The original game was developed by David Crane and released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989.
In the side-scrolling platformer, a young boy teams up with a morphing alien blob to solve a range of puzzles.
Players were able to feed the blob jelly beans to make it transform into a variety of objects to help on the quest.
Contra 4 developer WayForward is overseeing the remake, although no exact release date has yet been revealed.
