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Explosive Breaker

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/explosive-breaker/

Following up Samurai Nipponichi, here we have another oddball Kaneko game...except this vertical shoot-em-up is MUCH weirder.

Samurai Nipponichi

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/samurai-nipponichi/

A samurai-themed brawler from Kaneko. I got together all of the other Kaneko articles we had on the site, expect more soon!

Maken X

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/maken-x/

Atlus' first person (and later third person) hack and slash, with "mind-jacking" capabilities that lets you play as multiple characters. Made by some of the core staff of the Shin Megami Tensei games.

Death Duel

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/death-duel/

A unique first person gallery/dueling game from Razorsoft.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 79: Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Star Wars Arcade [Patreon bonus]

Join the HG101 gang and special guest Hawes Burkehart from Blue Harvest as they demonstrate their evil by insulting robots. Patreon bonus for this episode is Star Wars Arcade for Sega's 32X add-on.

Xari Arena

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/xari-arena/

Between their arcade and console divisions, Atari left a multitude of unreleased games across gaming history. Far too many of these have been lost, either due to greedy collectors, or simply just ha...

The Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 1 now available!

Finally got this completed in time for the holidays, your PDF and Kindle MOBI files are below, and here are the Amazon links! The book officially launches tomorrow but everything is in the system now so might as well let you guys know! For the $20+ tier, I'll be processing your shipment orders tonight and tomorrow.  

Unfo...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 78: LSD, Crusader of Centy, McDonalds Treasureland Adventure

Join the HG101 gang and special guests Cody and Kelsey from the Game Blitz Podcast as they tune in, turn on, and ROCK OUT! Patreon bonus for this episode is McDonalds Treasureland Adventure.

Last Armageddon

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/last-armageddon/

A late 80s post-apocalyptic JRPG where you control a bunch of monsters fighting a group of invading aliens. It's the sort of crazy concept we rarely see in RPGs nowadays. Also includes a r...

Karnov

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/karnov/

Missed Karnovember by a week. Darn it!

This isn't technically a new article, as it appeared in the Data East book, but it is the first time on the site, for those who haven't already read it elsewhere...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 67: Pokemon Red / Pokemon Blue, Robocop Vs. The Terminator, Cruisin' USA (Patreon bonus)

PLEASE FORGIVE MIC DIFFICULTIES ON THIS ONE! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss the world's cruelest fake sport and coolest fake cop. Patreon bonus for this episode is arcade racer Cruisn' USA.

This is technically an old ep, but someone on the forums brought it to my attention that this was missing from the Patreon postings, ...

Layla

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/layla/

A Famicom action game based on the Dirty Pair (but not really, but also better than the actual Dirty Pair FDS game, even though it still has a lot of quirks of early FC titles.)

Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bubsy-the-woolies-strike-back/

But why

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 77: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Bomb Jack, Rampart [Patreon bonus]

Join the HG101 gang and special guests Cody and Kelsey from the Game Blitz Podcast as they bust some wicked ollies on your lame ass. Patreon bonus for this episode is Rampart, one of the great multiplayer games of all time.

Cpacom Presents – Gamest’s Greatest Typos

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cpacom-presents-gamests-greatest-typos/

A look into the various hilarious typos of the Japanese arcade enthusiast magazine Gamest, and how they've wiggled their way into Japanese gam...

Aquario of the Clockwork Might Finally Be Coming Out

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/aquario-of-the-clockwork-might-finally-be-coming-out/

Small news article about a PR piece from Strictly Limited Run implying that this lost Westone game will finally se...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 76: Brave Fencer Musashi, Magic Pengel, SegaSonic The Hedgehog [Patreon bonus]

Join the HG101 gang as they bring color back to your bleak, lifeless world. Patreon bonus for this episode is Sega's SegaSonic The Hedgehog arcade game. Yes, it's really called that.

Super Hydorah

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/super-hydorah/

We previously had a small write-up on Locomalito's excellent shoot-em-up Hydorah in our Konami Shooters book, since it's heavily inspired by Gradius and the like, but we've published an update...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 75.5 - Bonus Ranking Bonus Episode - Batman (NES) and Zombie Ate My Neighbors

Join the HG101 gang as they apologize profusely for missing last week and offer you this sampler platter of bonus rankings - Batman (NES) and Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)!

Syberia

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/syberia/

The trilogy of adventure games from French artist Benoît Sokal, with the third entry released earlier this year after many delays. There was an article on the first two games included in the Guide to Cla...

Shantae: Half Genie Hero

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shantae-half-genie-hero/

The fourth in the Shantae series, with some absolutely gorgeous 2D artwork.

Cosmic Star Heroine

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cosmic-star-heroine/

Happy Thanksgiving! To coincide with the Steam sales, might as well put up a few indie game reviews. You can get this excellent JRPG for about $7.50, which is definitely recommende...

HG101 Presents: The Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 1 Preview PDF

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynmkwxmhd6o6fq6/Indie%20Book%20-%20Patreon%20Preview.pdf?dl=0

Well, the next book should be ready for publication soon - within a couple of weeks, as it goes through another ...

Realm of Impossibility

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/realm-of-impossibility/

An isometric action game for Atari 8-bit (and a few other) computers, where you run away from zombies and other monsters, while conquering dungeons shaped like M. C. Escher p...

Rad Racer

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rad-racer/

It's Rad Racer, Square's racing game series that Nintendo positioned as a competitor to Sega's OutRun.

As a personal aside, I remember using "rad" in some assignment in first grade and my teache...

Donna: Avenger of Blood

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/donna-avenger-of-blood/

A unique freeware Adventure Game Studio game rendered almost entirely in black and white photography.

Demon's World

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/demons-world/

One of our holdover Halloween articles, this is a weird side-scroller from Toaplan, with a PC Engine CD port

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana/

The latest in the Ys series greatly expands on the exploration elements found in the last two entries, while integrating stronger narrative elements.

I'm using th...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 75: Monster World IV, Hammerin' Harry, Batman (NES) [Patreon bonus]

Join the HG101 gang as they talk puffy pants and either build homes for ghosts. Or become ghost builders. One of the two. Patreon bonus for this episode is Sunsoft's NES action platformer cash-in classic Batman. 

Command and Conquer Generals

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/command-and-conquer-generals/

This spin-off of the famous real time strategy game series was initially derided for changing too much of the tone, but it's since been regarded to be quite an ex...