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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 101NHL Hitz 2003
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Midway's final attempt to create the NBA Jam of hockey. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be COOL…
Hardcore Gaming 101Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first Ratchet game to have a slightly naughty title. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be COOL…
Hardcore Gaming 101The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Simpsons GTA-clone that delivers on its promise. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be FORTNITE!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the dramatically successful revival of the classic cinematic platformer. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Beneath a Steel Sky
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a mid-90s adventure game collaboration that's better than it has any right to be. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Signalis
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a fascinating top-down survival horror game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be MEGAPANEL! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the last Nintendo game published under the leadership of Hiroshi Yamauchi. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a fondly remembered spin-off for the Nintendo DS. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SHADOW THIEF!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Inscryption
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this really unsettling video card game about woodland creatures and blood rituals This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Thousand Arms
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the PS1 RPG where you have to take ladies out on dates to make their weapons stronger. This weekend's Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101King's Quest
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the very first game in Sierra's beloved graphic adventure series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Wolfenstein 3D
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Id's still-quite-playable early FPS. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be GLIDER PRO! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Mass Effect
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank BioWare's celebrated sci-fi action RPG. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be TETRIS WITH CARDCAPTOR…
Hardcore Gaming 101Soviet Strike
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank EA's first Playstation entry its the (Something) Strike series of helicopter games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus…
Hardcore Gaming 101F-Zero
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Nintendo's first sci-fi grand prix. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SAINTS ROW! Donate at Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101Pitfall! (feat. Rob Strangman)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest Rob Strangman as they discuss and rank the David Crane masterpiece that put Activision on the map. This weekend's Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101CrackDown
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a perhaps unfairly forgotten gem of an action game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be HEAVY RAIN!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (feat. Sara Leen)
MARCHROIDVANIA CONCLUDES! Join the HG101 gang and special guest Sara Leen as they discuss and rank the second, artistically inclined Igavania for the Nintendo…
Hardcore Gaming 101Control
MARCHROIDVANIA CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that finally gave the brutalist school of architecture its due. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Guacamelée
MARCHROIDVANIA CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a stylish luchadore-themed indie metroidvania. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101PowerSlave
MARCHROIDVANIA CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank weird console version of Lobotomy Software's 1996 FPS. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
MARCHROIDVANIA CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the third entry in WayForward's beloved series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101The Divide: Enemies Within
MARCHROIDVANIA RESUMES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this PS1 love letter to Metroid. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DOUBLE…
Hardcore Gaming 101Batman Forever
Marchroidvania Takes a Short Break! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the craziest, most visually confusing Batman game ever made. This weekend's…
Hardcore Gaming 101Headlander
Marchroidvania Continues! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Double Fine's 2016 metroidvania inspired by 1970s sci-fi. And also your head pops off…
Hardcore Gaming 101Blasphemous (feat. Slowbeef)
Marchoidvania Begins! Join the HG101 gang and special guest Slowbeef as they discuss and rank a brutally violent, beautifully drawn medieval metroidvania. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101Elevator Action Returns (feat. Rusty Shackles)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest Rusty Shackles as they discuss and rank Taito's excellent update to an arcade classic. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Dark Void
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the forgotten, third-person shooter spin-off of Dark Void Zero. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Heartbreak High
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a reverse dating game where the object is to break up with every kid in your school. This weekend's Patreon Bonus…
Hardcore Gaming 101Liberal Crime Squad
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a satirical ASCII-and-text adventure from the creators of Dwarf Fortress. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Fat Worm Blows A Sparky
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a true technological marvel made by some British kid who banged it out over a summer vacation and then never made…
Hardcore Gaming 101Bucky O'Hare (NES)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a fine Konami NES platformer about a commercially doomed green space rabbit. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get…
Hardcore Gaming 101Duke Nukem II
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the second Duke Nukem game where he had those little tiny legs. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Scooby Doo! First Frights
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the fourth Scooby Doo game to use a laugh track. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PSYCHO PINBALL!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 2021 stylus-forward indie wunderkind. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PSYCHO PINBALL! Donate…
Hardcore Gaming 101Gothic II (feat. Matthias Worch)
Join the HG101 gang and special guest Matthias Worch (Unreal 2, Mafia III) as they discuss and rank Piranha Bytes' forward-thinking (and record-setting) RPG…
Hardcore Gaming 101Solar Warrior (Xain'd Sleena / Soldier of Light)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Game Machine's twelfth most successful table arcade of December 1986. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank LookingGlass's 1996 tactical FPS. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CODENAME: GORDON! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Freelancer: The Universe of Possibility
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the original over-promising, under-delivering space combat sim. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101The Portopia Serial Murder Case
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Enix adventure game that is single-handedly responsible for all those Famicom ROMs you can't play. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101The Neverhood
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the claymation adventure game that came with your mom's Gateway 2000. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Triplane Turmoil
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a bizarre, World War I themed DOS game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be STREETS OF RAGE 4! Donate…
Hardcore Gaming 101Cannon Fodder
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Amiga's war-liking top-down arcade shooter. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be STREETS OF RAGE…
Hardcore Gaming 101Lemmings Paintball
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that shouldn't exist, couldn't exist, yet does exist. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Catrap
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Game Boy puzzle classic that beat both Blinx and Braid to the punch. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Home Alone (NES)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Bethesda's ugly sweater of an NES game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DON'T S*** YOUR PANTS!…
Hardcore Gaming 101Marathon
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Bungie's Mac-exclusive shooter that almost made up for all those Mac-elusive shooters. This weekend's Patreon…
Hardcore Gaming 101Ys Origin
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the 2006 Ys prequel that's set 700 years before whatever it is exactly that's supposed to be happening in Ys. This…
Hardcore Gaming 101A Week of Garfield (feat. Marooney)
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Japan-only Garfield game that Garfield truly deserves. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be FINAL…
Hardcore Gaming 101Virtua Tennis
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the forgotten forgotten Virtua series game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be VIRTUAL PRO WRESTLING…
Hardcore Gaming 101Live-A-Live Remake
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that dared remake Live-A-Live Original Recipe. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be VIRTUAL…
Hardcore Gaming 101Beetle Adventure Racing
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of the best kart racers on a platform chock-a-block with kart racers. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Donkey Kong Country
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Rare's celebrated platform-saving platformer. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be METAL HEAD! Donate…
Hardcore Gaming 101Metroid: Zero Mission
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a retelling of the original Metroid that is slightly more than it seems. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode…
Hardcore Gaming 101Quadrilateral Cowboy
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a "20th Century Cyberpunk" puzzle adventure. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BLOODY WOLF! Donate…
Hardcore Gaming 101DOOM II: Hell on Earth
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Doom sequel that's barely a sequel, but still rules actually. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Lords of Magic
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sierra's late-90s Might & Magic spinoff-ish strategy RPG. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BATTLE…
Hardcore Gaming 101Scratches
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an interesting 00's adventure game by Argentine dev Nucleosys. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be…
Hardcore Gaming 101Wild Arms
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a fondly remembered Sony-published PS1 JRPG. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CURSOR*10! Donate at…
Hardcore Gaming 101Miracle Ropit's Adventure in 2100
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a cheery, cute robot Famicom platformer that is just kind of okay. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will…