Milon no Hoshizora Shabon: Puzzle Kumikyoku
Hudson’s star faded away after the 1990s, surviving on a steady but reliable diet of Bomberman and Momotarou Densetsu games, …
DoReMi Fantasy: Milon no Doki Doki Daibouken
After Milon’s initial outing in 1986, the character sulked back into the shadows as Hudson prioritized the adventures (and revenges) …
Milon’s Secret Castle
Milon’s Secret Castle is an early attempt to blend arcade-like platforming with adventure and puzzle solving, sort of like Super …
Video Game References in Manga
Manga, anime, and video games are intrinsically tried as Japanese pop culture, so it makes sense that they’d often cross …
Legend of Nayuta, The: Boundless Trails
Though Japanese developer Nihon Falcom was long known by RPG fans for their work on Ys, Sorcerian and many popular RPGs, the …
Taito Milestones 2
The first Taito Milestones compilation was a somewhat baffling collection of titles from the company’s output of the 1980s. Thankfully, …
Robinson’s Requiem
Robinson’s Requiem is a sci-fi adaptation of the classic novel Robinson Crusoe, as you control someone stranded on a hostile …
A Guide to Japanese RPGs Reprint, plus PC Engine: The Box Art Collection now available!
A Guide to Japanese Role Playing Games is now back in print! Previous prints have sold out pretty quickly so …
Ray’z Arcade Chronology
After re-releasing the Darius games as the Darius Cozmic Collection and G-Darius / G-Darius HD, M2 has returned to Taito’s …
40% off all HG101 digital books on Itch.io Summer Sale!
It’s time for the 2023 Itch.io Summer Sale, which means 40% off digital copies of all of our books for …
HG101 Book Prices to Increase
Inflation comes for us all, and it’s finally come to Amazon’s printing services. Starting on June 20th, they’ll be raising …
HG101 News and Upcoming Books!
Sorry for the delay, readers, it’s been a busy year here at HG101, and I finally wanted to reveal some …
Metroid Dread
For most of the 2010’s, the Metroid franchise was in a bad spot. Metroid: Other M had flopped, Metroid Prime …
