http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/popn-tanks/
In addition to the podcast, we also have a brief Japanese Video Games Obscurity review of the cutesy PS1 one-on-one tank combat game, with artwork by one of the TwinBee illustrators. Good blue skies vibes off this one, check it out if you like stuff like TwinBee and Mega Man Legends.
2024-05-28 13:20:03 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yakuza-0/
Over the past month, we've been posting reviews for all of the Yakuza games. We're not QUITE done yet, but we'd like to highlight them now since Yakuza 0 is the game that triggered the rebirth of the series outside of Japan. There's a whole lot of history that came before this though, so check it out!
2024-05-28 13:18:28 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a PS1 throwback to the days of Atari's Combat.
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2024-05-25 01:17:03 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a cool tile-matching puzzler from GalaxyTrail.
2024-05-21 15:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a 2013 indie twin-stick shooter.
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http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fuuun-gokuu-ninden/
A 2D CGI side-scroller based on the Journey to the West, developed by Aicom, the folks behind Neo Geo shooters like Pulstar and Blazing Star.
2024-05-08 14:40:27 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the one game that dared to improve chess. And you know what? Mission accomplished.
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2024-05-03 16:23:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-04-26 13:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Grand Theft Auto Original Recipe.
2024-04-26 13:19:17 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/doki-doki-poyatchio/
A cutesy PS1 life sim from the folks behind Umihara Kawase.
2024-04-23 13:40:32 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Konami-published third-person shooter hack and slash by Rebellion Developments.
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http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/yakuza/
That's right, we're starting a huge article series on the Yakuza series and its various spin-offs. We'll be posting these over the next month or two, finishing up with the most release, Infinite Wealth.
2024-04-18 00:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Suda51's adventure visual novel for the PlayStation.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gamshara/
A Sengoku-era Cabal-clone, coming to arcades in 2002, long after the genre had petered out. Also recently added to MAME!
2024-04-15 02:51:02 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Mindscape's super-late-SNES platformer.
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http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/china-gate/
An uncommon tower-climbing beat-em-up from Technos starring the Journey to the West crew. Featured in our recent Arcade Cult Classics book!
2024-04-10 16:27:44 +0000 UTC View PostJoin the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an Indie RPG with "1-bit" pixel art style inspired by the works of Junji Ito.