Podcasts about software creations

Our show takes us back in time to the pleasant summer vibes of Malibu Bikini Volleyball, a no-frill sports game released in 1993 for the underdog Atari Lynx handheld, developed by Hand Made Software and composed by Paul Tonge. Hand Made Software was a boutique first- (or second-) party game developer that produced original games exclusively for the Lynx and Jaguar from about 1990 to 1995, with a handful of previously unreleased games making their way out in the early 2000s. While this game is a pretty self explanatory late-era volleyball game for the Lynx, the music is definitely worth checking out. English composer Paul Tonge is a multi-talented musician, sound designer, sound driver developer, game producer and music director that worked from the late 80s to the early 2000s, starting on the C64 and Amiga and eventually retiring from games around the GBA era. He worked on games such as: Tinhead, The Tick, George Foreman for Real, and Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time as well as working on a number of sound drivers across multiple console generations. It's a leisurely episode where we finally take the time for a deeper dive on Lynx sound and graphics hardware. We also cover Paul's work with "Sound Images", his joint audio production company with composer Tony Williams, and Paul's eventual work with Software Creations, the British software developer that was a powerhouse of game audio talent in the 90s even if their games were just alright. In any case, sit back and enjoy this early 90s mixtape of beachy volleyball tunes! Composed by: Paul Tonge Tracklist 0:00:00 Malibu Volleyball 0:07:55 Trout Shout 0:16:11 Bikini Beauty 0:22:09 Beach Boy Blues 0:33:36 Spike 0:42:37 On the Shoreline 0:48:29 Banana Volley 0:57:47 Beach Volley 1:04:59 SandOut 1:09:17 SkyBall 1:16:19 Winners

In this episode, we sit down with the Peter Scott, a developer who has left his mark on some of the most intriguing projects in gaming history. From his early days coding on the VIC-20 and BBC Micro to his groundbreaking work at TierTex and Psygnosis.  We hear the story behind the cancelled Waterworld game for the 3DO and PlayStation, and the impact of working on a game tied to such a polarising movie.  00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories  47:41 - Pete Scott Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books - https://www.bitmapbooks.com Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes: Atari 7800+ announced: https://tinyurl.com/4ksfr64r New Final Fight comic book: https://tinyurl.com/3833zsk3 Nintendo Museum Direct: https://tinyurl.com/4f6mz38k Console Wars sneakers: https://tinyurl.com/2p9zrm37 Masters of Albion: https://tinyurl.com/36dv99uv

In this latest mini episode we're talking about Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos, a childhood favorite on the NES composed by Tim Follin. Solstice released on the NES in the US and UK in mid 1990. It was developed by Software Creations and published by various companies in different regions. It's a challenging isometric puzzle platformer in the vein of games like Knight Lore and Lumo. Solstice only released on NES, but it did have a sequel on the SNES called Equinox. Tim Follin is a VGM composer that hardly needs an introduction. Master of VGM folk and prog rock and putting way more effort into game soundtracks than they usually deserved, Tim worked on games like Bionic Commando and Ghouls'n Ghosts for C64, Plok for SNES, Ecco the Dolphin for Dreamcast and a tons more games. More recently he's moved into game development with games like Contradiction: Spot the Liar.

The hotly anticipated Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge is here for your listening pleasure! The game saw several releases between 1992-1994 on the SNES, Genesis, Game Boy and Game Gear. It was developed by UK games company Software Creations Ltd., published by LJN on Nintendo systems and by Acclaim subsidiary Flying Edge on Sega systems. It's a bad game where you control 5 different characters: Spider-Man, Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops and Gambit in a gauntlet of tedious stages with great music (except Wolverine). The soundtrack was originally composed by brothers Geoff Follin and Tim Follin, no strangers to writing amazing soundtracks for mediocre games, many of them for Software Creations throughout the 80s and 90s. The arrangements for other systems were done by "Sound Images" on Genesis, John Loose on Game Boy, and Alastair (Allister) Brimble on Game Gear. We've disliked the game for almost 30 years but we hope you enjoy the music! Track List: 0:00:01 Title (SNES) 0:01:56 (Bedding) Title (GG) 0:02:38 (Bedding) Title (GB) 0:03:04 (Bedding) Title (GEN) 0:06:29 Briefing (SNES) 0:11:12 Spider-Man (SNES) 0:16:19 Spider-Man (GG) 0:20:42 Gambit (GEN) 0:27:05 Storm (SNES) 0:35:29 (Bedding) Storm (GG) 0:39:30 (Bedding) Storm (GEN) 0:43:27 Cyclops (SNES) 0:51:58 Wolverine (SNES) 0:56:36 Unknown / Unused (GEN) 0:59:21 Final Stage (SNES) 1:01:58 Ending (SNES) 1:04:41 (Bedding) Cyclops (GEN) 1:07:15 High Score Table + Game Over (SNES)   Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge Super Nintendo (1992) Composed by Geoff Follin, Tim Follin Sega Genesis (1993) Arranged by "Sound Images" Game Boy (1993) Arranged by John C. Loose Game Gear (1994) Arranged by Alastair (Allister) Brimble

Richard Kay is a founder of Software Creations, one of the most innovative British game studios of the '80s and '90s. Famous for conversions such as Bubble Bobble and Bionic Commando from Taito, Capcom and other big name arcade machine creators of the era Richard and his team created the games others said weren't possible. Early success forged a partnership with Nintendo and a series of firsts for a games company outside of Japan in their relations with the big N.

Glenn Brensinger, former sysop of Software Creations, talks about how his then-boss Dan Linton's "Home of the Authors" Software Creations bulletin-board system (BBS) served as a sort of prototypical Steam. The interview was done as part of my research for my upcoming book Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet, which is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vicreeves/shareware-heroes (on Kickstarter) until July 8th.  To get access to supporter-only soundbites, and early access to soundbites like this one, you can subscribe https://www.patreon.com/lifeandtimesofvideogames (via Patreon) — where anybody who donates $3 or more per month also gets ad-free high-bitrate downloads of every episode plus various other bonuses like research notes and full transcripts. You can also support me by sending a donation to https://paypal.me/mossrc (paypal.me/mossrc). Learn more at https://lifeandtimes.games/donate (lifeandtimes.games/donate)

Jason Arriola and Dominic Chavez take their first dive into the music of Tim Follin. Tim is a bit of a legend for some of his work with the NES, but we decided to take a look at one of his less-celebrated soundtracks. Pictionary is, admittedly, a bit of a strange place to start, but I think as […]

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are riding the waves of the cosmos and beating claysic enemies like Fire Lord, Reptyl and Kylor, the self-proclaimed emperor of the Skrull! From 1990, we’re playing Silver Surfer by Software Creations for the NES. You can manually download this week’s podcast here or subscribe to the show […]

While a small number of video game composers go on to achieve great fame thanks to their work in the industry, there are countless others who receive little to no attention at all . One of those often forgotten great video game composers is Tim Follin. A talented individual who’s career has been often hindered by the poor quality of the games he composed music for, so such that despite his considerable talent as a composer, his work is regularly overlooked in favor of other, more well known composers who simply had the good fortune to work on high profile releases. Regardless of the overall quality of the games Follin worked on, he always gave it his all and made some of the most memorable tracks in video game history. Tim Follin is unmistakably one of the absolute greats in the world of video game composition. And this is why This STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour is dedicated to the great works of Composer TIM FOLLIN. =====Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System==== 1.) Sky Shark – Tim Follin – “Title Screen ( Stage 2) & Stage 4 Theme”- September 1989 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES 2.) Target: Renegade – Tim Follin – “Cutscene: Ready To Rumble!” – March 1990 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES 3.) Ghouls ‘n Ghosts – Tim Follin – “Main Theme (c64 & Amiga versions)” – 1989 – Software Creations & U.S Gold/Capcom – Commodore AMIGA & Commodore 64 4.)Pictionary: The Game of Video Quick Draw – Tim Follin – “Mini-Game (Theme 2)” – July 1990 – Software Creations/LJN – NES 5.) Silver Surfer – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Title Screen & World Theme 1”- November 1990 – Software Creations/Arcadia Systems – NES 6.) Agent X II: The Mad Prof’s Back – Tim Follin – “Flying Section“ – 1987 – Software Creations/ Mastertronic – Commodore 64 7.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Brunwald Castle (Rescuing Dad) & Tank (Rescuing Marcus)” – March 1991 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES 8.) Renegade – Tim Follin – “Title Screen” – 1986 – Technos Japan/Tatito – Atari ST 9.) Plok – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Main Theme” – September 1993 – Software Creations/Tradewest – SNES 10.) Gauntlet III: The Final Quest – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Title Theme” – 1991 – Tengen/U.S.Gold – Commodore 64 11.) Kiwi Kraze (The NewZealand Story) – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Level Theme”- March 1991 – Software Creations /Taito Corporation – NES 12.) Time Trax – Tim Follin – “Title Screen (Game Credits Theme)” – Cancelled – Malibu Games – Sega Genesis/MegaDrive 13.) Equinox (Solstice 2) – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Atlena“ – November 12, 1993 – Software Creations/Sony ImageSoft – SNES 14.) Starsky & Hutch – Richard Jacques & Tim Follin – “Pursuit 3” – June 20, 2003 – Mind’s Eye Productions & Supersonic Software/Empire Interactive – PS2, Microsoft Xbox & Gamecube 15.) Bionic Commando – Tim Follin – “Big Fortress (Round 2 Theme) & The Tower of Demon (Round 4 Theme)” – 1988 – Software Creations / Capcom – Commodore AMIGA 16.) WWF War Zone – Tim Follin – “Track 01“ – June 1998 – Probe Entertainment/Acclaim – Game Boy 17.) Super Off Road – Tim Follin – “Title Demo” – 1989 – Leland Corporation & RARE/Virgin Games – SNES 18.) Ultraverse Prime – Tim Follin – “Unknown & Act 5-3 (The Final Fight)“- 1994 – Malibu Interactive/Sony Imagesoft- SegaCD 19.) Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge – Tim & Geoff Follin – “Gambit” – November 1992 – Software Creations/LJN – SNES 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

Aguante! Hoy con más de 35 rolas para su conveniencia y (contando el preshow) un total de 6 horas músicales con 4 horas completitas de show. Hablamos del nuevo disco de los minibosses (si no lo han bajado, túpale!) más que nos aventamos algunas retro-comparaciones de la misma rola con su versión anterior (o japonesa). De todos modos, la mejor “estafruta” que hemos podido ofrecer en un buen tiempo. This Fruit! Miguel "Asher" Sandoval, Mauricio/Ophelia Pastrana, Artemio "Dios" Urbina, Pablo "Yoshi" Pailles, Rolando "Rolman" Cedillo. LISTA DE ROLAS 00:04:54 Kingdom Hearts (2002) - Traverse Town - Takehiko Yamada Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections. Square. 00:11:53 StreetPass Mii Plaza - Nintendo 3DS Music. Nintendo. 00:17:24 Robotech: Battlecry (2002) - Robotech Perfect - Main Title – Ulpio Minucci. Vicious Cycle Software. 00:24:31 OutRun2 (2003) - PASSING BREEZE – Hiro, Fumio Itoh, Keisuke Tsukahara. Sega.00; 00:31:12 Pokémon Black & White (2011) - Village Bridge – Go Ichinose. Game Freak. 00:38:15 GRADIUS V (2004) - BATTLESHIP -STAGE 2 & 8- Hitoshi Sakimoto. Treasure, G.rev. 00:45:57 Tales of Vesperia (2008) - United Oath – Motoi Sakuraba & Hibiki Aoyama. Namco Tales Studio. 00:56:50 Spy Hunter (1983) - Peter Gunn Theme – Henry Mancini Tom Scott – Ultimate Mancini. Bally Midway. 01:03:08 Final Fantasy XIII (2009) - The Gapra Whitewood – Masashi Hamauzu. Square-Enix. 01:10:10 Mario Kart 7 (2011) - Rainbow Road (Planet) - Kenta Nagata. Nintendo EAD, Retro Studios. 01:21:55 Catherine (2011) - Lamb Game between ♂ and ♀ - Shoji Meguro. Atlus Persona Teamy. 01:30:10 Metroid Prime (2003) - Underwater Frigate Reactor Core. Retro Studios. 01:38:57 Sonic CD (Mega CD) (1993) - Sonic - You Can Do Anything - Keiko Utoku. Sonic Team. / Sonic CD (Mega CD) (1993) - Sonic Boom (Short Version) – Pastiche. Sonic Team. 01:46:12 The Tower of Druaga (1984) - The Return of Video Game Music. Namco 01:47:49 The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigi no Dungeon (2004) - ARIKA, Namco, Masashi. Arika, Chunsoft, Matrix Software. 01:55:50 Final Fantasy X (2001) - Wandering Flame - Masashi Hamauzu. Square. 02:02:23 FolksSoul (Folklore) (2007) - The Beginning of the Journey - Kenji Kawai. Game Republic) 02:09:52 Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (2001) - Cave Of Glimmer Moss – Kaze No Klonoa II ~Sekai Ga Nozonda Wasuremono. Namco. 02:18:39 Vagrant Story (2000) - Factory - Hitoshi Sakimoto. Square Product Development Division 4. 02:26:12 Star-Stealing Girl – OneUp Studios – Time & Space: A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda. 02:35:12 The Legend of Zelda – Minibosses – brass 2: mouth 02:43:04 Final Fantasy VIII (1999) - Breezy - Nobuo Uematsu. Square. 02:49:10 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (1995) - Forest Interlude - Dave Wise. Rare. 02:56:40 Akumajō Dracula: Yami no Juin (Castlevania Curse of Darkness) (2005) - Garibaldi Courtyard - Kyoko Natsume. Konami. 03:03:48 Katamari Damacy (2004) - The Wonderful Star’s Walk Is Wonderful – Yuri Misumi. Namco. 03:15:38 Bioshock 2 (2010) - Under The Tracks – Garry Schyman – Bioshock 2: Sounds From The Lighthouse. 2K Marin, 2K Australia. 03:22:13 Ape Escape (1999) - Opening - Soichi Terada. SCEI, SCEI Japan Studio. 03:27:56 Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994) - Main Theme ~ Maximum Carnage - Chris Jojo, Allistair Brimble Spider-Man & Venom - Maximum Carnage. Software Creations. 03:35:53 Contra ReBirth (2009) - Contra ReBirth Another - M2. 03:37:16 Dorakyura Densetsu: ReBirth (Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth) (2009) - Manabu Namiki Dracula Densetsu ReBirth. M2. 03:45:27 Nin2-Jump (2011) - Winter - Ryu Umemoto. Cave. 03:49:42 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (2005) Hall Of Fate - Namco. Namco, 8ing/Raizing. 03:58:57 Red Dead Redemption (2010) - Far Away - José González. Rockstar San Diego.