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The Adventures of Dino Riki
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/adventures-of-dino-riki-the/A prehistoric NES shoot-em-up (of sorts), predating Hudson's Bonk series, and also starring a wrestling (kind of).
Aegeankai no Shizuku (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/aegeankai-no-shizuku-japanese-video-game-obscurity/A Japanese Myst-a-like point-and-click adventure game, released using typical anime visuals on the PC98 and with "updated" CGI visuals on Windows 95.About a year ago I actually bought the Windows version since I couldn't find the ISO anywhere and uploaded it to the Internet Archive. It won't work on...
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 294: Cobra Command
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Cobra Attack-Copter so advanced, only Leonardo DaVinci could have designed it. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Doom 3.
Technos WWF Games
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wwf-superstars/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wwf-wrestlefest/WWF Superstars and WWF Wrestlefest, two arcade wrestling games from Technos, the same folks behind the seminal Double Dragon series.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 293: Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden (feat. Kat Bailey, Gideon Zhi, & Sara Leen!)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Super War? No, the Super ROBOT War. Alpha. Gaiden. You are NOT prepared. Featuring what future generations will know as the ULTIMATE GUEST LIST. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Streets of Rogue.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 93: Super Mario Bros.
Catching up on the backlog with this one. Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 92: Final Fantasy XII
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games !
Sleeping Dogs
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sleeping-dogs/Ostensibly Grand Theft Auto: Hong Kong, this sleeper hit outdoes Rockstar's more famous game in many ways despite an obviously lower budget.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 292: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank yet another Tom Clancy game that inexplicably fails to include Tom Clancy as a playable character.
Undercover Cops
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/undercover-cops/Irem's super impressive arcade beat-em-up, long overdue for some kind of Arcade Archives release.
Lockdown Longplay Episode 2: Spider-Man SNES (feat. Matt D. Wilson)
As a reward to all of us humans fighting for humanity by staying safe and staying home, HG101 brings you Spider-Man for the SNES, featuring special guest Matt D. Wilson (War Rocket Ajax, Moviefighters, Copernicus Jones Robot Detective) in this, the second thrilling episode of Lockdown Longplay!
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 291: Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the RTS game where Sean Connery and Joseph Stalin compete for control of the precious resource flakes. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Super Mario Bros.
WWF Wrestlemania (Arcade)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wwf-wrestlemania-midway/Midway's arcade Wrestlemania game, featuring digitized graphics a la Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam.
Shijuu Hachi (Kakkokari) (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shijuu-hachi-kakkokari-japanese-video-game-obscurity/An infamously terrible horror visual novel from the PS2.We're resurrecting this series for a bit to highlight our Japanese Video Game Obscurities book, published late last year. This particular entry was written for a potential follow-up, but it's something I still need to pitch to the publisher. If you l...
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 290: Battletoads (Arcade)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Battletoads game to end them all! Because after this, there were no more Battletoads games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Super Mario Bros.
Don Doko Don
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/don-doko-don/Don Doko Don, a duology of platformers from Taito featuring a set of cutesy dwarves .
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 91: Final Fantasy II
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game, the mechanical oddball Final Fantasy II, to their ever growing list of Top Games.
Lockdown Longplay Episode 1 - DuckTales (feat. Chris Sims)
As a reward to all of us humans fighting for humanity by staying safe and staying home, HG101 brings you DuckTales, featuring special guest Chris Sims (War Rocket Ajax, Apocrypals, X-Men 92) in this, the first thrilling episode of Lockdown Longplay!
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 289: Shining Force III
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Shining Force game that fans of Shining Force agree is an adequate Shining Force. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Final Fantasy XII.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 288: Tony Hawk's Underground
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about a young skateboarder's dreams of Tampa. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Final Fantasy XII.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 90: Doom RPG
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game, the mobile RPG based on Doom, to their ever growing list of Top Games.
Tutankham
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tutankham/Reaching way back into Konami's history with this one, this is probably the first game by the company I ever played, though I didn't realize it since it was the Atari 2600 port with Parker Brothers' name on it. I was enamored with this game even though I wasn't very good at it, to the point where I drew new maps on pieces of paper and wrap...
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 287: Top Secret Episode: Golgo 13
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this weirdly ambitious early NES game about the world's greatest sniper and all around terrible, terrible man -- Duke Togo! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Final Fantasy II.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 286: Phantasy Star II
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Phantasy Star II, Sega's sci-fi RPG about big bio-domes and cute bio-monsters. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Final Fantasy II
Time Lord
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/time-lord/Sorry about this! A couple of months ago I posted a contributed article for the NES game Digger T Rock, a rather forgotten game by Rare. It reminded me of another game from my childhood, Time Lord, which was one of the few that was more impossible than Battletoads (but not half as gratifying). I subjected myself to this game for the first time in more tha...
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 89: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
Worms Armageddon
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/worms-armageddon/We've been posting the Worms series article over the past week and this is the latest one, the best in the series, enough to earn it a spot in our 200 Best Games of All Time pantheon.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 285: Vanquish (feat. Matthew Burns)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest Matthew Burns (Eliza, available now on PC, Mac, Switch) as they discuss and rank Vanquish, Sega's game about a chain-smokin' dude from Darpa's robot-suit skunkworks. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Doom RPG.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 284: TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project (feat. Matt McMuscles)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest Matt McMuscles as they discuss and rank the game where the Ninja Turtles go to Florida. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Doom RPG.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 88: Growl
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.





























