Popful Mail (Sega CD) (and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel!)
Release Date: 06/02/2026
Crossbow (and Quest for Camelot!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a light-gun shooter in which you protect your fantasy adventuring buddies from an onslaught of ghoulish monstrosities. Then stick around for Quest for Camelot, a Warner Bros. movie tie-in published by... Nintendo? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1992) — a whimsical CD-i remake of a Commodore 64 adventure game! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out...
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Cloak & Dagger (and The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Robotron-style twin-stick shooter with an espionage flair. Then stick around for The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, the 1996 strategy classic from Blue Byte Software! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be EARTHION — a new Mega Drive shooter featuring music from the acclaimed Yuzo Koshiro! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the , then...
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G-Taste Mahjong (and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest , as they discuss and rank a particularly spicy mahjong game. Then stick around for 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand - because what better way to follow up G-Taste than with the G-Unit? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be TINHEAD — a North American-exclusive Genesis platformer, from the studio that would later bring you X-COM! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games...
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Monster Maulers (and Fighting Force!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Super Sentai-inspired boss-rush beat-em-up from Konami. Then stick around for Fighting Force, a beat-em-up that tried and failed to be Streets of Rage 4! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DOWN LOAD — a surprisingly vulgar PC-Engine shooter from AlfaSystem! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the , then nominate a game of your own via...
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Batman (2013) (and Starfighter 3000!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Raw Thrills' Batmobile-based shooter. Then stick around for Starfighter 3000, a 3D aerial combat game for the Acorn Archimedes! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE — an Atari 2600 prototype based on a 1950s sci-fi film! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the , then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on...
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CarnEvil (and Rolling Gunner!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Midway's lightgun shooter about a carnival... that is evil. Then stick around for Rolling Gunner, an accessible bullet-hell shooter with DLC-added twin-stick controls! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ELROY HITS THE PAVEMENT — Elroy's second edutainment adventure, about rescuing his pet dog from the mafia! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already...
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Emergency Call Ambulance (and Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE RETURNS FOR 2026!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's post-Crazy Taxi take on ambulance driving. Then stick around for Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid, an edutainment game where you use dinosaur facts to kick some zombie brains! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be WHO PRESSED MUTE ON UNCLE MARCUS? — an FMV family drama murder mystery! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the ,...
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Super Dodge Ball (NES) (and The Longest Journey!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Kunio-kun game that introduced many gamers to the excitement and/or terror of dodgeball. Then stick around for The Longest Journey, a world-hopping adventure that lives up to its name! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PO'ED — the most butt-kicking-est 3DO FPS ever! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the , then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts!...
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ToeJam & Earl (and ChainStaff!)
Hardcore Gaming 101
Join the HG101 gang plus special guest , as they discuss and rank-err, revisit, the groovy duo's funky roguelike for the Genesis/Mega Drive. Then stick around for ChainStaff, a violently quirky action-platformer about having an alien parasite attach itself to your head! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ZACK & WIKI: QUEST FOR BARBAROS' TREASURE — Capcom's point-and-click pirate puzzler for the Wii! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've...
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Quest 64 (and Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos!)
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JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONCLUDES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the N64's infamous three-dimensional RPG. Then stick around for Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos, an SRPG that features very distinctive, bouncy visuals! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be WACKY RACES (MAC) — an FMV betting game, based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series! Donate at to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the , then nominate a game of your own via five-star...
info_outlineJUNE-JULY OF JRPG HAS RETURNED! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala, as they discuss and rank Falcom's action-RPG that introduced the world to a new adjective. Then stick around for Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel, a visual novel that brings fans exactly what any traumatized mech pilot would want - dating!
This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be TOBU TOBU GIRL DELUXE — a homebrew Game Boy Color platformer, that teaches us an important lesson about pets and gravity! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more!
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