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Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Wheelman's triumphant return to the Playstation. Then stick around for LEFT ALIVE, Ilinx's 2019 stealth action game! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be VIRTUA RACING: FLATOUT — the PS2 tribute to one of Sega's forgotten Virtuas! Donate at Patreon [http://patreon.com/hg101] to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/hg101.bsky.social] to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List [http://bit.ly/47kgames], then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server [view/episodes/view/view/view/episodes/view/view/view/view/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/bit.ly/hgdiscord]! Intro music by NORM [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzFrmmZc8gwGVnVOYYD21GQ]. 2025 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of those games that's supposedly so bad it's good. But is it? Listen and find out! Then, remember PURSUIT FORCE? We do! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be THE THIRD WORLD WAR — the slowest military sim on the Sega CD! Donate at Patreon [http://patreon.com/hg101] to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/hg101.bsky.social] to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List [http://bit.ly/47kgames], then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server [view/episodes/view/view/view/episodes/view/view/view/view/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/bit.ly/hgdiscord]! Intro music by NORM [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzFrmmZc8gwGVnVOYYD21GQ]. 2025 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the forgotten PS1 FPS by Insomniac Games. Then stick around for 5D CHESS WITH MULTIVERSE TIME TRAVEL, which is somehow exactly what it claims to be! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be GUTS 'N' GARTERS IN DNA DANGER — this Cabal-clone for MS-DOS! Donate at Patreon [http://patreon.com/hg101] to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/hg101.bsky.social] to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List [http://bit.ly/47kgames], then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server [episodes/view/view/view/episodes/view/view/view/view/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/bit.ly/hgdiscord]! Intro music by NORM [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzFrmmZc8gwGVnVOYYD21GQ]. 2025 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Nippon Ichi's cult classic strategy RPG. Then stick around for MR. DO, the arcade classic about a clown who came to throw down! And imitate Dig-Dug! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be REVENGE OF THE GATOR — the GameBoy game that could have been called UNCLE AL'S PINBALL GATOR-GRUDGE, but wasn't! Donate at Patreon [http://patreon.com/hg101] to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/hg101.bsky.social] to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List [http://bit.ly/47kgames], then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server [view/view/episodes/view/view/view/view/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/bit.ly/hgdiscord]! Intro music by NORM [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzFrmmZc8gwGVnVOYYD21GQ]. 2025 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.

MARCHROIDVANIA HAS BEEN HERE THIS WHOLE MONTH! We just forgot to write it in the show notes. Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Metroid's triumphant 2D return to new ideas! Then stick around for ZERO WING, a game the internet noticed. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be THE ADVENTURES OF COOKIE & CREAM — FromSoft's brutally difficult take on ultra-cute 3D platformers! Donate at Patreon [http://patreon.com/hg101] to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/hg101.bsky.social] to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List [http://bit.ly/47kgames], then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server [view/episodes/view/view/view/view/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/episodes/view/show/episodes/view/episodes/view/bit.ly/hgdiscord]! Intro music by NORM [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzFrmmZc8gwGVnVOYYD21GQ]. 2025 © Hardcore Gaming 101, all rights reserved. No portion of this or any other Hardcore Gaming 101 ("HG101") content/data shall be included, referenced, or otherwise used in any model, resource, or collection of data.