Contra: Hard Corps
(Japanese Version)
Apple core! Baltimore!
Choose a character... any character
Here's an extra large picture for you... of a robot! With some text of Browny reacting to the situation.
Ironhawk's Review
Graphics: 10 Is this the 32X? Konami really did a good job using the puny hardware of the Genesis to make a great-looking game.
Sound: 9 Sounds like how you'd expect a Contra game to sound.
Playability: 8 And plays like all Contra games play. The fact that you can only shoot in 8 directions is pretty annoying these days, with all of the analog control sticks on every modern system.
Concept: 5 "Let's make another Contra game." Well at least it has a wolf-man named "FANG" in it.
Retro Value: 9 One of the best, if not the best 16 bit Contra. If you own it, keep it.
Overall: 9 Japan only? Noooo.... Maybe we'll get a compilation pack that includes this awesome game. Please?
Nightowl's Review
Graphics: 10 Beautiful... just beautiful. Vibrant colors and zero slow down=10!
Sound: 10 Techno beats fit the fast-paced situations perfectly. And the sound effects are loud and always around you.
Playability: 6 It's Contra, so you can't ask for much. Jumping makes you feel like you're on Jupiter instead of earth.
Concept: 10 Heck yeah! Contra with even more explosions then the last! And you say I have a life meter now? Great googoly moogaly!
Retro Value: 9 Download it... you can find it anywhere on the internet. And marry this game too while you're at it.
Overall: 10 Best Contra game ever... period.