A game by Artur Games for PC, originally released in 2014.
Super Cyborg is a run and gun shooter that summons the spirit of
Contra to deliver an experience that is authentic to the NES original in almost every possible way, while also delivering its own unique flavor with insectoid enemies and grotesque boss creatures. If the title screen had been preceded by Konami’s twin ribbons, players would have little difficulty accepting this as an official – yet slightly twisted – entry in the shirtless somersaulting soldier series.
Upon booting the game, players are ushered toward the title screen with wailing synth over the developer’s logo, followed by the game’s logo crashing into view with a gleaming red cyborg soldier holding a shiny futuristic weapon. The cyborg theme is drawn from Contra’s European release (Artur Games is based in Russia) called
Probotector, where human characters were replaced with robotic versions to bypass laws that prevented the sale of video games to minors that portrayed violence against people. So, instead of shirtless soldiers, the game featured armored bipedal robots, with player one represented by a red robot and player two represented by blue. Similarly, Super Cyborg features local 2P co-op, with one red cyborg and one blue… and yes, you can steal your partner’s lives if you die before he does.
