Do You Love Hardcore Gaming 101?

[Jorpho]

Three cheers for that awesome, awesome site. I haven't been so fond of a gaming review site since TotalRPG. The depth and breadth of the coverage combined with the elegantly simple layout is something to behold. If you haven't seen it yet, you should!

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/

[Soviet Conscript]

yes, i do love it

i found it especially helpful for getting information on certain more confuseing and obscurer rpg series such as Ys, xanadu, and the whole digital devil summoner thing

very helpful

[Ed Oscuro]

Yeah, I like it! I should! :D

[CosmicMonkey]

Yeah, absolutely great site.

I really like the overviews of entire game series. The articles on the FinalFight, Last Blade and King of Fighters series are well worth reading.

Plus it's nice to see some more obscure individuals games getting a proper review. I actually want to play Psychonauts on the Xbox now!

So yeah. Excellent site.

[The Plucky Little Ninja]

Well look at that. It answered a few of the DOA questions I had. Bad ass!

I'm going to have to check out the King of Fighters section.

[Synergy]

Looks pretty sweet! I bookmarked it.

[Sam]

Very handy site - use it to read up on my favourite series and also find interesting new games to look for. Love all the pics too!

[retroman]

it was ok...worth bookmarking

[delafro]

I'm glad that someone posted the site on here... it's a very useful resource. Not the flashiest site, but it has it where it counts- a ton of info and, importantly, screenshots. Finally, all my questions about the Goemon series were answered!! From the same guy who did the Castlevania Dungeon if I remember correctly. It's highly recommended.

[Bloodreign]

Nice site, slowly growing in size of game coverage, needs a Gradius article to compliment the Parodius article. LOL

[s1lence]

Not bad at all. Hardcoregaming seems to be a common name these days, lol.

[Jorpho]

My only qualm is that the grammar can get a little clumsy at times, compared to other sites. (Or maybe the writing is so compelling I just notice it more...?)

[ALAKA]

nice site. I like how they delve deep into a game series.

[starsoldier1]

Lots of great pics and lots of great coverage on several gaming series. I love it!

[delafro]

Nice site, slowly growing in size of game coverage, needs a Gradius article to compliment the Parodius article. LOL

Actually, I recently thought the same thing myself... get to it, HG101!!!

[Neo Rasa]

Nice site, slowly growing in size of game coverage, needs a Gradius article to compliment the Parodius article. LOL

Actually, I recently thought the same thing myself... get to it, HG101!!!

I believe Kurt mentioned to me that it WILL definitely happen, just not in the near future. Understandable as there's a lot of ground to cover (almost as much as the Megami Tensei series or Dragon Slayer) when you take the ports into account.

[RCM]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

[Synergy]

I got to reading it quite a bit yesterday and like how it takes a game series and keeps track of every system each game in the series was on. I read the Final Fight and Langrisser articles specifically.

I knew Final Fight for the SNES was missing a bunch of stuff from the Arcade version, but a whole factory stage!? O_O Lame.

And Langrisser rules so much. I wish they would localize the sequels. :(

[Neo Rasa]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

The goal of the site is to give gamers a general overview of franchises that aren't very well known in the western hemisphere and/or are no longer popular as they once were. It's not at all meant to be a be-all-end-all resource of information for the games.

[Richter Belmount]

Awesome site I usually visit there regularly , I always play games but not ones usually hold my interest for to long but that site has always great games that manage to keep my interest all the way through playing.

[NickmasterX]

I like how it specialises in the lesser known, I'd like to see more articles on Japanese SNES games that were left behind. The one on Chaos Seed was good.

[Mayhem]

Finally, all my questions about the Goemon series were answered!

That was quite an interesting read as well as a mate of mine wrote a feature on every Goemon game just over a year ago that was due to go in Retro Gamer. Live went down the pan, and it ended up on Retro Survival (http://www.retrosurvival.co.uk) instead, so you could always have a gandar at that if the price seems right ;)

He really did sweat doing it tbh, and it's a damn fine read. I should know, I had to lay out the thing for the project LOL

HCG have more pictures though, love the piccies :)

[Neo Rasa]

I like how it specialises in the lesser known, I'd like to see more articles on Japanese SNES games that were left behind. The one on Chaos Seed was good.

I want to eventually do articles on Dark Half and Dark Law: Meaning of Death. I love me some impot SNES. Right now I'm working on some Taito/Toaplan content. Trying to decide whether to finish an article off as just being about Outzone and FixEight or to hold off and make a Toaplan uber-article along the lines of the King of Fighters and Megami Tensei pieces.

[Bloodreign]

I believe Kurt mentioned to me that it WILL definitely happen, just not in the near future. Understandable as there's a lot of ground to cover (almost as much as the Megami Tensei series or Dragon Slayer) when you take the ports into account.

Well I've scanned the net capturing pics of different Gradius games, and I could always take pics from emulators for Gradius if Kurt ever needs them for such an article, though an X-1 Gradius would be hard to get screenshots from, but the PC8801 version I can print screen one in case he ever needs a pic from that particular version (emulation is such a sweet thing for such an obscure system).

[B - Mark]

Yes.

I´d like the website Harcore Gaming 101.
And i recommend this site for my friends.

This article´s website is good.

I´d like the articles about this Alex Kidd, Final Fight and Power Instinct series.

[Neo Rasa]

Well I've scanned the net capturing pics of different Gradius games, and I could always take pics from emulators for Gradius if Kurt ever needs them for such an article, though an X-1 Gradius would be hard to get screenshots from, but the PC8801 version I can print screen one in case he ever needs a pic from that particular version (emulation is such a sweet thing for such an obscure system).

If you've got stuff to contribute (or even if you want to do an entire article yourself) just contact him via email or in one of the forum threads. He's pretty open about contributions given that the point of the site is to get people interested in these franchises again. :D

Heh, whenever it does get off the ground I'll dig up my old comic collection. I have ads for US GB Gradius when it was still going to be released here under the Nemesis name like in Europe.

[discoalucard]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

Any of the stuff in my own articles I try to verify firsthand. I do make mistakes though, so feel free to send over any misinformation and I'll see about correcting it. There's already little bits and pieces of stuff that I think of months after posting something and never get around to fixing them.

As for Gradius - like a year ago, Carlo (who wrote the Turrican, Twinbee and Xevious articles) wanted to contribute to one. Apparently there's a TON of backstory, mostly from the MSX games, that really isn't explored elsewhere. Alas, it never got anywhere. I'd definitely be into it, someday...

[klausien]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

Any of the stuff in my own articles I try to verify firsthand. I do make mistakes though, so feel free to send over any misinformation and I'll see about correcting it. There's already little bits and pieces of stuff that I think of months after posting something and never get around to fixing them.

As for Gradius - like a year ago, Carlo (who wrote the Turrican, Twinbee and Xevious articles) wanted to contribute to one. Apparently there's a TON of backstory, mostly from the MSX games, that really isn't explored elsewhere. Alas, it never got anywhere. I'd definitely be into it, someday...

Welcome to Digital Press!

[Sam]

a Toaplan uber-article.

I would love to see this. :)

[poloplayr]

Bloody brilliant site!!!

[RCM]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

Any of the stuff in my own articles I try to verify firsthand. I do make mistakes though, so feel free to send over any misinformation and I'll see about correcting it. There's already little bits and pieces of stuff that I think of months after posting something and never get around to fixing them.

As for Gradius - like a year ago, Carlo (who wrote the Turrican, Twinbee and Xevious articles) wanted to contribute to one. Apparently there's a TON of backstory, mostly from the MSX games, that really isn't explored elsewhere. Alas, it never got anywhere. I'd definitely be into it, someday...

Welcome to Digital Press!

I wasn't trying to cause harm with that statement so please don't take it as such.

I'm just a little weary of anything labeled "Hardcore Gaming, Gamer, Games, etc."

Trying to appeal to hardcore gamers is great. There should be more people doing this. There's only been one organization that's been successful at it and they're long gone.

For what it's worth, keep it up!

[discoalucard]

Oh, I don't take offense. Admittedly I'm not much a fan of the name either, due to the negative stigma attached to it. But...I'm not much with names, so...

But yeah, I guess this is my first set up posts here, so...sup all and whatnot. I've visited the store plenty of times but this is my first time posting.

[RegSNES]

Love that site. Probably wouldn't have checkout Gun*Nac as soon as I did if I hadn't read up on it there. Always have great articles there to read.

[blue lander]

The name sort of irks me too, I sort of expected a site about Halo mods or something, but it turns out to be a terrific site. If they ever do a Gradius one, I'd be happy to contribute box scans of Nemesis '90 and Gradius II for the X68000 and Gradius for the X1.

The information on Thunder Force I is a little inaccurate, though. I've never seen any proof of a PC-98 version (which doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but there's no mention of it on the internet or any screen/box shots), and it excludes the IBM PC-JX version.

[Steven]

The name sort of irks me too, I sort of expected a site about Halo mods or something, but it turns out to be a terrific site. If they ever do a Gradius one, I'd be happy to contribute box scans of Nemesis '90 and Gradius II for the X68000 and Gradius for the X1.

eh, to me the name doesn't bug me at all. I love the Wolfenstein corridor shot/banner though... that's beautiful. Anyway I signed up there recently (same name)... it is a very small community thus far, but that's OK. It is a niche type of website, so maybe it's only fitting.

[§ Gideon §]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

The goal of the site is to give gamers a general overview of franchises that aren't very well known in the western hemisphere and/or are no longer popular as they once were. It's not at all meant to be a be-all-end-all resource of information for the games.
Still, corrections concerning false information should be accepted with open arms. Besides, RCM himself might be the one in the wrong--as I know Kurt goes to extensive lengths to ensure every article meets his high standards of quality. My advice would be to post on their boards and see how it flies. They've got a special forum for article discussion.

Anyway, anyone who doesn't love HG101 probably hasn't visited it yet.

EDIT: A page two full of surprises!

[Jorpho]

and it excludes the IBM PC-JX version.

Whoa. Never heard of the JX.

http://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=187&st=1

[Neo Rasa]

The information on Thunder Force I is a little inaccurate, though. I've never seen any proof of a PC-98 version (which doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but there's no mention of it on the internet or any screen/box shots),

That's because you're looking for it as Thunder Force or Thunder Force I when only Thunder Force Construction itself got a real PC-98 release. As far as I know there's no standalone Thunder Force I for the PC-98, just that Thunder Force Construction.

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/%A5%B5%A5%F3%A5%C0%A1%BC%A5%D5%A5%A9%A1%BC%A5%B9?k id=54450

http://www.answers.com/topic/thunder-force

http://www.geocities.jp/guardian_story/rekidaiTF.html

http://segaroms.blogspot.com/2005/07/thunder-force.html

Uh... http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=898384&sid=fb36b56b3dc9c1b48d72db9854a86228 Guess my post is a little redundant. ;)

[blue lander]

There's a lot of spurious information out there about Thunder Force. Lots of sites still claim there's an MSX version, for instance. I've confirmed (meaning I own it or have seen box art or screenshots) of Thunder Force Construction set for the X1 Turbo, FM-77AV, PC-6601, PC-8801mk2, IBM JX, and MZ-1500, but I've never seen box art or screenshots of a PC-98 version. Essentially, every version of TF 1 on tape is just TF 1, and every version on floppy is the construction set.

On the other hand, there's absolutely no information on the internet whatsoever, in Japanese or English, that the IBM JX version exists. I only happen to know it exists because I own it. Most english web pages out there with any TF 1 information are based off of research me and another fellow at Shmups.com did (before that common wisdom was that it came out on the X1 and MSX), but I don't know where the so-called PC-98 version came from.

[Aussie2B]

It's a great little site. I got it linked on my site, and I'm very picky about what I link to. The approach is very similar to how I go about my own reviews and site work and such - that is, provide solid English information on games that often have next to no coverage in English online. I couldn't even start to describe just how much I've learned from the site. Heck, I've used the TwinBee article practically as a buyer's guide. My favorite articles are the ones about Japanese imports, but I've slowly been chipping away at the site trying to read everything on it. Even when a game doesn't interest me much, Kurt's writing is always quite witty and amusing. :) I love the outpouring of hate for the Bubsy series, haha.

[RCM]

Interesting idea. I already picked up a few inaccuracies and misleading info just through skimming. I'll have to read the entire site and make a list in the future.

I don't know what the goal of the site is, but if it's purely to educate newer HC gamers I'd suggest some fact checking.

The goal of the site is to give gamers a general overview of franchises that aren't very well known in the western hemisphere and/or are no longer popular as they once were. It's not at all meant to be a be-all-end-all resource of information for the games.
Still, corrections concerning false information should be accepted with open arms. Besides, RCM himself might be the one in the wrong--as I know Kurt goes to extensive lengths to ensure every article meets his high standards of quality. My advice would be to post on their boards and see how it flies. They've got a special forum for article discussion.

Anyway, anyone who doesn't love HG101 probably hasn't visited it yet.

EDIT: A page two full of surprises!

Here's an example where Mr. RCM is in the right, from HCG101:

Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master/The Super Shinobi 2 (1994) - Genesis

Shinobi 3 was released in 1993. I'll refrain from making a list of false facts off the site...I'm a busy man! I'm a writer and for what it's worth I get shit wrong sometimes too!

[kainemaxwell]

I bookmarked this site and was reading through it last night. Very enjoyable articles on different series and like how they include mp3s of some music from the games.

[Dire 51]

I've contributed an article there myself (one on Splatterhouse - big surprise, eh?), and Kurt was kind enough to archive the OPCFG there after I shut it down earlier this year.

Who knows? Maybe I'll get a chance to write that G'NG article for the site that Kurt asked me for a while back...

[spunibard]

i do like hardcore101, have had it bookmarked since i found it while researching xanadu.

what is TotalRPG? (from the first post) i googled it but all i came up with is some yahoo group with only 6 posts and a few uninteresting sites. is it dead? i don't remember ever seeing it.

[Jorpho]

TotalRPG has been very dead for a long time.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010208094033/http://totalrpg.net/

[Chakan]

Hg101 is one of my favorite game-related sites. If only it had much more material. I was surprised on a recent visit that there wasn't a Ghost n Goblins article. 0_0