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Steamgear Mash

A cutesy isometric action import for the Saturn. One of those rare Japanese titles that isn't super expensive, though that's because the game is only *OK*.

HG101 Presents The Unofficial Guide to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona: 50 Page Preview

I've been talking about this for quite awhile, but here it is - a 50 page preview of the upcoming Guide to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona book. This preview contains reviews of the core SMT games (the original Megami Tensei games, SMT 1, 2 and If, No...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 10: Crash Team Racing

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games. 

Eggy (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)

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An arcade-style mid-80s Japanese PC game starring a little egg-shaped ...

Gwanggaeto Daewang

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Another early Korean PC RTS, this one was delayed to the point where it ended up being overshadowed by...

Florence

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An iOS-based visual novel about a mid-20s woman navigating early adulthood.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 125: Dragon Force

Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss this Saturn "simulation" RPG. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Crash Team Racing. 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 124: Despiria

Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss this creepy Dreamcast RPG. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Crash Team Racing.

Danan: The Jungle Fighter

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One of those unusual PAL-only SMS games that isn't a port of something else, though it doe...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 - Asteroids, Saturday Night Slam Masters, The Simpsons

Join the HG101 gang -- Kurt, Slowbeef, and Xerxes -- at a special panel for A Video Game Con 2018, in sunny Secaucus, New Jersey. Special thanks to everyone in the audience for their enthusiasm, insight, and nominations! Our apologies for the noisy r...

Japanese Video Game Obscurity: Cruse Chaser Blassty

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A mecha first person RPG, one of the...

The Whispered World / Silence

A duo of point-and-click forlorn adventures from Daedalic.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 09: Super Mario Sunshine

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 123: Secret of Mana

Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Super Mario Sunshine.

Dark Age of JRPGs: Fantasian

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Xtalsoft's Mugen no Shinzou series is basically Ultima with Wizardry combat; their F...

Lamplight City

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The latest indie point-and-click from Grundislav Games, a mystery with a steampunk New England setting.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 122: Driver: San Francisco

Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation’s Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. 

Star Control

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The epic space opera trilogy, featuring some intensely fun one-on-one multiplayer.

This series covers the co...

Harakiri (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)

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This Japanese war simulation looks pretty standard, but there's a running sense of weirdness beneath it.

Site Updates: New Features, New Books, Patreon Goodies, and more!

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A general summary ...

Upcoming Books Poll

Here at HG101, we currently have a few books already in the works: The Guide to Retro Horror (due in October 2018), the Star Fox/F-Zero Digest (due either December 2018 or early 2019), Wrestling with Pixels (due 2019 someti...

Where is Hell is Carmen Santiago?

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/where-in-hell-is-carmen-santiago/

A parody of Broderbund's educational series that also happens it take itse...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 08: Alone in the Dark (2008)

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 121: Spider Man 2

Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Alone in the Dark. But which one? 

Populous: The Beginning

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The third in our long-running series about Bullfrog's famed "god game".

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

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A fun but content-lite fan service fighter.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 120: Loom

Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Alone in the Dark. But which one?

A Golden Wake

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An indie point-and-click with an unusual setting: the 1920s Florida real estate boom. 

War Diary

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A series of Korean real-time strategy games for IBM PC computers, based on the Seven Years War.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 07: The Pit

A pretty obscure arcade game from Centauri, vaguely similar to Dig Dug, added to our ever-growing list!