Category: News

New Patreon Exclusive Postcards!
Here’s our second batch of retro game-themed postcards featuring originally commissioned artwork, created exclusively for our Patreon donors! Our first …

Retro Horror and Star Fox/F-Zero Digest Featured in the Latest Storybundle
The latest Storybundle features two of our recent eBooks – The Guide to Retro Horror and Star Fox/F-Zero, which includes …

HG101 at A Video Game Con this weekend in Parsippany NJ
We’ll be at A Video Game Con this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8th 2019, at the Parsippany …

Collector Postcards and Other New Patreon Goodies for 2019!
We’ve introduced some exciting new additions to our Patreon! (1) Collector’s Postcards I think one of the coolest things about …

More HG101 Books Featured in the Latest Storybundle
The latest Storybundle features not just one, not two, but three HG101 ebooks! If you pay $5, you’ll get a …

HG101 at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo 2019
HG101 will be at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo on Saturday, August 10th in Garden City, NY. We’ll be …

M2: Complete Works documentary by My Life in Gaming
Last year, the crew from My Life in Gaming made the trip to Japan to visit M2 to discuss their …

HG101 Books Featured in the Latest Storybundle
The latest Storybundle features not just one but two of HG101 ebooks! If you pay $5, you’ll get a copy …

HG101 Plans for 2019
We’ve got lots of stuff planned for 2019 here at HG101! Here’s the lowdown: HG101 Digest Vol. 4: Star Fox …

Let’s help crowdfund Japansoft: An Oral History
Back in 2013, The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers project began on Kickstarter, as dozens of developers of classic …

Happy Halloween 2018 from HG101!
Happy Halloween! Like most websites, we’ve been doing Halloween-themed articles for awhile now, and this year we actually put out …

HG101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror is now available!
Our latest book is now available, just in time to get you in the Halloween mood! To Purchase: Paperbacks US …

Upcoming Books Poll
Here at HG101, we currently have a few books already in the works: The Guide to Retro Horror (due in …

Site Updates: New Features, New Books, Patreon Goodies, and more!
Time for a semi-regular updates for everything that’s going on around these here parts. New (and Returning) Features and Columns …

HG101 at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo and A Video Game Con
The Long Island Retro Gaming Expo is this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, August 11th and 12th. Myself and Xerxes …

Join us for HG101’s new podcast: Gaming with PALs this weekend!
One of the things that stood out from the poll we recently ran was that people wanted to hear more …

Top 47k Games Limited Edition Cassette Unboxing!
Hey everyone! We’re so grateful to see so many of you have been supporting our Patreon lately. We’ve been working …

Japanese Video Game Obscurities Update: Games That Didn’t Make The Cut
In the last update, I posted the finalized list of games featured in this book. If you’re wondering what happened …

Japanese Video Game Obscurities Update: Completion of the Manuscript and Submission to the Publisher
Hi all! Just a quick update on the status of this. I’m getting together the final steps for submitting everything …