Contra
(NES)
1-2 Players

Graphics: 8/10
 Decent graphics.  The player looks like a Rambo wannbe commando, the enemies look like
 soldier commandos.  Some of the larger enemies look kind of weird.  And some of the
 animation gets a bit cheap but then it is NES.  It's not like they had 1000s of frames
 for each sprite to work with.

Music and Sound: 7/10
 Nice music.  It matches the themes of the levels nicely and it's not half bad in general.
 It's not all that repeditive either.  It probably repeats every minute or so, depending
 on the level.  I havn't actually timmed it or anything.  The sound effects are failry
 general.  At least the weapons have different sound effects going for them.

Gameplay: 9/10
 This game is incredibly fun.  One could sit any play it for hours and not get bored
 as long as you can get pretty good at it.  It also features 2 player simultaneous play,
 which is the only real way to have a two player mode.  The game doesn't seem all that
 much harder on one player or two player, I think that it may add enemies for two player
 mode to balance out.  Also as you complete the game it gets more difficult the next time
 through.  More enemies will shoot at you and others will shoot more.  

Overall: 8/10
 I love this game.  It's deffinitely one of my top five favorite games ever, and it's
 quite possibly in the number one position on that list.  I highly recomend this game to
 anyone who enjoys action games of any kind.  Too bad the sequels aren't quite on the same
 level.

Tip: Press "Up up down down left right left right B A Start" at the title for 30 lives.