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Video Review: Magical Chase

Quest's adorable TG16 cute-em-up doesn't quite live up to the expectations of its high price tag, but it's a fun game with a great soundtrack and plenty of distinctive details.

Text review here:...

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Shogun Warriors / Blood Warrior

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shogunwarriors/shogunwarriors.htm

A duology of fighti...

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An Interview with 8ing and developers from Compile and TechnoSoft

From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A brief chat with developers at 8ing (AKA Eighting), including Yuichi Toyama, Mitsuakira Tatsuta, Kenichi Yokoo, Satoshi Fujishima (creator of ...

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Timequest

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/timequest/timequest.htm

A time traveling adventure from Legend,...

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Mystik Belle

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mystikbelle/mystikbelle.htm

A cutesy platformer/adventure g...

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Dragon Dance

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dragondance/dragondance.htm

San nin fai lok! Celebrate the ...

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Sinistron

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sinistron/sinistron.htm

A TurboGrafx-16 HuCard shooter influenc...

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500 Word Indies: Streets of Fury EX

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ROM Hacker Interview: Nightcrawler

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/romhacks/nightcrawler-interview.htm

Nightcrawler is...

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Albion

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/albion/albion.htm

 

A sci-fi fantasy RPG made by demoscene vete...

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Sly Spy

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/slyspy/slyspy.htm

Data East's spy-themed side-scroller owes a very (v...

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Tass Times in Tonetown

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tasstimes/tasstimes.htm

This proto point-and-click adventure de...

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Rise of Nations

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/riseofnations/riseofnations.htm

Brian Reynolds, &n...

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January 2016 patron supported

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Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ultionus/ultionus.htm

A pseudo-remake of the European side-scroll...

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Inventories: The Hottest Characters in Gaming

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/inventories/hottest.htm

Characters with an extreme affinity for...

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Tempo

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tempo/tempo.htm

A forgotten attempt at a mascot platformer by Sega, whi...

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Penarium

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/500wordindies/500wordindies-penarium.htm

Avoid...

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l'Abbaye des Morts

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/labbayedesmorts/labbaye.htm

An excellent homage to ZX Spect...

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Coming Soon! Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 2: Taito Arcade Classics

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/digest2/digest2.htm

Warning! A new HG101 book is approaching fast! ...

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46 Okunen Monogatari / EVO: The Search for Eden

Enix's EVO: The Search for Eden, a platformer focused around evolution, is a cult classic amongst SNES fans, but it's actually a sequel to an older, Japan-only RPG, 46 Okunen Monogatari ("4.6 Bil...

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Deus Ex

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/deusex/deusex.htm

Ion Storm's legendary FPS-RPG hybrid is well regard...

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Barbarian

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bardbarian/bardbarian.htm

An unusual RTS / tower defense / ac...

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An Interview with Satoshi Nakai and Masayuki Suzuki (Success, NCS/Masaya)

From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. An interview with two developers, currently at Success, who worked at NCS/Masata on titles like Langrisser, Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator, an...

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Blue's Journey

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bluesjourney/bluesjourney.htm

One of the early Neo Geo ti...

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Your Weekly Kusoge: Rock-On

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-rockon.htm

The joke about this PCE shooter is th...

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ChainDive

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/chaindive/chaindive.htm

A Japan-only Playstation 2 cult classic...

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Video: Interview with Yutaka Isokawa

From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. An interview with Yutaka Isokawa, the creator of Pitman/Catman, and one of the members on the Namco team that created the neGcon controller, wh...

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Mad Motor

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/madmotor/madmotor.htm

A (most likely) unreleased arcade game by M...

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Werewolf: The Last Warrior

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/werewolf/werewolf.htm

Data East's NES side-scroller featuring a w...

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