The original Contra coin-operated arcade game debuted in February 1987, with the incredibly popular Contra Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version being released in 1988. The video game's story is set in the year 2633, when the evil Red Falcon Organization have set a base on the Galuga archipelago near New Zealand in a plot to conquer the world. Two commandos, Pfc. Bill Rizer and Pfc. Lance Bean of the Contra unit, soldiers specializing in guerrilla warfare, are sent to the island to destroy the enemy forces and uncover the true nature of the alien entity controlling them.