Contra: Hard Corps
Contra: Hard Corps is a Side-scroll, Run and Gun, Single-player and Two-player video game developed and published by Konami. The game serves as the first title in the series of Hard Corps video game, and it was the first title in the series of Contra, released for Sega platform. It takes place five years after the events of Contra 3: The Alien Wars, in which a group of terrorist-controlled by renegade Colonel Bahamut, who has stolen an alien cell retrieved from the conflict and can struggle to use it to produce devastating weapons. Instead of the series heroes named as Lance Bean and Bill Rizer, a new force called the Hard Corps are sent to deal with the enemy attack. The game offers a variety of storyline with multiple endings. There are a variety of enemies, and the ultimate objective of the player is to run, jump and shoot his way through multiple levels while struggling to reach the end of each level by killing enemies that get in the way, and the final boss waiting at the end. The player explores the land from a side-scroll perspective while collecting the power-ups to increase the performance of the weapons. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning visuals, Contra: Hard Corps is the best game to play.
#1 Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 3 is an amazingly Addictive Action and Thrill packed Run and Gun video game by SNK. The game allows you to engage yourself into a truly immersive game-play ever. Following the mechanics and game-play style of the previous games in the series, Metal Slug 3 allows you to get into a world of chaos, kill waves of continuously coming enemies and make your way through the blasting environment, eliminate enemy bosses into epic combats and move to the next and challenging level of the game. With a full load of amazing weapons for long range encounters and knives to send enemies to hell while attacking from close vicinity in melee techniques, Metal Slug 3 offers you a chance to immerse yourself into epic action filled environment. With multiple environments, super addictive nature and a very engaging game-play, Metal Slug 3 is one of the best games of this specific genre.
#2 Contra: Shattered Soldier
Contra: Shattered Soldier developed by KCET and published by Konami is Shoot ‘em up video game available to play on PlayStation. The game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and main gameplay focuses on Run-and-Gun element. The title serves as the part of the Contra series, released by Konami. The entire gameplay is played in 2D form a side-scroll viewpoint, but with polygonal visuals. The abilities and controls are similar to Contra III: The Alien Wars. It offers an exciting story, in which the game takes place in futuristic year, when the planet Earth remain scarred from alien wars. There are various playable characters present from which the game enables the player to choose his favorite one to save the world from devastation. The player explores the environment from a side-scroll, battle against enemies using different weapons while earning as many points as possible. The ultimate task of the player is to reach the end of each stage by defeating minions and face the boss at the end of each stage. With engaging gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Contra: Shattered Soldier is the best game to enjoy.