Konami released a Gameboy Advance version of the previous game was released in 2 002.The game was title Contra Advanced:The Alien Wars EX know in japan as Contra: Hard Spirits (魂斗羅 ハードスピリッツ) Unlike the original SNES game and the previous Game Boy adaptation, Contra Advance was released in Europe and Australia under the Contra name without the Probotector title and robotic characters.