Contra: Hard Corps: Contra Hard Corps Hit Points Restoration Hack

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 http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/450/, 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 http://elektropage.ru/_fr/0/contra_dis.rar.

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|Contra Hard Corps Hit Point Restoration Hack|
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|August 2011 by MrNemesis|
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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.

70 lives At the main menu, press C, B, A, Right, Left, C, B, A, Right,
Left, C, B, A, Right, Left.
All weapons Pause game play and press Up(2), Down(2), A, Up(2), Down(2), B,
Up(2), Down(2), C.
Level select At the main menu, press A, B, C, Left, Right, A, B, C, Left,
Right, A, B, C, Left, Right.

-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.

Apply the patch to your Contra Hard Corps (U) ROM with your favorite IPS patcher, and enjoy!

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