Contra: Hard Corps (1994)

Konami

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

4.07 from 191 ratings

434 members have it in their collection · 15 playing now · 109 backlogged · 55 wish listed

How long? Main story 1h · with extras 2h · 100% 3h (from 5 logged playthroughs)

Kickin' cyborg butt... That's what it's all about, dude. Jack into this game of genetic engineering gone bad. Real bad. It's five years after the mother of all wars ended - and things still aren't right. Your job is to fix it. The ever-popular Contra series makes its Sega Genesis debut with a pulse-pounding new storyline. At 16 megs, HARD … Read more
Kickin' cyborg butt... That's what it's all about, dude. Jack into this game of genetic engineering gone bad. Real bad. It's five years after the mother of all wars ended - and things still aren't right. Your job is to fix it. The ever-popular Contra series makes its Sega Genesis debut with a pulse-pounding new storyline. At 16 megs, HARD CORPS pushes the technology to bring you over ten gut-wrenching levels with huge boss characters, great graphics and dynamic sound. Find high powered weapons such as the homing gun, crush gun, needle laser or mine setter. Do you think you can handle it? Trust me, you can't. You still here? Okay, then get ready for the fight of your life. Pick one of the four heroes and begin your search across many dark levels of doom. The ending changes, depending on the paths you choose - but every pass crosses boss characters that will blow you away. Literally! Read less
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Developers
Konami
Publishers
Konami
Genres
Platform, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Franchises
Contra
Series
Contra
Event
Summer CES 1994

Release dates

  • Aug 08, 1994 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Sep 15, 1994 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Oct 14, 1994 (Full Release) (Australia) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

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FiretheFlameLord

Review FiretheFlameLord 5/5 · Aug 4, 2023

CONTRA HARD CORPS REVIEW: (GENESIS)

Contra Hard Corps is a 1994 run-and-gun game.Konami, the producer and distributor of the game, have done a great job.The story of the game is as follows.In 2641, an elite commando team called the "Unified Military Special Mobile Task Force K-x", also known as the "Contra Hard Corps", was assembled to combat the rapid spread of crime and illegal activities …

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Contra Hard Corps is a 1994 run-and-gun game.Konami, the producer and distributor of the game, have done a great job.The story of the game is as follows.In 2641, an elite commando team called the "Unified Military Special Mobile Task Force K-x", also known as the "Contra Hard Corps", was assembled to combat the rapid spread of crime and illegal activities in the aftermath of the war. When an unknown hacker infiltrates the city's security system and reprograms a group of unmanned robots to cause damage, the Sert Corps is deployed to handle the situation.The members include male soldier Ray Poward;female soldier Sheena Etranzi; Brad Fang, a wolf-like humanoid with two cybernetic arms; and Browny, a small robot that can navigate. Dec.Ray, Sheena and Brad later made a brief cameo in the twinbee Paradise interactive game in donburishima. The game begins when the hardcore Corps is deployed to a large city to destroy a group of unmanned weapons reprogrammed to attack civilians. At the end of the first stage, the player confronts a robot led by cyborg mercenary Deadeye Joe, who escaped after the battle. At this point, the Hard Corps, Dr. Geo receives an emergency call from Mandrake reporting that the government's research center has been attacked by an unknown group. The player can choose to follow deadeye Joe or go to the research center to thwart the terrorists, each path leads to a different second stage. Regardless of the chosen path, both stages converge on a common route. In the third stage, the player is sent to a junkyard to capture the notorious hacker Noiman Cascade, while the fourth stage takes place in the forest, where the enemy's bunker is located. In the fifth stage, the hard Corps will be caught in a trap by the enemy leader Colonel Bahamut, and the player will be given another option. From this point on, depending on the player's choice, the story is divided into four possible paths, each of which has its own conclusion. There is also a secret Colosseum stage with its own ending, for a total of five Possible outcomes.The gameplay is as follows.in this game consisting of 6 sections, you are trying to kill the creatures and pass the section.The music of the game is beautiful.If you are not too obsessed with graphics and you like retro games, this game is for you.My rating for the game: 10/10 (y) Good games to everyone 🙂

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Jaype

Review Jaype 5/5 · Apr 27, 2021

Best Contra by a long stretch.

This has to be one of the best 16-bit titles made. Konami were really firing on all cylinders at this point in time.

In my opinion, this also definitely the best Contra by quite a long stretch.

I highly recommend playing the Japanese version (or the MiJet patch).

The US version is just pointlessly hard (they did this for the …

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This has to be one of the best 16-bit titles made. Konami were really firing on all cylinders at this point in time.

In my opinion, this also definitely the best Contra by quite a long stretch.

I highly recommend playing the Japanese version (or the MiJet patch).

The US version is just pointlessly hard (they did this for the rental market, so people couldn't beat it and would constantly re-rent it). The developers never intended it to be played that way, so do yourself a favour and play it as it was intended.

The crazy challenge of the US copy can be kinda fun though.

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V1CGaming

Review V1CGaming 4/5 · Dec 1, 2020 Completed

One could argue the best title in the series..

It has everything you could possibly want in an action game: kick ass graphics, a great soundtrack, and non-stop action. The only thing holding it back is its insane difficulty. Throughout all this there are frequent boss encounters. At the end of almost every level you are presented with two options. These choices not only lead to new levels but …

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It has everything you could possibly want in an action game: kick ass graphics, a great soundtrack, and non-stop action. The only thing holding it back is its insane difficulty. Throughout all this there are frequent boss encounters. At the end of almost every level you are presented with two options. These choices not only lead to new levels but also changes the game’s story as well. It suffers a bit due to its cruel difficulty. But aside from that it is almost a masterpiece. The game is too great not to see all of its content.

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Deviant_1

Review Deviant_1 5/5 · Jan 21, 2020

Probotector for the Europeans

Another Contra crazy action game!

This pearl that I just came across in a Mega Drive Mini and I have to say. What a blast!

Following the run 'n shoot of previous cannon Contra Games, Probotector/Contra Hard Corps is nothing new for the series' fans.

Brilliantly animated, the sprites are very well designed, bosses are on point and, following the …

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Another Contra crazy action game!

This pearl that I just came across in a Mega Drive Mini and I have to say. What a blast!

Following the run 'n shoot of previous cannon Contra Games, Probotector/Contra Hard Corps is nothing new for the series' fans.

Brilliantly animated, the sprites are very well designed, bosses are on point and, following the Contra tradition, a nightmare to kill!

It's a fun game, with an extreme over the top difficulty - or it wouldn't even be Contra at all, that allows you to spend hours and hours of trial and error, failing over and over again, just to kill another guy, while dodging dozens of bullets, missiles, tentacles(or whatever those metal stretchy things are).

Definitely recommend to all Contra lovers (who most probably are well acquainted with this game) and to side scrolling action run-and-gun enthusiasts.

You won't be disappointed!

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