BS Shin Onigashima
At the end of the Famicom era, Nintendo mothballed its two first party adventure game series Famicom Mukashibanashi and Famicom …
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 460: System Shock
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this 1994 action-adventure game about a lone hacker’s corpse-collecting quest to defeat an evil A.I.
Shin Onigashima
As the Japanese adventure (ADV) game genre kept increasing in popularity throughout the 1980s, games became more ambitious in …
Inscryption
From the maker of Pony Island and The Hex comes Inscryption, a game both very much like Daniel Mullins’ past …
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 459: Rival Schools: United By Fate
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game where schools, instead of nurturing young minds, gleefully pit their students against each other in violent, brain damage-inducing contests. NCAA College Football 2k3? Think again!
Wonder Dog
It’s no secret that mascot platformers were a big thing in the 90s. Everyone in every industry wanted a piece …
Psychonauts 2
The original Psychonauts became a cult classic in quick order, and a sequel had been craved for years. Eventually, Schafer …
HG101 Digest Vol. 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus
Nintendo’s Metroid series has become one of the most influential in the video gaming sphere, to the point where it’s responsible for the whole “Metroidvania” subgenre. Learn about the history of this sci-fi classic, as well as its star Samus Aran, in this Nintendo-themed HG101 digest. Also included is coverage for Metroid’s spiritual brother, Kid Icarus, as well as other lesser known (but still beloved) Nintendo classics like Punch-Out!! and Balloon Fight, and other obscurities like Joy Mech Fight, The Mysterious Murasame Castle, and Devil World!
Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 458: Wacky Races
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a kart racer homage to a Saturday morning classic and ponder the life choices of one Dick Dastardly.
