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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 03: Solaris (2600)

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

Ninja Emaki

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A fairly early run-and-gun from Nichibutsu, using a fantasy feudal Japan theme similar to Pocky and Rocky.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 111: Ninja Gaiden Black

Join the HG101 gang as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Solaris (2600). 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 110: Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss all your favorite Chinese ninja warriors. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Solaris (2600).

Cross-Series Cameo: Adol in Lunar: The Silver Star

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A short little bit about a stealth cameo o...

The Low Road

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A point and click adventure game based on old spy TV and film, that uses 1970s America as a backdrop and tells a s...

Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection

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Playing catch up again, this cutesy/funny action-RPG dungeon crawler from Falcom w...

Choujin Sentai Jetman

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A Natsume Famicom side-scroller, based on a sentai/tokustatsu show. Not one of their better game...

Prehistorik

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There was a caveman craze of games in the early 90s, stuff like Joe & Mac and Bonk's Adventure. This series is o...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 02: Willow (NES)

Join the HG101 gang as they go all Warwick Davis on your ass.

Fire Emblem Fates

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A few years late on this one, but finally filled in the gaps for the second 3DS Fire Emblem, which techn...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 109: Alien Vs. Predator (2000)

 Join the HG101 gang as they ponder the softer side of Predator culture.  

Riglas (Dark Age of JRPGs)

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A mid-80s computer action-RPG using an oblique perspective. Also includes a brief biograph...

Stonekeep

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 108: Captain Blood

Join the HG101 gang as they win elections, one vaporized planet at a time.

Knuckles' Chaotix

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The last entry in our Sonic series (for now) covers the time that Sega game Knuckles his very own game...a...

Sonic 3D Blast

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The weird isometric spin-off for the Genesis and Saturn (and Windows) by Traveler's Tales! Also includes a bit...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 01: Battle of Olympus

Our first Patreon-exclusive bonus episode covers the NES Zelda II-clone The Battle of Olympus. 

You can find a full write-up here, also featured in the NES Cult Classics book:

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 107: Dark Souls II

Join the HG101 gang as bring you lots of silky. 

We're changing up the format a bit, so that the individual game episodes will be distributed separately on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the Patreon exclusive episode coming on the weekend!  ...

Sonic the Fighters

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Two of Sega's most popular 90s properties collide with this 3D fighting game featuring Sonic character...

Japanese Video Game Obscurities Update: Games That Didn't Make The Cut

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In...

SegaSonic the Hedgehog

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Well, the main series has been covered, so here is one of the first spin-offs: the super obscu...

Weird 2 (Dark Age of JRPGs)

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I recently converted the old Dark Age of JRPGs blog column onto the new site (with one e...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 106: Tetris 2, Baroque, The Immortal [Patreon bonus]

Join the HG101 gang as they describe the beautiful colors of Tetris 2 - with special guest Slowbeef! The Patreon bonus for this episode is The Immortal.

Sonic Mania

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What this Sonic series of articles was building up to, with the retail release (and DLC addition) out tomorrow, this...

Overseas Sequels

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The cultural appeal of certain video games can vary greatly around the world, sometimes having vastly diff...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

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Here is...*sigh*...Sonic the Hedgehog 4. When I started writing this series my own personal terms ...

Banana Prince

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A cutesy, fruit-themed platformer from KID, only released in Japan and Germany.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 / Sonic & Knuckles

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Japanese Video Game Obscurities Update: Completion of the Manuscript and Submission to the Publisher

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