As a bonus for Patreon donors, I'm presenting an article I wrote nearly five years ago on the history of Westone, which was published in Retro Gamer magazine. (This PDF attached here is actually directly scanned from it.) It's six pages long and includes quotes from Ryuichi Nishizawa, the company co...
2018-07-10 20:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they spend several hours in the blurry texture jungle, acclimating to the worst controls on the planet -- with special guest Slowbeef! The Patreon bonus for this episode is Policenauts.
2018-07-10 11:34:12 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-cd/
Our classic Sonic coverage continues with what's probably the most divisive entry of the 16-bit games. We come on the side of "it's really good, but also kinda messy".
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http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/help-hg101-by-answering-this-poll/
In the past year, we’ve done a lot of work on renovating HG101. From a full website revamp, to adding our books, podcast...
2018-07-07 16:29:38 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-the-hedgehog/
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sonic-the-hedgehog-2/ 2018-07-07 16:01:19 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragon-fighter/
Another one from the NES Cult Classics book, this is one of Natsume's lesser known titles for the system. It's not up to the levels of Shatterhand or Shadow of ...
2018-07-05 14:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shadow-of-the-ninja/
A two-player take on Ninja Gaiden, basically. It doesn't play exactly the same, but it's close enough so that its Game Boy spinoff was taken over by T...
2018-07-03 02:20:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they slowly plod their way toward victory. The Patreon bonus for this episode is Haunted House (2600).
2018-07-02 04:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wurm/
One of those ambitious NES games that tries different types of genres, as you control a woman named Moby as she explores the world beneath the Earth's crust.
2018-07-01 03:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/isolated-warrior/
An isometric run-and-gun for the NES from KID, the folks behind Low G Man and KickMaster.
2018-06-29 14:48:02 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bleed-2/
The follow-up to the indie platformer/hack-em-up from back in 2012, which improves on it substantially. Also cheap on the Steam sale going on!
2018-06-29 14:40:15 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hissatsu/
A Shinobi-type action game for the Saturn based on a long running feudal Japan period drama that originated in the 70s.
2018-06-26 17:50:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they swear vengeance upon the Dark Prince of the Beast Kingdom, Kevin. The Patreon bonus for this episode is Her Story
2018-06-25 02:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/uju-geobukseon/
There aren't many Korean exclusive Mega Drive games, but here's one of them!
2018-06-25 01:56:11 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/first-batch-of-hg101-stickers-has-arrived/
We just started receiving our first batch of goodies! HG101 stickers, with the MSX style logo (thanks for ...
2018-06-22 01:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostOur latest book has been released! Here are your copies:
PDF:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f38j6wpu2x9l2aj/HG101%20Presents%20NES%20Cult%20Classics.pdf?d...
2018-06-21 14:38:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they shoot slime at a wall of slime in a world of slime. The Patreon bonus for this episode is Crisis Beat. Outro music is from Undeadline Genjuuki (X68000).
Sorry this one's a little late...the RSS feed was updated a few days back so if you get the MP3s there, you alr...
2018-06-20 18:11:22 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mass-effect/
The space opera trilogy from Bioware that defined action-RPGs for the last console generation, even though it kinda went out with a (only half deserved) fizzle.
2018-06-20 17:45:42 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mappy/
Namco's classic arcade series, starring a police mouse hunting a gang of mischievous cats. There are six pieces in total, covering its sequels and spinoffs, as well as the Shifty...
2018-06-16 12:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/after-death/
One of the lesser known of the recent indie Metroidvanias, with a fairly dark premise.
2018-06-13 02:48:09 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/alley-cat/
One of Synapse's greatest titles and standout of the Atari 8-bit library, where you control (of course) an Alley Cat, venturing through different houses.
2018-06-10 13:47:41 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/matou-no-houkai/
One of the rare Castlevania II clones, released for the Famicom Disk System.
2018-06-10 13:40:38 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/atlantis-no-nazo/
One of the great legendary kusoges, courtesy of Sunsoft!
2018-06-10 13:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/into-the-breach/
So hey, I'm finally back from vacation, so it's time to catch up on posting some articles here on Patreon - these were technically already published on the ma...
2018-06-10 13:34:49 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the things I did on my vacation is met up with Gamepress, who publishes the HG101 books in Spanish. This presentation is technically for the recently published Spanish edition of the Sega book Service Games, but I pop in around the 45 minute mark to discuss a few of the books that have been p...
2018-06-03 15:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Robopon, one of the any series of Pokemon clones, this one from Hudson.
2018-06-03 14:17:31 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they explore a classic of the "Violence Man" genre. The Patreon bonus for this episode is Plaque Attack. Outro music is from Urotsuki Doji (X68000).
Sorry this is a little late, wifi has been spotty on my trip. Plus we had to switch editors. Also since I don't have acc...
2018-06-03 14:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/chasm-the-rift/
I want to cover more mid 90s first person shooters since so many of them are basically forgotten. This is one of them, inspired by Quake.
2018-05-30 19:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/a-d-2044/
A ridiculous text adventure showing a future where feminists took over the world. We only found out about this when GOG gave it out for free last year.
Anyway I...
2018-05-29 06:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kyofu-no-sekai/
A horror adventure game done in the style of an old Macintosh game.
2018-05-27 02:58:17 +0000 UTC View Post