Contra Horizon (Megadrive / Genesis)

In the developer's words

The Japanese Famicom version of Contra (1988), ported to the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. Why "Horizon"? The arcade Contra runs on a vertical screen. This is the home console version, played on a horizontal screen, the way most players remember it. The Japanese release of Contra is the best version of the game on 8-bit hardware: animated backgrounds, cutscenes between stages, a map screen before eacFrom the game's page on itch.io