
Nintendo Life contributor Damien McFarren has called the site "a goldmine for retro gamers, with its staff tirelessly uncovering gems from the past that everyone else has all but forgotten about." The Escapist took note of the site's "exhaustively researched spotlights on games old and new alike", calling Hardcore Gaming 101 "a website that should double as the go-to history text for everyone working in the gaming industry." Destructoid similarly said that "the site excels at unearthing gaming trivia unknown to all but the most insanely dedicated Wikipedia moderators," calling the publication a "gem." References By 2017, Hardcore Gaming 101 also published The Guide to Shoot Em Ups: Volume 1, which covers classic shoot 'em up titles that were not already covered in their books about Taito or Konami. This followed with the publication of The Unofficial Guide To Konami Shooters, covering a history of shooter games produced by Konami, as well as Data East Arcade Classics about titles from Data East. In 2016, they produced a book called Taito Arcade Classics about the history of Taito, arcade games, and the gaming industry in japan. They later published The Best 200 Video Games of All Time, which examines titles that their editorial team felt were important to the history of games. In 2013, they published Sega Arcade Classics Volume 1, focused on Sega's contributions to arcade gaming. Over the years, Hardcore Gaming 101 has also produced a number of books on specific gaming topics.
