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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 Its Horrible|garbage]] and the [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
The site updates roughly every week. [[Schedule Slip|For real this time. Honest.]]
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=== Game series and individual games reviewed: ===
* ''[[Action 52]]''
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* ''[[
* ''[[After Burner]]''
* ''[[Alex Kidd]]''
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* ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''
* ''[[Altered Beast]]''
* ''[[Another
* ''[[Art of Fighting]]''
* ''[[Asura Series]]''
* ''[[Athena (
* ''[[
* ''[[Bangai-O]]''
* ''[[Battle Circuit]]''
* ''[[Battle Tanx]]''
* ''[[Ben There, Dan That
* ''[[Berzerk]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Big Rigs Over the Road Racing]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Blake Stone]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Breath of Fire]]''
* ''[[Bubsy]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Castle of Shikigami]]''
* ''[[Cho Aniki]]''
* ''[[Cocoron]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Conquests of Camelot]]'' / ''[[Conquests of the Longbow]]''
* ''[[Crazy Taxi]]''
* ''[[Crime Fighters]]'' and ''[[Violent Storm]]''
* ''[[Crusader:
* ''[[Dangun Feveron]]''
* ''[[Darius]]''
* ''[[Darkseed]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Dead or Alive]]''
* ''[[Death Smiles]]''
* ''[[Dig Dug]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]''
* ''[[Drakengard]]''
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons Shadow Over Mystara]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Earthworm Jim (
* ''[[
* ''[[Einhander]]''
* ''[[Eliminate Down]]''
* ''[[Escape Velocity]]''
* ''[[Esp Galuda]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Eternal Champions]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Fantasy Zone]]''
* ''[[Fatal Fury]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' <ref> 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 [[Final Fantasy V
* ''[[Final Fight]]''
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Gemini Rue]]''
* ''[[Gex]]''
* ''[[Ghosts
* ''[[God Hand]]''
* ''[[Golden Axe]]''
* ''[[Gradius]]''
* ''[[Guardian Heroes]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Gunstar Heroes]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Guilty Gear]]''
* ''[[Guwange]]''
* ''[[Hagane:
* ''[[
* ''[[Harvester]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Hong Kong 97]]''
* ''[[Hoshi wo Miru Hito]]''
* ''[[Ico]]''/''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
* ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]''
* ''[[Ikari Warriors]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Incredible Machine]]''
* ''[[Jazz Jackrabbit]]''
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* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''
* ''[[Keio Flying Squadron]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Ketsui]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Killer 7]]''
* ''[[Kings Field]]''
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* ''[[King of the Monsters]]''
* ''[[Klonoa]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Last Blade]]''
* ''[[Laura Bow]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Legend of Kage]]''
* ''[[The Legend of Kyrandia]]''
* ''[[The
* ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]''
* ''[[Little Samson]]''
* ''[[Live a Live]]''
* ''[[The Longest Journey]]''
* ''[[Loom (
* ''[[LSD Dream Emulator]]''
* ''[[The Magic of Scheherazade]]''
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* ''[[Mole Mania]]''
* ''[[Monkey Island]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Muchi Muchi Pork]]''
* ''[[Myst]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Nanashi no Game]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Nin 2 Jump]]''
* ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]''
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* ''[[Out Run]]''
* ''[[Phantasmagoria]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]''
* ''[[Princess Tomato in
* ''[[Prinny]]''
* ''[[Progear]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''
* ''[[Quest for Glory]]''
* ''[[Radiant Silvergun]]''
* ''[[Recca]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Revolution X]]''
* ''[[Rez]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''
* ''[[R-Type]]''
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* ''[[Shaq Fu]]''
* ''[[Shenmue]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Shinobi]]''
* ''[[The Shivah]]''
* ''[[Shock Troopers]]''
* ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]''
* ''[[Siren (
* ''[[Sky Gunner]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Space Quest]]''
* ''[[Splatterhouse]]''
* ''[[Starship Titanic]]''
* ''[[Streets of Rage]]''
* ''[[Strider
* ''[[Strong
* ''[[Summon Night]]''
* ''[[Superhero League of Hoboken]]''
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' (the Classic Timeline)
* ''[[Sweet Home (
* ''[[Tin Star]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]''
* ''[[Trio the Punch]]''
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* ''[[Urban Yeti]]''
* ''[[Vagrant Story]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Virtual On]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Warlords]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Xevious]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Yume Nikki]]''
* ''[[
=== [[Licensed Game]] franchise overviews: ===
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* ''[[The Goonies]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' (the adventure games)
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]''
* ''[[Michael Jacksons Moonwalker]]''
* ''[[Rambo]]''
* ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
* ''[[Zillion]]''
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=== Your Weekly Kusoge (brief reviews): ===
* ''[[Agarest Senki]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Burn
* ''[[
* ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]''
* ''[[Noby Noby Boy]]''
* ''[[Operators Side]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Sprung]]''
* ''[[Voyeur (
* ''[[
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