Hardcore Gaming 101 – Page 199 – Promoting the culture of video games

February 4, 2018

Bombing Islands, The

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Bombuzal

Originally conceived as a stand-in character for the US release of Mickey Mouse III: Dream Balloon, Kid Klown gained a …

February 4, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Bombuzal

While Image Works is remembered now for publishing action-oriented fare, like Xenon 2 or The First Samurai, the games-centric offshoot …

February 3, 2018

Keith Courage in Alpha Zones is primarily remembered as one of the first games released on the TurboGrafx-16 (it was even …

February 2, 2018

This entry was written for the Japanese Video Game Obscurities book, which is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. If you …

January 31, 2018

An “iconoclast” is someone who fights against strongly held believes institutions, and it’s a powerful title for a game where …

January 30, 2018

DIRECT DOWNLOAD Join the HG101 gang as they discuss fake giant robots and very real development nightmares. Patreon bonus for …

January 29, 2018

Blood City used to be such a nice place. However, the Crimson Gang has overrun the district with crime and …

January 27, 2018

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Grow Home / Up

After the success of the unusual, but brilliant Grow Home, developer Reflections and publisher Ubisoft seemed eager to expand upon …

January 27, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Grow Home / Up

Grow Home is a rather unusual game. Its developer, Ubisoft Reflections, is a team renowned for making vehicle action games …

January 26, 2018

Digan no Maseki (1988) Developer: Artec Platform: PC-88, PC-98, MSX2 Digan no Maseki (“The Magic Stone of Digan”) is a …