Konami Mobile Announces Winner of Contra Character Design Contest

October 24, 2007

Konami Mobile Announces Winner of Contra
Character Design Contest

Winning Entry Will Be Featured in New Contra 4
Mobile Game Due Out Next Month

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. announced
today the winner of its first-ever design contest for the Contra 4 mobile game.
Stephen Hetrick of Tampa, FL designed his own Contra character in honor of
Contra’s 20th anniversary and most appropriately captured the story, game play,
look and feel of Contra.

The promotion, which ran on the Konami Mobile Web
site, challenged fans to develop a creative new character that demonstrates the
true meaning of the classic Contra game. Mr. Hetrick, who was selected by the
Konami Contra team as the grand prize winner, will have his character featured
in the upcoming mobile game, and will receive a game credit and a Contra 20th
Anniversary designer’s award.

"Konami Mobile is very appreciative of all those
who participated in this contest," said Joe Morris, Vice President, Konami
Digital Entertainment’s Mobile Division. "We were overwhelmed by the tremendous
success of the contest, which brought Contra fans together to help launch a
successful franchise on a new platform with new user generated content."

"As a huge fan of Konami and Contra, I really
couldn’t be more excited about winning the contest. Contra is undisputedly among
the most fondly remembered game series of all time, and I think every gamer
fantasizes about contributing to the development of their favorite game
franchises at some point," said Hetrick. "Opportunities like that don’t show up
every day, much less a chance for the fans a chance to donate something as big
as their own character design."

Hetrick’s winning character is a
ballistics-engineering expert and hawk-eyed marksman named Solomon Caesar, who
operated as a soldier of fortune during the Alien Wars, lending his expertise to
the highest bidder. Eventually, Solomon was apprehended and forced to
participate in an experiment involving splicing alien genetic material into a
human body. The process left his body in poor health, taking from him his prized
eyesight and the ability to properly process life giving oxygen. He was
subsequently tossed away like trash by his captors, only to be later recovered
by a government agency and saved from the brink of death. Ashamed of his actions
as a greedy mercenary and burning with hatred against the injustices he had
experienced firsthand, Solomon set out for redemption and revenge against the
alien threat, and was quickly chosen as a new member of the Contra task force.
Solomon now wears a face mask in order to safely breath oxygen and a pair of
goggles which enhance his eyesight to nearly superhuman levels.

The top 20 design entrants received an exclusive
Contra 20th Anniversary t-shirt and special recognition during Contra 4’s
credits. All of the top designs can be viewed on the Konami Mobile Web site at

www.konamimobile.com/contradesign
.

Contra 4 Mobile is the latest chapter in the
popular videogame series and marks the 20th anniversary of the quintessential
action franchise. Contra 4 will launch for the mobile platform on most major
carriers, including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless on November 9, 2007. For
more information, please visit
www.konamimobile.com.