http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/valhalla/valhalla.htm
Another British adventure game obscurity from the early years of the ZX Spectrum, Valhalla is more notable for the high ambitions of the four man development team rather than the actual result.
2016-07-22 18:15:12 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/puyopuyo/puyopuyo6.htm
Our renewed Puyo Puyo article finally continues, with a prolific set of spin-off titles that focus on predefined conundrums to solve in place of the multiplayer antics of the mainline se...
HG101 Presents: Data East Arcade Classics is almost complete! I'm awaiting approval from the printer then ordering a physical proof, just to do final checks and make one last editing run to make sure everything is up to snuff. In the meantime, I've posted a preview PDF of the book in its entirety. It isn't properly formatted for tablets like I've d...
2016-07-17 20:49:48 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/500wordindies/500wordindies-spiritsofxanadu.htm
A sci-fi horror exploration game, for those who can't get enough of System Shock or Dead Space.
2016-07-17 02:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fusoya/fusoya-interview.htm
An interview with the ROM hacker behind Lunar Magic, the level design program for Super Mario World.
2016-07-17 02:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A cyberpunk FMV/point-and-click adventure that is technically a fascinating mess, but more often than not its shortcomings work accidentally in its favor.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/synnergist/synnergist.htm
2016-07-16 20:13:11 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/vectorman/vectorman.htm
An action-platformer that is not only a worthy competitor to Nintendo's
A real time strategy game developed for the Game Boy Color, that's not only surprisingly good, but one of the best exclusive games on the platform.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/warlocked/warlocked.htm
2016-07-11 03:39:50 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fallout/fallout.htm
An exhaustive look at the legendary post-apocalyptic RPG series, begun by Black Isle Studios and continued by Bethesda, including its spin-offs and cancelled titles.
2016-07-07 02:54:20 +0000 UTC View Post
A cute and clever educational point-and-click game from Sierra, where you play a young girl and her dog, traveling back in time and fixing things that have gone astray in colonial America.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/pepper/pepper.htm
2016-07-04 14:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/broforce/broforce.htm
Do you love America? Do you love movies where muscular, poorly acting men shoot evil in the face? If you said yes to one of these two questions, you are going to love
Broforce...
2016-07-04 14:47:23 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bannersaga/bannersaga2.htm
The follow-up to the tactical indie hit is technically more of the same, but that's not really a bad thing.
2016-07-03 20:12:32 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/pharaohrebirth/pharaohrebirth.htm
An excellent Metroidvania from long-standing doujin studio Krobon, featuring a rabbit archaeologist exploring a pyramid.
Thank you so much for the support this month!
2016-06-30 23:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lennus/lennus.htm
A duo of grindy SNES JRPGs by Copya System, with some bizarre art design that's unlike anything the genre has seen before, and a characteristically strange translation.
2016-06-30 01:12:33 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kazenonotam/kazenonotam.htm
A hot-air balloon simulator from Artdink, a minor developer perhaps best known for making experimental games that initially received a lukewarm reception, like Aquanaut's Ho...
2016-06-28 04:08:31 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/samuraishodown/samuraishodown8.htm
An infinite runner for mobile platforms starring some of the characters from SNK's seminal fighting series. It was only released in Korea, though service has been disa...
2016-06-23 03:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/darkearth/darkearth.htm
A post-apocalyptic steampunk RPG that had the misfortune of launching against larger titles like Fallout and Final Fantasy VII, this French-developed title has clumsy combat but a fascinati...
2016-06-20 04:11:50 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-quiver.htm
In the running of the sad title of "most mediocre Doom clone", Quiver was developed for low-spec systems, even though Doom could run comfortably on a low end 486.
2016-06-20 03:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2016/06/hg101-at-too-many-games-in-oaks-pa-from.html
I'll be at Too Many Games in Oaks, PA on the weekend of June 24-26th, 2016, manning a table in the dealer's room. Here I'll b...
2016-06-20 03:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2016/06/the-realm-of-early-japanese-computer.html
The realm of early Japanese computer gaming is not widely documented, especially on the English internet, but it's something that we at ...
2016-06-20 02:27:50 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/racinglagoon/racinglagoon.htm
Developed during Square's daring PS1 days, Racing Lagoon is a combination of an arcade racer and an RPG, inspired by the popular anime/manga series Initial D.
2016-06-16 00:48:03 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bitgenerations/bitgenerations2.htm
The second (and final, for now) part of this article covering the old school/artsy GBA games covers COLORIS, ORBITAL, DIGIDRIVE, and Soundvoyager.
2016-06-13 03:52:42 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lifeisstrange/lifeistrange.htm
Starring a young woman with the power to rewind time, Life is Strange's point-and-click DNA is easy to spot, but it turns all of these toward telling a story that's more about...
2016-06-10 00:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post
A look at the Japanese Game Preservation Society's laboratory in Tokyo, as guided by Joseph Redon. This organization works to preserve Japan's software, which, like software from all over the globe, was initially distributed on rather fragile medium.
From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A chat with Hifumi Kono, Masaki Higuchi, and Masatoshi Mitori. Higuchi and Kono worked on Clock Tower.
2016-06-08 02:37:38 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tumblepop/tumblepop.htm
A goofy, rainbow-colored single screen platformer from Data East, Tumblepop combines two popular arcade titles from the early 90s, Pang and Snow Bros. Also includes reviews of its spiritual...
2016-06-07 01:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gonehome/gonehome.htm
Causing a flurry of controversy when it was released in 2013, Gone Home is an emotionally impactful exploratory adventure game, one that kicked off the subgenre semi-derisively known as the "wa...
2016-06-06 04:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/demonfront/demonfront.htm
Taiwan-based developer IGS is primarily known for their PolyGame Master arcade hardware, and along with it, a whole slew of
Final Fight
-style beat-em-ups. ...
2016-06-04 02:45:46 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gangsters/gangsters.htm
This overlooked strategy game is essentially "SimCapone", a gangland simulator as deep and palatable as a barrel of bootleg rum. Also followed up by a less ambitious sequel.
2016-06-02 02:04:24 +0000 UTC View Post