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0:0:48 In this week episode, Drew, Nathan and Cory talk about what they have been up to this week, and discuss the nominees of the 2018 gaming awards. 0:5:00 Game of the Year Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey., Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft. Celeste, Matt Makes Games. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. .Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. .Monster Hunter World, Capcom. Red Dead Redemption 2,Rockstar Games. 0:14:24 Best Ongoing Game Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time. Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie / Activision. Fortnite, Epic Games. No Man’s Sky, Hello Games. Overwatch, Blizzard. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft. 0:31:56 Best Game Direction Awarded to a game studio for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design. A Way Out, Hazelight Studios / EA. Detroit: Become Human, Quantic Dream / SIE. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games. 0:34:00 Best Narrative For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game. Detroit: Become Human, Quantic Dream / SIE. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE Life is Strange 2: Episode 1, Dotnod Entertainment / Square Enix. Marvel’s Spider-Man Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games. 0:39:00 Best Art Direction For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Octopath Traveler, Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo. Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games. Return of the Obra Dinn, 3909 LLC. 0:44:30 Best Score/Music - Presented by Spotify For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack. Celeste, Lena Raine. God of War, Bear McCreary. Marvel’s Spider-Man, John Paesano. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Joe Hisaishi. Octopath Traveler, Yasunori Nishiki. Red Dead Redemption 2, Woody Jackson / Daniel Lanois. 0:48:00 Best Audio Design - Presented by Dolby Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch / Activision. Forza Horizon 4, Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games. 0:50:30 Best Performance Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture. Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human. Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War. Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II. Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man. 0:52:40 Games for Impact For a thought provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message. 11-11 Memories Retold, Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Celeste, Matt Makes Games. Florence, Mountains. Life is Strange 2: Episode 1, Dotnod Entertainment / Square Enix. The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories, White Owls / Arc System Works 0:53:40 Best Independent Game For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system. Celeste, Matt Makes Games. Dead Cells, Motion Twin. Into the Breach, Subset Games. Return of the Obra Dinn, 3909 LLC. The Messenger, Sabotage Studio 0:54:00 Best Mobile Game For the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device. Donut County, Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive. Florence, Mountains. Fortnite, Epic Games. PUBG MOBILE, Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games. Reigns: Game of Thrones, Nerial / Developer Digital. 0:56:06 Best VR/AR Game For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform. ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission, SIE Japan Studio / SIE. Beat Saber, Beat Games. Firewall Zero Hour, First Contact Entertainment / SIE. Moss, Polyarc Games. Tetris Effect, Resonair and Monstars Inc. / Enhance, Inc. 1:00:23 Best Action Game For the best game in the action genre focused on combat. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch / Activision. Dead Cells, Motion Twin. Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie / Activision. Far Cry 5, Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft. Mega Man 11, Capcom. 1:02:36 Best Action/Adventure Game For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft. God of War, Sony Santa Monica / SIE. Marvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games / SIE. Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games. Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix 1:04:32 Best Role Playing Game For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Square Enix / Square Enix. Monster Hunter: World, Capcom. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Octopath Traveler, Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil. 1:04:55 Best Fighting Game For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Arc System Works. Dragon Ball FighterZ, Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Soul Calibur VI, Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Capcom. 1:06:43 Best Family Game For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform. Mario Tennis Aces, Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo. Nintendo Labo, Nintendo EPD / Nintendo. Overcooked 2, Ghost Town Games / Team 17. Starlink: Battle for Atlas, Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft. Super Mario Party, NDCube / Nintendo. 1:10:55 Best Strategy Game Best game focused on real time or turn-based strategy game play, irrespective of platform. The Banner Saga 3, Stoic Studio / Versus Evil. BATTLETECH, Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive. Frostpunk, 11 bit studios. Into the Breach, Subset Games. Valkyria Chronicles 4, Sega CS3 / Sega. 1:10:55 Best Sports/Racing Game For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game. FIFA 19, EA Vancouver / EA Sports. Forza Horizon 4, Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios. Mario Tennis Aces, Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo. NBA 2K19, Visual Concepts / 2K Sports. Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, PES Productions / Konami. 1:13:41 Best Multiplayer Game For outstanding online multiplayer game play and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Treyarch / Activision. Destiny 2: Forsaken, Bungie / Activision. Fortnite, Epic Games. Monster Hunter: World, Capcom. Sea of Thieves, Rare / Microsoft Studios. 1:17:25 Best Student Game Awarded the best student project created at the high school or college level. Combat 2018, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway. Dash Quasar, UC Santa Cruz. JERA, Digipen Bilbao, Spain. LIFF, ISART Digital – France. RE: Charge, MIT. 1:17:45 Best Debut Indie Game Recognizing a new independent studio that released its first game in 2018. Winner selected by fan voting. Donut County, Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive. Florence, Mountains. Moss, Polyarc Games. The Messenger, Sabotage Studio. Yoku’s Island Express, Villa Gorilla. 1:18:12 Best Esports Game For the game that has delivered the best overall eSports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform. CSGO. DOTA2. Fortnite, Epic Games. League of Legends. Overwatch, Blizzard 1:20:37 Best Esports Player - Presented by Omen by HP The eSports player judged to be the most outstanding performer in 2018, irrespective of game. Dominique “SonicFox” McLean, Echo Fox. Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi. Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao, Royal Never Give Up. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Natus Vincere. Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang, New York Excelsior. Best Esports Team The eSports team judged to be the most outstanding for performance in 2018, inclusive of multi-team organizations. Astralis, CS:GO. Cloud9, LOL. Fnatic, LOL. London Spitfire, OWL. OG, DOTA2 1:21:09 Best Esports Coach Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu, Cloud9. Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu, OG. Danny “zonic” Sørensen, Astralis. Dylan Falco, Fnatic, Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi, Team Vitality. Janko “YNk” Paunovic, MiBR. 1:21:25 Best Esports Event ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018. EVO 2018. League of Legends World Championship. Overwatch League Grand Finals The International 2018. 1:21:40 Best Esports Host Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez. Alex “Machine” Richardson. Anders Blume. Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere. Paul “RedEye” Chaloner. Best Esports Moment C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE, ELEAGUE. G2 Beating RNG, LOL Worlds. KT vs IG Base Race, LOL Worlds. OG’s Massive Upset of LGD, DOTA 2 Finals. SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ, EVO. 1:21:50 Content Creator of the Year Dr. Lupo. Myth. Ninja. Pokimane. Willyrex. 1:25:00 Drew, Nathan and Cory finish off the show with the games they have been playing this week, including games –red dead redemption 2, Spiderman, Fortnite, Destiny 2 and much more,
It's that time again here at the Retro VGM Revival hour, where you, the fellow listener, have entered another BONUS STAGE. Time to take a little break from the action and distract yourself with something to reward your progress thus far. These are just a selection of random tracks of the past and present as a reward for showing much love and respect to the art of Video Game Music. So sit back and Listen to some amazing tracks to get you excited to take on whatever lies a head. =====Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System==== 1.) No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle - MARU (w/ Lyrics by: Nobuhiko Sagara and Brian Gray) - “Philistine” - January 26, 2010 - Grasshoper Manufacture/UbiSoft - Nintendo Wii 2.) Mega Man 9 - Ippo Yamada, Ryo Kawakami, Yu Shimoda & Hiroki Isogai - “Thunder Tornado (Tornado Man Theme)” - September 22, 2008 - Inti Creates/Capcom - Nintendo wii, Ps3, Xbox 360 & Mobile 3.) Double Dragon Neon - Jake Kaufman - "City Streets 2 (Mango Tango/Neon Jungle)” - September 11, 2012 - WayForward Technologies/Majesco - Ps3, Xbox 360 & Windows PC 4.) Medarot 2: Kabuto Version and Kuwagata Version - Kinuyo Yamashita - “Fortune Town” - July 23, 1999(Japan Only) - Natsume/Imagineer - Game Boy Color 5.) Hotline Miami - Perturbator - “Miami Disco”- October 23, 2012 - Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital - Windows, Osx, ps3, Ps4, Playstation vita, Linux & Android 6.) Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Michiru Yamane & Yasuhiro Ichihashi -"An Empty Tome” - October 21, 2008 - KONAMI - Nintendo DS 7.) Bomb Jack - Alberto Jose Gonzalez - “Title Theme” - 1992 - Bit Managers/Infogrames - Game Boy 8.) Crypt of the NecroDancer - Danny Baranowsky - “Disco Descent"- April 23, 2015 - Brace Yourself Games - Windows PC, OS X, Linux, Ps4, Ps3, Playstation Vita & Xbox One 9.) Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Michiru Yamane & Yuka Watanabe - "Baljhet Mountains” - November 1, 2005 - KONAMI - PlayStation 2 & Microsoft Xbox 10.) Bravely Default - Revo - "Wind's Course/Windward (Agnes Theme)“ - October 11, 2012 - Silicon Studios/Square Enix & Nintendo - Nintendo 3DS 11.) Grounseed - Ryu Takami - “Maze of Spirits”- June 7, 1996(Japan Only) - Studio Twinkle/Exit - PC-98 Personal Computer(PC-9800 Series) 12.) Streets of Rage 2 - Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima - “Dreamer (Stage 3, Part 1)“ - December 20, 1992 - Ancient/SEGA - Sega Genesis/MegaDrive 13.) Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden - Kenji Yamamoto - "Imperfect Cell's Theme” - March 20, 1993(Japan & Europe Only) - TOSE/Bandai - Super FAMICOM 14.) Retro City Rampage - Leonard J. Paul,Jake Kaufman & Matthew Creamer - “Cleaning up the Streets” - October 9, 2012 - Vblank Entertainment - Windows PC, P3, Ps Vita, Xbox 360, 3DS & OS X 15.) Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game - Anamanaguchi - "Twin Dragons” -August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios - XBLA & PSN 16.) Gauntlet - Hal Canon - “1st Stage Theme” - 1987 - TENGEN - NES 17.) Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action - KgZ (James Landino) - “Ace Rooftop” - Culture Attack Studio(Tyler Doak) - August 8, 2013 - Windows PC & Xbox 360 18.) Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Jake Kaufman - "We Love Burning Town”- October 23, 2014 - WayForward Technologies - Nintendo DS, Wii U, Windows PC, Xbox One & Ps4 19.) Mr. Nutz - Raphaël Gesqua - “Ice Cream” - August 1994 - Ocean Software - SNES 20.) Sonic Mania - Tee Lopes - “Studiopolis Zone” - Q2 2017 - Headcannon & PagodaWest Games/SEGA - Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, Ps4 & Xbox One 21.) Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Atsushi Kitajoh - “Princess Amagi” - November 28, 2013 - Arc System Works/ATLUS - Arcade, Ps3 & Xbox 360 22.) Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball - 82apps(Erik Asmussen) - “8 Bit Adventure” - February 19, 2015 - Erik Asmussen - Windows PC, OS X & Linux Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs FB: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ Tumblr: retro-vgm-revival-hour.tumblr.com/ AND NOW AVAILABLE ON GOOGLE PLAY: play.google.com/music/m/I2uvnfvy4…_VGM_REVIVAL_HOUR
Opening and Title screen themes set the mood for the entire game. they're in charge of giving a player the ever important first impression. Often overlooked, these particular themes are usually an afterthought once the “press start” option becomes available, But if you choose to not press that button, you will realize that the these themes are one of the most important key elements in making an amazing gaming experience. This is why this special STAGE of the retro VGM revival hour is dedicated to those great Opening and Title screen themes. So put that controller down and be amazed on how awesome these themes can be. ==== Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System=== 1.) METROID - Hirokazu Tanaka - “ Title Screen / Prologue “ - August 1987 - Nintendo - NES 2.) Journey to Silius - - Naoki Kodaka - “Title Screen" - October 1, 1987 - Tokai Engineering/Sunsoft - NES 3.) Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Video Game - Anamanaguchi - “Scott Pilgrim Anthem” - August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios - XBLA & PSN 4.) The Legend of Zelda - Koji Kondo - “Opening” - August 22, 1987 - Nintendo - NES 5.) Donkey Kong Country - David Wise, Eveline Fischer & Robin Beanland - “Opening Theme” - November 25, 1994 - RARE/Nintendo - SNES 6.) Faxanadu - Jun Chikuma - “Opening" - November 19, 1989 - Hudson Soft/Nintendo - NES 7.) Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Michiru Yamane - “Prayer" - March 20, 1997 - KONAMI - PlayStation & Sega Saturn 8.) Batman Arkham City - Nick Arundel & Ron Fish - “Main Theme” - October 18, 2011 - Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - PS3, Xbox 360, Windows & Nintendo WiiU 9.) Skate or Die 2: The Search For Double Trouble - Rob Hubbard - “Title Screen” - 1990 - Electronic Arts - NES 10.) Double Dragon - Kazunaka Yamane - “Title Screen” - June1988 - Technos japan/Tradewest - NES 11.) Cave Story - Daisuke Amaya - “Cave Story” - December 20, 2004 - Studio Pixel - Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, OSX & Linux 12.) Phantasy Star 4 (Phantasy Star 4: The End of the Millennium) - Izuho Numata & Masaki Nakagaki - “Opening" - February, 1995 - SEGA - Sega Genesis(Megadrive) 13.) Final Fantasy X - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu & Junya Nakano - “To Zanarkand” - December 17, 2001 - SQUARE - PS2 14.) Odin Sphere - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, Kimihiro Abe & Mitsuhiro Kaneda - “Odin Sphere's Theme" - May 22, 2007 - Vanillaware/Atlus - PS2 15.) Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box - Tomohito Nishiura - “Theme of the Diabolical Box” - November 29, 2007 - Level-5/Nintendo - Nintendo DS 16.) Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta - “Fear of the Heavens" - August 6, 1993 - SQUARE - SNES 17.) Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu & Koji Kondo - “Overture" - May 23, 2010 - Nintendo - Nintendo Wii 18.) Mega Man X - Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara & Toshihiko Horiyama - “Title Screen” - December 17, 1993 - CAPCOM - SNES 19.) Splatoon - Toru Minegishi & Shiho Fujii - “Splattack” - May 29, 2015 - Nintendo - Wii U 20.) Buck Bumble - Justin Scharvona - “Main Theme" - September 30, 1998 - Argonaut Games/Ubisoft - N64 21.) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Greg Edmonson & Carmen Rizzo - “Nate's Theme” - October 13, 2009 - Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment - PS3 22.) Axiom Verge - Thomas Happ - "The Axiom” - March 31, 2015 - Thomas Happ Games - PS4, windows, OS X, Linux 23.) Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman & Manami Matsumae - “Main Theme" - June 26, 2014 - Yacht Club Games - Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, PS3, 3DS, Wii U, PS Vita & Xbox One Edgar Velasco: @MoonSpiderHugs FB: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ Tumblr: retro-vgm-revival-hour.tumblr.com/ and If you got Emails: Info@maglomaniac.com (Subject: Retro VGM Revival Hour)
It's that time again here at the Retro VGM Revival hour, where you, the fellow listener, have entered another BONUS STAGE. No theme, or subject, just a selection of random tracks of the past and present as a reward for showing much love and respect to the art of Video Game Music. So as you sit back and surround yourself with your beverage of choice, just Listen to these amazing tracks to get you excited to take on whatever lies a head. Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System 1.) Ninja Gaiden - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta & Ichiro Nakagawa - "Unbreakable Determination [Stage 4-2]" - March 1989 - TECMO - NES 2.) Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen - Kazuo Hanzawa, Katsuhiko Suzuki & Satoshi Murata - “Sub-Space 2” - September 30, 1994 - Treasure/SEGA - Sega Genesis(Mega Drive) 3.) Kid Icarus: Uprising - Motoi Sakuraba, Yuzo Koshiro, Masafumi Takada, Noriyuki Iwadare, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Takahiro Nishi - "Reset Bomb Forest” - March 23, 2012 - Project Sora/Nintendo - 3DS 4.) Retro City Rampage - Leonard J. Paul, Matthew Creamer & Jake Kaufman - “Not Mega…” - October 9, 2012 - Vblank Entertainment - XBLA, PSN, Nintendo Wii, 3DS, Windows PC, PS Vita & Mac OSX 5.) Ys: Oath in Felghana - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Mieko Ishikawa, Masaaki Kawai, Yukihiro Jindo)- "Valestein Castle” - November 2, 2010 - Nihon Falcom Corporation - PSP & Windows PC 6.) Bravely Default - Revo - "Conflict's Chime” - February 7, 2014 - Silicon Studio & Square Enix/NINTENDO - 3DS 7.) Street Fighter IV - Hideyuki Fukasawa - "Theme of Sakura" - February 17, 2009 - Dimps Corporation & CAPCOM/CAPCOM - Arcade, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Windows PC, 3DS, iOS 8.) Mighty No. 9 - Manami Matsumae, Ippo Yamada & Takashi Tateishi - "Main Theme” - September 15, 2015 - Comcept & Inti Creates/Deep Silver - Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, PSN, PS Vita, WiiU, 3DS & XBL 9.) The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki - Falcom Sound Team jdk - "Don't Be Defeated by a Friend!” - September 26, 2013 (japan Only) - Nihon Falcom - PS3 & Vita 10.) Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game - Anamanaguchi - "Gideon Wrath, Part I” -August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios - XBLA & PSN 11.) Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!! - Jake Kaufman - “Boss: Ice King" - November 20, 2012 - WayForward Technologies/Bandai Namco Games & D3 Publisher - 3DS 12.) Cthulhu Saves the World - Gordon McNeil - “Conflict (Battle Theme)” - December 30, 2010 - Zeboyd Games - Xbox 360 (XBLA Indie Games) & Windows PC 13.) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura & David Wise - "Homecoming Hijinx" - February 21, 2014 - Retro Studios & Monster Games/NINTENDO - Nintendo WiiU 14.) Street Fighter X Mega Man - Luke Esquivel - "Boss Battle Theme ("Volcanic Rim" theme from Street Fighter IV)” - December 17, 2012 - Seow Zong Hui/CAPCOM - Windows PC 15.) Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman & Manami Matsumae - “Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)" - June 26, 2014 - Yacht Club Games - Windows PC, Mac OSX, Linux, PSN, 3DS, Wii U, PS Vita & XBLA 16.) Rayman Legends - Christophe Héral & Billy Martin - “Mariachi Madness" - September 3, 2013 - Ubisoft - Wii U, Windows PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & Vita 17.) Mario & Luigi: Dream Team -Yoko Shimomura - “Never Let Up! (Boss Theme)” - August 11, 2013 - AlphaDream & Good-Feel/NINTENDO - 3DS 18.) Last Ninja 2 - Matt Gray - "Central Park” - 1988 - System 3 & Beam Software/Activision - Commodore 64 19.)Mega Man 10 - Manami Matsumae - “Desert Commando (Commando Man Stage)" - March 1, 2010 - Inti Creates & CAPCOM/CAPCOM - XBox 360, PS3 & Wii 20.) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - Kenji Yamamoto - “Challengers” - December 3, 2002 - Dimps Corporation/Bandai - GameCube & PS2 Info: Twitter @MoonSpiderHugs SITE: retrovgmrevival.blogspot.com/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/groups/vgmrevivalhour/ EMAIL: info@maglomania.com (just put "retro VGM Revival" as the subject)
OH NO! The President has been kidnapped by ninjas! Are you a bad enough dude to take care of business with your bare hands as you encounter wave after wave of fearsome baddies? Make sure you mastered your moves and knock over some trash cans to reveal a home cooked chicken dinner, because you're gonna need all your skills to experience this special stage of this podcast ,which is BEAT 'EM UPS! Stroll the dangerous streets of your home town with no worries, because the tunes in this Stage will get you in the mood to take on all comers. Let's kick some tail and vote MIKE HAGGAR for President! Track List: Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System *Double Dragon - Kazunaka Yamane - "Missions 1, 3-4 & 4-4 [Billy & Jimmy Lee's Theme]” - Jp.April 8, 1988/ us.June1988 - Technos japan/Tradewest - NES *Final Fight - Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yasuaki Fujita(uncredited), Yoko Shimomura(uncredited) ported by Toshio Kajino - “Round 5: Street of Luxury Stage” - jp.December 21,1990 us.September1991 - CAPCOM - SNES *Streets of rage 2 - Yuko Koshiro - "Round 1 Part 1 Go Straight” - August 2, 1991 - Sega - Genesis *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Project - Kouzou Nakamura, Yuichi Sakakura & Tomoya Tomita - "Scene 4: City of Half Shell” - jp.December 13, 1991 /us.February 1992 - Konami - NES *Godhand - Masafumi Takada & Jun Fukuda - "Bronco Buster” - October 10, 2006 - Clover Studios/CAPCOM - PS2 *River City Ransom - Kazuo Sawa - "A Tough Fight (Boss Theme 1)” - April 25, 1989 - Technos - NES *Captain America and The Avengers - Tatsuya Kiuchi & Shogo Sakai - "Okay Go” - 1991 - Data East - Arcade *Night Slashers - Tatsuya Kiuchi & Tomoyoshi Sato - "Under The Moon” - 1993 - Data East - Arcade *Knights of the Round - Isao Abe - "Battle at the Castle Fort” - April 1994 - CAPCOM - SNES *Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows Over Mystara (Dungeons and Dragon Collection) - Masato Koda - “ Ambush” - March 04, 1999 - CAPCOM - Sega Saturn *Splatterhouse 3 - Eiko Kaneko - "Opening Theme” - March 18, 1993 - Now Production/NAMCO - Genesis *X-Men - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano & A. Hashimoto - "Here Comes the Hero” - February 12, 1992 - KONAMI - ARCADE *Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game - Anamanaguchi - "Just Like In the Movies” - August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios - XBLA & PSN *Guardian Heroes - Nazo Suzuki, Hideki Matsutake & Norio Hanzawa - “ Rough and Ready” - January 25, 1996 - Treasure/SEGA - Sega Saturn *Golden Axe - Tohru Nakabayashi & You Takada - “Fiend's Path” - December 23, 1989 - SEGA - Genesis *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time - Mutsuhiko Izumi & Kozo Nakamura - “Sewer Surfin’” - August 1992 - KONAMI - SNES *Battletoads - David Wise - "Title Screen / Opening” - June 1991 - RARE/TradeWest - NES *Comix Zone - Howard Drossin - “Episode 1 - Night of the Mutants“ - January 1, 1995 - SEGA - Genesis *Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki & Kiyo - "Top of Building” - April 1993 - CAPCOM - EUROPE Arcade *Asterix - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Michiru Yamane, Mariko Egawa & Junya Nakano - "Asterix in gauls village (First Stage)” - 1992 - KONAMI - Arcade *Rival Turf - Yasuhiko Takashiba & Atsuyoshi Isemura - "Fight to the Finish” - December 23, 1992 - Jaleco - SNES *Bad Dudes - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida & James Sanderson - "Stages 2 & 5” - July 1990 - Data East - NES *Sonic Blast Man -Zuntata & Katsuhisa Ishikawa - “Factory” - February 1993 - ITL/Taito Corporation - SNES *Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - Takanori Arisawa - “Queen Serenity” - Japan/Europe August 27, 1993 - Arc System Works/Angel - SNES *Lollipop Chainsaw - Akira Yamaoka & Jimmy Urine - “Vikke Boss Battle” - June 12, 2012 - Grasshopper Manufacture/Warnet Bros. Interactive & Kadokawa Games - PS3/Xbox 360
You've Made it though all the obstacles this stage has thrown at you, but now your skill are going to be taken to the ultimate test as you take on the stage boss! You you think you have what it takes to overcome the odds and come out victorious? This Particular STAGE is all about BOSS MUSIC, so lets hope you have Plenty of Energy Tanks stored, because this will be a fight to the finish! Track List: Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System *mega man 9 - Ippo Yamada, Yū Shimoda, Ryō Kawakami & Hiroki Isogai - "Wily Machine” - 9/22/2008 - Inti Creates/CAPCOM - WiiWare, PSN, Xbox Live *Tales of Symphonia - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura & Takeshi Arai - "Beat The Angel” - 8/29/2003 - NAMCO - Gamecube & PS2 *Donkey Kong Country - David Wise, Eveline Fischer & Robin Beanland - "Gangplank Galleon” - 11/21/94 - Rare/Nintendo - SNES *Final Fantasy 4(final Fantasy 2 outside of japan) - Nobuo Uematsu - "Zeromus Battle (final boss)” - jp 7/19/91- na 11/23/91 - Square - SNES *Kingdom Hearts 2 - Yoko Shimomura - "Rage Awakened” - 12/22/05 - Square Enix - PS2 *Final Fnatasy 7 - Nobuo Uematsu - "One Winged Angel” - jp 1/31/97-na 9/7/97 - Square - PS1 *Castle Crashers - Real Faction (Christian Krogsvold)- "Simple Sight(necromancer theme)” - 8/27/08 - The Behemoth - Xbox Live, PSN & PC *Sonic The Hedgehog 2006 - Tomoya Ohtani, Mariko Nanba, Hideaki Kobayashi, Taihei Sato, Jun Senoue & Takahito Eguchi - "Solaris Phase 2” - 11/14/06 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Xbox 360/PS3 *Final Fight 2 - Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Satomura (yuki Iwai), Tetsuya Nishimura, Yuko Takehara, Setsuo Yamamoto & Yasuaki Fujita (bun Bun) - "Hong Kong / Final Boss” - jp 5/22/93-na 8/15/93 - CAPCOM - SNES *Contra: Hard Corps - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, Hirofumi Taniguchi & Aki Hata - "Last Springsteen” - 8/8/94 - KONAMI - Genesis *Sonic 3 - Brad Buxer, Cirocco Jones, Sachio Ogawa, Masaru Setsumaru, Yoshiaki Kashima, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Tomonori Sawada, Masayuki Nagao, Jun Senoue, Miyoko Takaoka, Masanori Hikichi & Michael Jackson (uncredited) - "Final Boss” - 2/2/94 - Sonic Team/SEGA - Genesis *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade) - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Miki Higashino & Kozo Nakamura - "Boss theme” - 1989 - KONAMI - Arcades/NES *Mega Man 2 - Takashi Tateishi & Manami Matsumae - "Boss Theme” - 12/24/88 - CAPCOM - NES *Super Mario Bros. 2 - Koji Kondo - "Boss Theme” - 10/10/88 - Nintendo - NES *Chip n’ Dales: Rescue Rangers - Harumi Fujita - "Zone Boss” - 6/8/90 - CAPCOM - NES *Talespin - Minae Fujii - "Boss Theme” - 1991 - CAPCOM - NES *Scott Pilgrim VS the World - Anamanaguchi - “Skate or live (Lucas lee boss theme)” - August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios - XBLA & PSN *Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals - Yasunori Shiono - "Sinistral boss” - jp 2/24/95- na 8/31/96 - Neverland/Natsume - SNES *Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura, Koji Kondo & Nobuo Uematsu - “Fight against culex” - jp 3/9/96- na 5/13/96 - Square/Nintendo - SNES *Dynamite Headdy - Katsuhiko Suzuki, Koji Yamada, Aki Hata & Norio Hanzawa - "Dark Demon" [Final Boss] - 8/4/94 - Treasure/SEGA - Genesis *Streets of Rage 2 - Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima - “revenge of Mr. X “ - 12/20/92 - SEGA - Genesis *Pulseman - Junichi Masuda - “Shut Down” - 7/22/94 - Game Freak/SEGA - Genesis