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Pop'n Tanks

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 TwinBe...

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Yakuza Series Update

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...

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Top 47k Ep 714: Pop'n Tanks (feat. Sean Seanson)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a PS1 throwback to the days of Atari's Combat.


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Bonus Get 301: Thunder in Paradise Interactive

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the CD-i game based on the TV show that's based on two other TV shows.


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Top 47k Ep 713: Vs. Excitebike

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Excitebike that finally gave Excitebike fans what they really wanted.

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Top 47k Ep 712: Petal Crash

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a cool tile-matching puzzler from GalaxyTrail.

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Bonus Get 300: Assault Android Cactus

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a 2013 indie twin-stick shooter.


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Top 47k Ep 711: The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first of Capcom's Mickey trilogy.


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Top 47k Ep 710: Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the final game of Sierra On-Line's original Larry run.


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Bonus Get 299: High Seas Havoc

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Data East's conspicuously Sonic-like platformer about an anthropomorphic seal.


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Top 47k Ep 709: Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a fondly remembered kart racer from Sega's post-Dreamcast days.


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Fuuun Gokuu Ninden

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.

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Top 47k Ep 708: Shotgun King

Join 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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Bonus Get 298: Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the secret Ninja Garden that only cool people know about.


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May Podcast Poll

Cast your vote for an upcoming episode!

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Top 47k Ep 707: Rollcage

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the prequel to Rollcage Stage II.

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Top 47k Ep 706: Jurassic Park: Chaos Island


Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Jurassic Park-themed RTS for some reason.

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Bonus Get 297: Violent Storm

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Konami beat-em-up that's Game Machine's 21st most-successful table arcade unit of November 1993.

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Top 47k Ep 705: Grand Theft Auto

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Grand Theft Auto Original Recipe.

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Doki Doki Poyatchio

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/doki-doki-poyatchio/

A cutesy PS1 life sim from the folks behind Umihara Kawase.

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Top 47k Ep 704: Neverdead

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Konami-published third-person shooter hack and slash by Rebellion Developments.


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Bonus Get 296: Fight Angel

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of those fighting games. You know what we mean.


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Top 47k Ep 703: Road Rash II

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank EA's return to the meanest of streets.


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Yakuza

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.

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Top 47k Ep 702: The Silver Case

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Suda51's adventure visual novel for the PlayStation.


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Gamshara

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!

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Bonus Get 295: Out to Lunch

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Mindscape's super-late-SNES platformer.


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Top 47k Ep 701: Conker's Bad Fur Day

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an N64 platformer that's ever so naughty.


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China Gate

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!

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Top 47k Ep 700: World of Horror

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an Indie RPG with "1-bit" pixel art style inspired by the works of Junji Ito.


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