魂斗羅ザ・ハードコア ザ・ハードコア
[b][i]Contra Hard Corps[/i][/b], released in Japan as [b][i]Contra: The Hard Corps[/i][/b] (魂斗羅 ザ・ハードコア), is the first and only [[Contra]] game for the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] released by [[Konami]] in 1994. 

Technically pronounced "core", but more fun to pronounce "corpse". The game was also released in Europe and Australia as [[Probotector]].

It is set five years after the events of [[Contra III The Alien Wars]] released for the [[Super Famicom]] some years before. 

Is notable because of its high level of difficulty, several playable characters and multiple player-choice paths and endings, as well as its non-stop action. 

This game amazed many players when it showed [[video game]] special effects nobody ever thought the Mega-Drive/Sega Genesis hardware could even produce in that system...

h4. Characters

* [[Hard Corps]]
* [[Ray Poward]]
* [[Sheena Etranzi]]
* [[Brad Fang]]
* [[BR-W9]]
* [[Geo Mandrake]]
* [[Deadeye Joe]]
* [[bahamut_(hard_corps)|Colonel Bahamut]]

h4. See also

* [[Hard Corps: Uprising]]
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