Podcast appearances and mentions of robert menes

As The Newest STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour is being prepared, Guest Host Robert Menes Thought It would Be a Great way to treat you, the loyal listener, to something new and special. Consider this a "mini Episode' as it were, where A particular soundtrack from a game series is analyzed further and given the proper spotlight it deserves. While video game soundtrack releases in Japan are a common practice, in the West, it was only recently that such soundtrack releases became more commonplace. The Art of Fighting soundtrack is no exception, and on October 13, 2017, Brave Wave Productions delivered to SNK fans their definitive edition of this brilliant soundtrack, lovingly remastered by the game’s original sound team, the NEO Sound Orchestra. =======================Track Listing===================== 1.) ART OF FIGHT (Ryuhaku Todoh Stage) 2.) Chinese Old Man (Lee Pai Long Stage) 3.) Micha iya! (King Stage) 4.) Flying Baaang! (John Crawley Stage) To Read The full Article, Visit Our Official site over at Official Site: https://nostalgiaroadtrip.com/2018/01/retro-vgm-selects-art-of-fighting-the-definitive-soundtrack/ Robert Menes: @LambdaCalculus NOW AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY Please support Brave Wave Productions and purchase the Art of Fighting Soundtrack from their Bandcamp store: http://store.bravewave.net/album/art-of-fighting-the-definitive-soundtrack

What would a video game themed show be without boss battles? You’ve made your way through plenty of stages so far, but now it’s time to battle more bosses than ever before! We’ve got some of the nastiest, most powerful bosses lined up for you to take down before you can proceed to the next stage, so get ready to take ’em all out! Make sure you’ve saved your progress, stocked up on plenty of Energy Tanks, potions,weapons, and everything you need, because we’re about to go on an epic rumble with some of the deadliest bosses you’ll ever encounter! =======Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System==== 1.) Ninja Gaiden – Keiji Yamagishi – “Showdown at the Portal of Death” – March 1989 – Tecmo – NES 2.) Sonic Mania – Tee Lopes – ”Ruby Delusions (Robotnik Fight 1)” – Aug 15, 2017 – Christian Whitehead/Headcannon Games/Pagoda West/Sega – PS4, XB1, Switch, Steam 3.) Mega Man X6 – Naoto Tanaka – “VS Investigator” – Dec 4, 2001 – Capcom – Sony PlayStation 4.) Axelay – Taro Kudou – “Spiders” – Sept 1992 – Konami – Super NES 5.) God Hand – Masafumi Takada – “Smoking Roll (VS Elvis)” – Oct 10, 2006 – Clover Studio/Capcom – Sony PlayStation 2 6.) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior – Yoko Shimomura, Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki – “M. Bison’s Theme” – Feb 6, 1991 – Capcom – Capcom CPS1 Arcade System 7.) Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim – Falcom Sound Team JDK – “Mighty Obstacle” – Feb 22, 2005 (PS2)/Apr 28, 2015 (PC) – Nihon Falcom/Konami(PS2)/XSEED Games (PC) – Windows, PS2 8.) Bravely Default – REVO – “That Person’s Name Is” – Feb 7, 2014 – Silicon Studio/Square Enix/Nintendo – Nintendo 3DS 9.) Rise of the Triad – Andrew Hulshult (original Lee Jackson) – “Hellero” – Jul 31, 2013 – Interceptor Entertainment/Apogee Software – Windows 10.) Final Fantasy VIII – Nobou Uematsu – “Force Your Way” – Sept 9, 1999 – Squaresoft – Sony PlayStation/PC 11.) Shantae: ½ Genie Hero – Jake Kaufman – “Dynamo” – Dec 20, 2016 (PS4, XB1, WiiU, Vita, Steam)/Jun 8, 2017 (Switch) – WayForward – PS4, XB1, WiiU, Vita, Steam, Switch 12.) Viewtiful Joe – Masakazu Sugimori & Masami Ueda – “VS Blade Master Alastor” – Oct 7, 2003 (GC)/Aug 24, 2004 (PS2) – Clover Studio/Capcom – Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2 13.) Ys Book I & II – Yuzo Koshiro & Mieko Ishikawa (Composers), Ryo Yonemitsu (Arranger – “Holders of Power” – Dec 21, 1989 – Nihon Falcom (original)/Alfa System/Hudson Soft – TurboGrafx-CD 14.) No More Heroes – Masafumi Takada & Jun Fukada – “Pleather for Breakfast (VS Bad Girl)” – Jan 22, 2008 – Grasshopper Manufacture/Ubisoft – Nintendo Wii 15.) Jet Set Radio – Hideki Nagamura – “Grace & Glory” – Oct 30, 2000 – Smilebit/Sega – Sega Dreamcast 16.) Mega Turrican – Chris Huelsbeck – “The Machine” – June 7, 1994 – Factor 5/Data East – Sega Genesis 17.) Phantasy Star IV – Izuho Numata – “Ooze” – Feb 1995 – Sega – Sega Genesis 18.) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue – Noriyuki Iwadare – “Boss Battle” – Sept 15, 1995 – Game Arts/Working Designs – Sega CD 19.) Chrono Trigger – Yasunori Mitsuda – “World Revolution” – Aug 11, 1995 – Squaresoft – Super NES 20.) Shovel Knight – Jake Kaufman – “The Betrayer” – June 26, 2014 – Yacht Club Game – Nintendo 3DS 21.) Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 – Ryo Kawakami – “Indigo Destiny (Lola & Lumen Mix)” – Sept 29, 2016 (3DS)/Aug 31, 2017 (Switch) – Inti Creates – Nintendo 3DS/Switch Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs FB: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ Official Site: nostalgiaroadtrip.com/ AND NOW AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY Special Host for this STAGE - Robert Menes: @LambdaCalculus

The Amiga… a computer platform way ahead of everyone else out there. Released on July 23, 1985, the Amiga, released by Commodore International, was a multimedia powerhouse of a computer, offering colorful graphics, a graphic user interface, and four channel stereo sound This episode will showcase the music of several popular, and even some obscure, Amiga games. As the audio hardware, with 4 channels of stereo sound, was quite advanced for the day, you can imagine that many Amiga games had mind blowing sound. Make sure you have the right Kickstart ROMs installed and your copy protection codes ready, because we are about to go on a whirlwind tour of the sounds of the Amiga! =====Game – Composer – Developer – Track - Release==== 1) Defender of the Crown – Jim Cuomo – CinemaWare – "Title BGM" – 1986 2) Lemmings – Tim Wright & Brian Johnston – DMA Design/Psygnosis – "Smile if You Love Lemmings" – Feb 14, 1991 3) Xenon 2 Megablast – Bomb the Bass – The Assembly Line/The Bitmap Brothers – "Megablast" – 1989 4) Another World – Jean-François Freitas – Delphine Software – "Opening" – 1991 5) Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension (Amiga CD32) – Neil Biggin – Gremlin Graphics – "Zool Rave (World 1)" – Oct 1993 6) Turrican II: The Final Fight – Chris Huelsbeck – Factor 5/Rainbow Arts – "The Desert Rocks" – 1991 7) Jumpin’ Jackson – Stéphane Picq – Infogrames – "Opening Theme" – 1990 8) Shadow of the Beast – David Whittaker – Psygnosis – "Opening" – 1989 9) Batman: The Movie – Jon Dunn & Matthew Cannon – Ocean Software – "Title BGM" – 1989 10) Battletoads – David Wise – Rare-Tradewest – "Wookie Hole" – 1992 (Floppy), 1994 (CD32) 11) Fire & Ice (CD32) – Jason Page – Graftgold Software – "Ice World" – 1994 12) Superfrog – Allister Brimble – Team 17 – "World 1: Magic Woods" – 1993 13) Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe – Nation 12 – The Bitmap Brothers/Image Works – "Main Theme" – 1990 14) Parasol Stars – Keith Tinman & Matthew Cannon (original Noriyuki Iwadare) – Ocean Software (original Taito) – "Main BGM" – 1992 15) Aladdin – Tommy Tallarico & Andrew Barnabas – Virgin Interactive – "Prince Ali" – 1994 16) Fury of the Furries – Frédéric Motte – Kalitso/Mindscape – "The Forest" – 1994 17) Turrican 3: Payment Day – Chris Huelsbeck – Factor 5/Rainbow Arts – "Wet Dungeon" – 1993 18) Wiz ‘n’ Liz – Richard Ede & Mike Clarke – Lunatic Software/Psygnosis – "Ingame BGM 1" – 1993 19) Dune – Stéphane Picq – Cryo/Virgin Interactive – "Sign of the Worm" – 1992 20) Cannon Fodder – Jon Hare – Sensible Software/Virgin Interactive – "Narcissus" – 1992 Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs FB: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ Official Site: nostalgiaroadtrip.com/ AND NOW AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY: play.google.com/music/m/I2uvnfvy4…_VGM_REVIVAL_HOUR

As CyberCedric is off to broaden his musical horizons (which can only end badly), the Historian interviews avid adventure game player and fellow podcaster Robert Menes of the Nostalgia Roadtrip podcast (soundcloud.com/nostalgiaroadtrip) about his favorite adventure games. Also on the show, more crowdfunding tips from Serena Nelson, and more music talk with Brandon Blume, Ken […]

As CyberCedric is off to broaden his musical horizons (which can only end badly), the Historian interviews avid adventure game player and fellow podcaster Robert Menes of the Nostalgia Roadtrip podcast (soundcloud.com/nostalgiaroadtrip) about his favorite adventure games. Also on the show, more crowdfunding tips from Serena Nelson, and more music talk with Brandon Blume, Ken […]

Yeah, uh, I don’t even know. I don’t even know what happened here. Robert Menes, Troels Pleimert, and Darth Helmet. And did someone mention kissing Iolo? I just don’t even know anymore. The song at the end of this week’s show is Stage 4 by Yuzo Koshiro from Streets of Rage. Show notes: Pinkerton Road closing […]

You've gotten through our last wave of stages, but now it's time to confront yet another wave of big bad bosses! We've selected some of the biggest, toughest challenges from video games of then and now, and have rounded them up to put on the toughest battles this show has seen yet! Make sure you've saved your progress, stocked up on plenty of Energy Tanks, potions, weapons, and everything you need, because our special host Robert Menes is about to take you on an epic rumble with the biggest boss battles ever! =====Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System==== 1.) Super Mario Bros. 3 – Koji Kondo – “Bowser Battle” – Feb 12, 1990 – Nintendo – NES 2.) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – Michiru Yamane – “Festival of Servants” – Oct 2, 1997 – Konami – Sony PlayStation 3.) Sonic the Hedgehog CD – Naofumi Hayata & Masafumi Ogata – “BOSS!!!” – Nov 19, 1993 (Sega CD)/Dec 14, 2011 (Android/iOS/XBLA/PSN) – Sonic Team/Sega – Sega CD (Original), Android/iOS/XBLA/PSN (Remake) 4.) Super Adventure Island – Yuzo Koshiro – “Hot Reception” – April 1992 – Produce/Hudson Soft – Super NES 5.) Pokémon Red & Blue – Junichi Masuda – “Battle (Vs Gym Leader” – Sept 28,1998 – Game Freak/Nintendo – Game Boy 6.) Lunar: Silver Star Story – Noriyuki Iwadare – “Go! Go! Go!” – May 28,1999 – Game Arts/Working Designs – Sony PlayStation 7.) Doom – Robert Prince – “Facing The Spider” – Dec 10, 1993 – id Software – DOS 8.) Parasite Eve – Yoko Shimomura – “U.B.” – Sept. 9, 1998 – Squaresoft – Sony PlayStation 9.) Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse – Jake Kaufman – “Boss Battle” – Oct 23, 2014 – WayForward – Nintendo 3DS 10.) Okami – Rei Kondoh – “Twin Devils Moshirechik And Kotanechik's Extermination” – Sept 19, 2006 – Clover Studio/Capcom – Sony PlayStation 2 11) Secret of Mana – Hiroki Kikuta – “Meridian Dance” – Oct 3, 1993 – Square – Super NES 12.) Pandemonium 2 – Burke Trieschmann – “Mr. Schneobelen” – Sept 30, 1997 – Toys For Bob/Crystal Dynamics/Midway – Sony PlayStation/Windows 13.) Killer7 – Masafumi Takada & Jun Fukada – “Shoot Speed” – Jul 7, 2005 – Grasshopper Manufacture/Capcom – Nintendo GameCube/Sony PlayStation 2 14.) NiGHTS: Into Dreams… - Naofumi Hataya – “NiGHTS and Reala” – Aug 20, 1996 (Saturn)/Oct 2, 2012 (Steam) – Sonic Team/Sega – Sega Saturn (original)/Steam (rerelease) 15.) Skullgirls – Michiru Yamane – “Skull Heart Arrhythmia” – Apr 10, 2012 – Lab Zero Games/Autumn Games (originally Konami) – PSN, XBLA, Steam 16.) Mega Man X4 – Toshihiko Horiyama – “Double” – September 1997 (PS1/Saturn)/1999 (Windows) – Capcom – Sony PlayStation/Sega Saturn/Windows 17.) Shadow Warrior – Lee Jackson – “Shadow Raver” – May 13, 1997 – 3D Realms/GT Interactive Software – DOS 18.) Devil May Cry – Masami Ueda, Masato Kohda, Misao Senbongi – “Ultra Violet (Nero Angelo Battle)” – Oct 16, 2001 – Team Little Devils/Capcom – Sony PlayStation 2 19.) Mega Man Zero 4 – Ippo Yamada, Masaki Suzuki, Luna Umegaki, Shinichi Itakura – “Nothing Beats” – Oct 4, 2005 – Inti Creates/Capcom – Game Boy Advance 20.) Kid Icarus: Uprising – Yasunori Mitsuda – “Boss Fight 1” – Mar 23, 2012 – Project Sora/Nintendo – Nintendo 3DS 21.) Skies of Arcadia – Yutaka Minobe & Tatsuyuki Maeda – “Last Battle” – Nov 13, 2000 (DC)/Jan 27, 2003 (GC) – OverWorks/Sega – Sega Dreamcast/Nintendo GameCube 22.) Azure Striker Gunvolt – Ippo Yamada – “The Collision of Thunderstorms” – Aug 29, 2014 - 3DS – Inti Creates – Nintendo 3DS/Steam Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs FB: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ Tumblr: retro-vgm-revival-hour.tumblr.com/ Special Host for this STAGE - Robert Menes: @LambdaCalculus

Let’s give the ol’ Square Waves FM BEEP salute to our awesome guests Robert Menes and Edgar Valasco who join us this week to talk about nostalgic stuff from our childhoods. The song at the end of this week’s podcast, despite a certain co-host’s protestations, is Twelve by Venetian Snares. Show notes: Nostalgia Roadtrip podcast […]

Now many console gamers may not know the name "LucasArts", although some of their titles have come to consoles. But LucasArts is much more known in the realm of computer gaming, as many of their titles have been released on a plethora of home computer platforms. From the Atari 8-bit family, to the Commodore 64, and later to the Atari ST, Amiga, FM Towns, IBM PC, and Macintosh computer lines, LucasArts made their fortune and glory, best known for their amazing graphic adventure games, which utilized their in-house engine known as SCUMM, as well as some top notch Star Wars games. LucasArts continued to publish and develop many games until 2012, when their parent company Lucasfilm was purchased by Disney. In 2013, LucasArts sadly let go of their internal development teams, and now exists solely as a license holder. However, in spite of this, many of their classic titles are available on services such as Steam and GOG.com, and I highly recommend checking them out. Now, for this episode, I will make mention that LucasArts used a special music engine for many of their games called iMUSE, which allowed for dynamic music; music tracks could seamlessly segue-way into one another to best fit the mood. Some of the tracks featured will demonstrate iMUSE in action. Additionally, some of these tracks were originally MIDI tracks, and I have selected to use recordings as they would sound running through a MIDI module known as the Roland MT-32. Make sure your DOS box has enough free RAM and you have your copy protection codes ready, because we're about to go on a time warp of amazing LucasArts music! =====Game - Composer - Title - Year - System==== 1) Maniac Mansion – Chris Grigg & David Lawrence - “Opening Titles (Commodore 64 version)” - October 5, 1987 (C64/Apple II), March 1988 (DOS), 1989 (Amiga/Atari ST/DOS v2) 2) Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders – Matthew Alan Kane & Chris Grigg - “Main Theme (FM Towns version)” - October 1988 (C64/DOS), 1989 (Amiga/Atari ST/DOS v2), 1990 (FM Towns) 3) Loom – Based on “Swan Lake” by Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky; arranged by George “The Fat Man” Sanger & Eric Hammond - “Opening Title” & “Guild of Glassmakers” (Roland MT-32 versions) - May 1990 (DOS/Mac OS/Amiga/Atari ST), 1991 (FM Towns), 1992 (DOS Talkie) 4) Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe – Michael Land - “Opening Titles” - August 1991 (DOS) 5) The Secret of Monkey Island – Michael Land, Barney Jones, Andy Newell, & Patrick Mundy - “Voodoo Lady” & “The SCUMM Bar” (CD Audio versions) – October 1990 (Amiga/DOS Floppy/Atari ST/Mac OS), 1992 (DOS CD/FM Towns/Sega CD/Amiga CDTV) 6) Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge – Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, & Michael Land - “Villa de la Booty” - December 1991 (DOS/Amiga/Mac OS/FM Towns) 7) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis – Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, & Michael Land - “The Colonies of Atlantis” - June 1992 (DOS/Amiga/Mac OS/FM Towns) 8) Day of the Tentacle – Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, & Michael Land - “Hotel Interiors – Present” - June 25, 1993 (DOS/Mac OS) 9) Sam & Max Hit the Road – Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell, & Michael Land - “A Pleasantly Understated Credits Sequence” & “King of the Creatures” - November 1993 (DOS/Mac OS) 10) Full Throttle – The Gone Jackals - “Legacy” - April 30, 1995 (DOS/Mac OS) 11) Star Wars: Dark Forces – Michael Land (original arrangements by John Williams - “The Secret Base” - February 28, 1995 (DOS/Mac OS) 12 ) The Dig – Michael Land – “The Ancient City” - November 30, 1995 (DOS/Mac OS) 13) The Curse of Monkey Island – Michael Land (vocals: Dominic Armato, Alan Young, Gregg Berger, Michael Sorich) – “A Pirate I Was Meant To Be” - October 31, 1997 (Windows) 14) Outlaws – Clint Bajakian - “The Ballad of Dr. Death” - March 1997 (Windows) 15) Grim Fandango – Peter McConnell - “Blue Casket Bop” & “Casino Calavera” - October 30, 1998 (Windows)

It’s a huge pleasure to have Robert Menes join us this week to talk about Linux and Linux accessories. We discuss the philosophy of free open source software, alternatives to commercial software, gaming in Linux, and veer off on a wild meandering tangent for a good hour or so to talk about the finer things. […]