Back كونترا: هارد كوربز Arabic كونترا: هارد كوربز ARZ Contra: Hard Corps Spanish کنترا: یگان سرسخت Persian Probotector (jeu vidéo, 1994) French Contra: Hard Corps Italian 魂斗羅ザ・ハードコア Japanese 콘트라: 하드 코어 Korean Contra: Hard Corps LLD Contra: Hard Corps Portuguese
| Contra: Hard Corps | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Nobuya Nakazato |
| Producer(s) | Tomikazu Kirita |
| Programmer(s) | Kenji Miyaoka |
| Artist(s) |
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| Writer(s) | Nobuya Nakazato |
| Composer(s) | Hiroshi Kobayashi |
| Series | Contra |
| Platform(s) | Sega Genesis |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Contra: Hard Corps, released as Contra: The Hard Corps[4] in Japan and Probotector in Europe and Australia, is a run and gun video game released by Konami for the Sega Genesis in 1994, making it the first game in the Contra series released for a Sega platform.
Set five years after the events of Contra III: The Alien Wars, a terrorist group led by the renegade Colonel Bahamut has stolen an alien cell recovered from the war and now intends to use it to produce weapons. A new task force, known as the titular "Hard Corps", are sent to deal with the situation. The game features a branching storyline with multiple possible endings.[5]
Hard Corps spawned its own series of follow-ups; including the Appaloosa-developed sequels, Contra: Legacy of War & C: The Contra Adventure; and the Arc System Works-developed prequel, Hard Corps: Uprising. Hard Corps has since been considered to be a spin-off from the mainline Contra entries.[6]: 36–37
In June 2019, it was re-released as part of Contra: Anniversary Collection for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One and was also included in the Genesis Mini dedicated console that same year.[7][8] The game was also re-released on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on October 25, 2021.[9]
- ^ "Timeline" (PDF). Game Players. September 1994. p. 8. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Tough boy". Evening Post. November 19, 1994. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
The original version of Probotector is about to be released on the Sega Mega Drive.
- ^ "You can't say no to probo". Daily Record. November 26, 1994. p. 48. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
Now, after a long wait, this superb shoot 'em up is available for the Mega Drive.
- ^ 魂斗羅 ザ・ハードコア, Kontora Za Hādo Koa
- ^ "Contra: The Hard Corps developer's commentary". Beep! Mega Drive. October 1994. Archived from the original on 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
- ^ Tatsuya Saijyou; Yasufumi Sakuma (June 11, 2019). Noboru Honda; Takeshi Matsumoto; Daisuke Yoshihara; Daisuke Kihara (eds.). The History of Contra (E-book). Konami.
- ^ "Konami confirms Contra: Anniversary Collection final game lineup". Polygon. 28 May 2019.
- ^ "SEGA Genesis Mini". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "SEGA Genesis™ - Nintendo Switch Online - Nintendo - Official Site".