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He/him. HG101 Sega Console Classics Vol. 1 now available at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4eOEYOw. Icon by Rusty Shackles, header by Thor Thorvaldson. Patreon: http://patreon.com/hg101
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Now available on Amazon: Sega Console Classics Vol. 1! Covering classic Sonic the Hedgehog, Shining Force, Phantasy Star, and Master System games! amzn.to/3Zk4qFD
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This wrestling book is fantastic. I'm sure every other one is too!
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Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Hardcore Gaming 101
A bundle by Hardcore Gaming 101, $75.00 for 31 games
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November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This wrestling book is fantastic. I'm sure every other one is too!
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I think an underrated book in this set is Épopée - Tales from French Game Developers. You get to read a bunch of interviews with developers of weird French DOS games (and some non-weird ones too I guess)
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November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I think an underrated book in this set is Épopée - Tales from French Game Developers. You get to read a bunch of interviews with developers of weird French DOS games (and some non-weird ones too I guess)
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November 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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You know, I've never really written about Emerald Dragon and why I like it so much. Let's fix that!
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November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
You know, I've never really written about Emerald Dragon and why I like it so much. Let's fix that!
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Happy Black Friday! All of our digital books are 40% off at our Itch store! itch.io/s/170936/bla...
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by Hardcore Gaming 101
A bundle by Hardcore Gaming 101, $75.00 for 31 games
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November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy Black Friday! All of our digital books are 40% off at our Itch store! itch.io/s/170936/bla...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Black Friday 🖤🛒🛍️🖤
Don’t miss out on our Black Friday deals. Browse our exclusive collection now and secure your favourite Bitmap Books before they sell out: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #fyp #blackfriday #booksky
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Banger update
NES and GameBoy Classics added to NSO:
NES:
-Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
-BATTLETOADS
Game Boy:
-Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
-BIONIC COMMANDO
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NES:
-Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
-BATTLETOADS
Game Boy:
-Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
-BIONIC COMMANDO
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November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Banger update
Sega's venerable ninja series with back with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, this time with gorgeous artwork by developer Lizardcube (Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap remake, Streets of Rage 4). www.hardcoregaming101.net/shinobi-art-...
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sega's venerable ninja series with back with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, this time with gorgeous artwork by developer Lizardcube (Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap remake, Streets of Rage 4). www.hardcoregaming101.net/shinobi-art-...
Willy Wombat, an isometric mascot platformer for the Saturn from Westone / Hudson www.hardcoregaming101.net/willy-wombat/
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Willy Wombat, an isometric mascot platformer for the Saturn from Westone / Hudson www.hardcoregaming101.net/willy-wombat/
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New blog post time!
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
Wizard Fire
Wizard Fire is the kind of game that’s an improved sequel in virtually every regard, but it’s also a game I didn’t necessarily expect to exist as it was. Here I was asking for some kind of bigger a…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New blog post time!
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
This week's game is Wizard Fire, the follow-up to Data East's D&D-inspired Gate of Doom that really doesn't stray far from it at all. However, an injection of style ends up adding some substance alongside it, resulting in a game that I found myself quite a bit more endeared to:
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November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
www.patreon.com/posts/144376... this week's bonus Get is BARTS NIGHTMARE! I nominated Ghosts'n Goblins Resurrection and this! You WANT to support @hg101.bsky.social on Patreon so you can hear 379 bonus rankings!! You NEED to hear the deeply thorough discussion on this mesmerizing tragedy.
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Apollo Chungus
Frankiee? Frankaa?
Hardcore Gaming 101: Ghosts 'n Goblins: Resurrection (and Porsche Challenge!)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a revival of a previously-revived ghoulish Capcom series. Then stick around for Porsche Challenge, an advertisement in the form of a Playstation racing gam...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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GO TO HELL! RETURN IN PORSCHE ONLY on @hg101.bsky.social TOP 47,858 GAMES PODCAST!
GHOSTS'N GOBLINS RESURRECTION
@kaly.blackskycomra.de
@taxowlbear.bsky.social
@mercurycdx.bsky.social
FRANKAIMURA
Porsche CHALLENGE
Kal
Apollo Chungus
Frankiee? Frankaa?
GO TO HELL! RETURN IN PORSCHE ONLY on @hg101.bsky.social TOP 47,858 GAMES PODCAST!
GHOSTS'N GOBLINS RESURRECTION
@kaly.blackskycomra.de
@taxowlbear.bsky.social
@mercurycdx.bsky.social
FRANKAIMURA
Porsche CHALLENGE
Kal
Apollo Chungus
Frankiee? Frankaa?
Mimicking slowdown from old hardware is difficult from a programming standpoint but it's absolutely essential for shoot-em-ups
No deaths & no means to speed up or delay stage progression
R-Type Delta HD
St.3 starts - 14:49, boss music starts - 17:14
Play Time = 2:25 = 145 secs
PS1
St.3 starts - 9:30, boss music starts - 13:25
Play Time = 3:55 = 235 secs
The uncut stage OST lasts 4mins, so you miss 1.5mins of it in HD
R-Type Delta HD
St.3 starts - 14:49, boss music starts - 17:14
Play Time = 2:25 = 145 secs
PS1
St.3 starts - 9:30, boss music starts - 13:25
Play Time = 3:55 = 235 secs
The uncut stage OST lasts 4mins, so you miss 1.5mins of it in HD
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Mimicking slowdown from old hardware is difficult from a programming standpoint but it's absolutely essential for shoot-em-ups
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Howdy folks, my first @hg101.bsky.social article in a while is now available to read! It looks into the pretty neat Japan-only Saturn platformer Willy Wombat, developed by Westone and featuring designs by Susumu Matsushita & English voice acting! www.hardcoregaming101.net/willy-wombat/
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Howdy folks, my first @hg101.bsky.social article in a while is now available to read! It looks into the pretty neat Japan-only Saturn platformer Willy Wombat, developed by Westone and featuring designs by Susumu Matsushita & English voice acting! www.hardcoregaming101.net/willy-wombat/
Big Ultraman
November 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Big Ultraman
Look at this big boy!
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Look at this big boy!
I don't know much about Ultraman but the girl next to me was an encyclopedia of Ultraman knowledge so she helped narrate
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I don't know much about Ultraman but the girl next to me was an encyclopedia of Ultraman knowledge so she helped narrate
Ultraman Live!
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ultraman Live!
Went to Walmart for some Buldak noodles, came back with these figures
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Went to Walmart for some Buldak noodles, came back with these figures
eXoWin9x Vol. 1 is out, containing 662 Windows 95 games from 1994-1996: www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
eXoWin9x Vol. 1 is out, containing 662 Windows 95 games from 1994-1996: www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html
Violent Storm represent
Do you want to (virtually) punch guys? If so, we've got you with a list of the 25 best beat 'em ups ever, with oldies, obscurities, and more. www.avclub.com/best-beat-em...
Final fight(s): The 25 best beat-'em-up games
Do you want to (virtually) punch guys? If so, we've got you with a list of the 25 best beat 'em ups ever, with oldies, obscurities, and more.
www.avclub.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Violent Storm represent
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Sonic CD US Metallic Madness is mostly just riffing on top of this sequence preset from Korg Wavestation
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sonic CD US Metallic Madness is mostly just riffing on top of this sequence preset from Korg Wavestation
Just learned of the darkly disturbing 2001 Japanese ADV Dayonara o Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu. This sounds a lot like the fictional game Coffin from My Dress Up Darling (the one with the nuns and the cannibalism) w.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/pag...
さよならを教えて ～comment te dire adieu～ - ゲームカタログ@Wiki ～名作からクソゲーまで～
さよならを教えて ～comment te dire adieu～ 【さよならをおしえて こまん とぅ でぃーる あでゅー】 ジャンル ファナティックアドベンチャーノベル オリジナル版あそBD版 対応機...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just learned of the darkly disturbing 2001 Japanese ADV Dayonara o Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu. This sounds a lot like the fictional game Coffin from My Dress Up Darling (the one with the nuns and the cannibalism) w.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/pag...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Strictly Limited Games - Clockwork Aquario - Collector's Edition (PlayStation 4) is $49.99 on Amazon Prime buff.ly/QNePqgG #ad