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Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yatagarasu/yatagarasu.htm



This doujin fighting game by some 

The King of Fighters 

veterans has recently received ...

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Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Riddle of Master Lu

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/masterlu/masterlu.htm



Finally carried over from the Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures, a point-and-click adventure based on Robert Ripley's colum...

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Your Weekly Kusoge: Mindseeker

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-mindseeker.htm


A psychic trainer for the Famicom. Learn to herald your extra sensory powers, as taught by the Japanese equivalent of Uri G...

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Faria

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/faria/faria.htm



A rather simple NES action-RPG from Game Arts, with an odd sense of humor, starring a female protagonist that was hidden under the surfac...

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The Blackstone Chronicles

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/blackstone/blackstone.htm



Explore a decommissioned insane asylum in Legend's last adventure game, based on John Saul's Blackstone series of boo...

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Fascination / Lost in Time

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fascination/fascination.htm


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500 Word Indies - Noir Syndrome

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/500wordindies/500wordindies-noirsyndrome.htm




This neato detective mystery randomly generates scenarios and gives y...

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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sherlock/lostfiles.htm




There are numerous adventure games based on Sherlock Homes, but these are two parts of the "Lost Files" series -...

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ThunderFox

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/thunderfox/thunderfox.htm


Taito's 80s action movie homage ThunderFox channels both their previous The Ninja Warriors, as well as other military "run-and-st...

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Ninja Combat

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ninjacombat/ninjacombat.htm



ADK's ninja-themed beat-em-up was cool as a Neo Geo launch title, though time has not been kind to it.


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Phelios

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/phelios/phelios.htm


Ride Pegasus and fight through hordes of creatures based on Greek mythology in this vertical shooter from Namco.



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Your Weekly Kusoge - Ghoul School

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-ghoulschool.htm


This creepy NES action-adventure gets an "A" for effort, but about a "D" in practice

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Doomsday Warrior

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/doomsdaywarrior/doomsdaywarrior.htm




Telenet's Doomsday Warrior looks like total trash at glance, but actually has a couple...

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June 2015 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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Seven Cities of Gold / Heart of Africa

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sevencitiesofgold/sevencitiesofgold.htm
More old home computer stuff with two seminal exploration adventures by 1980s game designer legend Danielle Be...

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Alter Ego

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/alterego/alterego.htm
Live out an entire virtual life, told in little "choose your own adventure" episodes. One of the foundational works of slow life simulation games,...

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Batman (Sunsoft)

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/batman/batmansunsoft.htm
Though not the first Batman games, SunSoft's titles were developed to tie in with the 1989 movie, and were much better than Ocean's earlier ...

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Time Killers / Bloodstorm

A super kusoge article, covering both stupidly exploitative (and terribly playing) fighting games.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/timekillers/timekillers.htm

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Marvel Land

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/marvelland/marvelland.htm
A fairly decent amusement park-themed platformer from Namco. Most well known for its Genesis port, which was one of the better games of it...

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Preview: HG101 Presents: The Top 200 Video Games of All Time

As previously announced a few weeks ago, we've been working on a "Best Video Games of All Time" book. I've finally settled on the final number of selections as 200, which is a little large, but allows for a wide variety of games to be covered.


The major difference between this and previ...

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Freedom Force (NES)

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/freedomforce/freedomforce.htm
An early NES Zapper game from Sunsoft, one of the better ones too. A US exclusive too, since the accessory was more widely support...

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Murder on the Zindernauf

A murder mystery on a blimp in the 1930s, where the entire case is generated randomly with each new session, inspired by the board game Clue. One of the first games published by Electronic Arts, back when their name still meant something.

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500 Word Indies - Infinite Stairs

A super simple yet super addictive smartphone tapping game about - you've guessed it - climbing an infinite set of stairs.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/500wordindies/500word...

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Westerado: Double Barreled

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/westerado/westerado.htm
An indie wild western-themed action-RPG published by Adult Swim Games where you set off to avenge your family's murder. The killer is randomiz...

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Your Weekly Kusoge - JFK Reloaded

This "educational" recreation of the presidential assassination exists more or less just to stir controversy.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-jfkreloaded.htm

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Bio Menace

A mutant fighting action game for DOS from Apogee. Commander Keen approved!

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/biomenace/biomenace.htm

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Dwarf Fortress

A ridiculously elaborate fantasy world simulation presented in ASCII graphics, where you go questing as a lone adventurer or build your own dwarven civilization.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.n...

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Dragonsphere

One of the handful of adventure games published by Microprose, this fantasy game is most definitely inspired by King's Quest, but has a twist that makes it worth checking out.

http://www.hardcor...

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Return of the Phantom

Another Microprose adventure game, this one casts you as a modern day detective, who travels back in time and tries to solve the mystery of the Phantom of the Opera.

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Inventories: Arcades in Video Games Part 4

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/inventories/arcades4.htm
Our long list of arcades and arcade machines within video games is concluded with all the more recent examples of the past decade, from 2006...

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