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Since the 8-bit era, when a plasma-firing, orange-armor-clad sci-fi warrior revealed – to a predominantly adolescent male audience – her flowing blonde pixels, Samus has been one of Nintendo’s finest and most popular first-party characters. That popularty only grew with the revival of the Metroid series in the 2000’s, and the series has captured the hearts and minds of gamers everywhere.

Now, with the impending release of Team Ninja’s Metroid: Other M, the ATFP crew tackles Samus’ SNES foray, Super Metroid. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

One of the most beloved games of its generation, Actraiser was an unlikely mix of side-scrolling-action-platformer and overworld-city-building-strategy. Pair that odd combination with one of gamers’ favorite game scores of all time, and a worldwide hit is born.

This weekend, the ATFP crew will discuss one of the strangest, and yet most popular, games in the SNES’s history. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

5 years in the making. Everything – from sprites to story to music – created by one man. And after all of that work, released for free. Cave Story is a revolution in independent game creation, and is one of the best and most loved retro games in recent memory. And it has finally come to a console in the form of a WiiWare release. Does it hold up?

This weekend, the ATFP crew takes on their first new game on the show, all because of it’s deep classic gaming roots. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

Near the launch of the SNES, Capcom ported an almost unknown arcade shooter into an almost unknown console shooter. In the land of Gradius and R-Type, U.N. Squadron passed quietly into the night – except in the eyes of true shooter fans. Although critically acclaimed, a true emulation-port of the arcade version was never made, and neither version has ever been re-released.

This weekend, the ATFP crew takes on U.N. Squadron to try and figure out why. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

Episode 6 will record this Sunday, April 11th!

Since the 8-bit era, SquareSoft has been synonymous with “RPG”. In an era of the menu-driven, turn-based RPG’s for which Square is so famous, Secret of Mana broke the mold with a real-time dynamic combat system, the elimination of random encounters, and 3-player simultaneous co-op play.

Taking on their first RPG of the show, the ATFP crew decides whether Secret of Mana still breaks the mold, or just leaves cracks in their sanity. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

Since the 8-bit era, SquareSoft has been synonymous with “RPG”. In an era of the menu-driven, turn-based RPG’s for which Square is so famous, Secret of Mana broke the mold with a real-time dynamic combat system, the elimination of random encounters, and 3-player simultaneous co-op play.

Taking on their first RPG of the show, the ATFP crew decides whether Secret of Mana still breaks the mold, or just leaves cracks in their sanity. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

The Italian plumber is the icon of all video game icons. He’s the video game industry’s Mickey Mouse. Some people may think that tackling what is arguably the single most loved of the mustachio’s adventures will be easy, but the ATFP crew might disagree. Find out how they take on the Mushroom Kingdom this weekend!

After taking on Sonic on episode 3, the crew flips the tables for episode 4 and figures out what Nintendoes. Got questions for the hosts? Post them to the Ask The Hosts forum, or e-mail the hosts at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

Mascot. Mario killer. He does what Nintendon’t. The little blue speedster has a storied (and sometimes checkered) past, but holds a vaunted place in the history of video games. This weekend, the ATFP crew takes on the beloved Genesis classic Sonic The Hedgehog!

How do you feel about the ‘hog? If you were a Sega fanboy in the console war, you can’t afford to miss episode 3 of After The Fact! Post your questions for the hosts on the Geekerific Forums, or e-mail them at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

How does this little kid keep getting put in the crappiest spots? Woke up to a random voice in his head, takes some stuff off of his dying uncle, and launches into a quest to save the world. Again. This weekend, the ATFP crew tackles the SNES favorite The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past!

Do you love Zelda as much as they do? Listen to episode 2 and follow them through all of the exhiliration, frustration, and nostalgia that Zelda brings along with it. Post your questions for the hosts on the Geekerific Forums, or e-mail them at afterthefact@geekerific.com!

Castlvania. Great music, iconic imagery, a big dude with an ugly whip killin’ vampires, igors, and those #$%&$% flying medusa heads. This Saturday, the ATFP crew records episode 1 of After The Fact, where they’ll take on Castlevania in all it’s familiar, 8-bit glory.

If you love Castlevania in all it’s various forms, be sure not to miss this one! Got any questions for the crew? Pop over to the Geekerific Forums, post your question in “Ask The Hosts”, and your question might get read on the show!