Steamgear Mash
A cutesy isometric action import for the Saturn. One of those rare Japanese titles that isn't super expensive, though that's because the game is only *OK*.
2018-09-26 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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HG101 Presents The Unofficial Guide to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona: 50 Page Preview
I've been talking about this for quite awhile, but here it is - a 50 page preview of the upcoming Guide to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona book. This preview contains reviews of the core SMT games (the original Megami Tensei games, SMT 1, 2 and If, Nocturne, Strange Journey, 4, and Apocalypse). There's much more that's actually done, but this is all that's really ready to show off publicly.
Please enjoy, and also remember everything here is very first draft-y! We'll definitely be revising these...
2018-09-24 21:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 10: Crash Team Racing
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2018-09-24 20:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostEggy (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/eggy-japanese-video-game-obscurity/
An arcade-style mid-80s Japanese PC game starring a little egg-shaped mecha, inspired by titles like Defender and Choplifter.
2018-09-23 20:32:53 +0000 UTC View PostGwanggaeto Daewang
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gwanggaeto-daewang/
Another early Korean PC RTS, this one was delayed to the point where it ended up being overshadowed by more popular Western games.
2018-09-23 15:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostFlorence
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/florence/
An iOS-based visual novel about a mid-20s woman navigating early adulthood.
2018-09-23 14:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 125: Dragon Force
Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss this Saturn "simulation" RPG. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Crash Team Racing.
2018-09-22 01:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 124: Despiria
Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss this creepy Dreamcast RPG. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Crash Team Racing.
2018-09-20 02:04:51 +0000 UTC View PostDanan: The Jungle Fighter
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/danan-the-jungle-fighter/
One of those unusual PAL-only SMS games that isn't a port of something else, though it does seem reminiscent of other games like Rastan, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, and Lord of the Sword.
2018-09-20 01:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 - Asteroids, Saturday Night Slam Masters, The Simpsons
Join the HG101 gang -- Kurt, Slowbeef, and Xerxes -- at a special panel for A Video Game Con 2018, in sunny Secaucus, New Jersey. Special thanks to everyone in the audience for their enthusiasm, insight, and nominations! Our apologies for the noisy recording. Intro music by NORM.
2018-09-17 02:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Video Game Obscurity: Cruse Chaser Blassty
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cruise-chaser-blassty-japanese-video-game-obscurity/
A mecha first person RPG, one of the first from Square, with incredible animation...that is unfortunately barely playable!
2018-09-17 02:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe Whispered World / Silence
A duo of point-and-click forlorn adventures from Daedalic.
2018-09-17 02:03:44 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 09: Super Mario Sunshine
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2018-09-15 00:56:25 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 123: Secret of Mana
Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Super Mario Sunshine.
2018-09-15 00:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostDark Age of JRPGs: Fantasian
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fantasian-dark-age-of-jrpgs/
Xtalsoft's Mugen no Shinzou series is basically Ultima with Wizardry combat; their Fantasian games are the inverse, basically Wizardry clones with fight scenes based on Ultima III.
2018-09-14 20:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostLamplight City
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lamplight-city/
The latest indie point-and-click from Grundislav Games, a mystery with a steampunk New England setting.
2018-09-13 19:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 122: Driver: San Francisco
Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation’s Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games.
2018-09-13 01:40:06 +0000 UTC View PostStar Control
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/star-control/
The epic space opera trilogy, featuring some intensely fun one-on-one multiplayer.
This series covers the core games - in the future, we'll also be adding some bits about the (very bad) novel and some of the canceled / upcoming games.
2018-09-13 00:54:50 +0000 UTC View PostHarakiri (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/harakiri/
This Japanese war simulation looks pretty standard, but there's a running sense of weirdness beneath it.
2018-09-11 22:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostSite Updates: New Features, New Books, Patreon Goodies, and more!
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/site-updates-new-features-new-books-patreon-goodies-and-more/
A general summary of new features that will be posted soon (and will become recurring if we meet our Patreon goals!), upcoming books (the ones we're currently working on or finishing up), the next convention I'll be at (A Video Game Con in Secaucus NJ this weekend), a...
2018-09-10 23:35:51 +0000 UTC View PostUpcoming Books Poll
Here at HG101, we currently have a few books already in the works: The Guide to Retro Horror (due in October 2018), the Star Fox/F-Zero Digest (due either December 2018 or early 2019), Wrestling with Pixels (due 2019 sometime), The Unofficial Guide to Shin Megami Tensei (due mid/late 2019) and Japanese Video Game Obscurities (completed, currently awaiting publication for third quarter 2019). However, we've still got tons of ideas for future books and ...
2018-09-10 17:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostWhere is Hell is Carmen Santiago?
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/where-in-hell-is-carmen-santiago/
A parody of Broderbund's educational series that also happens it take itself very seriously!
I actually had this game when I was a kid, since my dad and I regularly went to computer shows, where we found this in the cheap shareware bins. I was way too young at the time to understand what the Divine Comedy was, and ev...
2018-09-09 16:18:44 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 08: Alone in the Dark (2008)
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2018-09-08 01:58:41 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 121: Spider Man 2
Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Alone in the Dark. But which one?
2018-09-08 01:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostPopulous: The Beginning
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/populous-the-beginning/
The third in our long-running series about Bullfrog's famed "god game".
2018-09-06 18:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostSNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/snk-heroines-tag-team-frenzy/
A fun but content-lite fan service fighter.
2018-09-06 16:50:47 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 120: Loom
Join the HG101 gang and special guest, Zero Punctuation's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Alone in the Dark. But which one?
2018-09-06 01:40:40 +0000 UTC View PostA Golden Wake
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/a-golden-wake/
An indie point-and-click with an unusual setting: the 1920s Florida real estate boom.
2018-09-06 01:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostWar Diary
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/war-diary/
A series of Korean real-time strategy games for IBM PC computers, based on the Seven Years War.
2018-09-04 03:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostTop 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 07: The Pit
A pretty obscure arcade game from Centauri, vaguely similar to Dig Dug, added to our ever-growing list!
2018-09-02 00:37:59 +0000 UTC View Post