Episode 70: Tengen

AFPH dive into the Atari shell company Tengen, whose surprising role in video game history precedes it’s nefarious origins.

Episode 68: Dungeon Crawlers

Join the Power Hour for a look inside the origin of one of the most influential genres in video game history, Dungeon Crawlers!

Episode 59: Before EA Sports

On Today’s episode, we examine a small chunk of EA’s pre-sports big business shift of the mid 90s.

Episode 48: RCF Wrap Up

We have come to the end of our Retro City Festival coverage/content. Time for us to put our stuff in a hanky at the end of a stick and hit the road.

Episode 39: Night Trap

In 1993 Joe Lieberman was on a crusade to prosecute the video game industry. Night Trap was at the top of his target list.

Bonus Episode: Sega-Nights

On this extra special bonus edition of the AFPH, we lightly dabble in self-induced public shaming in an attempt to pull back the curtain a bit. Special appearance enthusiast Thor Becker joins once again as we discuss how we spent our Friday nights in high school establishing the “Sega-Nights” (not to be confused with Sega’s Nights).

Episode 17: Razor Soft

Before Mortal Kombat. Before Night Trap (but after Splatterhouse), Razorsoft was trail blazing the exploitation of kick-butt violence long before decapitations became standard fair in video games.

Episode 16: Road Rash

In this smooth episode we smoothly discuss the Road Rash series in terms of its smoothness.

Episode 12: Time Killers & Bloodstorm

Many developers were making fighters in the 90’s, most have been completely forgotten. However one developer sticks out in the crowd of the discarded, Strata.

Episode 11: Sonic 3 & Knuckles

With the completion of our Sonic & Knuckles play through, Brian and Ray sit down and discuss the game itself, the controversy around how it was made and it’s place in gaming history.

Episode 9: Sega 32X Part 1_The Console

In a very special episode of Autofire Power Hour, Brian and Ray discuss the infamous Sega add-on, the 32X.

Episode 8: Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Virgin Interactive Entertainment is responsible for some of the most memorable 16-bit era video games. They also created the RTS genre and were sprite creation innovators.