Episode 119 - Arch Rivals

About this episode

This episode discusses the NES port of Arch Rivals and its influence on the NBA Jam franchise.

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. Check out the Afterglow linktree which has discord, patreon, and merch links as well as links to friends of the show at ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Leathco⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Show Logo and Artwork from TobyVonDoom from ⁠⁠⁠Secret Levels⁠⁠⁠ . Intro and outro music by: Grim from ⁠⁠⁠The Lost and Gone⁠⁠⁠ podcast and ⁠⁠⁠Grim Glow⁠⁠⁠ .

People in this episode

Host: Chris Leathco

Topics covered

• retro gaming
• sports games
• NBA Jam
• NES
• video game memories

Keywords

• Arch Rivals
• NES
• NBA Jam
• retro gaming
• sports games
• video games
• Afterglow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Afterglow, Secret Levels, The Lost and Gone, Grim Glow

Books & works: Arch Rivals

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