Gleylancer
It’s always rather nice when developers try to give shooters a storyline. Gleylancer, released only in Japan for the Mega …
Happy Halloween 2017 from HG101
Every year we post a series of spooky articles around this time of year. We actually have a whole ton …
Metroid Omoroid – Metroid II’s Commercial Catch Copy
In Japan, video games are often sold with “catch copy”, memorable phrases that are the equivalent to Hollywood movie taglines. …
Dust: An Elysian Tail
One of the most beautiful elements of the indie scene is that you get games by people who normally wouldn’t …
Mega Man (Series Introduction)
Since the release of Vulgus in 1984, Capcom had steadily built its legacy as a major publisher and developer in the arcades. …
Welcome to the new HG101!
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but HG101 has finally joined the 21st century with modern web design and …
Tokyo Xanadu
The first thing to address about Tokyo Xanadu is the title. The game was published in Japan in 2015, thirty …
Zwei: The Arges Adventure
The genre term “dungeon crawler” comes from a specific kind of RPGs which involves, suitably enough, crawling dungeons. They typically …
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Fire Emblem Gaiden was released two years after the original. While most of the graphics have been recycled (outside of …
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
The third and final Fire Emblem game on the 3DS seeks to evolve by looking to its past – it’s …
Beyond Shadowgate
Since Shadowgate found most of its success due to its NES incarnation, it made sense that it would stay in …
Wonder Boy Returns
Unfortunately, Westone went out of business in 2014, and the intellectual properties were liquidated to a company called LAT. The …
