Elemental Master
Technosoft’s Thunder Force games are some of the well most regarded shooters on the Genesis. However, nestled between the release of the …
HG101 Presents: Castlevania
Cover artwork by Rusty Shackles Welcome to the hell house! Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Castlevania includes 158 pages with full reviews of over …
Smashing Drive
First released in arcades in 2000 and later ported to the GameCube and Xbox in 2002 by Point of View, …
Shivah, The
Rabbi Russell Stone is in a bad place. As the leader of the B’Nai Ben-Zion synagogue in Manhattan, he’s become …
Kishin Douji Zenki (Game Gear)
About a month after the SNES release came this, for Sega’s Game Gear, without any kind of subtitle to differentiate …
Arabian Nights
After Red Orb Entertainment failed with their official attempt at a 3D Prince of Persia game, the guys at the somewhat schlocky …
Codename: Eagle
“Even a terrible game can be fun in multiplayer.” That’s a pretty common mantra, particularly in response to questions regarding …
Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War
Co-authored by Yamaarashi The second Cosmic Soldier game completely surpasses the original. The graphics have improved, with much more detailed characters and …
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened in 1986. Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant exploded, unleashing airborne radioactive pollution into …
Datestones of Ryn
Chronologically the second game in the series, Datestones of Ryn functions as kind of a prequel to Temple to Apshai, as it shows …
Mushihime-sama Bug Panic
Forced Adaptation Developer Cave is known for its bullet hell shmups. What people often forget is that Cave is also …
