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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 87: Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

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

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 283: Yoshi's Woolly World

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Yoshi's most huggable, downy-soft adventure yet.

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Worms

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/worms/

Over the next month or so, we'll be discussing the long-running Worms series, one of the most satisfying multiplayer games of all time...even if it is pretty much just a more advanced version of earlier "turn-based artillery" games like Scorched Earth.

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Spyro 2 & 3

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/spyro-2-riptos-rage/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/spyro-year-of-the-dragon/

Finishing up our look at the original PS1 Spyro trilogy, before, like Crash Bandicoot, it left the hands of original developer Insomniac and never quite maintained the same level ...

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 282: Carrier Command

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1988 early RTS-ish game about super-advanced robot aircraft carriers that must acquire real estate. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. 

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Spyro the Dragon

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/spyro-the-dragon/

We're covering the PS1 Spyro games this week! This piece also goes into a lot of detail about the numerous tweaks to the Japanese version of the game, which is really interesting!

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 281: Blood (feat. Derek Yu)

 Join the HG101 gang and special guest Derek Yu (Spelunky, Aquaria) as they discuss and rank Monolith Production's 1997 Lovecraft-inspired FPS.  

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 86: Unlimited Saga

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

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Contact

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/contact/

A DS RPG and one of the early ones that positioned itself as being a spiritual successor to Earthbound...though it didn't nearly hit those lofty ambitions.

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 280: Jet Set Radio Future

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Jet Set Radio sequel that time forgot and Sega abandoned. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Growl. 

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Langrisser I & II

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/langrisser-i-ii-ps4-nsw/

A remake of the first two 16-bit era SRPGs released last week.

Langrisser was one of the articles posted way back in the earlier days of the sites circa 2004/2005. I hadn't posted it to the new site since it was never quite complete and I wanted to update it with some more elaborate info and better screenshots, but never quite ...

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Hook (Arcade and PC)

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hook-arcade/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hook-pc/

The "Peter Pan grows up" movie from the 90s received a number of tie-in games, chief among them, an arcade beat-em-up from Irem. It doesn't really fit the movie, but it's rare that licensed games do, so might as well go crazy wit...

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 279: Kirby: Canvas Curse

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the early Nintendo DS game where Kirby loses his arms and legs -- but not his will to fight! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap. 

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 85: Saints Row the Third

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.  Featuring special guest Matt McMuscles!

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 278: Cosmic Star Heroine

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Zeboyd Games's 2017 retro-styled indie RPG. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap. 

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Command and Conquer mobile games

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/command-conquer-3-tiberium-wars-mobile/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/command-conquer-generals-combat-cards/

We're working to make our Command and Conquer article series as comprehensive as possible, including many of its mo...

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 277: Might & Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that brought Might & Magic into the Sony Mavica era. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Unlimited Saga. 

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 276: Lizard

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the best new NES game of 2018. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Unlimited Saga.  

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 275: Beyond Oasis

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the action RPG that sets the record straight about evil jewelry. What does it want!? 

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Stardew Valley

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/stardew-valley/

The indie hit that brought back classic Harvest Moon is the best way possible

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Bear Stearns Bravo

 http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bear-stearns-bravo/ 

An extremely unusual browser-based ARG based around the puzzling horse_ebooks Twitter account, of all things.

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 84: Star Wars: Dark Forces

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

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Vortex

 http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/vortex/

Argonaut's third SNES Super FX game after Star Fox and Stunt Race FX, this one's certainly missing something, undoubtedly since Nintendo wasn't around to lend them a hand.

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 274: Exile

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the TurboGrafx CD action RPG that showed us the lighter side of crucifixion.  

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Avenging Spirit

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/avenging-spirit/

An early possess-em-up type action game from Jaleco. Witness the hilarious disparity between the Japanese and American Game Boy box arts!

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Space Hunter

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/space-hunter/

An early space exploration game from Kemco for the Famicom, which is thematically a lot like Nintendo's Metroid released around the same time...though it's not nearly as good, even considering when it was released.

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Lair of the Clockwork God

The long-awaited follow-up to the lo-fi indie Ben & Dan point-and-click series,  it has a ridiculously clever meta-leaning story that goes to some very unexpected directions 

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 273: Metal Slug 5

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Metal Slug game that dares to do what all previous Metal Slug games had done before, but a little worse.  

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War Times: European Frontline

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/war-times-european-frontline/

A World War II-themed RTS from 2004.

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 272: Battle Garegga

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the shoot-em-up classic with a soundtrack so nice they made it thrice. 

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