Topical Resort

Pick n' Mix and Topical Resort get blended together for one night only in celebration of the release of Sonic Colours: Ultimate! Hasty History and Topical Thesis return, opinions are had, lots of new music is played and we see the clash of two titans: Trivia Coast and Code Breakers. Just how will it all fuse together? All shall be decided over the course of a bumper length episode, so go ahead and grab yourself a ticket for The Mixin' Resort! For the full show notes, check out: https://www.rspicknmix.com/s2e33

As promised, the Topical Resort returns for a special episode covering the rise and demise of the Switch's SEGA AGES line now that Herzog Zwei has capped off the series! All your favourite old segments are here in the new decade, so come and join us as we look back on SEGA's now deceased premium range of ports and remakes.

It's Something Nostalgic I Guess, and it aired as a part of our Mega Drive Mini Marathon! Witness the one night only (and we really mean it this time) return of the Resort to discuss what is technically SEGA's newest console, because we all know that this show is about technicalities...

One last happy memory before we say goodbye. Just originally advertised as the season finale, this episode of the Resort sees the permanent closure of its doors, and we hope it's in the best way possible: with some extremely sentimental to Viper. Thanks to you guys for 104 episodes of topicality, and thanks to SEGA for making the Master System, it's pretty cool.

The final fan request of the series hits your ears tonight or whenever you choose to download this, and it's a contender for the most interesting topic in either series... at least in the opinion of the chat and Viper. This episode tells the tale of one of the pioneers of digital storefronts in gaming, it's different regional varients (including one extremely close to home to our host!) and its quite literal fall from grace... or space.

You guys had the choice for Episode 100, so Episode 50 of Season 2 goes to Viper, and this time he also picks a composer, one of his favourites in-fact. Industry legend Hideki Naganuma is on the chopping block tonight, as are many of his great soundtracks including Jet Set Radio Future, Sonic Rush, Super Monkey Ball 3D, Black Panther: New Yakuza Chronicles and many more! If you're a fan of the man, you'll want to tune in to hear the random trivia and chronological history of his work. If you're not a fan, isn't now the time to jump in?

No Jamie, that doesn't say IceCap........ It was E3 this week, and we're go full anti-cynical Brit mode against these cliche gamers and their whole enjoying games shtick by moaning about games! Almost makes you wonder why we pretend to like them... PSO2 is cool though, that's a good takeaway from tonight!

Brit wouldn't stop asking for it, so we should probably deliver. Arguably one of the most requested episodes EVER is selected to occupy the special 100th slot, and of course we spend more time talking things that aren't Tee Lopes than we do talking about the man himself. But there's music! The chatter's okay too...

The final episode of May sees us Off-Topic... well, one final time this series. There's small amounts of TSR and Monkey Ball talk, but mainly a lot of nattering and great music. Oh, and it all comes from an overslept Viper who's extatic over being hired. As extatic as he gets that is... NOTE: To listen to the full quality version of this podcast, head to: https://mega.nz/#!DYV3hAjC!oTEp0lnkdvCEjNPT8fAsIyIvZAVJxgf1ayDlWozknbk

That one TSR game came out a while back, we should probably play some music from it and other Sumo games. Outside of that, we've got the two other Sonic Racing games, lots of Virtua Tennis, Tennis with more likable characters and that one OutRun game they won't port. Oh, and this all takes place during RS' testing season! NOTE: To listen to the HQ version of this podcast, please visit: https://mega.nz/#!vRF1nYiQ!6ZOacHuLTB3V_j2n1E6fBOVFyKxRquV44aoR6NpDI6U

Spark the Electric Jester 2 dropped a few days ago on Steam, and considering Viper's background with the series and with Lake's previous fangames, it's probably about time we covered the games and more importantly, their brilliant music.

Golden Axe turns 30 this month (no clue when though!) so why not celebrate like we did for Sonic 3 by playing remixes of every major track in the game. There's lots of Wilderness, but aside from that, I hope there's some deep cuts!

I know, how about we somewhat tie in this week's vaguely related topic into this weekend's holiday? What could possibly go wrong? Certainly not the soundtrack to tonight's episode, that's for certain!

In typical SEGA fashion, they had an idea which was rougly about a decade ahead of its time. Netflix like streaming services for games have already swallowed a portion of the market and more services are continuing to assert their presence on the market, but amongst all this competition, it's important to remember that SEGA released a games on demand service in 2008 known as PlaySEGA. Listen in to hear the history, talk about the site, plenty of music and how it MAY have influenced the design of RadioSEGA!

It's Good Friday here in some parts of the world, and rather nicely the sun decided to rear its head. Hear a hot and beverage deprived Viper stumble his way through a show all about Easter Eggs, Fish and Persona. You know, the essentials to any Good Friday with the family, or in this case.... the fam.

wowaka passed away on the 5th of April 2019 due to acute heart failure. We at the Topical Resort wanted to pay respects in the best way we knew, going through the details of his life and playing some of his best works. Bring your strongest emotions into this show, because it may not be one for the emotionally frail. No jokes, no derailings, just a heartfelt look at a man who's work improved the lives of many. May he Rest in Peace.

April Fools may have been a few days before the show, but that doesn't stop us from getting in the spirit! We're playing the best mashups and Soundclowns from around the web, including music from the likes of SiIvaGunner, beat_shobon, Matthew Ashcroft, Triple-Q and more! Turn the volume up and then when you realise it's a joke turn it all back down again.

The Topical Resort turns 2 this weekend, and it just so happened that MadWorld turned 10 a few weeks back, marking 10 years since PlatinumGames' first title debuted. Instead of more rhythm games, why don't we celebrate our birthday with one of our favourite companies here on the show? There's plenty of RS favourites, but also a whole host of new non-SEGA tracks sure to blow your ears away!

Following on from BritGamer's licensed games request, Mick wanted to hear some unlicensed SEGA music. Fear not though, there's not too many bootlegs, instead we've got a lot of Mega Drive and Dreamcast indies. Plenty of great music and great games worth purchasing for your old SEGA machines.

The Bonus Stage returns for a 2nd act. Join Viper for talks of Sonic Runners' *almost* grand return and Judgment, because everyone and their mother has to talk about drugs not being as bad as they seem apparently.

Back in the Groove has just forced itself into the grooves of your console or PC, so we should probably look back on the highs and lows of the franchise that came before it. Join us for talk of how they got redesigning a character right and how YOU think they redesigned another SEGA character wrong. Also, please check out this episode's corresponding blogpost on the RadioSEGA website for full context behind some conversations.

A few weeks after the closure of Nintendo's Wii Shop Channel, ViPER takes a look at an ever growing issue within the video game industry: Abandonware. As we head towards a digital only future, we'll be losing more and more games when those ever so important servers shut down, but what games have we already lost in recent years?

In an attempt to breathe some much needed musical variation into this year's episodes, we're banning Sonic, Yu Suzuki and everything overplayed for one night only! You won't be hearing deepcut obscure picks, but we hope that you appreciate the breath of fresh air! Aside from that, it's a fairly standard semi off-topic episode!

Sonic 3 turns 25 tomorrow as of uploading, so we should probably celebrate by not repeating the same tracks we've heard a gazillion times. Instead, we should play tracks with the same melodies but with different instruments and made by someone on the internet. That sounds much better.

The finale of Month of the Fan is here, and we're throwing it over to one of the many requests by jstarmax. Admittedly it's a topic that crosses over with a lot of others that we've done recently, but it's still a request by you guys. Enough chat, let's dedicate an episode to the gaming genius known as Tetsuya Mizuguchi! Be sure to get yourself into a trance before listening.

The Month of the Listener is going "strong" on the Resort, so the next episode in the line is a request by S_Mania999 and he wants us to look at the history behind the composers of NiGHTS! Strap yourself in for a retrospective featuring 3 SEGA greats!

The end of the year is upon us, so how else should we celebrate but with another yearly news roundu.... don't fall asleep on me yet, because we're also going to be reading YOUR picks for your favourite episode of 2018. Strap in, because it's gonna be a long one.

It's time to focus on the great SEGA studio with the unfortunate acronymn. Let's put that aside though as we jam to some great games such as Comix Zone, Sonic 2 and the best Christmas game ever released: Die Hard Arcade.

Can you believe that WinterFest 2018 is already upon us? Well it is, so the non-believers can get out. Join us for banter, wintery tunes, now closed prize giveaways and a whole load of H! You might even get turned on...

The Topical Resort moved to a Thursday this week, and chao... I mean not a lot really ensued! The usual crazy chat was calmer than usual due to the different slot, but one thing that wasn't different was the level of topicality displayed in this episode. Be sure to pick up your copy of Mega Drive Classics this weekend, as we all know that's the most important thing coming out on the 7th.............

Both Topical Resort and SEGA Mixer Drive planned to have Yu Suzuki episodes on the same day, how convenient! For the first time ever, the Friday night crew team up to create an epic 4 hour show. Now you just need to wait for the SMD podcast..................

The end of 2018 is fast approaching, so it's time that we started the prep for this year's Fan Choice competition! Even if you're listening in after the contest is closed, join us for some great SEGA tunes and remixes, all released within the year of 2018!

There's always so much talk of the Crazy Taxi soundtrack in the SEGA community, and yet no-one ever talks about the other brilliant punk soundtracks the big blue has offered us over the years. Join ViPER as he gets flooded by Crazy Taxi requests anyway while he just tries to play Pennywise in peace.

You guys asked for this one A LOT, seriously. 4 requests and counting, and that's 4 times more than I get for any other request episode! Looks like I'm obliged to do it then. Here's the many great tunes of the quite literally godlike Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, since he was born on Christmas Day after all.

The weather is turning colder over here, but fear not, there's no Christmas music here! Instead, we're going to be playing music exclusively from an instrument which reminds me of the cold weather: the piano. Wrap up under the blanket, grab some coffee and tune in to the soothing tunes.

Let the annual festivities begin, for the Halloween season is upon us, and what's scarier than delays and horribly long words that ViPER can't pronounce? All that and Shaddix Croft ordering a pizza on this episode of the Topical Resort!

Puyo eSports is just around the corner, and just like we did with the release of PPT, we should probably celebrate, especially due to the anticipation amongst listeners. Join us for the usual chatter, plus nothing but what YOU requested!

SEGA woke up one day and decided to release Crash on the Switch in Japan. To the delight of many RadioSEGA listeners, let's look at Crash and his N-Sane Trilogy of games to get a better idea of what we're up against.

With new radio software in tow, it's time to cover the Wii and its library of diverse yet banging tunes! Join us for everything from cute Monkeys rolling around in balls to an angry man with a chainsaw hand impaling people on spikes!

The end of September is already upon us, so come and pay a visit to the Resort as we discuss everything that's relevent and all inbetween! There's more than one #ProblemOfTheWeek, there's rants and there's your requests. What more could you want?

Autumn begins and Summer ends this Sunday in the UK, so why not revive one of our old show types and a series of specials we did around this same subject previously on RadioSEGA? Sounds like a plan! Oh, and we also agree on why Thunder Force IV was actually renamed to Lightening Force, and spoilers, it ain't pretty.

SEGA AGES for Switch is finally just around the corner, which means it's time for it to stop messing with my show schedule! Join us for the next 2 hours as we discuss the various other instances of the brand and our attempt to avoid playing Gain Ground! Oh, and Nintendo, because gaming news.

The Topical Resort goes exotic this week, by looking at a PC and its console counterpart only released in Japan. It's the FM Towns and the FM Towns Marty! Join us for some great tunes, and perhaps some you may recognise from other more famous titles...

It's the end of the month, meaning only one thing: jabbering! Coming up is 2 and a bit hours of news, millions of dollars at stake and the world's most depressing birthday. It's all on the line, isn't it?

Even though we've looked at the series before, we never looked heavily at the spin-off titles aside from a glance. Join ViPER today for a look at the various times Yakuza made a wacky unconnected game, like that time they lived in the Edo period, and that time they fought... a zombie outbreak?!

Do you see what I see? Luckily for me, I can see into the future and I can tell you that Shenmue I & II HD will be brilliant, so come and visit the Resort for the next 2 hours as we discuss everything Shenmue!

Daytona turns 25 this month, so what better way to celebrate than by looking at the franchise, and not just the first game like everyone else does! Get ready to DO DO DO DO DOOOO DOOOO all over again!

If the American name were to be believed, it's the console that started it all! Or if you were anywhere else in the world, you'd know they were talking utter rubbish. Either way, it's the Mega Drive! Grab the podcast to experience related chatter and brilliant tunes mostly coming from the glorious YM2612.

This episode has the alternate title of Murphy's Resort, because everything that could go wrong did! Tune in to hear the multiple tech issues and some bad rap. Oh, and the promised headlines from July!

ViPER attempts to breathe some new life into the Vita, whether he was successful or not is up to you! Join us for music, talk, and more awful life jokes.

ViPER is excited for Sonic Mania Plus just as much as he was for the original release, even if the enthusiasm isn't shared! Join him for talk, trivia and a freshly tested topicality!