I had a problem playing Contra 4 and am wondering if it's happening to anyone else. It happened on level 5 "Ocean ....". Basically it played great until then. I died (which happens a lot in gameplay) but it never restarted. The music continued playing but nothing came up on the screen, it was blank. Any ideas or advice? Thanks.

that hasn't happened to me, but I didn't get to the 5th level. has this happened more than once?