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[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ Hardcore Gaming 101] is a video game overview site run by Kurt Kalata that is dedicated to cult classics and the obscure. Founded in 2004, it looks at everything from the classics, to Japanese import games, to long-forgotten arcade quarter munchers, to homebrew, to [[So Bad It's Good|pure]] [[So Bad It's Horrible|garbage]] and the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|utterly insane]]. The site also takes a look at the output of various companies like [[Compile]], [[Toaplan]], [[Eighting Raizing]], [[Nippon Ichi]] and [[Irem]], and the various [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]] of [[Capcom]] and [[Konami]]. The overviews are quite image intensive, and tend to run on to some [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/killer7/killer72.htm strange] [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/americandream/americandream.htm tangents]. It is also one of the few places you'll find someone defending the ''[[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|CD-i games]].
[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ Hardcore Gaming 101] is a video game overview site run by Kurt Kalata that is dedicated to cult classics and the obscure. Founded in 2004, it looks at everything from the classics, to Japanese import games, to long-forgotten arcade quarter munchers, to homebrew, to [[So Bad It's Good|pure]] [[So Bad It's Horrible|garbage]] and the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|utterly insane]]. The site also takes a look at the output of various companies like [[Compile]], [[Toaplan]], [[Eighting Raizing]], [[Nippon Ichi]] and [[Irem]], and the various [[Licensed Game|Licensed Games]] of [[Capcom]] and [[Konami]]. The overviews are quite image intensive, and tend to run on to some [https://web.archive.org/web/20131125192440/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/killer7/killer72.htm strange] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100102060756/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/americandream/americandream.htm tangents]. It is also one of the few places you'll find someone defending the ''[[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|CD-i games]].


The site updates roughly every week. [[Schedule Slip|For real this time. Honest.]]
The site updates roughly every week. [[Schedule Slip|For real this time. Honest.]]


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=== Game series and individual games reviewed: ===
{{examples|Game series and individual games reviewed:}}
* ''[[Action 52]]''
* ''[[Action 52]]''
* ''[[Act Raiser]]''
* ''[[ActRaiser]]''
* ''[[Adventures of Lolo]]''
* ''[[Adventures of Lolo]]''
* ''[[After Burner]]''
* ''[[After Burner]]''
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* ''[[Eliminate Down]]''
* ''[[Eliminate Down]]''
* ''[[Escape Velocity]]''
* ''[[Escape Velocity]]''
* ''[[Esp Galuda]]''
* ''[[Espgaluda]]''
* ''[[Esp Ra De]]''
* ''[[ESP Ra.De]]''
* ''[[Eternal Champions]]''
* ''[[Eternal Champions]]''
* ''[[Eye of the Beholder]]''
* ''[[Eye of the Beholder]]''
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* ''[[Final Fight]]''
* ''[[Final Fight]]''
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]''
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]''
* ''[[Flashback]]''
* ''[[Flashback (video game)|Flashback]]''
* ''[[Front Mission]]''
* ''[[Front Mission]]''
* ''[[Gabriel Knight]]''
* ''[[Gabriel Knight]]''
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* ''[[Gemini Rue]]''
* ''[[Gemini Rue]]''
* ''[[Gex]]''
* ''[[Gex]]''
* ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins (series)|Ghosts N Goblins]]''
* ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts N Goblins]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
* ''[[God Hand]]''
* ''[[Golden Axe]]''
* ''[[Golden Axe]]''
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* ''[[Guwange]]''
* ''[[Guwange]]''
* ''[[Hagane: The Final Conflict|Hagane]]''
* ''[[Hagane: The Final Conflict|Hagane]]''
* ''[[Hammerin Harry]]''
* ''[[Hammerin' Harry]]''
* ''[[Harvester]]''
* ''[[Harvester]]''
* ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]''
* ''[[Hatoful Boyfriend]]''
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* ''[[Ketsui]]''
* ''[[Ketsui]]''
* ''[[KiKi KaiKai]]''
* ''[[KiKi KaiKai]]''
* ''[[Killer 7]]''
* ''[[Killer7]]''
* ''[[Kings Field]]''
* ''[[Kings Field]]''
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]''
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]''
* ''[[King of the Monsters]]''
* ''[[King of the Monsters]]''
* ''[[Klonoa]]''
* ''[[Klonoa]]''
* ''[[Kunio Kun]]''
* ''[[Kunio-Kun]]''
* ''[[Langrisser]]''
* ''[[Langrisser]]''
* ''[[Last Blade]]''
* ''[[Last Blade]]''
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* ''[[Prinny]]''
* ''[[Prinny]]''
* ''[[Progear]]''
* ''[[Progear]]''
* ''[[Punch Out]]''
* ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''
* ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''
* ''[[Quest for Glory]]''
* ''[[Quest for Glory]]''
* ''[[Radiant Silvergun]]''
* ''[[Radiant Silvergun]]''
* ''[[Recca]]''
* ''[[Recca]]''
* ''[[Recettear: An Item Shops Tale]]''
* ''[[Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale]]''
* ''[[Red Earth]]''
* ''[[Red Earth]]''
* ''[[Revolution X]]''
* ''[[Revolution X]]''
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* ''[[YU-NO|Yu No]]''
* ''[[YU-NO|Yu No]]''


=== [[Licensed Game]] franchise overviews: ===
{{examples|[[Licensed Game]] franchise overviews:}}
* ''[[Asterix]]''
* ''[[Asterix]]''
* ''[[Discworld]]'' (the three adventure games)
* ''[[Discworld]]'' (the three adventure games)
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* ''[[The Goonies]]''
* ''[[The Goonies]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' (the adventure games)
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' (the adventure games)
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' (the fighting games from [[Capcom]])
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' (the fighting games from [[Capcom]])
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]''
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]''
* ''[[Michael Jacksons Moonwalker]]''
* ''[[Michael Jacksons Moonwalker]]''
* ''[[Rambo]]''
* ''[[Rambo]]''
* ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma One Half]]'' (the fighting games for the Super Famicom/SNES)
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' (the fighting games for the Super Famicom/SNES)
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
* ''[[Zillion]]''
* ''[[Zillion]]''


=== Your Weekly Kusoge (brief reviews): ===
{{examples|Your Weekly Kusoge (brief reviews):}}
* ''[[Agarest Senki]]''
* ''[[Agarest Senki]]''
* ''[[Awesome Possum]]''
* ''[[Awesome Possum]]''
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* ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]''
* ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]''
* ''[[Noby Noby Boy]]''
* ''[[Noby Noby Boy]]''
* ''[[Operators Side]]''
* ''[[Operator's Side]]''
* ''[[The Orion Conspiracy]]''
* ''[[The Orion Conspiracy]]''
* ''[[Sprung]]''
* ''[[Sprung]]''
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* ''[[Xenophage Alien Bloodsport]]''
* ''[[Xenophage Alien Bloodsport]]''
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=== Tropes common to the writeups include: ===
* [[Gushing About Shows You Like|Gushing About Games You Like]]: ''Ys'', especially.
* [[Gushing About Shows You Like|Gushing About Games You Like]]: ''Ys'', especially.
* [[Fannage]]: Kept to a minimum, surprisingly enough.
* [[Fannage]]: Kept to a minimum, surprisingly enough.

Latest revision as of 10:56, 11 January 2022


Hardcore Gaming 101 is a video game overview site run by Kurt Kalata that is dedicated to cult classics and the obscure. Founded in 2004, it looks at everything from the classics, to Japanese import games, to long-forgotten arcade quarter munchers, to homebrew, to pure garbage and the utterly insane. The site also takes a look at the output of various companies like Compile, Toaplan, Eighting Raizing, Nippon Ichi and Irem, and the various Licensed Games of Capcom and Konami. The overviews are quite image intensive, and tend to run on to some strange tangents. It is also one of the few places you'll find someone defending the Zelda CD-i games.

The site updates roughly every week. For real this time. Honest.

Game series and individual games reviewed:
Licensed Game franchise overviews:
Your Weekly Kusoge (brief reviews):
Hardcore Gaming 101 provides examples of the following tropes:
  1. ↑ Yes, this doesn't count as obscure. It's a reprint of a Final Fantasy recap done on another site by one of the forum mods. As of this writing, it only goes up to five (although it goes further on that other site).
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