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Bonus Get 262: Nocturne
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the PC adventure game about a secret organization created by President Theodore Roosevelt to fight monsters.
HG101 Presents: Arcade Cult Classics Preview
Here's a 98 page preview exclusively for $5+ Patrons of our upcoming book Arcade Cult Classics:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3u8vq6w8bk7nzioeez42t/Arcade-Cult-Classics-Preview.pdf?rlkey=zk0in5i1lm6qf8ru98di2dsbh&dl=0The full book will be around 160 pages or so. No firm release date but it should be before the end of the year. The tentative list of games covered is:AstyanayxAurailBay RouteCaba...
Top 47k Ep 635: Espgaluda
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE RETURNS AGAIN! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Cave shoot-em-up that is as beloved as it is unpronounceable.
Top 47k Ep 634: Energy
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss one of those "Only on HG101" games you love.
Bonus Get 261: Contra ReBirth
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the WiiWare-only 2D Contra.
Top 47k Ep 633: Mortal Kombat II
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE RETURNS! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the most extreme Mortal Kombat since Mortal Kombat.
Zero Escape series
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/999-nine-hours-nine-persons-nine-doors/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/virtues-last-reward/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/zero-time-dilemma/Kotaro Uchikoshi's trilogy of "room escape" horror adventure games - 999, Virtue's Last Reward, and Zero Time Dilemma - which helped popularize these types of games among the English speaking audience.
Top 47k Ep 632: Kaze no NOTAM - NOTAM of Wind
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Artdink flight sim where you can just barely kind of fly.
Bonus Get 260: Pac-Man World
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the only PS1 platformer endorsed by Mr. T.
Top 47k Ep 631: Mario Bros. + Joust
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CHUGS ON! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank two games that were great for arcades and terrible for friendships.
August Patreon Podcast Poll
Please vote for an upcoming podcast episode by midnight 8/13 EST!
Top 47k Ep 630: B.L.U.E. Legend of Water
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Hudson-published PS1 adventure about a scuba-diver and her dolphin.
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/disaster-report-4-summer-memories/The fourth in the Zettai Zetsumei Toshi (sometimes localized as Raw Danger) urban survival series was originally cancelled due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake but was eventually remade and re-released back in 2018.
Bonus Get 259: Donut Dodo
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an ersatz arcade reminiscent of Donkey Kong.
Top 47k Ep 629: Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the second of Capcom's two D&D arcade brawlers.
July Articles Update
Apologies for the lack of site articles posted on the Patreon recently, the site's still been updated, but I was traveling most of July. Here's some of the articles posted in the past month, if you've missed them!Armalyte, a brilliant C64 shooter:http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/armalyte/Sudeki, part of the wave of Western-developed Japanese-style RPGs:http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/...
Top 47k Ep 628: Neon White
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a recent FPS-puzzle platformer hybrid.
Bonus Get 258: Space Invaders (PS1)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a lovingly "extra" take on the arcade classic.
Top 47k Ep 627: Tales of Graces f
JUNE-JULY OF JRPG ACTUALLY FINALLY ENDS! Insert Disc 4 to enjoy an interminable final cutscene! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Tales game that justifies its stupid lower-case "f".
Top 47k Ep 626: Super Monkey Ball
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's arcade-y action game about a chimpanzee cursed to eternally roll a ball up a hill at some bananas.
Bonus Get 257: Blaster Master Zero
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Blaster Master that mastered Blaster Master.
Top 47k Ep 625: Resonance of Fate
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that, to be honest, is exactly the kind of game you think a game with that title would be.
Top 47k Ep 624: Scud Race / Thrill Drive 3 / Dirt Dash
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE BEGINS! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank not one, not four, but THREE classic arcade racers!
Bonus Get 256: Zoop
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of the weirder puzzle games of its era.
Top 47k Ep 623: Final Fantasy VIII
JUNE-JULY OF JRPG NEARS ITS END! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where you have a gun-sword and Cid has a sweater vest.
Top 47k Ep 622: Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy!
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank id Software's 1991 platformer, one of very few games with a non-serial comma in the title.
Bonus Get 255: Damdam Stompland
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of the weirdest fighting games ever printed to disc.
Top 47k Ep 621: Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Falcom's first Trails game, which is also the sixth game in a series of sequels to the fifth Dragon Slayer sequel.
Top 47k Ep 620: Betrayal at Krondor
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Dynamix's 1993 RPG starring the entire Ren Faire.
Ray'z Arcade Chronology
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rayz-arcade-chronology/A compilation of Taito's three "Ray" vertical/isometric shoot-em-ups. (RayForce is the best one!)
