How Many Contra Games Exist?

4 mainline entries (classic 2D run-and-gun):

1. Contra (1987, arcade/NES)
2. Super Contra (1988, arcade/NES)
3. Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992, SNES)
4. Contra: Hard Corps (1994, Genesis)

Other notable titles:

• Contra Force (1992, NES — spin-off, different feel)
• Contra: Shattered Soldier (2002, PS2 — 3D)
• Neo Contra (2004, PS2 — top-down 3D)
• Contra 4 (2007, DS — return to 2D)
• Contra: Rogue Corps (2019, multi — twin-stick)
• Contra Anniversary Collection (2019, compilation)

Count varies by definition (mainline vs. spin-offs vs. compilations).