Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra (Video Game 2002)
Game is included in the compilation.
The Story Lady (TV Movie 1991)
Alexandra plays it."The Game Room" Contra for NES (TV Episode 2000)
Game is reviewed"Cheat! Pringles Gamers Guide" Classic Cheat! (TV Episode 2005)
Footage is shown.Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn (Video 2005)
The "U.S. National Video Game Team" is shown playing this game"The Angry Video Game Nerd" Power Glove (TV Episode 2006)
The Nerd plays this game
Super Contra (Video Game 1987)
Operation C (Video Game 1991)
Contra Force (Video Game 1992)
Contra III: The Alien Wars (Video Game 1992)
Contra: Hard Corps (Video Game 1994)
Blades of Steel (Video Game 1987)
Billboard advertisementSnatcher (Video Game 1988)
Two characters masquerading as Bill and Lance appear at a Konami-themed costume party held in the Outer Heaven show pub.The Final Round (Video Game 1988)
Jabbin Jim and Gentleman Joe look similar to Bill Rizer and Lance Bean from Contra. Also, one of the CPU contenders named Red Falco is a reference to Red Falcon.Snatcher CD-ROMantic (Video Game 1992)
Crash Bandicoot: Warped (Video Game 1998)
Entering up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square on the title screen unlocks a demo of Spyro the Dragon (1998).
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
The character Lance Bean is modeled after Sylvester Stallone and the game takes place in a jungle similar to this movie.Commando (1985)
The main character Bill Rizer is modeled after Arnold Schwarzenegger and the game takes place in a jungle similar to this movie.Aliens (1986)
The main characters, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, were named after the actors Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen and Michael Biehn, who all appeared in "Aliens." The final stage is also similar to "Aliens," complete with a Xenomorph-lookalike and eggs laying facehuggers.Predator (1987)
The artwork of Bill Rizer and Lance Bean on the cover is based on still images from this film.
Contra (Video Game 1988)
Remake
"Robot Chicken" Catch Me If You Kangaroo Jack (TV Episode 2011)
Spoofed in the "Contra" video game segment"Community" Digital Estate Planning (TV Episode 2012)
Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne is a spoof.