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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-...

2015-07-21 03:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Your Weekly Kusoge: Mindseeker

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

A psychic trainer for the Famicom. Learn to herald your extra sensory pow...

2015-07-16 01:50:32 +0000 UTC View Post

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 f...

2015-07-15 01:42:17 +0000 UTC View Post

The Blackstone Chronicles

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

Explore a decommissioned insane asylum in Legend's last adventure g...

2015-07-13 02:05:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Fascination / Lost in Time

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

2015-07-13 01:57:24 +0000 UTC View Post

500 Word Indies - Noir Syndrome

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

This neato detectiv...

2015-07-13 01:50:43 +0000 UTC View Post

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

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

There are numerous adventure games based on Sherlock Homes, bu...

2015-07-09 03:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post

ThunderFox

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

Taito's 80s action movie homage ThunderFox channels both their previous The Nin...

2015-07-06 01:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Ninja Combat

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

ADK's ninja-themed beat-em-up was cool as a Neo Geo launch titl...

2015-07-03 19:54:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Phelios

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

Ride Pegasus and fight through hordes of creatures based on Greek mythology in this vertic...

2015-07-03 03:20:52 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

2015-07-02 03:44:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Doomsday Warrior

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

Telenet's Doomsday Warrior looks lik...

2015-07-02 03:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post

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2015-07-01 06:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Seven Cities of Gold / Heart of Africa

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sevencitiesofgold/sevencitiesofgold.htm
More old home computer stuff with two seminal exploration ad...

2015-06-23 02:06:18 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

2015-06-23 02:04:09 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

2015-06-23 02:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Time Killers / Bloodstorm

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

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

2015-06-19 03:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Marvel Land

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/marvelland/marvelland.htm
A fairly decent amusement park-themed platformer from Namco. Most well known for its Gen...

2015-06-16 02:24:41 +0000 UTC View Post

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.

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2015-06-14 17:06:33 +0000 UTC View Post

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 exclusiv...

2015-06-14 15:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post

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.

2015-06-14 00:14:48 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

2015-06-13 05:05:46 +0000 UTC View Post

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 a...

2015-06-11 04:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Your Weekly Kusoge - JFK Reloaded

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

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/k...

2015-06-09 01:33:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Bio Menace

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

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

2015-06-09 01:17:27 +0000 UTC View Post

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.

2015-06-04 22:57:24 +0000 UTC View Post

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.

2015-06-04 03:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post

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.

2015-06-04 03:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post

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 ...

2015-06-01 23:44:05 +0000 UTC View Post