BLAST PROCESSING AT ITS BEST │ Contra: Hard Corps
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- This Contra game for Sega is way too overlooked! It is SO hype and amazing! You can really feel the blast processing. Plus I love that opening level music, it's such a jam. Surely I can't be the only one who loved playing this one. Especially for Wolf Guy.
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One of my absolute favorite games on the MegaDrive. I remember spending hours upon hours trying to find every alternate route. I I don't know why but I loved getting the Orbital elevator one for some reason(probably the ending OST or something)
This is the contra game i grew up with. Absolutely loved it
9:42
"Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Deadeye Joe?"
Contra: Hard Corps and Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Genesis were essentially miracle games for Konami - they were among the first games released after the mass exodus of staff leaving to form Treasure and somehow they still came out as good as they did despite being worked on by mostly B-team workers who suddenly had to step up.
I had no idea that Berret Wallace was a werewolf. Cool!
Hard Corps Uprising is actually a prequel to this game. The main guy (Think his name was Bahamut) there is the same guy who becomes the last boss in this game. I remember it being pretty great.
This is the game that got me into the Contra series lol Browny was my main! His weapon was literally what could carry you through the game lol Miss playing this with my brother ;w;
I remember playing a Hard Corps game on (I think) PS3; it was one of those that came free with a subscription to PSN, probably the same one. Had no idea it was a Contra game until I started playing it and finally put it together. Likewise, I knew nothing of Contra: Hard Corps back in the day because I only had a handful of Genesis games.
Still haven't played this one but it looks awesome!
Xbox 360 game was Hard Corps Uprising, and it's a great game. It's actually a prequel to this game, and you are playing as a young Bahamut, who is the antagonist of this game (which is actually pretty cool). It doesn't have name "Contra" in it since storywise it happens before "Contra unit" was even founded. Yes, there are a story in all Contra games and they actually take place in the same world.
I'm in love with this game's boss theme.
Interestingly the European version has a bunch of changes, title renamed to Probotector and the playable characters were swapped out for robots.
Granted apparently Contra was just called Probotector in Europe for all the titles but this is the only one I remember having the title as a kid.
S.N.E.S. Super Probotector was the EU PAL release, the rest were all on home computers as Gryzor and only seven people had an NES in the UK, so unless you knew one of them you never saw the NES versions had it (oh and the gameboy ones.)
I would play the robot. He had my favorite weapon set. Felt like his hit box was smaller too. This game is the reason why I love Cuphead so much, it's cartoon Contra.
His hit box is definitely smaller. The game has good enough hit detection that the sizes of the characters actually do matter, which is one of the best things about Browny.
Would love to see a full playthrough
Hey Jared yeah that game you're talking about is called Hardcorps Uprising and it was actually a game that I had a ton of fun with back on the PS3! I couldn't actually get all the way to the end of the game because it was pretty difficult but I liked the unlockable upgrades and the art style was very unique because it was handled by Arc System Works
That "stupid" weapon is one of the most broken in the game if you know how to use it.
If only he knew
I remember using only the robot in this game but I don't remember why. Mind elaborating why/how that's the most broken weapon?
It does the most damage of any weapon aside from Fang's charge attack and if I recall correctly the homing ball n chain's ball does far more than the chain so spamming the attack rather than holding it results in crazy damage.
@@sleepingkirby Browny harder to shot
@@PAINNN666He also has a double jump.
Hard Corps: Uprising. And it was amazing
imo BEST CONTRA EVER, first time I played this was on my Sega and played it on its japanese version ♥
I remember that era you're talking about: "Hardcorps Uprising" was a great time, and actually made by ArcSys; Konami just published it. Which is why it has that Guilty Gear / Blaz Blue feeling to the art. Apparently it's also a sequel to one of the endings of this game, though I don't remember which one.
Also: "RIP: Sparkster". I miss that little opossum dude.
Konami also made Contra: Rebirth around that time, which was a PROPER Contra game for the Wii.
Hardcorps Uprising is actually a prequel to this game, in fact one of the main characters is this game's antagonist
Fun fact: Sparkster makes a cameo in Contra: Shattered Soldier for the PlayStation 2. There is an alternate ending you can unlock (and I think the prerequisite is that you beat the game without dying once) where the developers do all of the sound effects. It's kind of dumb, but also hilarious at the same time. Then it just trolls the player with a GAME OVER screen.
@@thewiirocks Yeah, one of the last good ones I remember playing.
Never owned or had access to a genesis so this is pretty exciting to see. I adored Contra 3 and would have loved to play this.
It's THE best contra.
One could argue this is the best contra game.
You should have played the Japanese version, or a fixed US rom on emulator/flash-cart.
The game was made to have multiple life points per life, that refill between levels, and unlimited credits, three lives five credits make some of the endings almost impossible to see as they purposefully made it one-hit kills and limited the continues in the US so people couldn't complete it as a rental. That gimped version was then changed to ALL robots (and at 50hz) for the PAL release.
It's like if final fight killed you after every enemy punch.
I'm so glad Jared praised this game, cause I always tell my friends that didn't grow up with a SEGA that I had THE BEST Contra game in the series and this validated that. 😂
Also, Fang is da best.
Never knew about this one, looks neat. This soundtrack is fire, cyclops boss looks like he's just there to rock out.
there is a Contra game on ps1 too and its pure trash
I really enjoyed Hardcorps Uprising, had a great time playing it with my brother and yeah it had dash, double jump, run and even a reflect move, it had more moves and you can even upgrade the characters BUT only on story mode, there was an arcade mode where it was all like old contra mechanics, I wish there was a way to play it on modern consoles and pc, Uprising and Contra rebirth were so good they should have been part of the Contra collection IMO.
Yeah, Hard Corps Uprising, it had an upgrade system like an RPG of sorts, it was hard AF, loved it, even if I just couldn’t for the life of me finish it
I've played Hard Corps (the Xbox one) and I think it's neat. Didn't realize it was a reboot though, that's way cool!
These weapon upgrades feel a lot like Gunstar Heroes weapons. Anyone remember that game? It was freaking tight!
Watching this has made me realize that Jared playing Hard Corps Uprising would be a dream come true. And also hilarious because of it's difficulty.
Contra Hard Crops is among the most metal games I've ever played. Thank you Jared for playing this absolute banger!
Absolutely fantastic!! What a great game. Always played this at my friend's house. It was so epic and metal. Love the content Jerd!
Yes Jerd! I love contra and am really excited for this.
17:15 & 18:45 I actually own both games, Jared. Hard Corps: Uprising was made by Arc System Works (Yes, the Guilty Gear company) and I only ever made it to the Final Boss once; never beat it. The new Sparkster game however, just called Rocket Knight (real creative there, Konami), I have beaten but it's super generic and it's not all that fun.
Yeah Hardcorps Uprising....Personally I loved it and played it tons with all characters, trying all challenges. Took me a while to realize it was a contra game since it had just hardcrops as a title and I hadn't played the OG on Sega
I loved Hard Corps Uprising on PS3. I think they didn't give it the Contra name because they wanted to make a "new" franchise (even though it's apparently a prequel to the very first Contra game).
Interestingly, it was one of the only games in which you don't die in a single hit (this game would be another, although I think only the Japanese version of Hard Corps gives you a "life gauge").
It's a blast! And processes!
‘why would you punch when you got a gun for an arm?’
uhn cause he’s awesome like that
Funny enough, I actually did play the Rocket Knight reboot. I mean for $15 it was a pretty fun game, but I also really liked the old games in the series too when I was a kid
Hard Corps: Uprising was tight tho
There was an "action" button that gives you moves like dodge or deflect or shoulder charge through obstacles.
Honestly, I'd love to see Jared make a mini-series of this of 2 or 3 more episodes. Really cool game.
You can also get this game through Contra Collection on Switch, where you also play the Japanese version that gives you actually HP.
I've never seen this before and holy crap, it's just the fever dream of a 10-year-old 90's kid in every way. I'm here for it. Explosions! Missiles filled with bad guys! Angry robots! A bike that's also a robot, who runs! Wolf man with a GUN ARM! GRAPHICS! I only played NES and SNES Contra, so this was just the wildest ride.
Tomba!
This game is incredible, it is still very good!
thank you for this video. I had this game as a little kid and for the life of me I couldn't remember the name of this game. this was the only contra game I've ever played as well
Really like the concept of each character having their own special weapons.
I certainly remember the Rocket Knight reboot, as I only played it this year. It's...ok. Not terrible, but not a patch on the originals.
"Why would you use fisty punches when you got a gun for an arm, dude?"
Well. RoboCop can punch a steel door open, but it'd take a hell of a lot longer to shoot the door open. Probably does hella damage to stuff that takes a lot of hits.
And considering a lot of the enemies in this game are mechanical, guns wouldn't be the most effective choice of weapon.
He doesn't know...
well that was a fun little side video :D
This is one of the few Sega games that I've played and beaten. My best friend used to have a Mega Drive and this was the game that was always played (as well as Sonic 1, Golden Axe, Comix Zone and a few others). For some reason he always used to pick the little robot guy
Wolfman has the best ending in the game.
One thing that _Hard Corps._ has that I always appreciated, is that at two points in the game, you get to make decisions. Then when you get to the end game, you get one of four finales, depending on which choices you made.
Played the heck out of this on my Genesis a few months back ,this game has multiple endings depending on your choices throughout your playthrough
Another vote for continuing Kirby 64 please!
Just was thinking of this game
As someone who has played and loves this game to dead, here are some tips for everyone interested
-Slide has I-frames, you'd be amazed how many people forget that
-Browny is "easy mode" it's small, hard to hit and has double jump with a glide. Also homing weapons with a lot of damage. Ray and Sheena are "normal mode" with very similar weapons between the two. Fang (Wolf guy) is "hard mode" he's bigger and some of his weapons have limited range. He's not bad, you just have to learn to play him
-The japanese version has an actual life bar with 3 hits (you died at 4) and unlimited continues
-Browny would return in later games, this time with a female body... yeah, this isn't a tip, but it's something I don't thing many know about
I played one on PS2 I think that seems to have a similar style of boss mechanic design, and the crazy stuff going on. But honestly this one looks more fun because the later one tried to be too realistic.
the infamous D-Weapon, the Dirk, for Joof stabs.
The game is phenomenal, but ive always had issues with the amount of explosions overwhelming me and causing me to die a bunch.. Sensory overload..Haha Im still amazed at how little if any slowdown there is here. I love how the big 3 i call them Konami franchises had their own flavor on genesis. Meaning Contra,Castlevania and TMNT. They shared similarities to the titles on SNES ,but had their own feel to them..
Awesome! Great memories of this game. I believe the japanese version was easier because you had a couple more hits before going down, If I'm not mistaken.
Yeah, this is one of those games where the American version is harder for some reason. I remember way back on the NES the Japanese version of Double Dragon 2 had continues and the American didn't.
One of my favorite Contra games! I've probably only beaten it once. This is "Contra 4" to me, although I've heard Contra 4 on DS is pretty good.
The slide has invincibility frames and Browny the robot has a second jump.
Hard Corps: Uprising was definitely something. I remember playing it a lot with my buddy and I didn't hate it.
I've never played this contra. It looks so badass!
It used to be hard to get hold of, but now you can get it either in the Contra Anniversary Collection on most platforms, or as part of the NSO expansion pass Genesis games (which is I think where Jared's playing this one.)
The Anniversary Collection even lets you play the (superior) Japanese version, which actually gives you a health bar to take multiple hits before dying.
That running robot segment was honestly impressive graphically!
It is like if Cuphead was made in the 90's.
Fang is the most 90s thing I've ever seen. How can you go wrong with an Anthropomorphic wolf in sunglasses with a Gun Arm?
YES.
CONTRA IS AN AMAZING SERIES.
...Also *AMAZINGLY HARD.* ...corps
This game is tough as nails but cool.
If it hadn't been for Dead-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Dead-Eye Joe?
Also Super C is one that people think of.
The TV commercial for this game is just absolutely nuts. If it weren't for UA-cam, I probably would've never come across it. A dude gets tossed in a freakin' meat grinder and turned into itty-bitty packages of meat.
But yeah, this game is hard. The Japanese version is WAY EASIER because your character has three "hit points" before they lose one of their lives.
Sheena's one of my favourite characters to play as because she's a bit more agile.
Contra Hard Corps is also included in Contra Anniversary Edition if anyone here's looking to get it.
This was the Contra game I played when I was younger.
ahh... hard corps uprising... its a prequel to contra hard corps. the first guy that you play as is the main bad guy of this one. dead-eye joe might be as well, but the link is tentative at best. if you are wondering who, its the blond guy thats dlc.
At 8:50 I kept asking Barret the same thing.
He said: "If Tifa can hit harder than my bullets with those thin little arms of hers, it's worth trying to see what I can do with a wrecking ball."
This game is 90s as fuck.
Jared voice acting are absolutely the best!
14:46 It makes sense. He could have hacked the robot to make a diversion, snuck into the research facility, hacked the security to go haywire, and ran off with the thing amidst the chaos.
Wolf guy is barret's fursona
18:48
I bought the Rocket Knight/Sparkster remake as soon as it came out- I have so many fond memories of playing Rocket Knight Adventures with my friend, and man, that remake was disappointing. I feel like Rocket Knight needs to stay 2d to work, it looses all of its charm once you go to 3d (expressiveness was something that the series used to great effect, and it kind of goes away as soon as you bring it into 3d).
Omg my childhood yesssssh
If it hadn't been for Deadeye Joe,
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Deadeye Joe!
Man, remember when Konami did stuff like this? Good times!
This game felt ahead of its time, its short but you can replay it for 4 different endings (depending on the paths you take) However, its BALLS hard.
If you're making a contraction of 2 different words, "it" and "is" for instance, you need an apostrophe between them. It's. It is. Your first use of "its" was correct, since it was a possessive form of a personal pronoun.
You're lucky I'm in a good mood. I'll let you off easy this time.
The Western releases are indeed hard as balls, yet the Japanese one actually gave the characters life bars and infinite continues from the get-go.
I remember the Hard Corps you're talking about! The one with a very Guilty Gear aesthetic. While I did enjoy it a lot, I never really considered it a Contra game.
I remember that Rocket Knight game too, wasn't too bad.
Let's go
I always played as Zheena. Never knew each character had unique weapons.
Best Contra, my favorite anyway. Such an amazing game and soundtrack!
I never played this as a kid but dabbled a little bit as a adult. I need to redownload the contra anniversary collection to play it and other games.
Man, loved this game. Jared, I know you weren't a Sega baby like some of us, but if I could convince you to highlight Phantasy star 4, it would be so dope. Don't even need to make a series. Although, a series...mmmmm
I really love Contra 3 on the SNES, but I also think that Hard Corp was and still is an incredible game, I hope that I get to play this game and also Castlevania Bloodlines, another great game from Konami
Man, remember when you saw that Konami logo back then? You knew it was gonna be fantastic!
Konami did release both teh Castlevania classic collection and teh Contra classic collection on steam which contain Bloodline adn hard corps respectively so nothing is stopping you except of the price maybe, but on sale both get a major discount
@@Selnathorn you're right! But the thing is that I'm collecting consoles. I have most of the Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox consoles, but I'm missing the Sega consoles, and I wish to beat all those games in original hardware, so I'm looking for a Sega Genesis to beat Hard Corp, Castlevania Bloodlines, the Sonic games and so on
@@The16bithero Good luck to you then. Collecting old tech and games is not an easy task... or cheap
@@Selnathorn tell me about it. I've had luck with some games, specially old games, but for some (like SNES RPGs) I had to buy repro cartridges. So hopefully I'll find some good deal one day
I had this on the Mega Drive in Europe, it was named Probotector and I believe the only difference from the US version was that all characters were robots.
I hope he plays as the wolf!! ^^
I remember renting this game a long time ago at Blockbuster.
That "Reboot" of Rocket Knight is Actualy a SEQUEL to Sparkster the game isn't all that bad compare to the Travesty that is "Hard Corps Rising" it wasn't even 2D but more ARPG style
If you consider re-visiting this game, I think it's best you either get the Genesis Mini or a currently more viable option get the Contra Collection since the expansion pack is basically just a subscription long rental. Either way, you'll not only have Hard Corps, but also Probotector and the Japanese rom. Probotector is just a sprite swap making everybody robots (So yes there is wolf bot) as for the Japanese rom its basically Hard Corps on training wheels allowing for 3 hits before losing a life, effectivley making one life into 3. Or you know having Hard Corp without being dependent on a subscription fee.
Doesnt Fang say "its payback time"?
The robot named Brownie, yes that is his name is the best cause a lot of he is shirt so a lot of the bullets go over him and he has a jetpack
Jared should definitely play Steel Assault, it has some big 16bit era run&gun energy
This game and Castlevania Bloodlines are some of the best Contravania games
It’s a me, a Hard Corps: Uprising apologist. lol. It’s extremely good, but imo it’s best experienced with the DLC character who basically plays like Strider. Extremely solid flow and some cool bosses. If you’re confused by the anime aesthetic, it might make more sense when you learn it was developed by Arc System Works, most famously known for the Guilty Gear series. Sadly, we haven’t gotten another Contra since… 😢
Only Nintendo guy can call Hard Corps "underrated". 😄
Even though I had a sega genesis growing up, I never played this one. The first Contra I played was C: the Contra Adventure for PS1. That thing made me rage quit so much xD
I remember renting this game as a kid, pretty sure never getting past Stage 1, and I also remember the other Hard Corps a 360 arcade game or something like that.