An unmanned robot is running rampant throughout the city!

Ship to Shore PhonoCo. is proud to announce the release of the original video game soundtrack to KONAMI’s frenetic run-and-gun sensation Contra: Hard Corps, now on vinyl for the very first time!

The sixth entry in the Contra series - and the first to reach Sega consoles - Hard Corps exploded onto players’ screens in the latter half of 1994, burning as many eyeballs with its intense combat as it did city landscapes in the game itself. Featuring choosable characters, swappable weapons, branching storylines and multiple endings, Hard Corps became a firm favourite for Contra-heads despite its notoriously high difficultly level.

Complementing the utter chaos is KONAMI Kukeiha Club’s score. The music’s ability to drive the action hardly ever relents, slapping into your ears like waves of explosive pressure from one of the game’s many explosions. Sometimes playful, sometimes funky but always driving the conflicts forward, is it any wonder why the Contra: Hard Corps soundtrack is one of the holy grails amongst VGM enthusiasts? Oh and keep your ears open for the Castlevania Vampire Killer remix, as heard in the secret battle stadium stage!

Featuring a new, definitive audio recording from original Mega Drive hardware, new gatefold artwork by Johnny Dombrowski and available in a limited edition yellow vinyl, Contra: Hard Corps — Original Video Game Soundtrack is a release you absolutely will not want to miss!

Release Notes

• Original video game soundtrack to KONAMI’s frenetic run-and-gun sensation
• On vinyl for the very first time
• Featuring a new, definitive audio recording from original Mega Drive hardware
• New gatefold artwork by Johnny Dombrowski

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Track List

SIDE A
A01. Locked and Loaded
A02. Charshoe X
A03. The Hard Corps
A04. A SPIRIT OF BUSHI
A05. Stage Clear
A06. You no Nikusyokujyu
A07. R.A.V.E.
A08. Zephyr

SIDE B
B01. Gekokujoh Norakura
B02. Contra Overdrive
B03. JB303
B04. AC Violence
B05. Format X
B06. Something Wonderful
B07. GTR Attack!
B08. What a Painful World
B09. Game Over

SIDE C
C01. The Fogge Cave in the Darkness
C02. The Dawn
C03. Alien’s Den
C04. Guillotine
C05. Contra the Blue Gale

SIDE D
D01. Moonlit Army
D02. Last Springsteen
D03. The Hard Corps Blues
D04. All Stage Clear
D05. Jurassic Dope
D06. Simon 1994RD