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Pop'n Tanks
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/popn-tanks/In addition to the podcast, we also have a brief Japanese Video Games Obscurity review of the cutesy PS1 one-on-one tank combat game, with artwork by one of the TwinBee illustrators. Good blue skies vibes off this one, check it out if you like stuff like TwinBee and Mega Man Legends.
Yakuza Series Update
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yakuza-0/Over the past month, we've been posting reviews for all of the Yakuza games. We're not QUITE done yet, but we'd like to highlight them now since Yakuza 0 is the game that triggered the rebirth of the series outside of Japan. There's a whole lot of history that came before this though, so check it out!
Top 47k Ep 714: Pop'n Tanks (feat. Sean Seanson)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a PS1 throwback to the days of Atari's Combat.
Bonus Get 301: Thunder in Paradise Interactive
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the CD-i game based on the TV show that's based on two other TV shows.
Top 47k Ep 713: Vs. Excitebike
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Excitebike that finally gave Excitebike fans what they really wanted.
Top 47k Ep 712: Petal Crash
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a cool tile-matching puzzler from GalaxyTrail.
Bonus Get 300: Assault Android Cactus
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a 2013 indie twin-stick shooter.
Top 47k Ep 711: The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first of Capcom's Mickey trilogy.
Top 47k Ep 710: Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the final game of Sierra On-Line's original Larry run.
Bonus Get 299: High Seas Havoc
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Data East's conspicuously Sonic-like platformer about an anthropomorphic seal.
Top 47k Ep 709: Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a fondly remembered kart racer from Sega's post-Dreamcast days.
Fuuun Gokuu Ninden
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fuuun-gokuu-ninden/A 2D CGI side-scroller based on the Journey to the West, developed by Aicom, the folks behind Neo Geo shooters like Pulstar and Blazing Star.
Top 47k Ep 708: Shotgun King
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the one game that dared to improve chess. And you know what? Mission accomplished.
Bonus Get 298: Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the secret Ninja Garden that only cool people know about.
May Podcast Poll
Cast your vote for an upcoming episode!
Top 47k Ep 707: Rollcage
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the prequel to Rollcage Stage II.
Top 47k Ep 706: Jurassic Park: Chaos Island
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Jurassic Park-themed RTS for some reason.
Bonus Get 297: Violent Storm
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Konami beat-em-up that's Game Machine's 21st most-successful table arcade unit of November 1993.
Top 47k Ep 705: Grand Theft Auto
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Grand Theft Auto Original Recipe.
Doki Doki Poyatchio
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/doki-doki-poyatchio/A cutesy PS1 life sim from the folks behind Umihara Kawase.
Top 47k Ep 704: Neverdead
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Konami-published third-person shooter hack and slash by Rebellion Developments.
Bonus Get 296: Fight Angel
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of thosefighting games. You know what we mean.
Top 47k Ep 703: Road Rash II
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank EA's return to the meanest of streets.
Yakuza
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yakuza/That's right, we're starting a huge article series on the Yakuza series and its various spin-offs. We'll be posting these over the next month or two, finishing up with the most release, Infinite Wealth.
Top 47k Ep 702: The Silver Case
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Suda51's adventure visual novel for the PlayStation.
Gamshara
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gamshara/A Sengoku-era Cabal-clone, coming to arcades in 2002, long after the genre had petered out. Also recently added to MAME!
Bonus Get 295: Out to Lunch
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Mindscape's super-late-SNES platformer.
Top 47k Ep 701: Conker's Bad Fur Day
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an N64 platformer that's ever so naughty.
China Gate
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/china-gate/An uncommon tower-climbing beat-em-up from Technos starring the Journey to the West crew. Featured in our recent Arcade Cult Classics book!
Top 47k Ep 700: World of Horror
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an Indie RPG with "1-bit" pixel art style inspired by the works of Junji Ito.
