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1991
Operation C is Konami's handheld entry in the Contra series: a fast run-and-gun shooter where you blast through alien hordes and collect weapon upgrades. It delivers punishing arcade action with side-scrolling and top-down stages.
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The closest matches for Operation C are Super Cyborg, Pixel Gladiator and Project Mercury. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Operation C special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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Best match
An old-school, relentless run-and-gun shooter in the vein of 90s classics: as an elite cyborg you blast through aliens on a mysterious island. Fast action and steep challenge are the focus.
97 %
Action-packed real-time combat
A pixel-art arcade action game set in a distant future: as a gladiator in a galactic TV show, you fight deadly creatures on an abandoned planet and try to survive as long as you can.
96 %
Action-packed real-time combat
A pixel-art run-and-gun platformer set in a sci-fi world, where you fight a mysterious threat on foot and on a hoverbike. The focus is on fast shooting and precise platforming.
96 %
Challenging difficulty
Konami's arcade run-and-gun where you fight an alien invasion solo or with a friend. Alongside classic side-scrolling stages there are overhead levels, all with typical punishing arcade difficulty.
96 % 5.89 €
Action-packed real-time combat
A retro mech shooter paying homage to 16-bit classics like Cybernator, with six intense levels piloting a combat mech against an alien enemy.
96 % 5.89 €
Action-packed real-time combat
An indie run-and-gun shooter in the vein of Turrican and Super Contra, where you pilot a mech and aim and fire independently with the mouse or dual sticks.
96 % 7.99 €
Sci-fi setting
A fast-paced sci-fi action platformer in the spirit of classic 16-bit side-scrollers, mixing quick shooting with modern physics and animation. You fight through the facilities of a hostile military corporation on a remote planet.
95 % 2.99 €
Sci-fi setting
A frantic side-scrolling space shooter packed with explosions, boss fights and plenty of upgrades. You fight through short, demanding runs of space combat against the Klyvu.
95 % 5.89 €
Sci-fi setting
A classic vertical 2D shooter in the vein of Raiden and Twin Cobra, built around arcade action, reflexes and dodging bullets. A no-frills retro throwback from the makers of Gigantic Army and Satazius.
95 %
Challenging difficulty
An extremely hard and frantic space shooter in the spirit of R-Type, Xenon and Gradius, built around quick reflexes and arcade action.
