You can also collect red letter's with wings that give you different guns(My favorite is S :P) and are also allowed to shoot in multiple directions. The controls are intuitive, and not difficult to handle, a plus considering the stiffness of other NES games. I even despised shooters, and I was still thouroughly content with this game. Contra in my opinion, is one of the best shoot'em ups out there, and still probably is.
