I'm pretty sure I heard the phrase, "there's no way you can beat Contra without ...

NittLion78 · on April 14, 2016

I knew that was garbage when I would use the cheat and would routinely finish the game with more than 30 lives.

After I realized that, I just stopped using it.

agentgt · on April 14, 2016

Yeah once you get the Spray Gun or whatever the S gun is called you are pretty much golden.

Really the challenge is playing at the same time with some one else.