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- 3 days ago2h 0m
Big Walk (and Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank 2026's front-walker for Game of the Year. Then stick around for Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? - a brutally difficult action-platformer spinoff of Disgaea! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be THEME PARK! — a dastardly attempt at tricking people into playing a business sim! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- 1 weeks ago1h 58m
Scooby Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure (and The Grinch (2000)!)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a WayForward spinoff of a short-lived cartoon MMO. Then stick around for The Grinch (2000), a Konami platformer based on the live-action film! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be THE LEGENDARY AXE! — a very accurately-named TurboGrafx-16 launch title! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- 2 weeks ago2h 8m
Majuuou/King of Demons (and Zombieville!)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Super Famicom sidescroller that lets you go demon mode. Then stick around for Zombieville, a Psygnosis game that would sooner shoot you than let you enjoy it! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be TINY TOON ADVENTURES: BUSTER BUSTS LOOSE! — a Super NES adaptation of the Looney Tunes spinoff that is faithful to a fault! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- 3 weeks ago2h 10m
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (and Project Firestart!)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a "realistic" open-world medieval RPG. Then stick around for Project Firestart, an innovative survival horror game for the Commodore 64! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be JEFF WAYNE'S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS — a Playstation tank shooter based on a musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science fiction novel! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- Oct 6, 20262h 23m
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (and Ghost in the Shell (1997)!)
Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala as they discuss and rank the second Metal Gear Solid game, which is also the fourth Metal Gear game... don't think about it. Then stick around for Ghost in the Shell (1997), a riveting Playstation shooter from the developers who brought you Jumping Flash! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DIRGE OF CERBERUS: FINAL FANTASY VII — the Final Fantasy VII third-person shooter for all you Vincent Valentine fans out there! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- Sep 29, 20261h 52m
Monster Slider (and The Cave Cop!)
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONCLUDES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a block puzzler in which you slide around the playfield, letting gravity takes its course. Then stick around for The Cave Cop, a prehistoric police platformer for DOS! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be A WHOLE WOLFRUSH — a whole roguelike space shooter! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- Sep 22, 20262h 17m
Street Fighter (and Terranigma!)
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Capcom fighter that somehow managed to get a sequel. Then stick around as returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala joins for Terranigma, Quintet's action-RPG which skipped a North American release! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CONTRACT RUSH DX — a 2D action game inspired by classic flash animation! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
- Sep 15, 20261h 37m
Crossbow (and Quest for Camelot!)
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a light-gun shooter in which you protect your fantasy adventuring buddies from an onslaught of ghoulish monstrosities. Then stick around for Quest for Camelot, a Warner Bros. movie tie-in published by... Nintendo? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1992) — a whimsical CD-i remake of a Commodore 64 adventure game! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2026 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.
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