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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 777: Suikoden (and 140!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG PROCEEDS!! Join the HG101 gang and returning special guest Sara Leen/Saralene as they discuss and rank Konami’s RPG with more playable characters than a Fire Emblem game. Then stick around for 140 – a colorfully artistic, grooving platformer!

Crystal Castles

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Crystal Castles

Bentley Bear is in a jam. While out roaming the forest, he decided to take a nap in his favorite

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 776: Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (and Maimai!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG BEGINS!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Nippon Ichi’s RPG bursting with charming musical numbers. Then stick around for maimai, Sega’s rhythm touch screen arcade hit that they swear is not a washing machine!

Airgrave

Airgrave (エアグレイブ) Developer: Santos Release Date: 1996 Platforms: PlayStation As the follow-up to Santos’ previous PS1 shoot-em-up, Stahlfeder: Tekkou Hikuudan,

Old Skies

It’s been seven mostly quiet years (outside the publishing of Strangeland and Hob’s Barrow), but Wadjet Eye Games is finally

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Pitfall!

In the early ’90s, Activision announced that they’d be releasing updates of some of their classic Atari 2600 titles for

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 775: Scott Pilgrim (and The Darkness!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a River City Ransom-inspired beat-em-up based on a popular Canadian comic series. Then stick around for The Darkness, a first-person shooter with more lightbulb shooting than Metal Gear Solid 2!

Super Pitfall

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Pitfall!

Harry’s back in the Lost Caverns, again searching for Rhonda, Quickclaw and the Raj Diamond. Unlike Sega’s arcade game, this

Pitfall II (Sega)

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Pitfall!

In 1985, Sega licensed Pitfall II from Activision and turned it into an arcade game – one of, if not

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 774: Caves of Qud (and BurgerTime!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Freehold Games’ traditional yet ambitious roguelike. Then stick around for BurgerTime, an arcade game all about health code violations!

Kaettekita Cyborg Kuro-Chan

Kaettekita Cyborg Kuro-Chan (帰ってきた サイボーグクロちゃん) Developer: Konami Release Date: 2002 Platforms: PlayStation Between its budget price, 2002 release, and licensed

Unbound and the HG101 Japanese Video Game Obscurities book

Recently there’s been quite a bit of drama in the book publishing world. Sometime in the past couple of years,

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Pitfall!

Fans of Pitfall! didn’t have to wait long for a sequel, as Pitfall II: Lost Caverns was released for the

Now Playing: The Guide to 1980s and ’90s Movie Games now available for preorder!

Now Playing: A Guide to 1980s and 1990s Movie Licensed Games is now available for preorder from Press Run Books!

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