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Melfland Stories

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/melfland-stories/

An action game for the Super Famicom from Sting, featuring some RPG trappings without actually being an RPG.

Tinkle Pit

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tinkle-pit/

Goofy name aside, this arcade-exclusive Namco maze game is quite a bit of fun!

BS Detective Club: The Past that Disappeared in the Snow 

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bs-detective-club-the-past-that-disappeared-in-the-snow/

The third (and halfway lost) entry in the Detective Club series was only released as a Satellaview game.

Bonus Get 147: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

This week's Patreon Bonus Get covers a game that's part Pacific Rim, part visual novel, part strategy RPG, and all c-c-c-crazy!

Top 47k Ep. 403: Injustice: Gods Among Us

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank NetherRealm's Justice League fighting game involving cross-dimensional travel and Superman pills.

Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Standing in the Back

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/famicom-detective-club-part-ii-the-girl-standing-in-the-back/

The second Famicom Detective Club game, having slightly more of a horror bent, and generally regarded as the better of the two.

Top 47k Ep. 402: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an import-only NDS rhythm game about the adventures of a rapid deployment tactical cheerleading squad.

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/famicom-detective-club-the-missing-heir/

Nintendo released their Famicom Detective Club games for the first time in English last week, so let's take a look back on the series, starting with its FDS original.

Bonus Get 146: Megarace

This week's Patreon Bonus Get covers a game that combines a vehicular combat rail shooter with full-motion video.

Hansha de Spark

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hansha-de-spark-japanese-video-game-obscurity/

An interesting twist on the tried-and-true Bomberman formula.

The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures Post Mortem

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/guide-to-classic-graphic-adventures-post-mortem/

It's the tenth anniversary of our first book! I wrote a post-mortem of this way back when and never published it for some reason, so I updated it a bit and put it up now.

Angel Eyes

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/angel-eyes/

Tecmo tries its hand at an all-girls 2D fighting game, in the brief time before it was taken over by Dead or Alive fever.

Top 47k Ep. 401: Mario Power Tennis

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a tennis game set in the Mushroom Kingdom, a cruel land where the political elite compete in increasingly elaborate sporting events to pacify the starving "toads" they rule.

Bonus Get 145: Legend of Alfur

This week's Patreon Bonus Get covers a 2012 anime-flavored FPS from the now-defunct Playism store.

Bonus Get 144: F.E.A.R.

This week's Patreon Bonus Get covers Monolith's 2005 supernatural FPS.

Now and Forever: The Legacy of the Star Control Universe

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/now-and-forever-the-legacy-of-the-star-control-ii-universe/

With the Mass Effect games being re-released later this week, it's important to remember one of its major inspirations: the sci-fi masterpiece Star Control II.

New Patreon Podcast RSS Feed

Hi all!

We're updating the Patreon Podcast feed to the one provided by Patreon, which is tied to your user account. To access it, go to the Membership page on Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/hg101/membership

Then scroll down and you'll find a private RSS link. Just copy/paste that into your podca...

HG101 Top 47k Ep. 400: Fallout 2

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the original Fallout's bigger, buggier sequel.

The Darkside Detective

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/darkside-detective-the/

An amusing series of point-and-clicks starring a pair of supernatural investigators.

Vexx

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/vexx/

One of those dark-and-edgy mascot platformers from the early 2000s, though it's better than its initial appearance.

HG101 Top 47k Ep. 399: Mikie

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Konami's arcade tribute to American teenage hooliganism. And the Beatles. And Ferris Bueller? I dunno man.

R-Type Final 2

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/r-type-final-2/

The first proper entry in the R-Type series in eighteen years is solid, if a little unpolished and not entirely complete (yet).

Bonus Get 143: The Second Samurai

This week's Patreon Bonus Get is a bout a barefoot samurai who fights chimps and cavemen for some reason, then chops off the devil's arms. 

HG101 Top 47k Ep 398: Psychonauts

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Double Fine's high concept 3D-platformer adventure about psychic kids who just look horrible. Like, the worst.

Postcard Artwork - Battlemania / Trouble Shooter by Rusty Shackles

To celebrate the latest HG101 book, here's some original artwork of Battlemania / Trouble Shooter by Rusty Shackles!

Baku Baku

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/baku-baku/

A falling block puzzle game from Sega released between Columns and Puyo Puyo.

Now available! The NES Endings Compendium: Years 1985-1988

The Video Game Museum has been around since the 1990s, and has spent decades cataloguing the endings of games across many platforms. This is the first book in a series that presents a comprehensive look at all of the game endings for the Nintendo Entertainment System between 1985 and 1988, including seminal titles like Super Mario Bros (and its sequel), Blaster Master, Castlevania, Contra, Bion...

Dwelling

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dwelling-japanese-video-game-obscurities/

An early horror adventure game for Japanese PCs, as you infiltrate Dracula's manor and face off against dung beetles, mummies, werewolves, and one particularly creepy pig chef.

Pen Pen Trilcelon

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/pen-pen-triicelon/

A wild and wacky racing game and a launch title for the Sega Dreamcast.

HG101 Top 47k Ep 397: Magic Carpet

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Bullfrog's 3D wonderland where you fly around on a magic carpet and shoot magic balls with your magic blingwads. It was impressive in 1994.