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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 [[SoBadItsGood pure garbage]] and the [[QuirkyWork utterly insane]]. The site also takes a broader look at ShootEmUp Platform/IOSGames, the {{Shoot Em Up}}s of Creator/{{Compile}}, Creator/{{Toaplan}}, Creator/{{Psikyo}} and Creator/EightingRaizing, pre-''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' {{fighting game}}s, and the various {{Licensed Game}}s of Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{Konami}}. The overviews are quite image intensive, and tend to run on to some [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/killer7 strange]] [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/american-dream tangents.]] The site has published a book containing overviews of nearly every [[AdventureGames adventure game]] ever released, and is in the process of publishing similar books on classic Creator/{{Sega}} arcade games. It is also one of the few places you'll find someone defending the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda]]'' [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i games]].

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

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!!Game series and individual games reviewed that have TV Tropes pages:
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[[folder: # to K]]
* ''VideoGame/FortyWinks''
* ''VideoGame/The7thSaga''
* ''VideoGame/EightyDays''
* ''VideoGame/LAbbayeDesMorts''
* ''VideoGame/{{Aconcagua}}''
* ''VideoGame/Action52''
* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser''
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventureOfHouraiHighSchool''
* ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo''
* ''VideoGame/AeroFighters''
* ''VideoGame/AfterBurner''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Again}}''
* ''VideoGame/AkaiKatana''
* ''VideoGame/AlexKidd''
* ''VideoGame/{{Albion}}''
* ''VideoGame/AlienSyndrome''
* ''VideoGame/AlisiaDragoon''
* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark''
* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''
* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988''
** ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast2005''
* ''VideoGame/AlteredDestiny''
* ''VideoGame/AlterEgo1986''
* ''VideoGame/AlwaysSometimesMonsters''
* ''VideoGame/{{Amagon}}''
* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''
* ''VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery''
* ''VideoGame/{{Anodyne}}''
* ''VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode''
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura''
* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''
* ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword''
* ''VideoGame/AssaultAndroidCactus''
* ''VideoGame/AstroBlaster''
* ''VideoGame/AstroBoyOmegaFactor''
* ''VideoGame/AsuraSeries''
* ''VideoGame/{{Athena}}'' / ''VideoGame/PsychoSoldier''
* ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge''
* ''VideoGame/AzureDreams''
* ''VideoGame/BadDayOnTheMidway''
* ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' / ''VideoGame/CrudeBuster''
* ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon''
* ''VideoGame/BalloonFight''
* ''VideoGame/BangaiO''
* ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga''
* ''VideoGame/{{Baraduke}}''
* ''VideoGame/BattleRealms''
* ''VideoGame/BattleTanx''
* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}''
* ''VideoGame/BayRoute''
* ''VideoGame/{{Beatmania}}''
* ''VideoGame/BenThereDanThat''
* ''VideoGame/{{Berzerk}}''
* ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis''
* ''VideoGame/BigBangBeat''
* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''
* ''VideoGame/BioForceApe''
* ''VideoGame/BioMenace''
* ''VideoGame/BioMiracleBokutteUpa''
* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''
* ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron''
* ''VideoGame/{{Blackthorne}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries''
* ''VideoGame/BlakeStone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Blandia}}''
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster''
* ''VideoGame/BlazingStar''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bleed}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}''
* ''VideoGame/BloodNet''
* ''VideoGame/BloodOver''
* ''VideoGame/BodyHarvest''
* ''VideoGame/BonanzaBros''
* ''VideoGame/BoogieWings''
* ''VideoGame/{{Boppin}}''
* ''VideoGame/BrainDead13''
* ''VideoGame/BrainLord''
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire''
* ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}''
* ''VideoGame/BrokenSword''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}''
* ''VideoGame/BuckRogersPlanetOfZoom''
* ''VideoGame/BulletWitch''
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers''
* ''VideoGame/{{Cadash}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Calico}}''
* ''VideoGame/CannonSpike''
* Creator/{{Capcom}} {{Beat Em Up}}s:
** ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando''
** ''VideoGame/TheKingOfDragons''
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound''
** ''VideoGame/{{The Punisher|Capcom}}''
** ''VideoGame/{{Alien vs Predator|Capcom}}''
** ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarriors''
** ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}''
** ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragons: Tower of Doom''/''Shadow Over Mystara''
** ''VideoGame/XMenMutantApocalypse''
** ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesWarOfTheGems''
** ''VideoGame/BattleCircuit''
* ''VideoGame/CannonDancer''
* ''VideoGame/CaptainNovolin''
* ''VideoGame/CarnEvil''
* ''VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami''
* ''VideoGame/TheCatLady''
* ''VideoGame/CharlieNinja''
* ''VideoGame/CherryTreeHighComedyClub''
* ''VideoGame/ChimeraBeast''
* ''VideoGame/ChoAniki''
* ''VideoGame/ChoRenSha68K''
* ''VideoGame/{{Chulip}}''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower''
** ''VideoGame/ClockTower1995''
** ''VideoGame/ClockTower2''
** ''VideoGame/ClockTowerIITheStruggleWithin''
** ''VideoGame/ClockTower3''
* ''VideoGame/{{Cocoron}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheCombatribes''
* ''VideoGame/ComixZone''
* ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen''
* ''VideoGame/CommandoCapcom''
* ''VideoGame/ConquestOfTheCrystalPalace''
* ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfCamelot''/''VideoGame/ConquestsOfTheLongbow''
* ''VideoGame/TheConsumingShadow''
* ''VideoGame/TheCountLucanor''
* ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonShroud''
* ''VideoGame/CrimzonClover''
* ''VideoGame/CrisisBeat''
* ''VideoGame/{{Croc}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}''
* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings''
* ''VideoGame/CrushPinball''
* ''VideoGame/{{D}}''/''VideoGame/EnemyZero''
* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''
* ''VideoGame/DangerousHighSchoolGirlsInTrouble''
* ''VideoGame/DangunFeveron''
* Creator/DataEast Commando Games:
** ''VideoGame/HeavyBarrel''
** ''VideoGame/MidnightResistance''
** ''Bloody Wolf''
** ''Thunder Zone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}''
* ''VideoGame/DarkEarth''
* ''VideoGame/DarkFall''
* ''VideoGame/{{Darklands}}''
* ''VideoGame/DarkSeed''
** ''VideoGame/DarkSeedII''
* ''VideoGame/TheDarkSpire''
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''
* ''VideoGame/DeaeTonosamaAppareIchiban''
* ''VideoGame/{{Deathsmiles}}''
* ''VideoGame/DesertBreaker''
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx''
* ''VideoGame/DevilWorld''
* ''VideoGame/DigDug''
* ''VideoGame/{{Divekick}}''
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' (including ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJungleBeat'', which usually isn't considered part of the ''Country'' series)
* ''VideoGame/DonPachi''
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''
* ''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch''
* ''VideoGame/Downfall2009''
* ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' (including ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerIIXanadu'', ''Romancia'', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'', ''Sorcerian'' and ''The Legend of Heroes'')
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dragonsphere}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dragonstomper}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''
* ''VideoGame/DrChaos''
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''
* ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux''
* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''
* ''VideoGame/EasternMindTheLostSoulsOfTongNou''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ecstatica}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Einhander}}''
* ''VideoGame/EliminateDown''
* ''VideoGame/ElViento'' / ''VideoGame/EarnestEvans'' / ''Annet Futatabi''
* ''VideoGame/EryisAction''
* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity''
* ''VideoGame/{{Espgaluda}}''
* ''VideoGame/ESPRaDe''
* ''VideoGame/ESwat''
* ''VideoGame/EternalChampions''
* ''VideoGame/EternalDaughter''
* ''VideoGame/EtherVapor''
* ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''
* ''VideoGame/EvilZone''
* ''VideoGame/EVOSearchForEden''
* ''VideoGame/ExcelsiorPhaseOneLysandia''/''Phase Two: Errondor''
* ''VideoGame/EyeOfTheBeholder''
* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon''/''VideoGame/SunlessSea''
* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}''
* ''VideoGame/FantasyZone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Faria}}''
* ''VideoGame/FatalFury''
* ''VideoGame/TheFeebleFiles''
* ''VideoGame/FightersDestiny''
* ''VideoGame/FightingLayer''
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' [[note]]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 [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV five]] (although it goes further on [[http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=patff that other site]]).[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFight''
* ''VideoGame/FinalLegacy''
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''
* ''VideoGame/TheFirstFunkyFighter''
* ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}''
* ''VideoGame/FlightOfTheAmazonQueen''
* ''VideoGame/{{Floor 13}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}''
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet''
* ''VideoGame/{{Folklore}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheFoolsErrand''
* ''VideoGame/FrontMission1''
** ''VideoGame/FrontMission2''
** ''VideoGame/FrontMission3''
** ''VideoGame/FrontMission4''
** ''VideoGame/FrontMission5''
** ''VideoGame/FrontMissionEvolved''
** ''VideoGame/FrontMissionGunHazard''
* ''VideoGame/FZero''
* ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gaiares}}''
* ''VideoGame/GaiaCrusaders''
* ''VideoGame/GameDevTycoon''
* ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gangsters}}''
* ''VideoGame/GeminiRue''
* ''VideoGame/GenjuuRyodan''
* ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}''
* ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gobliiins}}''
* ''VideoGame/GodHand''
* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe''
* ''VideoGame/GoldRush''
* ''VideoGame/GoneHome''
* ''[[VisualNovel/GoGoNippon Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~]]''
* ''VideoGame/GotchaForce''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''
* ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena''
* ''VideoGame/{{Growl}}''
* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes''
* ''VideoGame/GuerillaWar''
* ''VideoGame/GundamWingEndlessDuel''
* ''VideoGame/GundemoniumSeries''
* ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}''
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''
* ''VideoGame/{{Guwange}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gylt}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gynoug}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hagane}}''
* ''VideoGame/HakaiouKingOfCrusher''
* ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack''
* ''VideoGame/HammerinHarry''
* ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}''
* ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''
* ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hebereke}}''
* ''VideoGame/HectorBadgeOfCarnage''
* ''VideoGame/HongKong97''
* ''VideoGame/HoshiWoMiruHito''
* ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215''
* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami''
* ''VideoGame/HybridHeaven''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' / ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''
* ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''
* ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''
* ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors''
* ''VideoGame/{{Illbleed}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Inca}}''
* ''VideoGame/IncredibleCrisis''
* ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine''
* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' and ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace''
* Creator/{{Irem}} Post-Apocalyptic Games:
** ''Air Duel''
** ''Armored Police Unit Gallop''
** ''VideoGame/UndercoverCops''
** ''VideoGame/InTheHunt''
** ''Gun Force 2''
* ''VideoGame/IRobot''
* ''VideoGame/IttleDew1''
* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit''
* ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}''
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio''
* ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns''
* ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass''
* ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac''
* ''VideoGame/JoyMechFight''
* ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius''
* ''VideoGame/JumpingFlash''
* ''VideoGame/JumpSuperStars''
* ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTrespasser''
* ''VideoGame/KabukiQuantumFighter''
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo''
* ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron''
* ''VideoGame/{{Kenseiden}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}''
* ''VideoGame/KidChameleon''
* ''VideoGame/KidNikiRadicalNinja''
* ''VideoGame/KikiKaiKai''
* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}''
* ''VideoGame/KillingTime''
* ''VideoGame/KingOfDragonPass''
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''
* ''VideoGame/KingOfTheMonsters''
* ''VideoGame/KingsField''
* ''VideoGame/{{Klax}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}''
* Creator/{{Konami}} Beat-'em-ups:
** ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBayouBilly''
** ''VideoGame/CrimeFighters''/''VideoGame/Vendetta1991''
** ''VideoGame/MetamorphicForce''
** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons''
** ''VideoGame/ViolentStorm''
** ''VideoGame/XMen''
* ''VideoGame/KunioKun''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: L to R]]
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana''
* ''VideoGame/{{Langrisser}}''
* ''VideoGame/LaserGhost''
* ''VideoGame/LastAlert''
* ''VideoGame/LastBronx''
* ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''
* ''VideoGame/LauraBow''
* ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos''
* ''VideoGame/LegendaryWings''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfNayutaBoundlessTrails''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfValkyrie''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames'' (''Link: The Faces of Evil'' and ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon'')
* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}''
* ''VideoGame/LesManley''
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''
* ''VideoGame/LittleBigAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/LittleSamson''
* ''VideoGame/LiveALive''
* ''VideoGame/LoneSurvivor''
* ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney''
* ''VideoGame/{{Loom}}''
* ''VideoGame/LostInTime''
* ''VideoGame/LostKingdoms''
* ''VideoGame/TheLostVikings''
* ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}''
* ''VideoGame/MadStalkerFullMetalForce'' (the [=PlayStation=] version)
* ''VideoGame/MagicianLord''
* ''VideoGame/TheMagicOfScheherazade''
* ''VideoGame/MalditaCastilla''
* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''
* ''VideoGame/MartianGothicUnification''
* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''
* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''
* ''VideoGame/MercenaryKings''
* ''VideoGame/MetalBlack''
* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''
* ''VideoGame/MetalStorm''
* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''
* ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker''
* ''VideoGame/MichiganReportFromHell''
* ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''
* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''
* ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers''
* ''VideoGame/TheMissingJJMacfieldAndTheIslandOfMemories''
* ''VideoGame/MisterMosquito''
* ''VideoGame/MoleMania''
* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''
* ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''
* ''VideoGame/MoonCrystal''
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat''
* ''VideoGame/MonsterBash1982''
* ''VideoGame/MonsterBash''
* ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}''
* ''VideoGame/MuchiMuchiPork''
* ''VideoGame/{{Mushihimesama}}''
* ''VideoGame/MizuiroBlood''
* ''VideoGame/MyHero''
* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''
* ''VideoGame/MystikBelle''
* ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''
* ''VideoGame/NanashiNoGame''
* ''VideoGame/NappleTaleArsiaInDaydream''
* Creator/{{Natsume}} NES Action Games:
** ''VideoGame/{{Abadox}}''
** ''Shadow of the Ninja''
** ''[[VideoGame/SpecialCyberneticAttackTeam S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team]]''
** ''VideoGame/{{Shatterhand}}''
** ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheMysteriousMurasameCastle Nazo no Murasame Jō]]''
* ''VideoGame/NellyCootalot''
* ''VideoGame/NetHack''
* ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''
* ''VideoGame/TheNewZealandStory''
* ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''
* ''VideoGame/Nin2Jump''
* ''VideoGame/NinjaBaseballBatMan''
* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''
* ''VideoGame/TheNinjaKids''
* ''VideoGame/TheNinjaWarriors''
* Creator/NipponIchi {{Strategy RPG}}s:
** ''VideoGame/LaPucelle''
** ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''
** ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave''
** ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''
** ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''
* ''VideoGame/NoituLove''
* ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' / ''VideoGame/{{Nosferatu}}'' / ''VideoGame/NosferatuTheWrathOfMalachi''
* ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}''
* ''VideoGame/OdallusTheDarkCall''
* ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''
* ''VideoGame/OgreBattle''
* ''VideoGame/OkageShadowKing''
* ''VideoGame/OmikronTheNomadSoul''
* ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}''
* ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch''
* ''VideoGame/OneMustFall''
* ''VideoGame/OnePieceMansion''
* ''VideoGame/OnEscapee''
* ''VideoGame/{{Oniken}}''
* ''VideoGame/OperationDarkness''
* ''VideoGame/{{Opoona}}''
* ''VideoGame/OtogiMythOfDemons''
* ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheOutfoxies''
* ''VideoGame/OutRun''
* ''VideoGame/{{Palette}}''
* ''VideoGame/Pandemonium1996''
* ''VideoGame/PanzerBandit''
* ''VideoGame/PaperSorcerer''
* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''
* ''VideoGame/PeppersAdventuresInTime''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''
* ''VideoGame/PharaohRebirth''
* ''VideoGame/PierSolarAndTheGreatArchitects''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikuniku}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pilgrim}}''
* ''VideoGame/PinballDreams''
* ''VideoGame/PoleNoDaibouken''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}''
* ''VideoGame/PonyIsland''
* ''VideoGame/PostMortem2002'' / ''VideoGame/StillLife''
* Post-Mortem Dreamcast Shooters, including:
** ''VideoGame/BorderDown''
** ''VideoGame/UnderDefeat''
** ''VideoGame/TriggerheartExelica''
* ''VideoGame/PowerInstinct''
* ''VideoGame/Primordia2012''
* ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia''
* ''VideoGame/PrincessCrown''/''VideoGame/OdinSphere''
* ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker 2'' (focusing on the unreleased IBM PC version)
* ''VideoGame/PrincessTomatoInTheSaladKingdom''
* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero''
* ''VideoGame/{{Progear}}''
* ''VideoGame/ProjectFirestart''
* ''VideoGame/ProWrestling''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pulstar}}''
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut''
* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo''
** ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992''
** ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever''
* ''VideoGame/PyongyangRacer''
* ''VideoGame/QBert''
* ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory''
* ''VideoGame/QuizNanairoDreams''
* ''VideoGame/RacingLagoon''
* ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' / ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}''
* ''VideoGame/RadixBeyondTheVoid''
* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday''
* ''VideoGame/RaySeries''
* ''VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories''
* ''VideoGame/RealmsOfArkania''
* ''VideoGame/RealmsOfTheHaunting''
* ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}''
* ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale''
* ''VideoGame/RedEarth''
* ''VideoGame/RentAHero''
* ''VideoGame/{{Resonance}}''
* ''VideoGame/RevolutionX''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}''
* ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven''
* ''VideoGame/RingOfRed''
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfNations''
* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools''
* ''VideoGame/{{Road96}}''
* ''VideoGame/RoadBlaster''
* ''VideoGame/{{Robotrek}}''
* ''VideoGame/RockNRage''
* ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures''
* ''VideoGame/RockinKats''
* ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''
* ''VideoGame/RType''
* ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rusty}}''
* ''VideoGame/RushingBeat''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: S to Z]]
* ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}''
* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''
** ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove''
* ''Franchise/SamAndMax''
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiZombieNation''
* ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}''
* ''VideoGame/SegaNinja''
* ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' series
* ''VideoGame/SengokuSNK''
* ''VideoGame/SenkoNoRonde''
* ''VideoGame/SeventhDragon''
* ''VideoGame/SeveranceBladeOfDarkness''
* ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts''
* ''VideoGame/ShaqFu''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shardlight}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''
* ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheShivah''
* ''VideoGame/ShockTroopers''
* ''Shogun Warriors'' / ''VideoGame/BloodWarrior''
* ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage''
* ''VideoGame/{{Silpheed}}''
* ''VideoGame/SimonTheSorcerer''
* ''VideoGame/Siren1''
** ''VideoGame/Siren2''
** ''VideoGame/SirenBloodCurse''
* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''
* ''VideoGame/SkyGunner''
* ''VideoGame/SlySpy''
* ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' / ''VideoGame/TotalCarnage''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}''
* ''VideoGame/SNKGalsFighters''
* ''VideoGame/{{Soma}}''
* ''VideoGame/SongsForAHero''
* ''VideoGame/TheSpaceBar''
* ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5''
* ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier''
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest''
* ''VideoGame/SpaceStationSiliconValley''
* ''VideoGame/SpeedPowerGunbike''
* ''VideoGame/SpiritualAssassinTaromaru''
* ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic''
* Creator/{{Sting|Entertainment}} [=RPGs=]:
** ''Solid Runner''
** ''VideoGame/TreasureHunterG''
** ''VideoGame/{{Baroque}}''
** ''VideoGame/EvolutionTheWorldOfSacredDevice''
** ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand''
** ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion''
** ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare''
* ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''
* ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}''
* ''VideoGame/Strikers1945''
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople''
* ''VideoGame/SummonNight''
* ''VideoGame/SuperheroLeagueOfHoboken''
* ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]''
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' (the Classic Timeline)
* ''VideoGame/SuperTimeForce''
* ''VideoGame/SweetHome1989''
* ''VideoGame/SwordOfVermilion''
* ''VideoGame/SystemShock''
* ''VideoGame/TailGator''
* ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfAlltynex''
* ''VideoGame/TattooAssassins''
* ''VideoGame/{{Technobabylon}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tempo}}''
* ''VideoGame/TengaiMakyou''
* ''VideoGame/TexMurphy''
* ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''
* ''VideoGame/ThreadsOfFate''
* ''VideoGame/ThrillKill''
* ''VideoGame/ThunderFox''
* ''VideoGame/TimeGal''
* ''VideoGame/TimeKillers'' / ''VideoGame/BloodStorm''
* ''VideoGame/TinStar''
* ''VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl''
* ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tomba}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}''
* ''VideoGame/TorinsPassage''
* ''VideoGame/TormentedSouls''
* ''VideoGame/TotallyRad''
* ''VideoGame/ToyCommander''
* ''VideoGame/TreasuresOfTheAegean''
* ''VideoGame/TreasureOfTheRudra''
* ''VideoGame/TrioThePunch''
* ''VideoGame/{{Trog}}''
* ''VideoGame/TroubleWitches''
* ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tumblepop}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Turbo}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}}''
* ''VideoGame/TwinkleStarSprites''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}''
* ''VideoGame/UltionusATaleOfPettyRevenge''
* ''VideoGame/UmiharaKawase''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}''
* ''VIdeoGame/{{Uplink}}''
* ''VideoGame/UrbanYeti''
* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory''
* ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Vanguard}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Vectorman}}''
* ''VideoGame/VirtualOn''
* ''VideoGame/VolgarrTheViking''
* ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}''
* ''VideoGame/WaiWaiWorld''
** ''VideoGame/WaiWaiWorld2SOSParsleyJo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Warlords}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Westerado}}''
* ''VideoGame/WhiteDayALabyrinthNamedSchool''
* ''VideoGame/WildGuns''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wizorb}}''
* ''VideoGame/WolfFang''
* ''VideoGame/WonderBoy1''
* ''VideoGame/WonderProjectJ''
* ''VideoGame/WoodruffAndTheSchnibbleOfAzimuth''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xargon}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xevious}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xexyz}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}''
* ''VideoGame/YieArKungFu''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''
* ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''
* ''VisualNovel/YuNo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Z}}''
* ''VideoGame/ZeddasServantsOfSheol''
* ''VideoGame/ZettaiZetsumeiToshi''
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors''
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!!LicensedGame franchise overviews, and individual licensed games reviewed that only have TV Tropes pages for the source licenses:

* ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily''
* ''Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling'' (games by Creator/{{NCS}})
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanSunsoft''
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' (the three adventure games)
* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck games, including:
** ''VideoGame/TheLuckyDimeCaper''
** ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}''
** ''VideoGame/WorldOfIllusion''
** ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckNoMahouNoBoushi''
** ''Magical Quest 3''
** ''VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard''
** ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckGoinQuackers''
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'' (the NES games)
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheGoonies''
* ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''
* Creator/JackieChan games, including games based on:
** ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' (The 2004 film)
** ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''
** ''[[Film/ShanghaiNoon Shanghai Knights]]''
** ''Film/WheelsOnMeals'' (MSX, as well as the game better known as ''VideoGame/KungFuMaster'' overseas due to originally being a ''Wheels on Meals'' game in Japan)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates''
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (the fighting games developed by Capcom)
* Music/{{Journey|Band}}
* ''[[Film/KingKongLives King Kong 2]]''
* ''Manga/KishinDoujiZenki''
* ''VideoGame/LastActionHero''
* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''
* ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (the fighting games for the Super Famicom/SNES)
* ''Rollergames''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''
* Spot (7up mascot)
* [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Stallone]] games:
** ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''
** ''Film/DemolitionMan''
** ''Film/JudgeDredd''
* Magazine/ShonenJump fighting games by Creator/{{Treasure}}:
** ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
** ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''
* ''[[Anime/RedPhotonZillion Zillion]]''

!!500 Word Indies:

* ''VideoGame/{{Antichamber}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheBlackHeart''
* ''VideoGame/DearEsther''
* ''VideoGame/{{Downwell}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dustforce}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}''
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
* ''VideoGame/GunmanClive''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gunpoint}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}''
* ''VideoGame/HomeRivers''
* ''VideoGame/HyperPrincessPitch''
* ''VideoGame/LifelessPlanet''
* ''VideoGame/LittleInferno''
* ''VideoGame/ManosTheHandsOfFate''
* ''VideoGame/{{Muri}}''
* ''VideoGame/NeverAlone''
* ''VideoGame/{{Nidhogg}}''
* ''VideoGame/OneWayHeroics''
* ''VideoGame/{{Parameters}}''
* ''VideoGame/ReworkTheDeadEvil''
* ''VideoGame/ATaleOfTwoKingdoms''
* ''VideoGame/TheVanishingOfEthanCarter''
* ''VideoGame/{{Xeodrifter}}''

!!Your Weekly Kusoge (brief reviews of "shit" games):

* ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki''
* ''VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt''
* ''VideoGame/BurnCycle''
* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Legacy of War''
* ''VideoGame/CriticalPath''
* ''VideoGame/DianShiMaLi''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' (AprilFoolsDay review)
* ''VideoGame/{{Genocide}}'' (The PC Engine CD version)
* ''VideoGame/GhoulSchool''
* ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator''
* ''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas''
* ''VideoGame/JFKReloaded''
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'' (NES version)
* ''VideoGame/LimboOfTheLost''
* ''VideoGame/LunarDragonSong''
* ''VideoGame/MuscleMarch''
* ''VideoGame/NobyNobyBoy''
* ''VideoGame/OperationBodyCount''
* ''VideoGame/OperatorsSide''
* ''VideoGame/TheOrionConspiracy''
* ''VideoGame/PrayForDeath''
* ''VideoGame/RevengeOfTheSunfish'' (part of a special article on Jacob Buczynski's games)
* ''VideoGame/SaintSeiyaOugonDensetsu Kanketsu Hen''
* ''VideoGame/SonicsSchoolhouse''
* ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'' (SNES version)
* ''VisualNovel/{{Sprung}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Superman 64}}''
* ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater 5''
* ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead The Typing of the Dead]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Voyeur}}''
* ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WWF Wrestlemania]]'' (NES version)
* ''VideoGame/XenophageAlienBloodsport''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda's Adventure]]''

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!!Tropes relevant to the writeups include:

* AprilFoolsDay: [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kusoge/kusoge-finalfantasy6.htm The "Your Weekly Kusoge" article for April 1st, 2015]] reviews the Platform/SuperFamicom version of ''Final Fantasy VI'' as if it had never been officially translated into English.
* ArtifactTitle: The "Your Weekly Kusoge" column hasn't been a weekly occurrence in years.
* DescriptionCut: The first second thought on the dubious idea of licensing ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'' out to an HGame developer: "Maybe this is respectful. Maybe it's a well-crafted narrative with the sex scenes merely as an aside, like ''VisualNovel/YuNo''. Maybe it's..." And then follows a screenshot of a tentacle rape scene from ''Valis X'', with ''SD Valis'' sprites as SceneryCensor and the caption "FIVE. GODDAMN. MINUTES. LATER."
* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: In-universe. ''Ys'', especially. During an episode of the site's official podcast, Kurt showed he had a soft spot for ''VideoGame/MonsterWorldIV'', praising its merits more than the other commentators. He also quite likes ''Wendy: Every Witch Way'', an obscure licensed game from ''Creator/WayForwardTechnologies''.
* HalloweenEpisode: The week of October 31 is often dedicated to reviewing spooky video games such as:
** 2014: ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'', ''VideoGame/{{Nosferatu}}'', ''VideoGame/PorkyPigsHauntedHoliday''
** 2015: ''Nightmare in the Dark'', ''Escape from Monster Manor'', ''Golly! Ghost'', ''VideoGame/LaserGhost'', ''Drac's Night Out''
** 2016: ''VideoGame/DeepFear'', ''Mystic Riders'', ''VideoGame/Downfall2009'', ''Chiller'', ''Midnight Mutants''
** 2017: ''VideoGame/ZombieRevenge'', ''VideoGame/MediEvil'', ''VideoGame/CostumeQuest''
** 2020: ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily'' licensed tie-in games and the ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark''/''Shiin'' duology.
* LighterAndSofter: The site remarks that ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux'' is this compared to other beat 'em ups.
* NarmCharm: In-universe, he enjoys the voice acting in ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' because of its earnest yet rough production, reminding him of dubs from the first years of CD consoles.
* NostalgiaFilter: Averted. Hardcore Gaming 101 is probably one of the few classic game retrospective sites out there that doesn't dismiss anything made after 1996 as garbage. Also, if an older game is horrible or a classic game has aged poorly, they have no problem saying so.
* {{Retraux}}: A [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mag/mag.htm mockup cover]] of ''Hardcore Gaming 101'' as a 90s gaming magazine. (No longer available after the site redesign, see the YMMV page for details)
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