All posts by Kurt Kalata

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Lost Power (The Dark Age of JRPGs)

The Makai is ruled by a number of demon lords, each vying for higher status on the food chain by

Wrestling with Pixels Complete Preview PDF Available for Kickstarter and Patreon Backers!

It’s been a very (very, very) long road, but Wrestling with Pixels is finally almost complete! If you’re a Kickstarter

Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken

Pack-In Video was sort of like the Acclaim of Japanese publishers – much of their output was quick cash-ins outsourced

Shamus: Case II

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Shamus

The follow-up to Shamus tries something completely different, shedding its Berzerk-esque gameplay for something a little bit more original. It’s

Shamus

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Shamus

Synapse Software was only alive for a few years in the early-to-mid 1980s, but during their brief existence, they developed

The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Blu-Ray

Now available on Amazon for $23.99 Author and journalist John Szczepaniak spent three months travelling around Japan, interviewing over 80

Submissions are open for 2020!

We are officially re-opening submissions for 2020! Please make sure to check out the submissions guidelines and send in your

HG101 Year-End Book Status Updates – A Guide to Japanese Role Playing Games, Japanese Video Game Obscurities Vol. 2, and more!

Time of a year end round up here at HG101! When we began 2019, we had pretty ambitious plans when

New Patreon Exclusive Postcards!

Here’s our second batch of retro game-themed postcards featuring originally commissioned artwork, created exclusively for our Patreon donors! Our first

Top Speed

Sega’s 1986 arcade racer OutRun was a technical marvel, featuring brilliantly lush graphics, a stellar soundtrack, and super smooth scaling

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