Afterglow - Retro Gaming Memories

Let's see how this goes: I am covering a newer game AND it's a mobile game.......but hear me out. This game is 14 years old and the gameplay as well as the graphics hold up to this day; it looks like it could have came out this year but is also a blast to play. Hopefully you'll give this a chance as I cover the first mobile game on the show. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zk...

This week I tackle my introduction into the Contra franchise with the inaugural game on the NES. I love this franchise but it took me time to get into and literal years to learn a few lessons. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - www.badsecre...

On this episode I am joined by Grim from The Lost and Gone podcast to talk about the game that started the popularity of the survival horror genre in Resident Evil (although Sweet Home launched the genre). I hope you enjoy this special longer form episode as we delve into our childhood memories of this game along with some interesting tidbits surrounding it. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/...

This episode I cover what many to be the perfect fighting game in Street Fighter 2. My main childhood experiences with it were with the Sega Genesis Special Champion Edition, so that's what I will focus on although I will touch on a few other releases. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming R...

Growing up I didn't play very many simulation types of games at all, but a few caught my eye and I became a huge fan of those select games. This weeks episode I talk about one of the biggest early console sims with Sim City on the SNES. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.ret...

We are doing a shorter episode this week to take a break after all the work for Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat last March, but also because I wanted to talk about my genesis becoming a gamer. Not a Sega Genesis, but a personal genesis with an Atari 2600 and a pile of carts, with one of my favorites becoming Space Invaders. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://...

Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat In March comes to a close with WCW Nitro! Nitro was one of those games that might have been a bad wrestling game, but strangely was also fun to play. You can tell the developers had a blast making the game. It's kinda like eating frosting with no cake if I had to describe it. I hope you enjoy this episode as we close out another special month of Afterglow! Join...

Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat in March continues! This is the first game I thought of when I decided to dedicate March of this year to wrestling games. I spent so much time renting this game on both the Genesis and SNES, but always wanted to try the 32X version. It took over 15 years but in my 20's I got my hands on a copy, and it was mostly everything I hoped. Join our Discord at https://di...

Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat in March........marches on! In this episode I cover one of my early Playstation 1 games that I kept coming back to even when I got other wrestling games for the system. It's the prototype of a modern wrestling game, WCW Vs the World which I cover in this episode. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Ch...

It's the Retro Wrestling Game Tournament during Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat in March! I am joined by Supes and B. Rob from the Secret Levels Discord (http://discord.gg/84T8khT) for this special episode as we take the games we nominated and have them battle it out in a bracket to determine which game will reign supreme as our favorite retro wrestling game! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4...

Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat in March continues! This episode I cover a wrestling game that's different from almost every other wrestling title that has come out. Capcom put their unique spin on wrestling in the classic Saturday Night SlamMasters, a game I rented often as a kid and I talk about more in this episode. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://w...

Welcome to Big Meaty Men Slappin' Meat in March! I've always enjoyed wrestling, and March seems like the perfect month to cover some of my favorite wrestling games! This one also marks the first arcade game covered by Afterglow, and it's an absolute classic which I would think of as a hidden gem in the arcade game realm. Listen as I talk about one of my favorite snapshots in time with...

I know the thumbnail has a 2 in it, but the game for this episode is actually Final Fantasy 4! I explain why in the intro if you don't already know the chaos in the numbering of early Final Fantasy games. Also, this is episode 50! Thanks for joining me in discussing my memories of 50 games, and I hope you enjoy the next 50! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at htt...

I haven't done any fighting games yet for the show, but I do enjoy a good fighter from time to time. Today I talk about one of the earliest ones that got me into the genre with Mortal Kombat on the Sega Genesis. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secre...

Old-school Zelda games are ones I enjoy quite a bit, but I was definitely late to the party. However to this day I love the top down Zelda experience, which I'll dive deeper into on this episode. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - www.b...

These days I'm a Metroid fan, but its a series I had to grow into. The fourth game is what drew me into the franchise, which I'll be going into in this episode (along with my dirty pirate shame). Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - w...

Crossover with Secret Levels! Listen to Goobz and Toby as they allow me on Secret Levels to review this game at https://open.spotify.com/episode/7npD9GHQrd8cAjCuuZ6FlD?si=e0d90bfbb38646ef Most people have a certain IP that they really enjoy, and for me one of those IPs has always been X-Men. This was my first X-Men game I ever played and I wanted it to be good but.......well.........hit play and t...

I love a good beat em up game, and one that always stands out to me for its stunning artwork and fun multiplayer is Final Fight. This game has had a ton of different versions release, and in this episode I go over my memories and thoughts of three of those releases. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retr...

Magic the Gathering has been around for decades and has a deep history not only for it's cards, but for its games as well. Sadly, a large chunk of their history has been erased by Wizards and Hasbro, a history I want to try to keep alive with this episode on Duels of the Planeswalkers. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out f...

As a Turtles fan, I loved seeing all the games that came out featuring my favorite mutants (yes, even more than the X-Men). When I was a kid Turtle-Mania was everywhere, and in this episode you get double the fun as Goobz from Secret Levels joins this episode of Afterglow to reminisce with me about the juggernaut that was TMNT Turtles In Time on the SNES. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4...

Music is such an important part of gaming. It sets the tone and gets you in the right frame of mind to put yourself just a little bit more in that universe. In this special bonus episode, I go over my favorite game soundtrack per console from the early era of gaming. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Ret...

Entering 2024 I talk about one of the first NES games I had seen as a child, Mega Man 2. This game was my first glimpse of a franchise I love to this day. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/leathco Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - www.badsecretmedia.com Intro music by: Music: Evan...

Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Closing out 2023 with the last of the Christmas Games memories, I talk about one of the most influential games of all time not just to me, but to the gaming world in general. Enjoy my memories of Super Mario Brothers. Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - www.badsecretmedia.com Intro music by:...

A gift during Christmas is always exciting due to the surprise of never knowing what's inside. This is the only time I can remember where I got a gift within a gift, which I will share on this episode. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - www.badsecretmedia.com Intro music by: Music: Evan...

Sometimes a gift can bring a life lesson, like the game featured in this episode. You should never judge a book by its cover, and I learned that when I got Castle of Illusion as a gift. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/nN4Zkk7 Check out friends of the show! Retro Gaming Roundup - www.retrogamingroundup.com Secret Levels - www.badsecretmedia.com Intro music by: Music: Evan King - 20XX⁠www.you...