Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 531: Shining in the Darkness
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the 1991 JRPG that kicked off the Shining Force series.
Kumatanchi
This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available …
Relics: The 2nd Birth
After Relics: The Recur of Origin has gained some notoriety as a well-made remake of 1986’s original, Bothtec, the games’ …
Relics: The Recur of Origin
Since the release of 1986’s Relics and 1987’s infamous Relics: Ankoku Yousai, Bothtec, these two games’ developer, has been through …
Relics: Ankoku Yousai
After a relative success of Relics in 1986 for a number of home computers, Bothtec, the team behind this game, …
Korokoro Post Nin
This article is part of our Japanese Obscurities feature. We put out a whole book about them, which is available …
Doctor Hauzer
If you’ve heard the name Riverhillsoft, it’s most likely in the context of Overblood, one of the most ridiculous and …
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
First published in 1991, in Weekly Shounen Sunday, GS Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!! (or “Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle!!”, …
HG101 Guide to Shoot-em-ups Vol. 2 and Metroid/Kid Icarus Digest in latest Storybundle!
HG101 Presents The Guide to Shoot-em-ups Vol. 2 and HG101 Digest Vol 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus are available in …
Sigma Star Saga
Today WayForward Technologies is most famous for Shantae and other quality releases and reboots. In 2005, however, WayForward had not …
Santa Claus Jr. Advance
Released just over a year later for the still recent Game Boy Advance, Santa Claus Jr. Advance is quite different …
Santa Claus Junior
German developer NEON Software is perhaps best known for their PS2 cult title Legend of Kay, but they were also …
Daze Before Christmas
In the early 90s, Norwegian developer Funcom made their trade with licensed platformers based on animated films (Disney’s Pocahontas, A …
Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon
Though it was made with good intentions and was, by some accounts, successful at educating children about diabetes, Captain Novolin …
Hydra Castle Labyrinth
It doesn’t get much discussion nowadays, but gaming as a whole has a lot to thank Konami’s Maze of Galious …
