An Interview with Michitaka Tsuruta, creator of Bomb Jack and Solomon's Key
An interview with Michitaka Tsuruta, creator of Bomb Jack and Solomony's Key for Tecmo. Includes shots of the design documents and sketchs.
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Interview with Yuzo Koshiro
From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A chat with Yuzo Koshiro, composer of many, many games from the early 80s until present, including Revenge of Shinobi, the Streets of Rage seri...
2015-10-18 20:36:06 +0000 UTC View PostBalloon Fight
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/balloonfight/balloonfight.htm
This cutesy
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2015-10-18 20:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostInventories: Platforming games before Super Mario Bros. #02 - Jump Bug, Moon Patrol, Kangaroo, etc.
Tracing the history of the platformer genre before Super Mario Bros. - Jump Bug, Kaos, Jack the Giantkiller, Moon Patrol, Kangaroo.
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2015-10-16 00:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostFallen London
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fallenlondon/fallenlondon.htm
The recent underground seaf...
2015-10-15 01:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostSuburban Commando
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/suburbancommando/suburbancommando.htm
Not quite a...
2015-10-13 18:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostUltra Despair Girls: Danganronpa Another Episode
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/danganronpa/danganronpa3.htm
The Danganronpa article has b...
2015-10-13 18:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostA rare look at Data East's Deco Cassette arcade system
A rare look at Data East's Deco Cassette arcade system. This is the last working model that can be found in an actual arcade. All other known functioning models are with collectors or museums. Also in...
2015-10-11 17:15:17 +0000 UTC View PostYour Weekly Kusoge: Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-t2chess.htm
Capstone was infamous for their man...
2015-10-11 17:06:32 +0000 UTC View PostKlax
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/klax/klax.htm
After infamously running into legal issues with Tetris, Ata...
2015-10-11 05:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostMegablast
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/megablast/megablast.htm
A really humdrum shoot-em-up from Taito,...
2015-10-08 03:19:20 +0000 UTC View PostVIdeo: A Visit to the BEEP Warehouse in Saitama
From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A visit to the BEEP warehouse in Saitama, Japan. BEEP is one of the biggest dealer of Japanese computer games. Includes a tour of many of their...
2015-10-07 01:42:49 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: A Visit to Westone's Office and Meeting with Ryuichi Nishizawa and Kouichi Yotsui
From the Untold History of Japanese Game Developers DVD. A visit to Westone's office in Tokyo in 2013, and a meeting with company CEO (and co-founder) Ryuichi Nishizawa, as well as Kouichi Yots...
2015-10-07 01:40:18 +0000 UTC View PostPO'ed
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/poed/poed.htm
A crazy surreal mid-90s first person shooter, originating o...
2015-10-05 03:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostVanguard
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/vanguard/vanguard.htm
SNK's early arcade shooter is incredibly amb...
2015-10-03 04:32:27 +0000 UTC View PostYour Weekly Kusoge: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-tonyhawk5.htm
This could be the last Tony...
2015-10-01 15:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post500-Word Indies: Richard & Alice
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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/arcanum/arcanum.htm
Troika Games' fascinating but rather unpolished...
2015-10-01 15:15:19 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 2015 Patreon supported
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2015-10-01 06:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostPaper Sorcerer
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/papersorcerer/papersorcerer.htm
Old-fashioned dungeon crawle...
2015-09-27 16:58:17 +0000 UTC View PostSoma
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/soma/soma.htm
The creators of Penumbra and Amnes...
2015-09-27 16:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostYour Weekly Kusoge: WWF Wrestlemania
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-wwfwrestlemania.htm
Acclaim and Rare's ...
2015-09-27 16:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post500 Word Indies: Xeodrifter
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/500wordindies/500wordindies-xeodrifter.htm
T...
2015-09-27 16:51:19 +0000 UTC View PostBiomechanical Toy
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/biomtoy/biomtoy.htm
A toy-themed run-and-gun from Spanish developer...
2015-09-22 03:38:33 +0000 UTC View PostC.P.U. Bach
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cpubach/cpubach.htm
C.P.U. Bach isn't really a game, but rather...
2015-09-21 03:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostHardcore Gaming 101 video articles
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2015-09-18 15:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post40 Winks
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/40winks/40winks.htm
A forgotten 3D platformer...
2015-09-16 16:07:13 +0000 UTC View PostBlog Post: HG101 at A Video Game Con in Parsippany, NJ on Saturday, September 19, 2015!
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2015/09/hg101-at-video-game-con-in-parsippany...
2015-09-14 01:32:11 +0000 UTC View PostYour Weekly Kusoge: The Adventures of Gilligan's Island
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-gilligansisland.htm
The power of mid-af...
2015-09-14 01:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostSuper Mario 3mix Interview
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/romhacks/3mix-interview.htm
The recently released Sup...
2015-09-12 07:13:16 +0000 UTC View Post