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Hardcore Gaming 101

Kurt Kalata

Join the HG101 gang as they rank the games YOU nominate in their ever growing list, the Top 47,858 Games of All Time. Brought to you by the one and only HardcoreGaming101.net.

Episodes

20 of 863 episodes

Scooby Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure (and The Grinch (2000)!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a WayForward spinoff of a short-lived cartoon MMO. Then stick around for The Grinch (2000), a K...

01:58:53Oct 27, 2026

Majuuou/King of Demons (and Zombieville!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Super Famicom sidescroller that lets you go demon mode. Then stick around for Zombieville, a...

02:08:59Oct 20, 2026

Kingdom Come: Deliverance (and Project Firestart!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a "realistic" open-world medieval RPG. Then stick around for Project Firestart, an innovative s...

02:10:31Oct 13, 2026

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (and Ghost in the Shell (1997)!)

Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala as they discuss and rank the second Metal Gear Solid game, w...

02:23:06Oct 6, 2026

Monster Slider (and The Cave Cop!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONCLUDES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a block puzzler in which you slide around the pl...

01:52:45Sep 29, 2026

Street Fighter (and Terranigma!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Capcom fighter that somehow managed to get a s...

02:17:50Sep 22, 2026

Crossbow (and Quest for Camelot!)

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 fa...

01:37:34Sep 15, 2026

Cloak & Dagger (and The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Robotron-style twin-stick shooter with an espi...

01:59:37Sep 8, 2026

G-Taste Mahjong (and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest Katherine , as they discuss and rank a parti...

02:06:08Sep 1, 2026

Monster Maulers (and Fighting Force!)

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 fro...

01:47:24Aug 25, 2026

Batman (2013) (and Starfighter 3000!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Raw Thrills' Batmobile-based shooter. Then stick...

01:56:58Aug 18, 2026

CarnEvil (and Rolling Gunner!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Midway's lightgun shooter about a carnival... th...

02:05:30Aug 11, 2026

Emergency Call Ambulance (and Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid!)

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...

01:51:50Aug 4, 2026

Super Dodge Ball (NES) (and The Longest Journey!)

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. Th...

01:58:25Jul 28, 2026

ToeJam & Earl (and ChainStaff!)

Join the HG101 gang plus special guest Robbo , as they discuss and rank-err, revisit, the groovy duo's funky roguelike for the Genesis/Mega...

02:05:28Jul 21, 2026

Quest 64 (and Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos!)

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 Qu...

02:15:37Jul 14, 2026

The Final Fantasy Legend (SaGa) (and Half-Life 2: Episode One & Two!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG REVS UP SOME CHAINSAWS! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Square's first handheld RPG. Then stick around for Ha...

02:20:19Jul 7, 2026

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (and Top Banana!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG SOARS TO THE SKIES! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Saralene , as they discuss and rank the second entry...

01:39:15Jun 30, 2026

Virtual Hydlide (and Marble Drop!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG FRAMEDROPS ONWARD! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an open-world RPG with an arcade-style sensibility. Then s...

02:08:07Jun 23, 2026

Lost Dimension (and Diablo!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a tactical RPG about saving the world with psychic powers. Then st...

02:27:35Jun 16, 2026