and Playstation Network. When news came out in 2010 that Konami was releasing a new Contra game I was ecstatic!Īlong the way during development it was decided that the newest addition to the Contra franchise was dropping the Contra name.

To start with, games have evolved and side scrolling run and gun games just aren’t very popular among the current generation of gamers. Fast forward 25 years and Contra isn’t as nearly as popular as it once was. Contra was one of my favorite game’s for NES and it’s sequel Super C is one of the greatest games ever made. In addition, all new features of the more recent Xbox consoles work, including the ability to take screen grabs and record and share video of gameplay.I’ve been a Gamer since the original 8 bit Nintendo Entertainment System. The opening screen appears first then the game will load.Īll other aspects and features that would normally be available on an Xbox 360 or Xbox are available on the Xbox One/Series X/S too, including the hub on the former (which can be opened through a simultaneous press of the menu and view buttons on the Xbox wireless controller). When a supported game is started on the machine, the current or last-gen console opens the emulator and, in all regards, the game works as if it was running on an Xbox 360 or 2001 Xbox.

The Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S are able to play Xbox 360 and original Xbox games through emulation software that makes your console think it's a last generation machine for the purposes of playing classic games. How does Xbox backward compatibility work? But what games can you play from former console generations and how does it work? We explain all there is to know about the Xbox backward compatibility system here.
