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FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus @frdougal9000.bsky.social · 13h

hey howdy, it's time for a Patreon bonus episode of the @hg101.bsky.social podcast! to celebrate Vincent Valentine's birthday, @kaly.myatproto.social @frankiesamba.bsky.social and I talk about his pretty alright PS2 shooter Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII! www.patreon.com/hg101/posts/...

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 22h

It does, it's been a long time since I played MGS2 but I think that's just how the cardboard boxes were labeled

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Maybe if you take your kids out of school on a weekday, there will probably be less people. The storefront is not very big. Just make sure to check the schedule because they take a few days off during the week. It lasts until the end of the month, I think.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

American Dream in NJ, by Giants Stadium

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I had a 486SX/33 and Quake would not run without a math co-processor. I was able to get it run with a TSR program...and I remember it running even worse than this

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The key part of the Dandy's World Experience is the real life Ichoe Extraction machine, which was a little game in and of itself. But there was only one, every kid of course wanted to do it, it took more than a minute...with several hundred kids in line. you can see how it caused such a logjam

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I mentioned this earlier but the people running this had absolutely no idea it would be this popular

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I don't know how many parents have kids into this and are also on BlueSky but I am posting a warning for those expecting to see this: be prepared. Stand in shifts. And above all, hydrate.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

We have been in line for over seven hours but we have finally almost made it

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I would absolutely get suckered by Cowboy Bebop stuff

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We've been ordering plushies straight from them for a year or two but I've seen little things pop up like that at Five Below

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hello! Is there an ESRB edition of this planned? Thanks!

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For those without kids, Dandy's World is a roguelike mascot horror game in Roblox. Merch has been slowly crawling out over the past year or two but now it's apparently reached a fervor.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

People in front of us drove 6 (!!) hours from Montreal for this and might have to give up. We only live ~40 mins away so we might just come back on a week day

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Talking to the staff, they also severely underestimated the popularity of this game and are doing their best to manage the several hundred people in line

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

At the American Dream for a Dandy's World experience, based on a Roblox game my daughter loves. I had underestimated its popularity and the line snakes around the entire lower floor of the mall.

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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

NEW VIDEO We're delivering pizza, we're watching a baby getting eaten by a fish, and we're watching me losing the will to live. It's a fun time! Obscure & Forgotten PS1 Games Vol.18 is out now! youtu.be/CKbJ5bFixRE

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MARU ZOMBANDRA 👊 delinquent vtuber @marumalandra.wtf · 11/10/2026

🐯THIS IS SO EXCITING🐯 I can't believe we'll finally get a new Wing Commander release! I've been writing a retrospective on the Wing Commander series for years over at @hg101.bsky.social! My piece on WC3 was the longest, as I try to be a thorough researcher. Please check it out! bit.ly/maruwc3

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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Crowdsourcing a question for a thing I’m writing - is Back In 1995 (2016) the first intentional throwback/retro survival horror / puzzle horror type of this era? Like RE clones have always been a thing, was this this first to try to nail the 32 bit era aesthetic?

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Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8 years ago the first @hg101.bsky.social Retro Horror digest dropped! Here's the cover and the key art w/no copy www.amazon.com/dp/172627554X

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Help! There's a clone of Konami's Knightmare on the Switch eShop by a different title but I've forgotten it! Anyone remember?

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FrDougal9000 / Apollo Chungus @frdougal9000.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

hey howdy, it's time for another episode of the @hg101.bsky.social podcast! it kicks off with some cool folks discussing Metal Gear Solid 2, before @bobinator.bsky.social @kaly.myatproto.social and I dig into the hecking cool PS1 Ghost in the Shell game! www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...

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West Mansion: The Splatterhouse Homepage @west-mansion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you know about this fantastic Splatterhouse documentary put together and released by @gigacinza.bsky.social nearly two years ago? I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out if you haven't. @timeextension.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD0R...

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The Unknown History of Splatterhouse

YouTube video by Ácido Cinza

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Ephemeral Enigmas @ephemeralenigmas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New blog post time! This week's game is Battle Monsters, a fighting game that sometimes gets mistaken as a "Mortal Kombat clone", but is actually much different and far more interesting. Silly characters, grimy aesthetics, and even a bit of platforming made this a pleasant surprise: #blog #gaming

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Battle Monsters

I’m often a sucker for a janky fighting game, but I gotta say, Battle Monsters impressed me! It’s jank, for sure, but there’s a lot more going on under the hood than at first glance. Once you reali…

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest @ghaleonunlimited.bsky.social as they discuss and rank the second Metal Gear Solid game. Then stick around for Ghost in the Shell (1997), a riveting PS1 shooter from the devs who brought you Jumping Flash! www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top...

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Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Preorders for the new printing of my beat ‘em up history book are open now! Hit up the @bitmapbooks.com site to get yours before this print run sells out!

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yup it's an option that removes the mask and gives you only 1 HP. Maskless design is roughly how he looks in the PS3/360 game since this was released as a tie-in

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Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net · 03/10/2026

Episode 135: GOAT X w/ Kurt (@hg101.bsky.social) It's a great game. Great games are great games. Listen to Kurt share about the love he has for a solid Goldie on this week's episode! Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A few pics of the Maskless Rick mode from the iOS Splatterhouse for @west-mansion.bsky.social. Didn't get very because playing this game on a touch screen with only a single life point is pretty hard...

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SnowyAria (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧🏳️‍⚧️ @snowyaria.goodorevengreat.games · 02/10/2026

The tower calls out to the sinners of Neverland. It's time to repent. It's time to climb. Spectral Tower - English patch, out now!! Translation - Quade Hacking - Tasos500 Graphics - NicheTopic FMV Translations - SnowyAria (No AI was used for this patch) github.com/Yoshimanix/s...

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Pixels and Polygons @pixelsandpolygons.net · 02/10/2026

Tomorrow's episode of the podcast features a new guest, and someone I was excited to chat with, Kurt from @hg101.bsky.social! He has contributed to my 32 Bit Library books, and I was glad to finally connect with him here. I hope y'all enjoy it!

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think they are keeping consistent with the anime, which uses the Trevor name even in Japanese (where he was voiced by Alucard's SotN actor)

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm traveling atm but when I get home, I'll charge it up and check!

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think I might have this on my old iPod Touch

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Relatively late release, maybe didn't sell all that well. Live A Live was a little pricey before it got re-releases on the Virtual Console and the remake for licensing reasons but it's come down

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

$10, it's a pretty cheap one. A lot of Square SFC RPGs are pretty cheap except for things like Rudra

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Sam Derboo @samderboo.com · 27/09/2026

Dunno why I never thought of hitting @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's digital archive for this project before, but now I did and it helped me find a whole bunch more early 2D video game forklifts (and some more recent 3D ones, but I haven't gotten around to adding those yet) samderboo.com/forklifts.php

A screenshot of the game 102 Dalmatians for the Game Boy Color. A dalmatian sits on a very short platform belonging to a very tall forklift.

A screenshot of the arcade game Nights Striker. A futuristic flying vehicle flies through a semi-abstract 3D space while dodging a grey forklift steered by what looks like a robot or a person in a kind of suit.

A screenshot of the monochrome Game Boy game The Punisher. A guy rides a forklift with a crate on it while crosshairs sit in his path. There's a big boat in the background also.

A screenshot of the arcade game Revolution X. Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford is jamming in a forklift.

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The stuff I picked up today, along with a few Lego Ninjago 3DS games for my daughter

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