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64th Street: A Detective Story
Solve crimes by bashing some heads in this Jaleco beat-em-up, obstensibly set in the 1930s, except with cyborgs for some reason..
Puzzle Boy
Atlus' series of Sokoban-style puzzle games starring vegetables, better known in English as Kwirk, Spud's Adventure and Amazing Tater.
Your Weekly Kusoge - Dark Tower
This hacked together Bubble Bobble clone features a nerd hero fighting against sprite rips from Ghosts n' Goblins.
Charlie Ninja
Two wacky ninjas fight through an array of American stereotypes in this zany arcade game from Mitchell.
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant and Nemesis
Wizardry enters the 1990s - one is D.W. Bradley's final masterpiece for Sir-Tech, the other a mediocre Myst-ish spin-off.
Discounts for Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
Hi Patrons! A few people have asked if they were able to get copies of the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers book through donations. Although HG101 promotes the book and we helped with its production, it's actually John Szczepaniak's project, so we're not at liberty to give anything away. However I've discussed it with him and he offered up discounts exclusively for you al...
Super Meat Boy
Perfect your platforming skills in this kinda-gross indie gaming classic.
Lucky & Wild
Live out your buddy cop movie fantasies with this two player light gun/racing hybrid from Namco.
500-Word Indies: Oneiric Gardens
Awkward little free walk-'em-up in an incoherent, dreamlike world.
Your Weekly Kusoge: Dianshi Mali
Push Start to Rich in this shady bootleg Famicom slot machine simulator by "Namco Corporation".
Iron Horse
Take down a group of train-robbing outlaws in this Western-themed arcade game from Konami.
Deae Tonosama Appare Ichiban
Fight a legion of aliens invading feudal Japan in a campy run-and-gun similar to Choaniki.
Pier Solar and the Great Architects
The ambitious Genesis indie RPG finally makes its way to more accessible platforms with a questionable "HD" conversion (but no worries - the original graphics are available as well).
Your Weekly Kusoge: Miracle Design Kart Racers
Not two, not three, but four almost identical kart racers, all crappy, released under different names.
Rogue Legacy
Rogue is reimagined as a Metroidvania with this indie side-scrolling slasher.
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Danganronpa
Japan's latest murder mystery sensation, starring sadistic teddy bears, surreal visuals, and comically morbid death scenes.
Wizardry - Heart of the Maelstrom and Bane of the Cosmic Forge
The first two of three Wizardry games by D.W. Bradley, who managed to restore the aged series back to glory and was considered one of the big CRPG masterminds of the early 1990s.
Phozon / Gigas / Heavy Metal / SWAT
Four early arcade games Sega and Namco: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/phozon/phozon.htm http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/swat/swat.htm http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gigas/gigas.htm http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/heavymetal/heavymetal.htm
Your Weekly Kusoge: King's Quest V (NES)
Sierra's classic point-and-adventure game ended up on the NES, with less than optimal results.
Elemental Master
An overhead fantasy metal shooter for the Genesis from the same guys as Thunder Force.
Smash TV / Total Carnage
Midway reworks the classic dual joystick shooter Robotron 2084 into two spiritual successors, a satirical game show and a comical war blastathon.
Torin's Passage
Al Lowe takes a break from raunchy lounge lizards to design this family friend fantasy adventure, which once again bests Sierra's own flagship series.
The Black Cauldron
This early Sierra game, based off the Disney animated film, one ups the company's own Kings Quest series with branching paths, less frustrating gameplay, and an easy to use interface.
The Amazing Adventures of ANSiDude
The days of games made under the DOS video mode restrictions are long gone, but The Amazing Adventures of ANSiDude is one of the weirder ones.
Your Weekly Kusoge: Smashing Drive
"Smashing Drive will make you the devil's slave!", says the in-game lyrics. That's only part of this baffling racing game's "appeal".
Hoccer
While billed on the flyer as "The Sport of the 21st Century," Hoccer is a fast-paced action game where the goal is to murder everyone.
Wizardry
We're finally starting our retrospective on (mostly) the North American arm of the massive ancient dungeon crawler RPG franchise. This first part takes a look at how the series came into being, it's impact on the world and of course the first games.
System Shock
Explore infested space stations and jack into cyberspace to defeat the evil AI SHODAN in these two FPS/RPG classics, the predecessors to Bioshock.
Download links for Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents Castlevania
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cvbook/cvbook.htmHardcore Gaming 101 Presents Castlevania is finally available! Here are the download links for the PDF and Kindle MOBI files: PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zz6ezg8ga0v1ifd/Hardcoregaming%20101%20Presents%20Castlevania.pdf?dl=0 Kindle: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w4jfv6uy4u6r5qo/Hardcore%20Gaming%20101%20Presents%20Castlevania.mobi?dl=0 Both files...
