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Star Fox: Assault

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Star Fox

About two years after Star Fox Adventures, the GameCube got a “real” Star Fox entry, subtitled Assault. Around this time,

Star Fox Adventures

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Star Fox

Rare was Nintendo’s golden boy studio throughout much of the Nintendo 64 era, having expanded their roster of 3D platformers

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 829: Virtual Hydlide (and Marble Drop!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG FRAMEDROPS ONWARD! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an open-world RPG with an arcade-style sensibility. Then stick around as returning special guest Phil Salvador joins for Marble Drop, a puzzle game about dropping all the correct marbles into all of the correct holes!

Calcolo!

Calcolo refers to itself as “Ochimono Shooting” (“Falling Object Shooting”). The closest point of comparison is ADK’s Twinkle Star Sprites,

Now Playing: The Guide to 1980s and ’90s Movie Games is now available!

If you missed the preorder period from last year, our 420 page on movie games from the 1980s and ’90s

Star Fox 2

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Star Fox

This article first appeared in HG101 Digest Vol. 4: Star Fox and F-Zero. Check it out! After the release of

Star Fox

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Star Fox

This article first appeared in HG101 Digest Vol. 4: Star Fox and F-Zero. Check it out! Due to technical limitations,

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 828: Lost Dimension (and Diablo!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a tactical RPG about saving the world with psychic powers. Then stick around for Diablo, a game that redefined the action-RPG!

Puppet Zoo Pilomy

At first, Puppet Zoo Pilomy seems like a cute and friendly game. You control an unnamed human as he joins

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 827: Phantasy Star IV (and Fallout: New Vegas!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG ZOOMS ON! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala, as they discuss and rank the last trace of Phantasy Star’s existence as an offline RPG. Then stick around for Fallout: New Vegas, a game about how terrible it would be to deliver mail in a nuclear apocalypse!

Plus Alpha

Plus Alpha stars two girls, Selia and Rumy, in round ships that kind of resemble TwinBee, but it doesn’t do

Wonder Planet

Despite the name, Wonder Planet is a game that has you blasting foes across ten different planets, not just one,

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 826: Popful Mail (Sega CD) (and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG HAS RETURNED! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala, as they discuss and rank Falcom’s action-RPG that introduced the world to a new adjective. Then stick around for Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel, a visual novel that brings fans exactly what any traumatized mech pilot would want – dating!

Forbidden Solitaire

2026 has seen an unexpected indie success, due to the fact that it’s an extremely unexpected team up. On one

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