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Pixelated Audio is back from another VGMCon in Minnesota, this time about space! Joining Gene once again from last year are Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels and Carlos from Heroes Three! We did a similar panel last year; we take a broad theme and make it educational, and then use it as an excuse to cram in all sorts of VGM examples. We had some tech issues and lost some of the recording but we were able to rescue it with a more laid back "part 2" we recorded in the hotel room as a way to fill in gaps and riff for a while. Prepare for launch on this massive double episode clocking in at almost 2 hours! We discuss space, its influence on games and computing, and a wide range of games that have a direct or sometimes tenuous link to space. We've got a ton of music this episode so we hope you enjoy it. Pardon the noise in the background, it was the best we could do with a portable recorder. If you'd like to follow along with our slides that we used during the talk, feel free to click through. If the presentation doesn't show up below, click here. Track list 0:00:00 (Bedding) Map Screen - Mass Effect (Various, 2007) - Sam Hulick 0:06:15 (Excerpt) introduction to "From Here to Infinity" narrated by Patrick Stewart 0:09:42 Intro Cutscene - Frontier: Elite II (Amiga, 1993) - David Lowe 0:27:18 Hyperspace - Star Control II (PC, 1992) - Riku Nuottajärvi 0:31:57 Alpine Start - Star Trek: New Worlds (PC, 2000) - Jeremy Soule, Inon Zur 0:35:19 Main Theme - Space Engineers (PC, 2019) - Karel Antonín 0:41:11 Happy Daymare - Xexex (Arcade, 1991) - Konami Kukeiha Club Motoaki Furukawa (Carol Queen) Hidenori Maezawa (Michael Oldriver) Satoko Miyawaki (Rosetta Stone) Akiko Hashimoto (Shanghai Manmos) 0:45:13 Space Port -Juggernaut- - X-Men: Children of the Atom (Arcade, 1994) Takayuki Iwai (ANACHEY··TAKAPON··) [main composer on track] Shun Nishigaki (SYUN Nishigaki) Hideki Okugawa (HIDEKI OK) Isao Abe (Isao ··oyaji··Ave) 0:47:44 Hydra (Stage 1) - Gradius IV (Arcade, 1999) - Konami Kukeiha Club Atsuki Watanabe (Atsuki) Harumi Ueko 0:52:09 Pretty G - GuitarFreaks / DrumMania (Arcade, 2000) - Zonlu (Sunday Records) 0:57:17 Space - Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (SFC, 1993) - Noboru Yamane 1:04:48 I Want to See the Starlight (Jolyne Kujo's Theme) - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (PS3, 2013) - Chikayo Fukuda 1:11:50 UFO Ending - Silent Hill (PS1, 1999) - Akira Yamaoka 1:18:06 (Bedding) World 2 (Moon) - Treasure Master (NES, 1991) - Tim Follin 1:20:00 (Bedding) Team Selection - Blades of Steel (NES, 1988) Shinya Sakamoto (S. Sakamoto) Kazuki Muraoka (K. Muraoka) Atsushi Fujio (A. Fujio) Kiyohiro Sada (K. Sada) 1:21:30 (Bedding) Item Acquisition - Super Metroid (SNES, 1994) - Kenji Yamamoto 1:21:42 (Bedding) Welcome to Chessmaster - The Chessmaster (SNES, 1991) - Peter Stone 1:22:24 (Bedding) Item Acquisition - Metroid Fusion (GBA, 2002) - Minako Hamano, Akira Fujiwara 1:22:41 (Bedding) Title Theme - Sorry! / Aggravation / Scrabble Junior (GBA, 2005) - Mark Cooksey (possibly) 1:23:46 (Bedding) Course Clear (Out of This Dimension) - Star Fox (SNES, 1993) - Hajime Hirasawa 1:24:11 (Bedding) Title Theme - PGA Tour Golf (SNES, 1992) - Rob Hubbard 1:24:50 Title Theme - PGA Tour Golf (Genesis, 1991) - Rob Hubbard 1:28:53 (Bedding) Deep Core - Phalanx (SNES, 1991) - S. Yamaguchi 1:29:32 (Bedding) Dr. Wright - SimCity (SNES, 1991) - Soyo Oka 1:34:12 (Bedding) Title Theme - Space Shuttle Project (NES, 1991) - Scott Marshall 1:34:39 (Bedding) Round 1 – Remlia Castle - Astyanax (NES, 1989) - Toshiko Tasaki 1:37:18 (Excerpt) pre-launch voice clips - Space Shuttle Project (NES, 1991) - voiced by David Crane 1:45:29 Ball Launch + Main Play 2 - Star Trek 25th Anniversary (Pinball, 1991) - Brian Schmidt 1:47:52 The Moon - Ducktales Remastered (Various,

In this installment of Pixelated Audio, we're taking a stroll through the soundtrack of Blades of Steel. Originally, Konami released this fact-action hockey game in the arcades in 1987 but it really gained popularity a year later when it was converted to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. However, most of us (at least your hosts) tend to forget that two sequels were released: NHL Blades of Steel '99 and NHL Blades of Steel 2000 which we've got some tunes from as well. Composed by: Arcade/NES: Shinya Sakamoto, Kazuki Muraoka, Atsushi Fujio, Kiyohira Sada GameBoy: Hidehiro Funauchi, Akiko Itou GameBoy Color: Matt Simmonds Nintendo 64: Kazuhiko Uehara (sound producer), Nobuyuki Akena (sound director), Takahito Uenishi (SFX), Mitsuteru Furukawa (Sound programmer) PlayStation: Let us know! Tracklist 00:00:00 - Game Start / Warm Up (NES) 00:05:23 - Selection Theme (NES) 00:13:04 - Intermission (NES) 00:16:52 - Bonus Game Unused (NES) 00:17:26 - Bonus Game (Arcade) 00:18:16 - Won Finals (NES) 00:20:26 - Game End (NES) 00:21:50 - Team Selection (Arcade) 00:23:55 - Team Selection (Amiga) 00:25:26 - Game Start (DOS) 00:26:17 - Game Start (C64) 00:27:09 - BGM 1 (GB) 00:30:09 - BGM 2 (GB) 00:31:39 - BGM 3 (GB) 00:35:15 - BGM 8 (GB) 00:39:54 - BGM 1 (GBC) - NHL Blades of Steel 00:45:43 - BGM 2 (GBC) - NHL Blades of Steel 00:49:17 - BGM 4 (GBC) - NHL Blades of Steel 00:52:16 - Menu Music (N64) - NHL Blades of Steel 99 00:56:56 - BGM 3 (GBC) - NHL Blades of Steel 2000 01:00:23 -  BGM 4 (GBC) - NHL Blades of Steel 2000 01:02:26 - BGM 6 (GBC) - NHL Blades of Steel 2000 01:04:52 - Menu 3 (PSX) - NHL Blades of Steel 2000 01:08:34 - Menu 4 (PSX) - NHL Blades of Steel 2000 01:15:57 - Ending (NES)

Pixelated Audio is back from this year's Persona themed MAGWest. In honor of the theme we threw together a quick show about the music of the mainline Persona games from Persona 1-5 with a little bit of early Megami Tensei history. We're also joined by co-host and our good friend AJ aka "rayjkayj" of the VGMPorium podcast. It's a light show with fun musical examples spanning the decades of the Persona series and we hope you enjoy it! Track list 0:00:00 (Bedding) Convenience Store - Revelations: Persona - Kenichi Tsuchiya 0:09:30 1st & 2nd Ward Shopping District (West Entrance) - Revelations: Persona - Hidehito Aoki 0:14:25 Ayase's Theme - Revelations: Persona - Kenichi Tsuchiya 0:20:50 Sumaru City Map - Persona 2: Innocent Sin - Toshiko Tasaki 0:22:55 Battle - Persona 2: Innocent Sin - Kenichi Tsuchiya 0:28:39 Maya's Theme - Persona 2: Eternal Punishment - Kenichi Tsuchiya 0:31:00 Maya's Theme - Persona 2: Innocent Sin - Kenichi Tsuchiya 0:35:31 Theme of Tartarus (Arqa Block) - Persona 3 - Shoji Meguro 0:37:49 Burn My Dread - Persona 3 - Shoji Meguro Singer: Yumi Kawamura Lyrics: Shigeo Komori, Yoshihiro Komori 0:47:06 Pursuing My True Self - Persona 4 - Shoji Meguro Singer: Reiko Tanaka Lyrics: Yu Namba, RyoRca 0:48:48 Signs of Love - Persona 4 - Shoji Meguro Singer: Shihoko Hirata Lyrics: Reiko Tanaka 0:54:43 Last Surprise - Persona 5 - Shoji Meguro Singer: Lyn Lyricist: Benjamin Franklin 0:59:24 Life Goes On - Persona 5 - Shoji Meguro 1:09:34 Satomi Tadashi Pharmacy's Theme - Revelations: Persona - Misaki Okibe Additional things mentioned during the talk Bi Score Band albums Is This Persona? - songs from Shin Megami Tensei 1-5 This Is Persona - songs from Persona 1-5 Lotus Juice - Rapper from Persona 3 onwards Lacey Johnson - Another great musician with lots of awesome Persona covers VGMPorium Podcast - AJ's VGM podcast Shop Themes IV - Persona (VGMPorium episode) Tom Miller

Pixelated Audio is back for the third annual Masters of VGM (@MastersofVGM), which happens every June. Various podcasts come together to highlight game composers with the theme this year focusing on the amazing women in the industry. We decided to take a more narrow focus on some of the lesser known composers at Capcom and picked 4 to talk about today going from the company's earliest days through the 2000s. Check out some of the other participating shows in Masters of VGM and discover some new VGM podcast favorites! As always, we hope you enjoy the show! Track List: 00:00 Main Theme - SonSon (Arcade, 1984) by Ayako Mori 03:56 Stage 1 & 2 - Ghosts 'n Goblins / Makaimura (Arcade, 1985) by Ayako Mori 07:24 Stage 3 - Trojan / Tatakai no Banka (Arcade, 1986) by Ayako Mori 10:44 Crystal Snail - Mega Man X2 (SNES, 1994) by Yuki Iwai 15:17 City Zone B ~ Night - Tech Romancer (Arcade, 1998) by Yuki Iwai 20:48 Tenguman - Rockman & Forte / Mega Man & Bass (SNES, 1998) by Akari Kaida 32:40 No!! - Tricky Sliders / Trick'N Snowboarder (PS1, 1999) by Akari Kaida 36:14 Blast Speed (Blast Man's Stage) - Mega Man Battle Network 6 (GBA, 2005) by Yoshino Aoki 41:12 Now Study! (Libra Scales' Stage) - Mega Man Star Force (DS, 2006) by Yoshino Aoki 48:28 Kaze yo Tsutaete (Game version) ~ROLL Special Ending~ - Rockman Battle & Chase (PS1, 1997) composition and arrangement by Yoshinori Ono and performance by Yoshino Aoki Other links Ayako Mori - Capcom Wiki Yuki Iwai - Capcom Wiki Akari Kaida - Capcom Wiki, Wikipedia Yoshino Aoki - Capcom Wiki, Wikipedia

Pixelated Audio is back from a wonderful weekend at VGMCon in Minnesota! Gene was slated to represent us but along the way drummed up a party including Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels, Carlos from Heroes Three, and Thomas Kresge head of the Game Brass (check out their new album Barrel Brassed)! When in Minnesota do as the Minnesotans do, as the saying goes. We had a fun time talking about all manner of VGM related to the Midwest; the region itself, games about the area and made there, as well as composers from the area. Getting more specific we cover pinball and edutainment in some level of depth before the panel devolves into talking about Shrek, cheese, and endless trips cross country. It's a fun journey through a diverse range of VGM and we hope you enjoy the show we put together. Pardon the noise in the background, it was the best we could do with a portable recorder. Track list 0:00:00 (Bedding) "The Creek" WolfQuest (Minnesota Zoo & Eduweb 2007) by Tim Buzza, additional music by Ben Woolman 0:14:52 (Excerpt) Suzanne Ciani Creates the Soundtrack for a Pinball Machine YouTube 0:15:51 (Excerpt) Xenon gameplay (Bally 1980) all audio by Suzanne Ciani (video courtesy of London Pinball) 0:18:19 "Main Theme" Pin-Bot (Williams 1986) by Chris Granner 0:22:24 "Speak Softly, Love" feat. Slash from The Godfather Pinball (Jersey Jack Pinball 2023) by Thomas Kresge 0:26:38 "New York City (Action)" X-Men Legends (Raven Software 2004) by Rik Schaffer 0:33:34 "Title Theme" Oregon Trail Deluxe (MECC 1993) by Lon Koenig and Larry Phenow 0:36:47 "Gimme Mo' Torque" Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense (DC version, 1999 Luxoflux) by Christian A. Salyer, Eric Klein, Javier Marquez 0:40:26 "Tracking Trouble" Puzzle Agent (Telltale Games 2010) by Disasterpeace / Richard Vreeland) 0:47:04 "Granny Cream's Hot Butter Ice Cream" Hypnospace Outlaw (Tendershoot 2019) by Hot Dad / Erik Helwig / "Chowder Man" 0:49:11 "Kitchen Music" I Am Bread (Bossa Studios 2014) by Black Heron (Leo Chilcott and Murugan Thiruchelvam) 0:54:48 "Protector's Enclave" Neverwinter (Cryptic Studios 2013) by Kevin Manthei 0:58:44 “Let's Break Physics (Main Theme)” Unstable Scientific (Studio Castle Soodalkov TBD) by Super Marcato Bros 1:04:29 "Exploration" WolfQuest by Tim Buzza 1:21:09 "The Creek" WolfQuest by Tim Buzza Additional things mentioned during the talk Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) The Story of The Oregon Trail - Gaming Historian YouTube Trailheads: The Oregon Trail's Origins - Twin Cities PBS Ben Hanson travels the roguelike Oregon Trail - Video Game History Foundation R. Philip Bouchard (lead designer of the 1985 Oregon Trail) Personal website | died-of-dysentery.com | Died of Dysentery book, history of the game Minnesota things! Level with Emily Reese podcast home | PA episode with Emily VGMCon Games Done Quick Other things mentioned Airport CEO - game | soundtrack Fight'N Rage - game | soundtrack SML Podcast

Pixelated Audio is back for the second annual Masters of VGM (@MastersofVGM), an event every June where podcasts come together to highlight some game music composers, either personal favorites or some that deserve a bit more attention. The event was created by bedroth, host of Very Good Music and BGMania podcasts. Check out some of the other participating shows in Masters of VGM and see what people are up to, or discover some new VGM podcast favorites! We picked a selection of 8 more VGM Masters, all of them amazing women composers, covering a mix of music from the 80s to today. Track List: 0:00:00 Ruins - Brandish (PC-98) by Mieko Ishikawa 0:09:25 Goodbye, Adol (Unused track) - Ys II (PC-88) by Mieko Ishikawa 0:15:35 Centaur Man - Mega Man 6 (NES) by Yuko Takehara 0:18:19 Charlie's Theme - X-Men vs. Street Fighter (ARC) by Yuko Takehara 0:24:37 Shoo-Bee-Doo Hullabaloo - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS4/PS5/Win) by Winifred Phillips 0:33:30 Area 4 - Planet Ocean (Aquabomber) - Bomberman World (PS1) by Jun Chikuma 0:41:02 Imminent Defeat - Neo Nectaris (TGCD) by Jun Chikuma 0:44:10 Main Theme - Assassin's Creed Origins (Various) by Sarah Schachner 0:53:34 Versus Oz - Sword of Etheria / OZ (PS2) by Michiru Yamane 0:57:37 Haunted Manor - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (Various) by Michiru Yamane 1:02:16 Fighting Chance - Dicey Dungeons (Various) by Chipzel 1:07:43 Authority - Octahedron (Various) by Chipzel 1:15:39 Welcome to Moonglow Bay - Moonglow Bay (Various) by Lena Raine 1:22:01 Exhale - Celeste (Various) by Lena Raine Other links Mieko Ishikawa - VGMPF wiki Yuko Takehara - Capcom DB fansite Winifred Phillips - Website, NPR interview transcript Jun Chikuma - Les Archives, Midas Touch (Bandcamp albums) Sarah Schachner - Website Michiru Yamane - Website Chipzel - Bandcamp Lena Raine - Bandcamp

We're joined today by Emily Reese; Minnesota Public Radio newscaster, VGM podcast legend and co-creator of the Level with Emily Reese and Top Score podcasts with Sam Keenan. She is a trumpet player, and studied music education and jazz studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder and received her master's degree in Music Theory from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Emily is an avid gamer (RPGs and FPS games are a favorite), and a lover of music with jazz and classical in particular. Today's show began as an interview with Emily but quickly turned into the three of us talking shop about the inner workings of creating the best possible podcast. All the discussion of audio editing and interview planning you can handle, as well as some career highlights from the trio. It's not our typical show format, but we had a great time talking with a fellow podcast host and kindred spirit.   Emily started her radio career in 2005 and began working at Minnesota Public Radio in 2008, where she and Sam created Top Score in 2011. Top Score was one of the earliest and most prominent video game music podcasts which featured interviews with some of the most famous composers in the industry. It ushered in an era of mainstream game music appreciation, as well as being a huge inspiration to many aspiring VGM podcasters including us here at Pixelated Audio! After Top Score ended in 2015, Emily and Sam created a new podcast to carry the torch, Level with Emily Reese, which focuses on broader game audio topics including composers, sound designers, voiceover actors and performers. Her vast musical and audio knowledge make Emily's interviews with composers and audio professionals some of the most in-depth around. If you'd like to hear more, check out Level with Emily Reese, which currently has over 200 episodes and releases on an almost weekly cadence. The show can be found on their website, on YouTube, on your favorite podcast platform, or on their Patreon page. To learn more about Emily and Sam's other projects, check out their company page Joon Media. Track List: 0:00:03 "Towhee Grove" Oxenfree - by scntfc 0:14:49 "Welcome Home" The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human - by Karl Flodin 0:29:23 "Star Forge" Straylight - Rob Kovacs 0:44:11 "Lauren Winter's Theme" Heavy Rain - by Normand Corbeil 1:08:32 "Anka" Signs of the Sojourner - by Steve Pardo

We're back with another stellar euro platformer, this time in the form of Wolfchild, developed by Core Design. Your father Kal Morrow, expert in genetic research and creation of human-animal hybrids, has been kidnapped and the rest of your family was brutally murdered by the terrorist organization CHIMERA. You take control of his surviving son Saul to exact revenge against CHIMERA and their leader Karl Draxx. Core Design is best known for their work on the first few Tomb Raider games, as well as other games like Rick Dangerous, Jaguar XJ220 and the Fighting Force series. Simon Phipps, one of the early members of core and a lead graphic designer on Wolfchild published a great article on his website which is where we gathered a lot of the information for this episode. He talks about the origin of the game, the inspiration for its design (Strider, Island of Dr. Moreau, etc) and some notes about animation and the various releases. Music this time around is handled by Martin Iveson on the original Amiga, Atari ST and later reimagined Mega CD version, with the Genesis, Game Gear and Master System covered by Pixelated Audio veteran Matt Furniss, and down porting duties from the Mega CD to SNES by Steve Collett. There's more good music than you can shake a stick at across the 7 different platforms and we hope you enjoy it! Track List: 0:00:00 Stage Select (Mega CD) 0:02:08 Title (Amiga) 0:10:11 Title (Atari ST) 0:15:33 Title (Genesis) 0:24:05 Wolfship (Amiga) 0:29:15 Wolfship (Genesis) 0:33:22 (excerpt) Wolfship (Mega CD) 0:33:48 (excerpt) Wolfship (SNES) 0:34:10 (Bedding) Wolfship (Mega CD) 0:35:23 Jungle (Amiga) 0:42:04 Jungle (Genesis) 0:47:23 Jungle (Mega CD) 0:54:36 Temple (Amiga) 0:59:03 Temple (Genesis) 1:02:19 Temple (SNES) 1:05:59 Stage 4 - Chimera Base (Genesis) 1:08:25 Final Stage - Chimera Base (Amiga) 1:12:41 Final Stage - Inner Core (Mega CD) 1:17:09 Ending (Game Gear) 1:19:23 Ending (Mega CD) 1:23:01 Ending (Amiga) Wolfchild Amiga, Atari ST (1992) Mega CD (1993) Composed by Martin Iveson Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Master System (1993) Re-arranged by Matt Furniss SNES (1993) Adapted from Mega CD by Steve Collett

VGMporium is visited by another guest, Gene Dreyband of Pixelated Audio! And he brings with him a topic that he has been wanting to talk about but found to wierd for hisnown show, that being Musicians and Composers from outside of the Video Game world..composing VGM! and he figured that my humble shop would be … Continue reading "Episode 62: Musicians Famous Outside VGM W/ Gene Dreyband"

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave. Jam-tastic all-star line-up 2022 continues...but more importantly, check out my guest spot on Pixelated Audio this week as we hit the links with a deep dive into T&E golf games and the music that shaped us all. A Midsummer Nights Ephemera - Doors Music Entertainment (EVE: New Generation X, PC) Title - Unknown (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Card Alamanac, Nintendo DS) O Bosque! - Kikuko Hataya (Top Player's Golf, Neo-Geo CD) Water Cave - g3ntlebreeze (Castle in the Clouds, PC) Local Questions - Konami Kukeiha Club (Quiz Gakumon no Susume, Arcade) Spring - Tomoaki Hirono and Naoyuki Sato (Jikkyou Power Pro Yakyuu 5, Nintendo 64) hard love - I've Sound (Aneimo 2: Second Stage, PC) Staff Roll - Kaori Idaya, Masashi Sugiyama, and Lewis M. (Namco Museum Encore, Sony PlayStation) Special Request 24 Wave - Masafumi Takada (The Silver Case, Sony PlayStation)

Another year another MAGWest, we're back in person in person this year exploring the depths of what makes 'water music' with a legend of VGM analysis, 8-bit Music Theory! We put him through the paces as we goof off in our usual Pixelated Audio style. First we 'get to the bottom' of what makes water music sound so wet with some examples and audience commentary, followed by a silly but fun quiz! Check out 8-bit Music Theory's YouTube channel. 8bmt is a music theory expert, drummer, pianist, and all around nice guy who was so kind to join us on the panel! Thanks also to special audience appearances by friends and previous PA guests: Chase Bethea (Eps: #156 and #20) Street Cleaner aka Jesse Bishop (Eps: #150 and #161) As well as comments from new musician friends Audio Mocha and winner of the sad prize, Mason Lieberman! Apologies about the audio quality, but that's live baby! We still hope you enjoy the show as much we did! We did our best to make our show as enjoyable for regular listeners, but we have also included our presentation slides which help enhance the experience. Click through the presentation below to see the visual aids and video examples we used during our talk. Track List: 0:00:00 [Bedding] Medusa Bay - Ecco the Dolphin CD (SCD) - Spencer Nilsen Water Music Examples 0:05:02 Underwater Frigate Reactor Core - Metroid Prime (GC) - Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma 0:11:05 Lake Theme - Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (NDS) - Go Ichinose 0:18:03 Sea of Serendipity ~ The Abyss - Rayman Origins (Various) - Christophe Heral 0:22:34 Zora's Domain - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC/Wii) - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo 0:29:08 Beyond the Deep Blue Sea - Final Fantasy V (SNES) - Nobuo Uematsu 0:32:32 [Excerpt] A Secret Sleeping in the Deep Sea - Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - Nobuo Uematsu 0:33:27 Whale sound / opening - Secret of Mana (SNES) - Hiroki Kikuta 0:33:54 Splash Down!! (Planet Undertow) - Ristar (GEN) - Tomoko Sasaki, Naofumi Hataya, Masafumi Ogata 0:37:10 Comb Reef / Diving 6 - Endless Ocean (Wii) - Ayako Saso Quiz Examples 0:44:39 Drowning - Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN) - Masato Nakamura (Just as a joke) 0:45:12 Swimming - Super Mario World (SNES) - Koji Kondo 0:46:23 Aquatic Ambiance - Donkey Kong Country (SNES) - David Wise 0:48:16 Lower Brinstar - Super Metroid (SNES) - Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano 0:49:23 A Thousand Leagues Below - Shovel Knight (Various) - Manami Matsumae 0:50:08 City of Tears - Hollow Knight (Various) - Chris Larkin, vocal by Amelia Jones 0:52:24 You Can Hear the Cry of the Planet - Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - Nobuo Uematsu 0:53:33 United Forest G.C. Winter - Hot Shots Golf 3 (PS2) - Shingo Okumura 0:55:00 Forbidden Memories - Panzer Dragoon Orta (XBOX) - Saori Kobayashi 0:56:02 Eruyt / Eryth Sea - Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) - Manami Kiyota 0:57:20 Underwater 1 - Croc (PS1) - Justin Scharvona Post Quiz Music 0:58:50 Medusa Bay - Ecco the Dolphin (GEN) - Spencer Nilsen, Brian Coburn, András Magyari 1:05:26 [Bedding] Map - Waterworld (SNES) - Dean Evans 1:06:36 [Bedding] Storm - Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES) - Geoff Follin, Tim Follin 1:11:44 Title - Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (DC/PS2) - Tim Follin

Pixelated Audio joins the many podcasts participating in the Masters of VGM (@MastersofVGM) event organized by bedroth, host of Very Good Music and BGMania. Masters of VGM is a month long event of participating podcasts and their own on take on who they think are the best of the best! We picked 8 veteran VGM Masters and aimed for a good blend of well known and lesser known tracks to keep things interesting. As always we hope you enjoy! Track List: 0:00:02 Flower Garden - Yoshi's Island (SNES) by Koji Kondo 0:04:40 Helicopter - Pilotwings (SNES) by Koji Kondo 0:08:53 Dampe's Cabin - Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GC) by Koji Kondo 0:12:20 (Bedding) Time of the Falling Rain - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) by Koji Kondo 0:13:13 (Bedding) Forest of Mystery - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) by Koji Kondo 0:13:57 (Bedding) Priest of the Dark Order - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) by Koji Kondo 0:14:50 Little Sweet Cafe - Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES) by Hiroki Kikuta 0:19:57 Patience - Koudelka (PS1) by Hiroki Kikuta 0:23:19 (Excerpt) Main Theme - Last Labyrinth (Oculus, WIN, PS4) by Hiroki Kikuta 0:27:32 Ogre's Theme - Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2 version) by Keiichi Okabe 0:30:52 (Bedding) The Overture of Battle (Remix) - Demons' Score (iOS, Android) by Keiichi Okabe 0:33:24 Robot No.28 - Ibara (ARC, PS2) by Shinji Hosoe 0:37:31 (Bedding) Phantom Bomb - Street Fighter EX2 Plus (ARC, PS1) by Shinji Hosoe 0:39:41 Boss4 Excessive Information - iS: internal section (PS1) by Ayako Saso 0:43:35 (Bedding) Gabbiano Deck - Endless Ocean (Wii) by Ayako Saso 0:46:09 Positive Mind - Di Gi Charat: DigiCommunication (GBA) by Manabu Namiki 0:50:28 (Bedding) To Shinju Forest (Stage 1) - Mushihimesama (ARC, others) by Manabu Namiki 0:53:28 Be Absentminded - Tales of Phantasia (SNES) by Motoi Sakuraba 0:57:52 Stab the Sword of Justice - Star Ocean: The Second Story (PS1) by Motoi Sakuraba 1:01:49 Stand on the Earth - Last Ranker (PSP) by Yoko Shimomura 1:07:28 (Bedding) Round 3 - Block Block (ARC) by P-Chan (Yoko Shimomura) and T'Yomage (Masaki Izutani) 1:08:48 (Bedding) Trade City - Breath of Fire (SNES) by Yoko Shimomura 1:10:56 (Bedding) The End! - Super Mario RPG (SNES) composed by Koji Kondo, arranged by Yoko Shimomura 1:13:37 Mechanical Kingdom - Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology (3DS) by Yoko Shimomura

In this installment of Pixelated Audio, we're talking about Crisis Wing, a retro-styled 90s shmup that draws inspiration from many classic shooters. We're joined by Finnish one-man indie games developer and composer, Pauli, aka pieslice of Pieslice Productions (@PiesliceP). It's a modern take on all of your favorite retro shooters, with all of the tough bosses, bullet patterns, and FM music you can handle. Crisis Wing was released on Steam in 2020 and published for most major consoles (Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox S|X) in 2021 by indie specialist publisher eastasiasoft. We go through pretty much the entire soundtrack with pieslice and cover his unique twist on his inspirations, which range from PC game music, the demoscene and of course plenty of shmups like Gradius, Star Soldier, and the harder edged FM sound of Toaplan games like Out Zone and Zero Wing. We talk about composition as well as indie game development challenges and more. If you like the game and music of Crisis Wing, stay tuned as Pieslice Productions has got a late 90s shmup (and music) in the works! As always, we hope you enjoy the music. All tracks composed by pieslice unless otherwise stated Track List: 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:27 URF! (Level 1 BGM) 0:08:54 Low Orbit (Level 2 BGM) 0:17:12 Gratify (Level 3 BGM) 0:20:51 Boss 0:27:04 M.S.D (Level 4 BGM) 0:30:45 Sally (Level 5 BGM) 0:37:32 Unpleasant (Level 6 BGM) 0:41:05 Tailwind (Level 7 BGM) 0:46:40 Boss Rush 0:50:37 Last Boss 0:53:27 Caravan - arranged by pieslice Based on the mod file below 0:55:32 "Shoot" by Maniac (excerpt from original mod file) 0:57:21 Sound Test 1:07:16 High Scores - arranged by pieslice Based on the mod file "Love is Hard" by unknown composer

We're back to livestream for virtual MAGWest 2021, this time with composer and returning friend of the show, Chase Bethea! We talk with Chase about his music from games both released and upcoming, his process, as well as a short interactive audio demo, and some Q&A from the live chat.   Chase Bethea is a… Read More » The post LIVE: MAGWest with Chase Bethea – PA156 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Today we're talking about an old school dungeon crawler RPG called Advanced Fantasian. The game was released by Xtalsoft in 1988 for the PC-88 and Sharp X1 in 1989. Xtalsoft was a small RPG-focused developer that eventually merged with T&E Soft which we talked about in the last episode. The composers Chihiro Fujioka and Yumi… Read More » The post Advanced Fantasian – PA155 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

We're back with an episode covering Greatest Driver, a 2D Formula 1 racer for the MSX2 released in 1988. The game was produced by T&E Soft, a developer and publisher primarily known for golf games in the 90s, Red Alarm for the Virtual Boy and the Hydlide series. Composers Kazunori Hasegawa and Shigeru Tomita bring… Read More » The post Greatest Driver – PA154 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Join the HG101 gang and special guests Bryan and Gene from Pixelated Audio as they discuss and rank Pac-Man's triumphant return to relevance. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be The Smurfs: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher! Intro music by NORM. 2021 © Hardcore Gaming 101

Today's source of great music is the Pac-Man Championship Edition series. This is an audio companion to HG101's Top47k Games: Episode 420 where we were invited to review Pac-Man CE DX+ with Xerxes and Bobinator! Bandai Namco‘s Pac-Man has been a mainstay for over 40 years and this is Pac-Man with a twist. You have… Read More » The post Pac-Man CE DX – PA153 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

We're taking you out to the ball game in this short and fun episode covering music from 3 Sega System 16 baseball games: Major League, Super League and Excite League. It's late 80s baseball from Japanese arcades, so it's 2D sprites, digitized samples and YM2151 FM patches all the way down. No composers confirmed but… Read More » The post Sega System 16 Baseball – PA152 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

F-1 Super Battle is a racing game from 1994 for Jaleco's Mega System 32 arcade board. It's notable features are that it still features sprite graphics fairly late for an arcade game, and the upright arcade cabinet is a somewhat unusual egg shape. No composer information in this mini episode, but that doesn't mean we… Read More » The post F-1 Super Battle – PA151 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Street Cleaner: The Video Game released for PC and Switch in 2021 is a classic 2D side-scroller inspired by NES action games like Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania and Sunsoft’s Batman. It was developed by Creaky Lantern Games, an indie game studio run by Jesse Bishop and Brooks Bishop (no relation). It is a very real game… Read More » The post Street Cleaner with Jesse Bishop – PA150 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Today’s special guest is Tom Salta, a hugely talented and accomplished artist and producer. He’s worked in film, TV, ads and games for over 30 years and has produced with legends like Bobby Brown, Cher and Peter Gabriel. He’s spent the last 20 years working in games including Cold Fear and Red Steel and some… Read More » The post Tom Salta – PA149 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Today we have Nick Marinelli joining us, former head of MAGFest and longtime VGM aficionado. The focus of the show is on the development and history of the VGM community, from its awkward adolescence to the large and growing movement that it is today, which we are very happy to be a part of. Nick… Read More » The post VGM Arrangements – PA148 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

On today’s episode we’re joined by Rob aka Xerxes of Hardcore Gaming 101’s “Top 47k Games” podcast. We talk about his background, how the podcast is made, the excellent resource Hardcore Gaming 101, along with our usual jovial banter. Rob brings us a selection of fantastic deep cuts of early to mid 90s Japanese VGM… Read More » The post HG101 with Xerxes – PA147 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Heart Heat Girls is a lightly adult-oriented Japanese adventure game released for the PC-98 in December of 1993 by the company Panda House under their Cat’s Pro label. Heart Heat Girls or H.H.G. is set in a futuristic world where humans and androids are at war. A specialized police force known as ACP (“Anti Criminal-cyborg… Read More » The post Heart Heat Girls – PA146 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

It’s been a while since our last expansion pack, and the first of 2021. It’s a relaxed show with a selection of 6 deep cuts but the music is great as always. Correction: The name of the writer was actually Miyazawa Kenji not Ihatovo. Track List: 0:00:00 Tobituki-hime – Stage 3 – MAGICAL AMBER – (PC)… Read More » The post Expansion Pack XXVII – PA145 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Today we’re joined by guitarist Josh of the VGM band The Runaway Four. Together we talk about his band and their music, as well as Bonus Stage, a very important project that came into being last year in April right in the midst of lockdowns. Bonus Stage is a monthly online series of live video… Read More » The post Bonus Stage with Josh – PA144 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

In June of 2012, Cipher Prime Studios released Splice, a puzzle game about organizing cells into increasingly complex patterns. It’s a game that requires concentration and it’s also a bit about tampering with nature. Splice can be purchased on a number of platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PS3 and PS4 but no matter where… Read More » The post Splice with Dain Saint – PA143 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

On the surface, Xixit is a pretty straightforward Columns clone. Go a little bit deeper and you find a columns clone with impressive coding, visual effects and music. Xixit was released for DOS in 1995 by Optik Software, a small American publisher that only ever released 3 games, the other two being a point and… Read More » The post Xixit – PA142 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

30 years later the film Home Alone remains a holiday classic. The games, not so much. The success of the first two films spawned a spate of 13 cheap cash-in from 1991 to 1993 across just about every mainstream game system. Co-hosting alongside us, friends and longtime listeners Norm and UtopiaNemo join in what could be… Read More » The post Home Alone – PA141 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

In the last installment we talked about Treasure Conflix, and today we’re talking about the platform itself, the Nintendo Satellaview. The Satellaview was created as a partnership between the broadcasting company St.GIGA and Nintendo’s R&D2 Division, the team responsible for the original Super Famicom. It was released as an add-on in 1995 and was a… Read More » The post Satellaview - PA140 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

In early 1996, Squaresoft released Treasure Conflix and three other exclusive titles for the Satellaview Broadcast Satellite system, an add-on for the Super Famicom. The soundtrack was written by longtime composer Junya Nakano. The game is an aerial combat and RPG hybrid where you split your time between fighting other airships in real time and… Read More » The post Treasure Conflix - PA139 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

The most interesting thing about Aworg: Hero in the Sky is that it was released on Sega Meganet, an early online service and precursor to the Sega Channel. Released in 1991 by Sega, Aworg is a short and fairly unremarkable action game where you control traverse a maze in a robotic suit that can fly… Read More » The post Aworg: Hero in the Sky - PA138 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

  Nothing beats Go on the go, and that’s exactly what you get with 1500DS Spirits Volume 10: Igo! Game developer and cosmetics company Tasuke put out a number of these budget titles for the DS and DSiWare around 2007-2008, consisting mostly of board and card games. They’re similar to the more well known D3… Read More » The post 1500DS Spirits: Igo - PA137 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

In the late 90s, programmable robot toys were becoming popular and WonderBorg was no exception. Released by Bandai in 2000 for the WonderSwan and later for the PC, WonderBorg was a kit that included a programmable beetle robot and a application called Robot Works which allowed you to send basic commands to it. The WonderBorg… Read More » The post WonderBorg - PA136 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave. We did, folks - Episode 100! Today we celebrate a milestone with some very special guests, including Rhythm and Pixels, XVGM Radio, Pixelated Audio and the Legacy Music Hour. They brought the heat, and we provided the refreshments. Thanks to everyone who made the journey to Aqua City Island during a global pandemic. And here's to another 100 episodes! DOWNLOAD - THE LAST WAVE (10/11/20)   Playlist Title Screen - Tatsuya Kouzaki (OutRunners, Sega Genesis) Godot ~ The Fragrance Of Dark Coffee - Noriyuki Iwadare (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations, Nintendo DS) Kline's Dream - Kohei Tanaka (Alundra, Sony PlayStation) Rocket Rap - John Baker (ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, Sega Genesis) Tequila at Noon - Matt Bonham and Tim Cotterell (The Sexy Brutale, multiple Car Select - Tatsuya Kouzaki (OutRunners, Sega Genesis) Blues in Velvet Room - Shoji Meguro (Persona 3, Sony PlayStation 2) Title - John Broomhall (David Leadbetter's Greens, MS-DOS) Entering Password - Miki Yanagisawa and Masanori Adachi (Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition, Sega Genesis) The Sky Line (Stage 3A) - Toshiharu Yamanishi (Thunder Force IV, Sega Genesis) Last Wave - Hiroshi Kawaguchi (OutRunners, Sega Genesis)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave.We did, folks - Episode 100! Today we celebrate a milestone with some very special guests, including Rhythm and Pixels, XVGM Radio, Pixelated Audio and the Legacy Music Hour. They brought the heat, and we provided the refreshments. Thanks to everyone who made the journey to Aqua City Island during a global pandemic. And here's to another 100 episodes! DOWNLOAD - THE LAST WAVE (10/11/20)PlaylistTitle Screen - Tatsuya Kouzaki(OutRunners, Sega Genesis)Godot ~ The Fragrance Of Dark Coffee - Noriyuki Iwadare(Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations, Nintendo DS)Kline's Dream - Kohei Tanaka(Alundra, Playstation)Rocket Rap - John Baker(ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, Sega Genesis)Tequila at Noon - Matt Bonham and Tim Cotterell (The Sexy Brutale, multiple)Car Select - Tatsuya Kouzaki(OutRunners, Sega Genesis)Blues in Velvet Room - Shoji Meguro(Persona 3, Playstation 2)Title - John Broomhall(David Leadbetter's Greens, MS-DOS)Entering Password - Miki Yanagisawa and Masanori Adachi(Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition, Sega Genesis)The Sky Line (Stage 3A) - Toshiharu Yamanishi(Thunder Force IV, Sega Genesis)Last Wave - Hiroshi Kawaguchi(OutRunners, Sega Genesis)

In 1995, the movie Waterworld was released and the real world was changed forever. As we pass the 25th anniversary, we attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of a perfectly competent mid 90s action film and then “dive” into the music of the many licensed cash-in games that followed the film’s release. The bulk of the… Read More » The post Waterworld – PA135 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Aqua Kitty is an indie game success story. Developed by Tikipod and initially released in 2012 as a Playstation Mobile game, it saw continued releases with new features and improvements up to its most recent release on Switch in 2018, and it remains a blast to play today. We’re very lucky to be joined by… Read More » The post Aqua Kitty with Electric Cafe - PA134 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

In 1996, Sony opened the floodgates to indie console game development on the Playstation 1 through their Net Yaroze platform. Over the next several years, short games and demos of all kinds were created and distributed with game magazines on demo discs, including the focus of today’s episode. Hover Racing was created by a small… Read More » The post Hover Racing - PA133 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

We’re joined once again by Swedish audio production team Sinephony, this time listening to the mellow jams from the 2017 game Airport CEO. The game is a tycoon and management sim from Swedish game developer Apoapsis Studios where you act as CEO of your own airport, in the tradition of games like Transport Tycoon and Sim Coaster. Airport… Read More » The post Airport CEO with Sinephony - PA132 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Today we’re joined by Swedish audio production studio Sinephony to talk about the 2019 indie game 198X from Swedish game developer Hi-Bit Studios. The game is a love letter to gaming in the 80s where you play through 5 different games (beat-em-up, shmup, racing, action platformer, and RPG) merged with cinematic storytelling. It started as… Read More » The post 198X with Sinephony - PA131 first appeared on Pixelated Audio.

Pixelated Audio is 6 years old! A lot has changed over that time, but the one constant is our love for game music of all kinds. Our theme today is a bit silly; games that are the 6th in a series (or at least have the number 6 in the title). We stretch the theme… Read More »

TCW Podcast Episode 113 - Primordial Computer Game Industry   A big episode looking at two major companies that bridged the gap between the mainframe time sharing age, and the trinity of home computers.  We also look at the lead up to those companies with type in listings in books, and magazines.  We look at the evolution of early PCs, and the eventual development of video display cards designed to hook up computers to television sets.  An almost forgotten era of PC development, pioneering magazines, and games that would have influence on the home PC market yet to come.     Guest Appearances The 42 Cast: http://42cast.com/index.php/2020/03/23/the-42cast-episode-70-they-create-worlds/ Pixelated Audio: https://pixelatedaudio.com/earlygames-tcw/   A Critical Hit! - Kate Willaert: https://www.acriticalhit.com/best-box-art-part-2-computer-games-on-printed-paper/ Popular Electronics Jan 1975 ALTAIR 8800: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf TCW 016 - Early Computer Game Platforms: The Trinity, and The Disciples: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/early-computer-game-platforms-the-trinity-and-the-disciples/ TCW 084 - Time Shared: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/time-shared/ Popular Electronics Jul 1976 Sol 20: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1976/Poptronics-1976-07.pdf Scelbi's First Book of Computer Games for the "8008"/"8080": http://www.scelbi.com/files/docs/books/First%20Book%20of%20Computer%20Games.pdf Scelbi's Galaxy Game for the "8008"/:8080": http://www.scelbi.com/files/docs/books/Galaxy%20Game.pdf Cromemco Video Dazzler: Kaleidoscope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tDbn1N8EWI Byte Magazine Dazzler Write-up: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1976-06/page/n7/mode/2up Microchess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zuihp7Gq3Y The KIM-1 Microcomputer History and Basic Features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0Hn2ZcW-s The KIM-1 Microcomputer Serial and Cassette I/O: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97PccuhGl9w BYTE Magazine Archive: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine Creative Computing Archive: https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing Saucer War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSJ0gYw0pM Digital Derby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5bO6AsPOrs Advanced Dragon Maze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHK1V-_Dz3w How "Old School" Graphics Worked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rsycfDliZU Rocket Pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEYr-nkgzA Saucer Invasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgmR4ULcgqo Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JzmX8KKHmM Space Maze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAzEWT20WSc Laser Turret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1czDFB6qmZ0 Pirates!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULTq7wnJ3M 3D Docking Mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-CqOuBQpY   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave.Enjoy the jams this week, there's plenty to get your day going in the right direction. And if you want extra Hammock action, check out Pixelated Audio's latest episode, featuring music from the Playstation game, Kaze no Notam. We've featured a track from the game on the Last Wave but we take a deeper dive, exploring all that hot air balloon simulation has to offer. Thanks to Bryan and Gene for having me on, it was a lot of fun and the soundtrack is very chill and unique.DOWNLOAD - THE LAST WAVE (3/1/20)PlaylistImage Video Hot Girl - Hidenori Shoji(Yakuza 0, Playstation 3)Grass Land - Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura, and Yasushi Tokunaga(Yoshi's Safari, Super Nintendo)A Song for J.P. - Studio M(Yume no Sei, PC-98)Back in City - Kohei Nakamura(No Reality, PC)Jewel Chase - Thomas Petersen(Microsoft Puzzle Collection, Game Boy Color)Inn Town Ageel ~ Cursed Land - Noriyuki Iwadare(Grandia 2, Sega Dreamcast)Beach - Unknown(Chesty to Meigurumi-tachi no Mahou no Bouken: Kisekko Gurumi, Game Boy Advance)Ending - Unknown(Quiz Kidou Senshi Gundam: Toi Senshi DX, Playstation Portable)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave. Enjoy the jams this week, there's plenty to get your day going in the right direction. And if you want extra Hammock action, check out Pixelated Audio's latest episode, featuring music from the Playstation game, Kaze no Notam. We've featured a track from the game on the Last Wave but we take a deeper dive, exploring all that hot air balloon simulation has to offer. Thanks to Bryan and Gene for having me on, it was a lot of fun and the soundtrack is very chill and unique. DOWNLOAD - THE LAST WAVE (3/1/20)   Playlist Image Video Hot Girl - Hidenori Shoji (Yakuza 0, Sony PlayStation 3) Grass Land - Yoshiki Nishimura, Miyuki Uemura, and Yasushi Tokunaga (Yoshi's Safari, Super Nintendo) A Song for J.P. - Studio M (Yume no Sei, PC-98) Back in City - Kohei Nakamura (No Reality, PC) Jewel Chase - Thomas Petersen (Microsoft Puzzle Collection, Game Boy Color) Inn Town Ageel ~ Cursed Land - Noriyuki Iwadare (Grandia 2, Sega Dreamcast) Beach - Unknown (Chesty to Meigurumi-tachi no Mahou no Bouken: Kisekko Gurumi, Game Boy Advance) Ending - Unknown (Quiz Kidou Senshi Gundam: Toi Senshi DX, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Pixelated Audio reflects back on 2019 and welcomes in a new decade with a selection of tracks from a variety of systems. Here’s to a lots more great game music! Track List: 0:00:00 God of the Four Winds – The Legend of Xanadu (PCE-CD) – Falcom Sound Team jdk 0:06:31 Title – Yuu Yuu Hakusho-Bakutou… Read More »

Panzer Dragoon Saga or Azel has been on the Pixelated Audio radar for some time and we couldn’t be happier that it’s finally here. The stars aligned and with the help of Alex Aniel of Brave Wave Productions, Saori Kobayashi became the first confirmed Japanese guest to come to MAGWest 3 in California. We had… Read More »

Pixelated Audio's Gene Dreyband joins Ed to discover the wackier, less-canonical side of Konami's flagship action series, Metal Gear.

Pixelated Audio is excited to bring Megan McDuffee into the studio to chat with us about her work for the recently released River City Girls! River City Girls is a classic action beat-em-up with light RPG elements, building on the long legacy of the River City (or Kunio-Kun) games started by Technos in the 1980s.… Read More »

Bryan and Gene from Pixelated Audio, Emily from Sound Test Roulette, and Ed (with special guest Logan) from The VGMbassy chat about their journeys in DC and share music with an American theme.

Join us for an entertaining look at the world of Metal Gear Solid and a collection of the series' incredible music.

We begin a new chapter of Pixelated Audio with our first solo show, and our first full-length tribute episode, this time honoring Manabu Saito. Saito was a prolific composer for System Sacom from 1987 to 1991, composing and arranging the music for over 15 games. You may have heard his music in Yuurei-kun on Episode… Read More »

Today’s Expansion Pack tends to lean heavy on the Sharp X68000 (not planned) but that’s not a bad thing. Some amazing tracks selected from the Pixelated Audio team for your listening pleasure. Be sure to let us know your thoughts about the music as well! Track List: 00:00:00 Victory is Imminent – Lord Monarch (FM… Read More »

In this installment of Pixelated Audio, we’re heading back to the Game Boy featuring a soundtrack from a Japanese-only title called Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade, developed by Sun L and published by Yutaka in 1992. This game is based off the short lived anime by Tatsunoko Production and Sotsu Agency. The game is a blast and… Read More »

If holiday specials have taught us anything, it's that when you get snowed in, surprise guests are bound to appear. So join Josh and Emily back in the Dungeon as they're visited by some very special friends for discussions on faux-nostalgia, hair-gel, dinosaurs as transportation, the quest to recover forgotten games, the banana part of the squib, the alternate dimension represented by TurboGrafx-16, and MUCH MUCH MORE. Starring Josh and Emily, Mike and Ed from PixelTunes Radio, and Bryan and James from Pixelated Audio. Happy Holidays!

GameFuel delves deep into the Dwelling of Duels archives to celebrate legendary NES publisher/developer Sunsoft! Inspired by Pixelated Audio—check out their podcast discussing the music of Journey to Silius! 1.Midee – Cleaning Out Axis (Batman [NES] :: OverClocked ReMix) 2.Johnny, Orekore – Super Hero (Journey to Silius [NES] :: VGMdb) 3.Mutherpluckin’ B – Strange Memories ...Continue reading ‘GameFuel #181: Flare (Sunsoft Special)’ »

  Download Episode 55: “Capcom vs SNK” Here! It’s the Matchup of the Century!  The PTR boys were guests on episode 49 of VGM podcast Pixelated Audio to discuss SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos. Now Bryan and James have joined … Continue reading →

Here at Pixelated Audio we decided to kick off the new year right by diving into Popful Mail across the Sega CD/Mega CD, PC Engine CD, PC-88/98 and Super Famicom. This game has it all; it looks great, plays great and last but not least sounds great! Even if you are thinking you know this… Read More »

This week on Pixelated Audio, we’re playing music from an amazing little Nintendo DS game that you might have missed called Lock’s Quest. The composer, David J. Franco, joins us for a quick chat and with over 90 tracks in the game he’s done an excellent job of creating a truly inspirational soundtrack. Also, joining… Read More »

It was only a matter of time before the turtles made an appearance on this show but we thought it would be interesting to give some love to a less popular set of games. So pull out that frozen pizza you’ve been saving for a special occasion because Pixelated Audio is back in a new… Read More »