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Hardcore Gaming 101
Join the HG101 gang as they rank the games YOU nominate in their ever growing list, the Top 47,858 Games of All Time. Brought to you by the one and only HardcoreGaming101.net.
Episodes
Hardcore Gaming 101Snow Bros.
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Toaplan's deeply disturbing take on Bubble Bobble. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be HOME ALONE!…
Hardcore Gaming 101MadWorld
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Platinum's high-contrast, ultraviolent gameshow game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be HOME ALONE!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the arcade game that made Michael Jackson no more or less famous than he already was. This weekend's Patreon Bonus…
Hardcore Gaming 101Minecraft
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank that game where you punch trees. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CHUCKIE EGG! Donate at Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101Metroid Prime
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Metroid spinoff that managed to successfully crossbreed Super Metroid with Quake. This weekend's Patreon Bonus…
Hardcore Gaming 101I Made A Game With Zombies In It!
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank "2009's most popular Xbox Live Indie Game based on connectivity". This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Dracula: The Undead
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a graphic adventure version of Bram Stoker's novel, narrated by Bram Stoker. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Sifu
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a recent kung fu infused take on the beat-em-up genre. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Lucasarts's surprisingly solid rocket-chariot racer. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be JEZZBALL!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Euro Truck Simulator 2
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a sim game beloved by truck enthusiasts everywhere. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be JEZZBALL!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Liberation Maiden
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a very Suda51 3DS free range shoot-em-up. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SONIC THE HEDGEHOG…
Hardcore Gaming 101Divekick
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the fighting game with three moves, two buttons, and one idea. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Backyard Baseball 2001
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the second entry in a bizarrely ambitious kids baseball series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Five Nights at Freddy's
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the inspiration for a recent hit movie, we're told. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SUPER MONACO…
Hardcore Gaming 101Lester the Unlikely
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the SNES cinematic platformer that delivered the classic escapist fantasy of being a stupid dork who's afraid of…
Hardcore Gaming 101Bullet Witch
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that's about a witch, except that instead of a flying broom she has a gun and instead of doing lots of cool…
Hardcore Gaming 101Sonic R
Today's HG101 podcast covers one of the vanishingly small number of arcade foot-racing games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Hi-Fi RUSH!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Naughty Bear
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that is edgy and funny and worth your time, we promise. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Extermination
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a PS2 survival horror game that definitely is another one of those. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will…
Hardcore Gaming 101The Real Texas
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Kitty Lambada Games's weird action-RPG about a weird Texas. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Terminator: Resistance
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the reason people stopped pretending to miss movie tie-in games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Kid Dracula
Join the HG101 gang as they skip right past the number 648 for some reason, and talk about the forgotten Castlevania game that's kind of a Mega Man game. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101Air Combat
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE 2023 ENDS FOR REAL THIS TIME! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that really should have been called…
Hardcore Gaming 101Shadow the Hedgehog
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game about the slow, evil Sonic who has a gun. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be WHITE NIGHT!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Die Hard Arcade
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE 2023 RISES FROM THE DEAD! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's polygonal arcade beat-em-up that was based…
Hardcore Gaming 101NeoQuest II
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank what Google claims is the "underrated NeoPets RPG." Impressive if true! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Time Crisis + Xexex
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE 2023 CONCLUDES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Ridge Racer of light gun games and the Xexex of late…
Hardcore Gaming 101Returnal
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Housemarque's 2021 shooter-roguelike hybrid. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be EARTH DEFENSE FORCE…
Hardcore Gaming 101Virtual On: Cyber Troopers
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first entry in Sega's long-running mecha action series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Team Fortress 2
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the wildly popular sequel to a 90s Quake mod. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be MINDJACK! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Star Wars + Battlezone
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CARRIES ON WITH ZERO CALM! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank two of Atari's classic vector arcade games. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101Shrek Superslam
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a truly cursed game. Cursed, benighted, loathsome, and dreadful. A dark, dark event for the entire medium. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101Chase H.Q.
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE STILL WALKS AMONG US! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Taito's 1988 combat racing game. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Vampire Survivors
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that you would never play if someone didn't recommend it to you first, let's be honest. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Espgaluda
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE RETURNS AGAIN! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Cave shoot-em-up that is as beloved as it is…
Hardcore Gaming 101Energy
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss one of those "Only on HG101" games you love. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be NOCTURNE! Donate at Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101Mortal Kombat II
Late Summer & Early Autumn of Arcade returns! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the most extreme Mortal Kombat since Mortal Kombat. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Kaze no NOTAM: NOTAM of Wind
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Artdink flight sim where you can just barely kind of fly. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Mario Bros. + Joust
Late Summer & Early Autumn of Arcade chugs on! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank two games that were great for arcades and terrible for friendships…
Hardcore Gaming 101B.L.U.E. Legend of Water
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Hudson-published PS1 adventure about a scuba-diver and her dolphin. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
Late Summer and Early Autumn of Arcade Returns! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the second of Capcom's two D&D arcade brawlers. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Neon White
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a recent FPS/puzzle-platformer hybrid. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DONUT DODO! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Tales of Graces f
JUNE-JULY OF JRPG IS ACTUALLY FINALLY OVER! Insert Disc 4 to enjoy an interminable final cutscene! Then join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Tales…
Hardcore Gaming 101Super Monkey Ball
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's arcade-y action game about a chimpanzee cursed to eternally roll a ball up a hill at some bananas. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101Resonance of Fate
JUNE-JULY OF JRPG IS FINALLY OVER! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that, to be honest, is exactly the kind of game you think a game with…
Hardcore Gaming 101SCUD Race / Thrill Drive 3 / Dirt Dash
LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE BEGINS! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank not one, not four, but THREE classic arcade racers! This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Final Fantasy VIII
JUNE-JULY OF JRPG NEARS ITS END! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where you have a gun-sword and Cid has a sweater vest. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank id Software's 1991 platformer, one of very few games with a non-serial comma in the title. This weekend's Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Falcom's first Trails game, which is also the sixth game in a series of sequels to the fifth Dragon Slayer sequel…
Hardcore Gaming 101Betrayal at Krondor
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Dynamix's 1993 RPG starring the entire Ren Faire. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DAMDAM…
Hardcore Gaming 101SD Snatcher
JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the version of Snatcher where it's a cutesy RPG. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Massive Entertainment's long forgotten real-time tactics game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the infamously long, but perhaps unfairly maligned PS1 Dragon Quest. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will…
Hardcore Gaming 101Sexy Parodius
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Parodius game with the most big giant ladies. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ALIENS! Donate…
Hardcore Gaming 101Rune Factory 4
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the sixth game in the fantasy Harvest Moon spinoff series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CASTLE…
Hardcore Gaming 101Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a surprisingly stylist PS1 twin stick shooter. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CASTLE OF ILLUSION…
Hardcore Gaming 101Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Mario's RPG adventure in the Beanbean Kingdom. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BLACK! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank sort-of-classic first game in a sort-of-classic series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BLACK!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Sega Soccer Slam
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's 2002 sports game that introduced the world to Team The Fire. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will…
Hardcore Gaming 101Knights in the Nightmare
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Sting strategy RPG for the Nintendo DS. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be RESIDENT EVIL REMAKE!…