<s>
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
produced	O
by	O
Konami	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Appaloosa	O
Interactive	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1996	B-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hard	I-Application
Corps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
that	O
were	O
externally	O
developed	O
by	O
Appaloosa	O
;	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
,	O
C	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Contra	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
of	O
War	O
marks	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
shift	O
to	O
three-dimensional	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
packaged	O
with	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
3D	B-Algorithm
anaglyph	I-Algorithm
glasses	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
3D	O
effects	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legacy	O
of	O
War	O
bears	O
the	O
distinction	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
console	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
retain	O
both	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
title	O
and	O
human	O
characters	O
during	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Australia	O
(	O
where	O
the	O
console	O
series	O
has	O
been	O
known	O
as	O
Probotector	B-Application
from	O
the	O
first	O
NES	O
game	O
until	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hard	I-Application
Corps	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ray	O
Poward	O
(	O
returning	O
from	O
Hard	B-Application
Corps	I-Application
)	O
is	O
deployed	O
to	O
thwart	O
Bassad	O
's	O
scheme	O
along	O
with	O
three	O
of	O
the	O
newest	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Hard	B-Application
Corps	I-Application
team	O
:	O
Tasha	O
,	O
a	O
female	O
mercenary	O
;	O
CD-288	O
,	O
a	O
robot	O
;	O
and	O
Bubba	O
,	O
an	O
alien	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumping	O
has	O
been	O
slightly	O
changed	O
as	O
the	O
characters	O
no	O
longer	O
do	O
tightly	O
curled	O
somersault	O
jumps	O
(	O
a	O
feature	O
in	O
every	O
previous	O
game	O
since	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Contra	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
progress	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
to	O
a	O
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
unveiled	O
at	O
the	O
1996	B-Application
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
Konami	O
distributed	O
3-D	O
glasses	O
to	O
attendees	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
see	O
the	O
3-D	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
32-bit	O
action	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
Contra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
uses	O
environments	O
built	O
of	O
texture-mapped	O
polygons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
advised	O
,	O
"	O
for	O
those	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
real	O
game	O
of	O
Contra	B-Application
,	O
break	O
out	O
the	O
SNES	O
and	O
have	O
at	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
better	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
not	O
saddled	O
with	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
name	O
and	O
the	O
unrealistically	O
high	O
expectations	O
that	O
come	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePros	O
The	O
Gun	O
Nut	O
said	O
it	O
fails	O
to	O
live	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
standards	O
set	O
by	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
to	O
less	O
prestigious	O
action	B-Application
games	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Loaded	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Major	O
Mike	O
of	O
GamePro	O
said	O
"	O
Legacy	O
has	O
fast	O
blasting	O
action	O
,	O
the	O
trademark	O
of	O
any	O
Contra	B-Application
game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
opined	O
,	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
's	O
no	O
32-bit	O
breakthrough	O
product	O
,	O
this	O
latest	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
embodies	O
everything	O
that	O
makes	O
a	O
Contra	B-Application
game	O
enjoyable.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
elaborated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
made	O
an	O
appreciable	O
step	O
into	O
the	O
3D	O
generation	O
,	O
while	O
retaining	O
the	O
same	O
weapons	O
,	O
power-ups	O
,	O
and	O
pacing	O
of	O
past	O
Contra	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
reviews	O
made	O
no	O
mention	O
of	O
the	O
optional	O
stereoscopic	B-Application
3D	I-Application
feature	O
,	O
but	O
Gerstmann	O
specifically	O
commented	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
unimpressive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Parish	O
and	O
Sam	O
Kennedy	O
in	O
their	O
Contra	B-Application
retrospective	O
for	O
1up.com	O
wrote	O
"	O
the	O
gameplay	O
was	O
clunky	O
and	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
drab	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
crisp	O
visuals	O
of	O
the	O
16-bit	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
