| Contra Force | |
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 Cover art of Contra Force | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Programmer(s) | Mitsuo Takemoto |
| Artist(s) | Koji Horie |
| Composer(s) | Kenichi Matsubara Tomoya Tomita |
| Series | Contra |
| Platform(s) | NES |
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| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player multiplayer |
Contra Force is an run and gun game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 in North America. It is a spinoff of the Contra series, being the third game in the series released for the NES following the original Contra and Super Contra. However, the game's plot and setting are unrelated to both previous and succeeding entries, as the villains in the game are human terrorists instead of an alien menace. The game was scheduled to be released in Japan under the title of Arc Hound (アークハウンド, Āku Haundo), with no ties to the Contra series, but was cancelled.