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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 176: Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Capcom RPG with the highest "D Ratio". This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Civil War 2 - Generals.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 35: Warframe
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 Episode 175: Chip's Challenge
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the best reason to buy a Lynx, now available on Windows 3.1!
Putt-Putt (Series Part 1)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/putt-putt-joins-the-parade/A rundown of all of the games starring Putt-Putt, a series of cartoony point-and-click games made for children.
Rhythm Heaven Megamix
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rhythm-heaven-megamix/Coming in a few years late, here's the latest (and seemingly final?) entry in Nintendo's excellent rhythm series. As with the recent WarioWare 3DS game, this is more of an expanded compilation than a brand new title, but there's still plenty of new and interesting things to see and here.
Rompers
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rompers/Rompers puts an interesting twist on the maze game genre Namco helped make popular with Pac-Man and The Tower of Druaga, turning level geometry into the player’s most useful weapon.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 174: Super Turrican
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where a robot shoots lightning that somehow freezes other robots.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 34: Wild 9
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
Lethal Weapon
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lethal-weapon/A bunch of typically mediocre action-sidescrollers from Ocean, released to tie in with the third Lethal Weapon movie.
Viewpoint
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/viewpoint/Yumekobo's isometric Neo-Geo shooter, offering a (somewhat) updated take on Zaxxon.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 173: Wii Sports Resort
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that taught us new ways to waggle. (Please forgive the poor audio quality on this one!)
Sonic Drift
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-drift/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-drift-2/Finishing up the series on 8-bit Sonic games, here are the two racing games, predecessors to the series from Sumo.
Punisher (The Arcade Game)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/punisher-the-arcade/More brand new articles on Capcom beat-em-ups, here's The Punisher, along with its anemic Genesis port.
Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove/Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove, the recently released fourth entry in the series returns to its roots, albeit in high-def
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 172: Takeshi's Challenge
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that requires you to scream into a microphone until gangsters give you a medieval Japanese string instrument. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Wild 9.
Breakthru
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/breakthru/A jeep-themed shooter from Data East, probably more known through its NES port.I've been putting up a bunch of these from our Data East book, since they weren't previously published on the site...but some folks have the right to the actual software library and have been putting these games on download services and on standalone retro devices, so i...
Sonic Labyrinth
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-labyrinth/More oddball 8-bit Sonic games with this Game Gear release, sort of an adaptation of Sonic 3D Blast but with stronger puzzle elements.
Populous DS
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/populous-ds/It's been a long time coming, but we've finally completed our article on the Populous games, finishing up with the DS entry. But, there's still the infamous Godus to cover...
Cyberbots
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cyberbots/Last week we covered the Capcom beat-em-up Armored Warriors, while this review covers versus fighter sequel, Cyberbots. The home ports weren't technically released in the US, but the Japanese PS1 port, untranslated, is available on the American PSN for PS3/PSP/Vita users.
Return of the Obra Dinn
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/return-of-the-obra-dinn/A modern indie classic with a distinctive monochromatic art style.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 32: Sword of the Samurai
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.Sorry this one's late, forgot to upload it to the Patreon!
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 33: Alien Isolation
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 Episode 171: Final Fantasy V
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the OTHER best Final Fantasy. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Alien Isolation.
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 170: Vagrant Story
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the one Playstation action RPG that wasn't afraid to take risks. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Alien Isolation.
Rush 'n Attack
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rush-n-attack/Konami's military run-and-gun (or run-and-stab, considering how few ammunition you get). I didn't realize the title was a pun for ages.This is another series of articles we had on the old site but was rewritten, though this was featured on the Contra/Konami Classics from a couple of years ago. It also includes a review of the PS3/Xbox 360 rema...
Armored Warriors
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/armored-warriors/Getting back to Capcom beat-em-ups, this is one featuring brawling mechas, and saw a port for the first time on the recent compilation.
Sonic 8-bit Games (Part Three)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-blast/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tails-skypatrol/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tails-adventures/Three more SMS/Game Gear Sonic games, including one very bad CG rendered games, and two unique titles starring Tails.
Avengers in: Galactic Storm
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/avengers-in-galactic-storm/Everyone remembers Capcom's Marvel series of video games...but this title from Data East, featuring CG rendered visuals, has remained appropriately forgotten.
Darwin / Act-Fancer
Darwin and Super Real Darwin are two vertical shoot-em-ups featuring an "evolutionary" growth system. The side-scrolling spin-off Actfancer uses the same basic system, though it's a totally different style of game.http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/darwin-4078/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/srd-super-real-darwin/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/act-fancer/
HG101 Plans for 2019
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hg101-plans-for-2019/Getting a lot of stuff off my plate tonight, including this (rather lengthy!) post of all of the stuff currently planned for the rest of the year, including new book announcements, the state of books already in progress, and more. (I do get a healthy amount of sleep, I swear!)
