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Top 47k Ep 459: Rival Schools: United by Fate
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game where schools, instead of nurturing young minds, gleefully pit their students against each other in violent, brain damage-inducing contests. NCAA College Football 2k3? Think again!
Speed Punks
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/speed-punks/A PS1 kart racer, one of the few lacking in any kind of mascot or licensed tie-in, though still a very solid game.
Top 47k Ep 458: Wacky Races
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a kart racer homage to a Saturday morning classic and ponder the life choices of one Dick Dastardly.
Bonus Get 173: Incredible Crisis
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an oft-overlooked PS1 mini-game gallery of sorts with a charmingly down-to-earth story.
Clockwork Aquario
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/clockwork-aquario/A gorgeous, absolutely charming co-op platformer from Westone, resurrected after nearly 30 years.
Retro Indie Vol. 2 Cover Work-in-Progress
Here's a work-in-progress preview of the upcoming Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 2, illustrated by Kaibuzetta. A few more characters to be added too, but you can see them sketched out!
Top 47k Ep 457: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that, if nothing else, taught us what "PMC" stands for.
Heroines Quest / Quest for Infamy
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/heroines-quest/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/quest-for-infamy/Two indie point-and-click games, both love letters to Sierra's Quest for Glory adventure/RPG series.
8-bit ADV: Steins;Gate
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/8-bit-adv-steinsgate/An 8-bit conversion of the visual novel Steins;Gate, done up in the style of Famicom adventure games, created exclusively for the Switch version of Steins;Gate Elite.
Top 47k Ep 456: Rygar (feat. Brian Riggsbee)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Rygar for the NES with Brian Riggsbee, author of The Legend of Argus: The Complete History of Rygar.
HG101 Digest Vol 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus Preview PDF
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2csn1j2b2rdc40/Digest%207%20-%20Metroid%20-%20Kid%20Icarus%20-%20Preview.pdf?dl=0The HG101 Metroid/Kid Icarus Digest is entering its final stages of proofreading, so here's the preview PDF! It should be available in a few weeks!New to this digest is coverage of the Metroid Prime series, as well as various Metroid spinoffs, plus the brand new Metroid Dread. The Kid Ic...
Bonus Get 172: Resident Evil Gaiden
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a graphically impressive Game Boy Color take on Capcom's celebrated horror series, with combat that draws on equal parts dungeon crawler and golf.
Lord of the Sword
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lord-of-the-sword/Lord of the Sword, a Castlevania II-style action-RPG for the Master System
Hellbound
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hellbound/A janky albeit enjoyable retro throwback FPS.
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday / Matrix Cubed
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/buck-rogers-countdown-to-doomsday-matrix-cubed/A duology of sci-fi themed RPGs, one of which made it out for the Genesis.
Top 47k Ep 455: Hyper Light Drifter
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Heart Machine's 2016 indie action-RPG, featuring a visually stunning post-apocalyptic world and big toothy horror-giants.
Top 47k Ep 454: Star Control II
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Toys for Bob's Asteroids-adjacent, open-galaxy space epic. 500 stars, 3,800 planets, and 100 percent fun!
Bonus Get 171: Gears of War 2
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the second entry in Epic Games's third-person cover shooter saga, better and browner than ever.
Magical Pop'n
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/magical-popn/A cutesy (and incredibly pricey) Super Famicom platformer.
Top 47k Ep 453: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Ubisoft's frankenbranded, turn-based tactical RPG that nobody asked for, yet everyone can enjoy.
Dragon Egg
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragon-egg/A pleasantly cutesy platformer for the PC Engine from NCS/Masaya.
Patreon Exclusive Postcard Art: Popful Mail
Hello! Time for another originally commissioned postcard artwork - here's Falcom's Popful Mail, by Kaibuzetta!Around the beginning of the new year, we'll have some new goodies, including another batch of some of these postcards plus some bookmarks to send out to $20+ Patreon pledgers!
P.T.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/p-t/Our Silent Hill series coverage comes to an end with this Playable Teaser, whose existence has basically been scrubbed from the PlayStation 4 store but became incredibly influential nonetheless.
Top 47k Ep 452: Legions
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Slitherine's turn-based war-game about the Roman conquest of Europe.
Bonus Get 170: SimCity 2000
Join the HG101 gang as they hop into their bulletproof limousine to discuss and rank the definitive city-building sim game of the 1990s.
Silent Hill: The Arcade
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/silent-hill-the-arcade/A light gun shooter spin-off that uses Silent Hill iconography even though it goes against the nature of the other games.
Silent Hill: The Escape
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/silent-hill-the-escape/Silent Hill: The Escape, another mobile spin-off, this time for smartphones
Cover Reveal: HG101 Digest Vol 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus
Here's the cover to the upcoming Metroid/Kid Icarus digest, by Thor Thorvaldson!We have a bit of work to do on the interior before it starts the editing process, but once it's in roughly presentable shape, I'll also be sending out a preview for $5+ Patreons!
Top 47k Ep 451: Life Force / Salamander
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Konami shoot-em-up classic that gets all up in it.
Top 47k Ep 450: Unreal Tournament
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Epic's groundbreaking 1999 arena shooter that put Epic on the map and gave Quake a run for its money.
