We are ending 2025 with an LJN game thats.....not bad? Well if you are an Afterglow listener you know some of those actually exist, and this is another one of them! This game actually isn't bad and can be quite a bit of fun, but get ready for a challenge! And of course, "I'll be back" in 2026!

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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As we enter the closing of 2025 we also enter Castle Shadowgate to unravel its mysteries. Join myself as well as Keaton as we discuss our fondness of the NES version of Shadowgate, the franchise as a whole, and the entire realm of MacVenture titles.

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Sports games are a rarity here on Afterglow, but every once in a while one will pop in, and this episode is one of them with the NES port of Arch Rivals, a BasketBrawl game. In this episode I go over my memories of what I feel is the foundation of the NBA Jam franchise.

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠⁠.

Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠⁠.

Stumbles from the Secret Levels discord joins again, this time to talk about Sonic 3. He is known as the "Sonic Guy" so lets see what he things of the third entry in the series.

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠.

Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠.

The end of Spook-Tober 2025 takes place as Shodan takes over in the end. Grim and Leathco discuss why this game was so haunting in the late 90's along with its legacy to this day, along with thoughts on the recent re-release of the enhanced edition.

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠Secret Levels⁠.

Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠The Lost and Gone⁠ podcast and ⁠Grim Glow⁠.

Spook-Tober moves along as I am joined by Shawn, host of the Electronics Emotions Program channel on YouTube (https://youtube.com/@iiqulo?si=OKNZVPNnFX72Dgfj) as we discuss our thoughts and memories of the classic FPS shooter, along with some general thoughts and gaming memories as well.

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from Secret Levels.

Intro and outro music by: Grim from The Lost and Gone podcast and Grim Glow.

Spook-tober is back, and we are starting with one of the franchises that put horror games on the map with Castlevania and a game where they actually were a launch title with Circle of the Moon on the Game Boy Advance. This is the third game I bought for the GBA and I was surprised when it wasn't the old school style Castlevania game like the NES had but instead a Metroid style exploration game!

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from Secret Levels

Intro and outro music by: Grim from "The Lost and Gone" podcast

It's time for us to explore the origins of the Blue Bomber with the original release of Mega Man on the NES, followed by a little discussion on Wily Wars and Powered Up as well.

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Intro and outro music by: Grim from "The Lost and Gone" podcast

In this bonus episode I go into my memories on the main MECC games I played in grade school along with a brief history of the company that brought us some pretty cool educational games. You can still access these today if you check out https://mecc.co/

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Intro and outro music by: Grim from "The Lost and Gone" podcast

Keith, host of the Main Quest Podcast, closes his episodes saying "It's OK to like a video game". I'll be putting that notion to the test as I defend E.T. for the Atari 2600, a game the internet universally despises and blames the US Video Game Crash of the 80's for. However, I feel these thoughts are entirely unfair and in this episode, I'll explain my viewpoint.

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Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from Secret Levels

Intro and outro music by: Grim from "The Lost and Gone" podcast