the most popular and most widely-appreciated version. That being the late 80s, though,

最流行、最廣受好評的版本。那是80年代末，不過。

there was by definition a huge gulf between the arcade experience. By necessity, the home

按理說，街機體驗之間存在著巨大的鴻溝。必然，家庭

consoles received a break, an easier time in what was one of the most vicious games

遊戲機得到了休息，在最凶殘的遊戲中，時間更容易了。

of the time. And even then, the level of difficulty was such that every kid from Saitama to Smethport

的時候。即使是這樣，難度也是如此，從埼玉到斯麥斯港的每一個小孩

knew how to circumvent this: Up up down down n’at. But such a thing didn’t exist in

知道如何規避這個問題。上上下下，不在。但這樣的事情並不存在於

the arcades. You just had misery, destruction, and maybe some Laffy Taffy you got from the

拱廊。你只是有痛苦，破壞， 也許一些Laffy Taffy你得到了從。

counter after some idiot left their tickets in the skee-ball machine. Now we don’t even

櫃檯後，一些白痴離開他們的票 在滑球機。現在我們甚至不

have that, with this XBLA remake of Super Contra, the 1988 successor to the alien-slaughtering

有，與這個XBLA重拍的超級魂鬥羅，1988年的繼任者到外星人屠殺

childhood-destroying nightmare. And it hates you. (As all good arcade games should.)

摧毀童年的噩夢。而且它恨你。(所有好的街機遊戲都應該如此)

As was the case before, two grizzled combatants with unlimited ammunition and a mean streak

就像之前的情況一樣，兩個灰頭土臉的戰鬥人員，擁有無限的彈藥和刻薄的條紋。

a mile wide take to the ground to thwart an alien invasion, using whatever guns just happen

一英里寬的地面上，以挫敗外星人的入侵， 使用任何槍只是碰巧。

to fall from the sky courtesy of inexplicable flying weapons pods. The primary innovation

從天而降，由莫名其妙的飛行武器艙提供。主要的創新

over the previous version, though, is right here: sloped terrain. That’s pretty much

不過，比起之前的版本，就在這裡：坡地地形。這幾乎是

it. Oh, there are also overhead-view free-roaming segments, mixing up the gameplay a little

吧。哦，還有俯視自由行的段位，把玩法混合了一下

bit... but it’s still the same basic concept: Shoot anything and everything that moves.

位... 但它仍然是相同的基本概念。射殺所有會動的東西

Unfortunately, that’s where the game gets a bit dicey. Y’see... despite being a combat-trained,

不幸的是，這就是遊戲變得有點危險的地方。你看... 儘管你是一個受過戰鬥訓練的人，

grizzled combatant, you move about as fast as a anemic snail carrying ten thousand rounds

老江湖

of ammunition. And your standard firearm, to which you are reduced every time you lose

的彈藥。而你的標準槍支，你每失去一次，就會減少到。

a life, fires rounds that seem to max out at about five miles per hour. Compared to

一條命，發射的子彈似乎最大時速約為5英里。比起

its predecessor, power-ups are much fewer and further between. And then that lasts until

它的前作，電源ups是少得多，進一步之間。然後，這持續到

you get hit by anything, which - given the swarms of hostiles constantly rushing the

你會被任何東西擊中，這--考慮到成群的敵人不斷地衝撞你的身體。

field from every angle, might be as many as twelve seconds. I used to be good at this.

從各個角度看，可能有12秒之多。我以前很擅長這個。

Honest.

誠實的。

Unfortunately, when Digital Eclipse remade this game for XBLA, their idea of “graphical

不幸的是，當Digital Eclipse為XBLA重製這款遊戲時，他們對 "圖形

enhancement” seemed to be “keep everything looking pretty much the same, but add huge

增強 "似乎是 "保持一切看起來差不多，但增加巨大的。

explosions and blurring effects.” Which is great when you annihilate a huge helicopter,

爆炸和模糊效果。"當你消滅一架巨大的直升機時，這是偉大的。

only to have foes rush THROUGH the wreckage (and huge explosions and blur effects) to

只讓敵人衝過殘垣斷壁（和巨大的爆炸和模糊效果），以達到

mangle you. The screen, being an interpretation of the arcade version, features a vertically-oriented

搗亂你。畫面，作為街機版的演繹，其特點是垂直方向的。

playfield (again, jarring to the home console player) flanked by woefully blurry pictures

遊戲場（同樣，對家用遊戲機玩家來說是個震撼）兩側是模糊不清的圖片。

of our heroes. While it brings the game to a new audience, who might be able to take

的英雄。雖然它給遊戲帶來了新的觀眾，但誰可能會拿

to it for what it is - and don’t get me wrong, the classic arcade mode looks fantastic

對它來說，它是什麼 - 不要讓我錯了，經典的街機模式看起來太棒了

if you feel like being a purist - those of us who grew up playing the home versions probably

如果你覺得自己是一個純粹的人--我們這些從小玩家庭版長大的人可能會

haven’t hit this particular gap between the arcade and Super C versions quite this

還沒有打這個特別的差距，街機和超級C版本之間相當這

hard. Oh, and the code... is a lie.

很難。哦，還有代碼... 是個謊言。