<s>
Contra	B-Device
Force	I-Device
is	O
an	O
action	O
shooting	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Konami	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
in	O
1992	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spinoff	O
of	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
following	O
the	O
original	O
Contra	B-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Contra	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
ties	O
to	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contra	B-Device
Force	I-Device
begins	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
being	O
asked	O
to	O
choose	O
between	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
consists	O
of	O
five	O
stages	O
:	O
the	O
odd-numbered	O
stages	O
(	O
1	O
,	O
3	O
,	O
and	O
5	O
)	O
are	O
played	O
from	O
the	O
standard	O
side-view	O
perspective	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
even-numbered	O
stages	O
(	O
2	O
and	O
4	O
)	O
are	O
played	O
from	O
an	O
overhead	O
perspective	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
ones	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Contra	I-Application
and	O
Operation	B-Application
C	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
controls	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
Contra	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
the	O
instant	O
power-ups	O
from	O
previous	O
Contra	B-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
power	O
selection	O
meter	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Gradius	B-Application
series	O
which	O
shows	O
what	O
power-ups	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
obtain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contra	B-Device
Force	I-Device
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Arc	B-Device
Hound	I-Device
in	O
1991	B-Application
and	O
originally	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
ties	O
to	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
Arc	B-Device
Hound	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
still	O
localized	O
for	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
market	O
as	O
a	O
spinoff	O
of	O
the	O
Contra	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
a	O
Winter	O
1991	B-Application
release	O
,	O
Contra	B-Device
Force	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
console	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
being	O
released	O
sometime	O
prior	O
to	O
Contra	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
(	O
known	O
as	O
Contra	B-Application
IV	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Contra	B-Device
Force	I-Device
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
a	O
late	O
1992	O
release	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
than	O
Contra	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
causing	O
the	O
latter	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
renumbered	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contra	B-Device
Force	I-Device
has	O
received	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
