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Wizards and Warriors
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wizards-and-warriors/Rare's NES swords and sorcery entry, which became a short-running series.
Alto's Adventure / Alto's Odyssey
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/altos-adventure/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/altos-odyssey/A duology of mobile endless runners, mostly recently found on Apple Arcade.
Bonus Get 178: Hyper Princess Pitch
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about a princess who tries to ruin everyone's Christmas.
Top 47k Ep 467: Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the darkest version of Home Alone you could imagine.
Nanobreaker
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/nanobreaker/One of Koji Igarashi's brief breaks from the Castlevania series, a 3D PS2 hack-and-slasher where enemies bleed copious amounts of "oil".
Top 47k Ep 466: Wiz 'n' Liz: The Frantic Rabbit Wescue
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a weird Psygnosis platformer about wizards, rabbits, and magic fruit smoothies.
Revised Article Payment Rates and Patreon Goals for 2022
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/revised-article-payment-rates-and-patreon-goals-for-2022/A quick post about payment rate changes and the schedule of article posting.In short, we're increasing the payment rates for article contributors, however in order to fit this into our budget, the regularity of article posting needs to be changed. However, we've also updated the Patreon goals so it wi...
Bloodroots
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bloodroots/A self-described "murder ballet" indie action game.
Bonus Get 177: Princess Maker 2
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that is even more profoundly creepy than its title suggests.
Top 47k Ep 465: Divi-Dead
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1998 adult horror visual novel.
Top 47k Ep 464: Earthworm Jim
in the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first game starring Shiny Entertainment's worm with a gun.
The Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 2 is now available!
Here it is, four years after the first volume! Full table of contents can be found here: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-guide-to-retro-indie-games-vol-2/PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yoyb14g8j6dgaee/HG101_Presents_The_Guide_to_Retro_Indie_Games_Vol_2.pdf?dl=0MOBI: https://www.dropbox.com/s/diy9dybzgb7zh8h/HG101_Presents_The_Guide_to_Retro_Indie_Games_Vol_2.mobi?dl=0For ...
Swords of Destiny
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/swords-of-destiny/A PS2 3D action title from Artoon, only released in Japan and Europe.
Forgotten Worlds
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/forgotten-worlds/Capcom's co-op side-scrolling where you control flying Arnold and Mr. T through post-apocalyptic landscapes.
Bonus Get 176: Jaws Unleashed
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the PS2 chew-em-up that looked into our dead, doll-like eyes and gave us the Jaws game we wanted all along.
Top 47k Ep 463: Hades
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Supergiant's hit game about the underworld's worst escape artist.
Blazing Rangers
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/blazing-rangers/A brand new FC/NES title from Karu_gamo, the developer of Protect Me Knight, based on firefighting.
Yuuyuuki / BS Shin Onigashima
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yuuyuuki/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bs-shin-onigamishima/More Nintendo adventure games, including the goofy Yuuyuuki and the SFC Satellaview sequel to Shin Onigashima.
Top 47k Ep 462: Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Origin Systems' final numbered entry in the Wing Commander franchise.
Bonus Get 175: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Capcom's squad-based shooter Resident Evil that actually made money somehow.
Shin Onigashima
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shin-onigashima/A comical Japan-only FDS adventure game based on Japanese folklore.
Wonder Dog
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wonder-dog/An animal mascot platformer and holdover until Sonic made it to the Sega CD.
Inscryption
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/inscryption/One of the big indie hits of the year, a deckbuilding roguelike that's a lot more than it seems, coming from the dev behind Pony Island.
Top 47k Ep 461: Koudelka
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1999 gothic RPG that laid the groundwork for the Shadow Hearts series.
Top 47k Ep 460: System Shock
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1994 action-adventure game about a lone hacker's corpse-collecting quest to defeat an evil A.I.
Psychonauts 2
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/psychonauts-2/Double Fine's follow-up to one of HG101's Top 200 Best Games of All Time.
HG101 Digest Vol. 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus is Now Available
The latest HG101 digest is now available!For Patrons donating at the $20+ level, we expect that the Retro Indie Vol. 2 book will be completed within the next week or two, so copies of both will be included together.PDF:https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ix89zb3n1l3rmy/HG101_Digest_Vol7_Metroid_and_Kid_Icarus.pdf?dl=0MOBI:https://www.dropbox.com/s/xb3cb2e6mibx8fk/HG101_Digest_Vol7_Metroid_and_Kid_Icarus.mo...
Battle of Kingdom
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/battle-of-kingdom/An unusual RPG/board game for the Game Boy.
Bonus Get 174: Holy Diver
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Irem's metal-inspired Castlevania clone starring an 80s guitar legend who is also a wizard prince.
HG101 2021 Year in Review and Upcoming Projects
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hg101-2021-year-in-review-and-upcoming-projects/A summary of all of the stuff we put out this past year, and a glimpse into the future!





























