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Much like any child of the 90's, I grew up with a Windows 95-based PC. In my case, it was a junky old Packard Bell donated to my family by our uncle, which included a ton of old DOS and Windows games that have been long since forgotten by the general gaming press. Sure, everybody remembers SimCity, Wolfenstein and Doom, but who here can honestly remember Afterlife? (Discluding readers that know of it through my rants in the chat and message boards.)

Afterlife was a quirky SimCity-esque game that had a novel idea: Instead of managing a city, Afterlife had you manage a heaven and hell instead. In practice, this idea worked quite well, and dispite a handful of minor gameplay flaws, remains one of my favorite games from the heyday of LucasArts in the 90's.

However, a game review is beyond the scope of this article, as I specifically wanted to focus on the soundtrack. A mix of strings, synthezised choruses, and overwhelming far- and middle-eastern influences, Afterlife's backing music is best described as peacefully haunting, with an almost spiritual vibe, which given the subject matter of the game was just all too fitting.

Anyways, enough of the banter. Check out some sample tracks below.





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