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Animal Land Satsujin Jiken (Japanese Video Game Obscurity)

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We're resurrecting our Japanese Video Game Obscurity column, which was initially intended to promote the book we crowdfunded (which will be out next year), but proved to be a good format to dig into some interesting titles. This is one of Enix's last adventure games, featuring a canine detective solving a murder in a society full of a...

Master Spy

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A seemingly simple but challenging 2D stealth action game. Also ridiculously cheap on Steam at the moment, just 99 cents.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 119: Silent Hill 4

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 The Pit. 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 118: Parasol Stars

Join the HG101 gang as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be The Pit.

DJ Boy / B. Rap Boys

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A duo of rap-themed beat-em-ups from Kaneko. Always interesting to see American subcultures handled by a Japanese studio!

Enter the Gungeon

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/enter-the-gungeon/

Hey, you got rogue-like in my top down shooter! Hey, you got a top down shooter into my rogue-like! 

Legend of Hero Tonma

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/legend-of-hero-tonma/

Another super hard game from Irem, this is a fantasy side-scroller that has hints of their Ninja Spirit, along with some Ghosts 'n Goblins inspiration, though it's not quite as good as either.

Duke Nukem (Classic Series)

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/duke-nukem-1991/

A look at the first two Duke Nukem games, before the 3D Realms first person shooter turned the tough guy into a celebrity.

Cease and Desist – Parodies and Infringement in Video Games

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Cataloging all of the games that had to be updated or patched due to potentially infringing material in our latest feature.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 06: Outlaws

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games, starring this LucasArts-developed FPS.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 117: Otogi

Join the HG101 gang as they add From Software's Xbox opus to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Lucasarts cowboy FPS, Outlaws. 

Gourmet Sentai Barayarou

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gourmet-sentai-barayarou/

The developer of Choaniki tries to bring their weird brand of magic to this cooking-themed Super Famicom beat-em-up.

Preview: HG101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror

Last week we officially unveiled our latest digest, The Guide to Retro Horror. And since we're planning for a pre-Halloween release, it's basically done. We're still finishing up editing and quality checks, and finalizing the back cover, but everything is on track! Here's the full preview of the game, as usual, it's in slightly rough state, not all of the Patreon credits are in yet, and so forth.

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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 116: Shadow of the Beast

 Join the HG101 gang as they add this quintessential Amiga platformer to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Lucasarts cowboy FPS, Outlaws. 

Monster Pro Wrestling

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/monster-pro-wrestling/

I discovered this game working on the Wrestling with Pixels book and it is a treasure. I mean, it's a *terrible* game because it's just the vaguest functions of an RPG mixed with a random number generator, but it's filled with such hilariously goofy animations that it's worth sitting down with it a few minutes just to witness it.

Dark Age of JRPGs: Paladin

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/paladin-dark-age-of-jrpgs/

Here's an action-RPG developed by Ken Akamatsu, who would later spring to worldwide fame with his manga Love Hina.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 05: Steel Battalion

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

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 115: Steins;Gate

Join the HG101 gang and special guest Nickrox (!) as they add a recent classic of the Visual Novel genre to their ever-growing list of Top Games.  

3DO Party Game Trilogy

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http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/club-3do-station-invasion/

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/zhadnost-the-peoples-party/

Three party ...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 114: Killer Bees

Join the HG101 gang as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Steel Batallion.

Cool Riders / Wild Riders

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I recently discovered the Sega arcade game Wild Riders at a local Barcade, which is basically Enduro Racer plus a Jet Set Radio aesthetic, so I had to write about it. Along with it, I'm also posting a brief piece on Cool Riders,...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 04: Scribblenauts Unlimited

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

Wrestling with Pixels preview PDF

About two years ago, I took up publishing duties of the Wrestling with Pixels book that was Kickstarted back in 2013.  By "publishing", I mean designing the book and editing the text, since I actually have next-to-no knowledge about wrestling and know even less about wrestling games, so I am woefully unqualified to actually write much of anything myself. It's been a troubled project, to put it lightly, and I've been doing my best to try to help get it to completion.  The reason it's ta...

Kujaku-Ou

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Four video games based on the "Peacock King" manga series. Two of these are Famicom-only adventure games. The other two were published by Sega and actually released abroad, though renamed Spellcaster and Mystic Defender.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 113: Hitman: Blood Money

Join the HG101 gang as they add another game to their ever-growing list of Top Games. This Friday's Patreon bonus game will be Scribblenauts Unlimited. 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 112: Vandal Hearts

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss that one strategy RPG with the noses. This Friday’s Patreon bonus game will be Scribblenauts Unlimited. 

Unavowed

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/unavowed/

The latest adventure from Wadjet Eye Games puts you in the ranks of the  Unavowed, secret guardians of New York City who deal with the supernatural.

The Night of the Rabbit

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A charming Daedalic adventure game which aims to tell a story about children in a way that children can comprehend and follow, though with an unexpected heft of maturity and emotional weight. 

Wacky Wheels

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A decent Super Mario Kart-clone for kids who had IBM PCs but didn't have an SNES.

Xardion

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/xardion/

It's a mecha 2D exploratory action/shoot-em-up game! A great concept that doesn't really work, though playable for its cool ideas.