Contra Hard Corps Hit Points Restoration Hack

Original game : Contra: Hard Corps

Platform : GEN

Author : MrNemesis

Release date : 22 August 2011

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P

Downloads : 16963

ROM Information

Contra - Hard Corps (U) [!].bin
CRC-32: c579f45e
MD4: 81b08c3f7f04492bbd5dbbda7a3f5cc4
MD5: 2bd30479556da5c310d8f2a1fe66e8fa
SHA-1: 68ea84146105bda91f6056932ff4fb42aa3eb4a7

Hack description

This is a patch for Contra Hard Corps (U) for the Sega Genesis. In the version of the game that was originally released in Japan, it was possible to take three hits before dying. For unknown reasons, this functionality was removed when the game was released in the US, making the game vastly more difficult in the process. This patch restores the ability to take three hits, complete with the life bar.

In addition, this patch does the following:

-Restores the three cheat codes that were also present in the Japanese version but removed from the US version.
(Note, however, that unlike the Japanese version, these codes are entered on controller ONE.)

-Up to ten lives can be selected in the menu. (The default is three.)

-Player 1 and Player 2 can now select the same character.

-A new code is available that takes you to the game's debug level! Press Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, C, B, A, Up Down.

*Note this patch can be applied on top of M.I.J.E.T. Enhancement Hack, however the check will need to be manually corrected prior to being playable. Nemesis_c has created a bat file to fix the checksum for you Contra superpatcher.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
MrNemesis	Hacking

Reviews

How the game should be	zergius	2019-12-23	Version 1.0
The original western version is almost unplayably hard, the use of hit points like in the Japanese version makes this a solid yet still very challenging game. Unless you're the masochist type, you need this hack to play Hard Corps.

The way is meant to be played	Shogil	2019-10-19	Version 1.0
I remember throwing my pad in anger as I was making abysmal progress when I was younger. As soon as I learned that there's such a thing as "3 hits before you die" that was added in the Japanese version, it was a no-brainer.

"Original" Japanese difficulty, eh?	taikyoku	2013-07-06	-
I feel the need to point this out, as it changes the purpose and intent of the patch significantly. From what I understand, any Japanese version was released some time after the original US version; unusual, but never out of the question. Therefore, the US difficulty and features are the original; nothing was removed, only added. Aside from this, I would go as far as to say that every Contra game "needs" such a hack, in order to be "fair". If I am in error, I would appreciate some source for dates.

Hard to make it work, but it's worthy!	Maeson	2013-06-19	-
I almost gave up, because the Contra Superpatcher didn't fix anything and the cheksum error appeared when loading the game. But, I don't know how, the last try I did worked... But Whatever. The life-bar is great, and 10 lifes along the M.I.J.E.T Enhancer hack makes the game much more enjoyable. Even more if you play with friends that are not very skilled in Contra games. Good Work, and thanks!

Good, but not perfect	nezumi	2012-06-09	-
This hack does everything it says it does, but what it says it does is not enough to restore the original Japanese difficulty. The Japanese version had unlimited continues, rather than the limit of 5 in the US version, and this patch fails to address that. That said, this still does a lot to make playing the game less painful, and is the best option currently available - if you're frustrated with the US difficulty, give it a try.

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