Game Information
SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Platform: SNES (Super NES)
- Abbreviation: contra3
- Display name: Contra III: The Alien Wars
- Goodtools name: Contra III - The Alien Wars
- In group: Contra
- GB Contra: The Alien Wars (Related)
Total movies: 3
 | ![[Tier: Moons]](/css/moontier.png "Tier: Moons"){kind=small} ![[Fastest Completion]](/css/fastest-completion.png "Fastest Completion"){kind=small} SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "game end glitch" in 03:20.38 by cpadolf. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2009-06-14) MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 21.42 MB, length: 03:28) MP4 file via BitTorrent (Compatibility) (size: 22.03 MB, length: 03:28) Mirror archive.org (MKV Modern HQ) Mirror archive.org (MP4 Compatibility) Watch on (youtube.com) Submission #2273 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Obsoletes movie #1217 (03:23.27) Rating: 7.3 (26.5 votes) View Publication | - One player in a multiplayer game - Uses death to save time - Major skip glitch - Final boss skip glitch - Heavy glitch abuse - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
| One of the best (and best known) shooters of the 16-bit era, Contra III: The Alien Wars forgoes any semblance of plot devices in favor of good old fashioned shooting and platforming with some tough as nails bosses, especially in this, the hardest mode.
Apparently not happy with an already amazing movie, Cpadolf felt the need to go on yet another black op, optimizing his distortions of space and time on the way to a 173 frame improvement.
This movie uses a 'warping' glitch to complete the game. There is also the 2-player version, which does not.
Note: There is also a lossless encode available in the discussion thread. | ||
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "2 players" in 12:37.04 by Mr_K & EZGames69. | |
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| BizHawk Movie (.bk2) (date: 2020-12-26) MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 76.78 MB, length: 16:02) MP4 file via BitTorrent (Compatibility) (size: 84.01 MB, length: 16:02) Mirror archive.org (MKV Modern HQ) Mirror archive.org (MP4 Compatibility) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #6966 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Obsoletes movie #787 (13:03.32) Rating: 8.4 (4 votes) View Publication | - 2 Players - Uses death to save time - Forgoes major skip glitch - Forgoes final boss skip glitch - Forgoes time-saving glitches - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
| The guy who has infinite supply of ammo and destroys worlds bare-chested is back again! And this time he has a shirt and a friend with him. This very colorful movie by Mr_K and EZGames69 plays through the game with both characters at the same time (which is far from trivial to do), and 26.28 seconds faster than the previous run, thanks to better optimisation. For a movie that completes the game even faster using a warping glitch, see this run. | ||
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "pacifist" in 14:05.31 by McBobX. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2013-08-12) MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 76.83 MB, length: 17:27) MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 80.56 MB, length: 17:27) Mirror archive.org Mirror archive.org (MKV Modern HQ) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #4037 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Obsoletes movie #745 (14:25.25) Rating: 6.9 (13 votes) View Publication | - Pacifist version - One player in a multiplayer game - Forgoes major skip glitch - Forgoes final boss skip glitch - Forgoes time-saving glitches - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
| Trying to strike a compromise with peace activists, the guy who destroys the world bare-chested has been ordered to stop an alien invasion while taking as few lives as possible. As such, this run completes Contra III: The Alien Wars while only destroying enemies and obstacles if they prevent advancement. This requires much more careful dodging than the other run that avoids the warp glitch does. Our hero takes the dodging one step further by adding the limitation that he cannot shoot enemy projectiles. However, frustrated by the lack of carnage and by the political pressure, our hero lets off steam sometimes by shooting the scenery and doing entertaining dances and poses. This run improves the previous publication by 25.40 seconds. | ||
Total movies: 6
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "pacifist" in 14:25.25 by Ash Williams. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2006-12-19) AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 47.5 MB, length: 17:46) Mirror www.archive.org Watch on (www.dailymotion.com) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #1095 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Rating: 7.0 (31 votes) View Publication | - Pacifist version - One player in a multiplayer game - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
This movie has been obsoleted!Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.Trying to strike a compromise with peace activists, the guy who destroys the world bare-chested has been ordered to stop an alien invasion while taking as few lives as possible. As such, this run completes Contra III: The Alien Wars by only killing the minimum number of enemies required to win the game. This requires much more careful dodging than the any% run does. Our hero takes the dodging one step further by adding the limitation that he cannot shoot enemy projectiles. However, frustrated by the lack of carnage and by the political pressure, our hero lets off steam sometimes by shooting the scenery and doing entertaining dances and poses. | ||
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) in 13:39.83 by Phil & Genisto. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2004-06-02) MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 100.8 MB, length: 16:55) Mirror www.archive.org Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #11 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Rating: 7.7 (12 votes) View Publication | - 2 Players - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
This movie has been obsoleted!Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.The guy who has infinite supply of ammo and who destroys worlds bare-chested is back again! And this time he has a friend and a shirt with him. A very colourful movie. | ||
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "game end glitch" in 03:32.13 by Dark Cloud. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2008-02-18) MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 28.75 MB, length: 03:47) MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 26.68 MB, length: 03:47) Mirror www.archive.org Mirror www.archive.org (MKV Modern HQ) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #1844 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Rating: 7.4 (19 votes) View Publication | - Uses death to save time - Heavy glitch abuse - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Shooter | |
This movie has been obsoleted!Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.Here we have another game completely demolished by abuse of game breaking glitches. The author initiates a glitch involving the character dying and gaining a 1-up during the fadeout to a Game Over screen. This allows him to skip many levels and complete the game in just 3 and half minutes! For fast completion that does not use this glitch there is the 2-player version. | ||
| SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) in 13:14.7 by Ash Williams. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2006-08-20) MKV file via BitTorrent (size: 105.16 MB, length: 16:42) Mirror www.archive.org Watch on (www.dailymotion.com) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #1098 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Obsoletes movie #98 (13:39.83) Rating: 8.1 (21 votes) View Publication | - 2 Players - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
This movie has been obsoleted!Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.The guy who has infinite supply of ammo and who destroys worlds bare-chested is back again! And this time he has a friend and a shirt with him. A very colourful movie, with the author playing both characters at the same time (which is far from trivial to do). This is a 25 second improvement from the precedent version, due to some new strategies and reduced lag. One boss is defeated so quickly that the game plays a new music track without stopping the one already playing! | ||
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "2 players" in 13:03.32 by hero of the day. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2007-02-04) MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 69.78 MB, length: 16:24) MP4 file via BitTorrent (Compatibility) (size: 81.85 MB, length: 16:24) Mirror archive.org (MKV Modern HQ) Mirror archive.org (MP4 Compatibility) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #1382 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Obsoletes movie #586 (13:14.7) Rating: 7.9 (33 votes) View Publication | - 2 Players - Forgoes major skip glitch - Forgoes final boss skip glitch - Forgoes time-saving glitches - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
This movie has been obsoleted!Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.The guy who has infinite supply of ammo and destroys worlds bare-chested is back again! And this time he has a shirt and a friend with him. This very colorful movie by hero of the day plays through the game with both characters at the same time (which is far from trivial to do), and approximately 12 seconds faster than the previous run. For a movie that completes the game even faster using a warping glitch, see this run. | ||
 | SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (USA) "game end glitch" in 03:23.27 by cpadolf. | |
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| snes9x movie (.smv) (date: 2008-11-04) MKV file via BitTorrent (Modern HQ) (size: 14.13 MB, length: 03:40) MP4 file via BitTorrent (Compatibility) (size: 15.2 MB, length: 03:40) Mirror www.archive.org (MKV Modern HQ) Mirror www.archive.org (MP4 Compatibility) Watch on (www.youtube.com) Submission #2126 — Author's comments Discuss this movie Obsoletes movie #1055 (03:32.13) Rating: 8.1 (30 votes) View Publication | - One player in a multiplayer game - Uses death to save time - Uses warps - Heavy glitch abuse - Uses hardest difficulty - Genre: Platform - Genre: Shooter | |
This movie has been obsoleted!Click here to see the movie that obsoleted it.Here we have another game completely demolished by abuse of game breaking glitches. The author initiates a glitch involving the character dying and gaining a 1-up during the fadeout to a Game Over screen. This allows him to skip many levels and complete the game in just 3 and half minutes! For fast completion that does not use this glitch there is the 2-player version. This is an improvement of almost 9 seconds over the previous run. | ||
#6516: Soig's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars "pacifist" in 12:57.39 (Canceled)
#6515: Soig's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars in 12:56.02 (Rejected)
#6091: Mr_K's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars "2 players" in 12:48.97 (Canceled)
#1832: Dark Cloud's SNES Contra III - The Alien Wars in 03:44.07 (Canceled)
#692: SharpKitten's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars in 18:04.75 (Canceled)
#651: Tatsuhiko's SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars in 13:33.68 (Canceled)
#548: Tatsuhiko's SNES Contra III - The Alien Wars in 15:38.85 (Rejected)
#6515: Soig's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars in 12:56.02 (Rejected)
#6091: Mr_K's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars "2 players" in 12:48.97 (Canceled)
#1832: Dark Cloud's SNES Contra III - The Alien Wars in 03:44.07 (Canceled)
#692: SharpKitten's SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars in 18:04.75 (Canceled)
#651: Tatsuhiko's SNES Contra 3: The Alien Wars in 13:33.68 (Canceled)
#548: Tatsuhiko's SNES Contra III - The Alien Wars in 15:38.85 (Rejected)
#49602696923809585 - Contra 3 up to Walking boss in level 3
Contra III 2 players up to walking wall boss.bk2 (12.2kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-09-03 20:30:02 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 04:45.88 [17181 frames], 7741 rerecords)
4262 views, 426 downloads
Uploaded 2018-09-03 20:30:02 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 04:45.88 [17181 frames], 7741 rerecords)
4262 views, 426 downloads
#49490838191005115 - Contra 3 level 1 update
Contra III 2 players.bk2 (6.85kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-29 19:35:54 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:34.35 [9276 frames], 3617 rerecords)
4240 views, 438 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-29 19:35:54 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:34.35 [9276 frames], 3617 rerecords)
4240 views, 438 downloads
#49179520853577141 -
Contra III 2 players.bk2 (6.22kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-15 19:06:43 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:33.3 [9213 frames], 2195 rerecords)
4359 views, 428 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-15 19:06:43 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:33.3 [9213 frames], 2195 rerecords)
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#49156581663029474 - Contr III low% 153 frame improvement
Contra III low%.bk2 (5.88kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-14 18:19:05 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:44.28 [9873 frames], 2127 rerecords)
4361 views, 404 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-14 18:19:05 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:44.28 [9873 frames], 2127 rerecords)
4361 views, 404 downloads
figured out how screen scrolling works and found that going into the tank saves time.
#49143289892230037 - Contra III low%
Contra III low%.bk2 (5.92kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-14 03:57:06 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:46.84 [10027 frames], 1368 rerecords)
4383 views, 404 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-14 03:57:06 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:46.84 [10027 frames], 1368 rerecords)
4383 views, 404 downloads
taking a break from score simulator and trying out a low% of this game. already feels a lot better.
What do you think? Is this a category worth doing?
#49121867578759889 - Contra 3 level 4
Contra III - The Alien Wars (USA).bk2 (6.96kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-13 04:47:51 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:34.35 [9276 frames], 11521 rerecords)
4371 views, 408 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-13 04:47:51 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 02:34.35 [9276 frames], 11521 rerecords)
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Finally got the points I needed. still need to optimize some other things.
#49053731395701013 - Contra game end to 2nd level
Contra III - The Alien Wars (USA).bk2 (5.38kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-10 03:09:10 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 01:49.15 [6560 frames], 8859 rerecords)
4365 views, 388 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-10 03:09:10 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 01:49.15 [6560 frames], 8859 rerecords)
4365 views, 388 downloads
I'm having a hard time trying to get the score barley reaching 80,000 by the end of the 2nd level, seems that nothing I do brings up the score even close to that.
#49025512737328245 - Contra III Game end Glitch first level
Contra III - The Alien Wars (USA).bk2 (2.37kB
bk2 movie
[SNES])
Uploaded 2018-08-08 20:39:09 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 00:35.41 [2128 frames], 2844 rerecords)
4387 views, 400 downloads
Uploaded 2018-08-08 20:39:09 by EZGames69 (120 files)
For SNES Contra III: The Alien Wars (8 files)
In 00:35.41 [2128 frames], 2844 rerecords)
4387 views, 400 downloads
Saved like 10 frames on this one.