
Taito Milestones
Taito Milestones is a collection of ten games from Taito’s early history, with releases spanning from 1981 to 1987. Alpine …

Transformer
Sega gave the mecha shoot-em-up genre a go for a third time in 1986 with an arcade game that runs …

The Unofficial Guide to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona in the latest StoryBundle!
HG101 Presents The Unofficial Guide to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona is now available in the latest StoryBundle for a …

Yasuhiko Yoshikazu Games – Giant Gorg / Arion / Venus Wars
This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available …

Revised Article Payment Rates and Patreon Goals for 2022
Happy 2022 everyone! Things are relatively okay at HG101 headquarters but we’re going to be making a few changes in …

Blazing Rangers
Karu_gamo is the developer behind the retro-styled indie hits Protect Me Knight for the Xbox 360 and its sequel Gotta …

HG101 2021 Year in Review and Upcoming Projects
2021 is coming to a close, so it’s time to look back on all of the stuff we’ve done this …

Clockwork Aquario
Clockwork Aquario was the final arcade game developed by Westone, the folks behind the Wonder Boy / Monster World games. Originally developed in …

Shin Megami Tensei V Release Week Sale on itch.io!
Shin Megami Tensei V is due out this week, which is pretty exciting! The last core entry came out in …

Mizuiro Blood
Mizuiro Blood (みずいろブラッド) Release Date: 2007 Developer: CRAFTS&MEISTER Platform: Nintendo DS This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. …

Reprints of the JRPG Book are now available!
Back in July of this year, Bitmap Books published a 652 page book on Japanese RPGs. Demand for it was …

Götzendiener
Götzendiener (ゲッツェンディーナー) Release Date: 1994 Developer: Studio Alex / Gainax Platform: PC Engine CD This article is part of our …

Metal Fangs
Metal Fangs (メタルファング) Developer: Victor Interactive Software Platform: Mega Drive Release Date: 1993 This article is part of our Japanese …

Space Invaders Invincible Collection
Released in 1978, Tomohiro Nishikado’s Space Invaders is one of the most popular arcade games of all time. There have …

The HG101 Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Vol. 1 is now available!
It’s been about a week or so, but the HG101 Guide to Beat-Em-Ups Volume 1 is now available at Amazon, …