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An Interview with Michitaka Tsuruta, creator of Bomb Jack and Solomon's Key

An interview with Michitaka Tsuruta, creator of Bomb Jack and Solomony's Key for Tecmo. Includes shots of the design documents and sketchs.

Interview with Yuzo Koshiro

From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A chat with Yuzo Koshiro, composer of many, many games from the early 80s until present, including Revenge of Shinobi, the Streets of Rage series, Etrian Odyssey, and more. Includes a look at h...

Balloon Fight

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

This cutesy 

Joust

 clone gained some renewed at...

Inventories: Platforming games before Super Mario Bros. #02 - Jump Bug, Moon Patrol, Kangaroo, etc.

Tracing the history of the platformer genre before Super Mario Bros. - Jump Bug, Kaos, Jack the Giantkiller, Moon Patrol, Kangaroo.

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Fallen London

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

The recent underground seafaring rogue-lite in a vaguely Lovecraftian world, ...

Suburban Commando

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Not quite a kusoge but not exactly "good", this movie tie-in ...

Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa Another Episode

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/danganronpa/danganronpa3.htm

The Danganronpa article has been updated with a review of Ultra Despair Girls, ...

A rare look at Data East's Deco Cassette arcade system

A rare look at Data East's Deco Cassette arcade system. This is the last working model that can be found in an actual arcade. All other known functioning models are with collectors or museums. Also includes a look at two very rare Deco Cassette games...

Your Weekly Kusoge: Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-t2chess.htm

Capstone was infamous for their many, many shoddy licensed tie-ins, and this early CD...

Klax

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After infamously running into legal issues with Tetris, Atari set off to make their own falling brick puzzle ...

Megablast

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A really humdrum shoot-em-up from Taito, only noteable for its bizarro plot and cameos fro...

VIdeo: A Visit to the BEEP Warehouse in Saitama

From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A visit to the BEEP warehouse in Saitama, Japan. BEEP is one of the biggest dealer of Japanese computer games. Includes a tour of many of their incredibly rare titles, as well as some gameplay...

Video: A Visit to Westone's Office and Meeting with Ryuichi Nishizawa and Kouichi Yotsui

From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A visit to Westone's office in Tokyo in 2013, and a meeting with company CEO (and co-founder) Ryuichi Nishizawa, as well as Kouichi Yotsui, the director of the arcade Strider. Also inclu...

PO'ed

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

A crazy surreal mid-90s first person shooter, originating on the 3DO and ported to the PS1, where you pummel ...

Vanguard

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

SNK's early arcade shooter is incredibly ambitious, and holds up remarkably well in spite of i...

Your Weekly Kusoge: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

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This could be the last Tony Hawk game ever, so no doubt Activision has made s...

500-Word Indies: Richard & Alice

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

It's the end of the world in this narrativ...

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

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Troika Games' fascinating but rather unpolished steampunk fantasy RPG, with technology and magic ...

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Paper Sorcerer

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

Old-fashioned dungeon crawler set inside a magic book where everything is made...

Soma

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The creators of Penumbra and Amnesia: The Dark Descent return with another ...

Your Weekly Kusoge: WWF Wrestlemania

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Acclaim and Rare's first attempt at a pro wrestling game was a mess f...

500 Word Indies: Xeodrifter

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This lo-fi indie metroidvania strips the genre down...

Biomechanical Toy

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A toy-themed run-and-gun from Spanish developer Zeus, this obscure mid-90s arcade game has some s...

C.P.U. Bach

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C.P.U. Bach isn't really a game, but rather a multimedia product for the 3DO that can near-fl...

Hardcore Gaming 101 video articles

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We're trying out something ...

40 Winks

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A forgotten 3D platformer by Eurocom from the late 1990s, starring two chil...

Blog Post: HG101 at A Video Game Con in Parsippany, NJ on Saturday, September 19, 2015!

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Your Weekly Kusoge: The Adventures of Gilligan's Island

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The power of mid-afternoon reruns must've been the reason for the exi...

Super Mario 3mix Interview

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The recently released Super Mario Maker allows you to create your own Mario...