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The Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Vol. 1 is now available!
The Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Vol. 1 is finally available! Download links below:PDF:https://www.dropbox.com/s/fz2lre4ctomg9ja/HG101_Presents_The_Guide_to_Beat_Em_Ups_Vol_1.pdf?dl=0MOBI:https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qasamswask6r4a/HG101_Presents_The_Guide_to_Beat_Em_Ups_Vol_1.mobi?dl=0We started planning Vol. 2 though it will probably still be quite awhile before it comes together. But please look forward ...
Top 47k Ep 430: Crusader Kings II
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about literally everything that happened or could have happened in the 11th century.
Helltaker
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/helltaker/A recent indie phenomenon, though more known for its characters than the game itself.
Heretic II
The final entry in the Heretic/Hexen series goes third person, for some reason.
Bonus Get 159: Catfight
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a PC-only, all-woman fighting game that resembles nothing so much as a mid-90s J.C. Penny swimsuit catalog shot on location in hell.
Top 47k Ep 429: Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (feat. CRPG Addict)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest, the CRPG Addict (Chester Bolingbroke), as they discuss and rank the second Quest for Glory, the last EGA game Sierra ever made.
Hexen II
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hexen-ii/The Hexe sequels moves to the Quake engine.
Bonus Get 158: Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about stripping, vampires, and late Aughts internet slang.
Top 47k Ep 428: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (feat. Hawes Burkhardt)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest, High Potion) as they discuss and rank the Star Wars game that finally gave us the bossy old grandma Jedi the saga so desperately needed.
Shadowhand
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shadowhand/The finest solitaire game about dueling pirates wearing fake beards and throwing rats at each other.
Spelunker HD Deluxe
Spelunker HD Deluxe, a remake of the remake of the classic (in Japan) cave hunting action game
Top 47k Ep 427: Celeste
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a feels-good, plays-hard indie platformer sensation.
Heretic
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/heretic/A fantasy first person shooter built on the Doom engine. The first in a series of four, which became more ambitious as they went along.
Retro Game Super Translation Selection II Bonus Content
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/retro-game-super-translation-selection-ii-bonus-content/A collection of localization changes that were cut from the final version of Retro Game Super Translation Selection II.
Top 47k Ep 426: The King of Fighters XIII
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the thirteenth game to ever crown a king among fighters.
Bonus Get 157: The Smurfs: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Coleco's prehistoric platformer that's more innovative than fun, and also kinda smurfed up.
The Ridiculous Chronology of the River City / Kunio-kun Series
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/the-ridiculous-chronology-of-the-river-city-kunio-kun-series/We’re finishing up HG101 Presents The Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Vol. 1, which focuses on the works of Technos, Capcom, and Konami, plus Sega’s Streets of Rage. One of the most important franchises in the genre is Technos’ Kunio-kun series, originally localized for the West as Renegade, and its offshoot, ...
Genji Tshuushin Agedama
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/genji-tsuushin-agedama/An exhuberant PC Engine side-scroller tie-in with an early 1990s anime.
Agony
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/agony/Another one of the most gorgeous shooters on the Amiga.
Top 47k Ep 425: Cookie's Bustle
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Cookie's Bustle, an adventure game about five-year-old girl from New Jersey who thinks she is a teddy bear.
Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gakkou-de-atta-kowai-hanashi/A PS1 horror game using some amusingly cheesy digitized visuals.
In Pursuit of Greed
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/in-pursuit-of-greed/In Pursuit of Greed, a middling-to-poor 90s FPS slightly elevated by its soundtrack
You and Me and Her: A Love Story
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/you-and-me-and-her-a-love-story/A fourth wall-breaking visual novel, recently published in English.
Top 47k Ep 424: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Join the HG101 gang as they weigh the mainsail and swab the mizzenmast, or something, in honor of the fourth numbered entry in Ubisoft's historical murder-hero series!
Top 47k Ep 423: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Join the HG101 gang as they trip over themselves trying to discuss and rank the third Smash Bros. title, for the Wii.
Aoi Blink
A PC Engine sidescroller developed by Westone, based on an Osamu Tezuka property.
Bonus Get 156: Superman (Arcade)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Taito's 1988 Superman game, where Superman and a slightly different Superman fight generic aliens and chainlink fences. It's sort of wild.
Top 47k Ep 422: The Last Blade 2
Join the HG101 gang as they rank the beautiful second game in SNK's other fighting samurai game series.
Top 47k Ep 421: Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank NIS's quirky, Kamen Rider-inspired PSP roguelite.
Top 47k Ep. 420: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+
Join the HG101 gang and special guests Bryan and Gene from Pixelated Audio as they discuss and rank Pac-Man's triumphant return to relevance.





























