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Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 135: Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

DIRECT DOWNLOAD Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss the forgotten Fire Emblem. This Friday’s Patreon bonus game

La-Mulana 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series La-Mulana

  “[W]hen I’m thinking about the connection of the maps or walkthroughs, the map tends to have less traps or

Magic Sword

Due to the popularity of RPGs like Dragon Quest, a number of Japanese arcade games experimented with melding role-playing elements

Youkai Yashiki

The article is featured in HG101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror. Please check it out! Youkai Yashiki

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 134: Billy the Wizard

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Abadox

This game is featured in our new NES Cult Classics book! Please check it out! Natsume is a Japanese game

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 133: Final Fantasy VI

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Arctic Adventure

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Nevada Smith

The sequel to Pharoah’s Tomb, although it’s nothing majorly different from its prequel. You are still Nevada Smith, and after

Pharaoh’s Tomb

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Nevada Smith

Another game by Micro/FX and George Broussard (who somehow managed to spell his last name wrong on the title screen),

SonSon II

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Black Tiger

Capcom’s barbarian-themed arcade game Black Tiger was scheduled to be ported to the PC Engine at one point. However, sometime during

Black Tiger

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Black Tiger

Capcom’s Black Tiger is one of the many dark fantasy barbarian-themed arcade games of the mid/late 80s, undoubtedly inspired by

Son Son

Much of Capcom’s early output was dominated by shoot-em-ups, and most of these – Vulgus, Exed Exes, 1942 – were

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 132: Skygunner

DIRECT DOWNLOAD Join the HG101 gang as they rank and discuss that one PS2 game where 8-year-olds fly death-gliders (and

Mega Man 11

This entry is part 13 of 38 in the series Mega Man

The departure of Keiji Inafune from Capcom left multiple franchises under his watch floating in limbo. Most striking was the

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