


The game begins when the security system is breached, causing robots to escape and wreak havoc in the city. To enforce law and order in the recreated world, the Joint Military Special Mobile Task Force KX (also known as "Hard Corps") was established. (five years after the events of Contra III: The Alien Wars), the alien threat is over and civilization is rebuilt.

For other games in the series, see Contra.Ĭontra: Hard Corps (a pun on the phrase "Hardcore") is a game published in Europe as Probotector and in Japan as 魂斗羅 ザ・ハードコア ( Kontora Za Hādokoa) is a side-scrolling Run and Gun game, developed and published by Konami in 1994 for the world, but in South Korea it was Samsung, it is the first game in the Contra series released for a Sega console. The game also takes advantage of the six-button controllers of the Mega Drive.This page is for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game version. The perspective is back to the traditional side-view of the first Contra (while the others also had some top-down sections). Much better! Unlike the previous games, Hard Corps features a more complex storyline, with various branches and several cutscenes that will help the player understand the plot.

Each player can choose one of the four different characters, and this time you are not limited to a single weapon you can carry four of them. As usual, the game can be played in co-op with a friend, and this is where the fun really starts. In case you are wondering, the "hard corps" are super-soldiers trained to combat crime and terrorism, and in this case, they need to stop an evil hacker that took control of the city robots. Hard Corps is the sequel to Contra III, and it's the first (and only) game of the series to be released for the Sega Genesis. Contra III was the first game released for 16-bit consoles, specifically the SNES. The sequel, Super Contra, also got an Amiga and an MS-DOS version. The Contra series started as an arcade with the first game Contra, a success that was also ported to several 8-bit platforms, including NES, MSX, and Commodore 64. Contra: Hard Corps, also known as Probotector, is a shoot 'em-up created by Konami and published in 1994 for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive.
