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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

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 252: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sir-Tech’s landmark 1981 Apple II dungeon-crawler.

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

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 251: Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where Doctor Doom invades Niffleheim to absorb the power of Odin and the only way Deadpool and Silver Surfer can defeat him is to steal the Muonic Inducer from Galactus and fuse it with a piece of the M’Kraan Cryastal.

Paratopic

The PS1 look has started becoming popular for indie horror games, and playing through Paratopic gives you a good idea

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

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 250: Illusion of Gaia

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an action RPG about helpful pigs and patiently waiting for things.

Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Dragon's Lair

In the early 1990s, with the FMV game suddenly in vogue again thanks to the CD-ROM, Bluth and his team

Lightning Swords / Ken-Go

In the intro to Ken-Go (no connection to the later Lightweight-developed series), a fleeing woman collapses in front of a

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