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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 19: Legend of Valkyrie

Join the HG101 gang as they add this forgotten Namco classic to their ever growing list of Top Games.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 142: Lunar: The Silver Star

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this this seminal CD-ROM JRPG. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Legend of Valkyrie.

Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

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One of the handful of PC titles that really tried to mimic Japanese RPGs, with mixed results.

Hurry Fox (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)

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An adorable series of text adventures/RPGs where you play a fox, either trying to find their little fox child, or rescuing a human girl from...

Black Bird

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The darkly comical Fantasy Zone-style indie shoot-em-up from Yoshiro Kimura's studio Onion Games.

Armed and Dangerous

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The wacky / over-the-top third person shooter from Planet Moon.

Saint Sword

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A fantasy action side-scroller for the Genesis, similar to Taito's own Rastan.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 18: Alter Ego

Avengers

An overhead beat-em-up from Capcom, nothing to do with the Marvel heroes. It's appeared on a few of the recent-ish Capcom collections, and it's not a GREAT game, but it's interesting to see these sort of titles before the genre was codified with belt-scrollers like Double Dragon and Final Fight.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 141: Metal Gear: Ghost Babel

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this return to Metal Gear roots. This Friday's Patreon bonus game isAlter Ego.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 140: Ys Book I & II

Join the HG101 gang as they about the rockin-est flying island in RPG history. This Friday's Patreon bonus game is Alter Ego.

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

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Our exhaustive piece on the Red Alert series finishes up with the third entry. And Electronic Arts just announced remaster of the original C&C and Red A...

Battle Circuit

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Capcom goes all out with the last arcade beat-em-up.

Captain Commando

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Capcom of Japan took the American marketing mascot and rebooted it as a superhero beat-em-up, filled with some other pretty bizarre characters.

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2

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The middle game of this sub-trilogy gets a little goofier, but ultimately ends up as one of the best titles under the whole Command and Conquer umbrella. 2018-11-11 15:29:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 17: Gazillionaire Deluxe

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 139: La Mulana

Join the HG101 gang as they about a love letter to Konami's MSX catalog that surpassed its inspirations.

Section Z

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The beginning of Capcom's "flying dude" trilogy of shoot-em-ups, along with its heavily altered NES port.

Command and Conquer: Red Alert

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The first in the alternate history line of Command and Conquer spin-offs, featuring a war between the Allied forces and the Soviets. Later games in the series w...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 138: Garou: Mark of the Wolves

Join the HG101 gang as they about a very special SNK fighter that was just too beautiful for this world. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Gazillionaire Deluxe. 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 16: Brain Dead 13

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games. 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 137: Super Mario Kart

Join the HG101 gang as they dump all over this genre-creating classic. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Brain Dead 13.

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SNK 40th Anniversary Collection

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Visit some of SNK's largely forgotten history with the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection 

Knights of the Round

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More Capcom beat-em-up goodness, this one focused around King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail.

Anachronox

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Eidos tries their darnedest to make a Japanese-style RPG using a modified Quake II engine. 

The Suffering

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Celebrate Halloween with these two horror action games from the PS2/Xbox era.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 136: Kentucky Route Zero

Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss this baffling, beautiful road trip adventure. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Brain Dead 13.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 15: Geppy-X

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games. (Sorry for the late post on this one!)

The King of Dragons

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More Capcom beat-em-up goodness, with this fantasy-themed game that's a midway between Magic Sword and the Dungeons & Dragons games.

La Mulana 2

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The recent sequel to the indie classic, inspired by MSX games of old.