Hitman: Contracts

Hitman: Contracts
Game general and emulation properties:
Languages supported:
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers:	SLUS-20882
Release date:	April 20, 2004; 2005 (Greatest Hits)
CRCs:	3569E863
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers:	SLES-52132; SLES-52133; SLES-52135; SLES-52136; SLES-52134 (Hitman The Collection)
Release date:	April 30, 2004
CRCs:	BE198D9E
Windows Status:	Playable
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers:	SLPS-25406; SLKA-25218 (Korea); SLPS-25563 (Eidos Best)
Release date:	October 14, 2004; February 22, 2005 (Korea); November 10, 2005 (Eidos Best)
Windows Status:	?
Linux Status:	?
Mac Status:	?

Developer(s): Io Interactive
Publisher(s): Eidos Interactive (US, EU, AU, JP), Square Enix (US)
Genre: Action, Shooter, Arcade
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 80/100
Game description: Explore the dark psychology of killing for a living as you delve into the mind of a ruthless and efficient contract killer. Hitman: Contracts delivers more action-packed missions that require you to eliminate targets from England to China. Now you have a greater variety of ways to make the perfect hit and an increased arsenal of firearms and close-combat weapons at your disposal. Pick up objects like meat hooks, pool cues, shovels, and pillows to use as weapons, and then admire your "work" showcased in brutal detail.
In Hitman: Contracts, gameplay centers around the exploits of a hitman, Agent 47, as he is sent to various locations to assassinate targets. An array of weapons can be used, from kitchen knives to belt-fed machine guns. While stealth and subterfuge is encouraged, the game allows the player to take a more violent approach and gunfight their way to their mission goals. As players progress through the game, they can collect the various armaments found in the levels, allowing them to be used in future missions. Aside from the more straightforward ways of killing targets such as gunplay and strangulation, several missions allow the player more subtle ways to eliminate hits, such as judicious use of poison, or arranging "accidents" like a heat-induced heart attack inside a sauna.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i5-3470 3.20Ghz Nvidia GeForce GTX 650	1.1.0.5594	GSDX	SPU2-X LilyPad svn 0.11.0	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), INTC, Wait Loop Detection, microVU and MTVU, Nothing, Game was tested using the 4GB patch., Graphic glitches: main menu shows just a grey screen, ghosting on some parts and in certain camera angles there are borders that cover the screen, but nothing too serious.	LoStraniero1991
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5754	GSdx 5752 SSE41	SPU2-X 5733 2.0.0 LilyPad 5403 0.11.0	Emulator freezes after starting a new game.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows	I5 3330 HD radeon 6850	1.3 Git 29 of April	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Status unchanged the game not advanced after the menu,can freeze and yet at full screen can hang the own runner computer,tested as many possibilities,Zero gs show a little more secure but still freeze in menu.Its slow in menu also a little.	DESTRUIDOR
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit	Intel i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB	v1.7.0 (dev-13)	GSdx 1.2.0	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	BIOS: USA v02.30, Preset: 3 (Balanced). Goes ingame. Sound seems mostly fine, just a bit stuttery sometimes. Graphics can be glitchy (e.g. top half of the screen is blurred at times, lighting is broken, HUD parts look weird) but it depends on the level. The training level looks and plays completely fine, mission 1 is quite glitchy, mission 2 looks okay once you get inside the main building. I have not played further. See my video here.	TomBoss
NTSC-U	Windows 10 64-bit	Intel i5-8300H base clock 2.3 ghz, turbo boost @ 4.0GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 4GB	v1.6.0 (stable build)	GSdx 32avx2	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	playing in software mode is absolutely necessary, otherwise, there will be graphics bugs. The game requires a beefy computer, there is some stutters in the game, it is hard to achieve full speed in the game. In the menus, it is really laggy, Game was tested in software mode, along with speed hacks enabled (preset 3).	Nitro69

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on Linux. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad	Comments	Tester
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

Original names: ヒットマン:コントラクト (SLPS-25406), 히트맨: 컨트랙츠 (SLKA-25218)

Known Issues

Blur in top half of the screen

Status: Active
Type: Severe
Affected Game Versions: NTSC-U
Description: With the exception of cutscenes, the top half of the game screen will be blurred. https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/10399
Workaround: Still broken as of v1.7.5585. Use "Software mode".

Game crashes during some saves and loads

Status: Active
Type: Major
Affected Game Versions: NTSC-U
Description: Emulator will crash when saving and loading sometimes, for example when loading The Wang Fou Incident. https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/10399
Workaround: Unknown.

Grey rectangle in top left corner

Status: Active
Type: Minor
Affected Game Versions: NTSC-U
Description: There is a black rectangle in the top left corner of the screen. https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/10399
Workaround: Still broken as of v1.7.5585. Use Software Mode.

Fixed issues

Emulator freezes after launching new game

Status: Fixed
Type: Severe
Affected Game Versions: NTSC-U
Description: Emulator freezes when you select "New Game".
Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Graphical issues

Status: Fixed
Type: Major
Description: There are graphical glitches in the menus and in the game itself in Hardware mode.
Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Missing graphical elements/effects

Status: Fixed
Type: Minor
Description: Light cones, certain effects and curtains in the mission "The Meat King's Party" are missing.
Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.