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4 days ago

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E95: VibeOff Vrijdag”

4 days ago

Today’s broadcast is C1E95 for VibeOff Vrijdag, May 9th, 2025. Today’s broadcast will be a one-time-only special twist on a FaceOff Friday, where, instead of comparing different versions of the same track against each other, we're comparing pairs (and occasionally trios) of different songs against each other which either have similar movements, or melodies, or instrumentation, or simply just vibes and asking you, the listener to not only tell us which one you like better, but whether or not the comparisons are even valid, and how strongly or weakly if so. So, in lieu of an 8th and final FaceOff Friday episode, Nerd Noise Radio is pleased to present: VibeOff Vrijdag (Vrijdag = the Dutch word for Friday). See the show notes for a link to a document which will allow you to grade me on these comparisons if you so choose!

Tracklist: Vibe-Off# - Timestamps

Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer - Timestamp

Intro - 00:00:00

VIBE-OFF A: 00:06:25 - 00:14:12

1) Mission 2 – Double Dragon II – Mega Drive – c: Kazunaka Yamane / a: Hitoshi Sakimoto – 00:06:25

2) The Mall - Skate or Die 2 – NES – Rob Hubbard – 00:08:52

3) Surface of SR388 - Metroid 2 – Game Boy - Ryōji Yoshitomi – 00:12:00

VIBE-OFF B: 00:14:12 – 00:17:23

1) Springfield Butte - The Simpsons – Arcade – Norio Hanzawa – 00:14:12

2) Evil Dante - Cratermaze – TG16 – c: Kenji Yoshida and/or Hiroshi Funaba / a: Toshiaki Takimoto, Katsunori Takahashi, Takayuki Iwabuchi, and/or Keita Hoshi – 00:15:44

VIBE-OFF C: 00:17:23 – 00:20:56

1) BGM 2 – Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf – Genesis - Tokuhiko Uwabo – 00:17:23

2) Results Parade – Check Mii Out Channel – Wii – Kazumi Totaka – 00:18:53

VIBE-OFF D: 00:20:56 – 00:25:47

1) Boss – Black Belt – Master System – Katsuhiro Hayashi – 00:20:56

2) Wily's Castle 1 – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – 00:23:16

VIBE-OFF E: 00:25:47 – 00:28:08

1) Promoted Attack – Shining Force II – Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi – 00:25:47

2) Course Select – Star Fox – SNES - Hajime Hirasawa – 00:26:58

VIBE-OFF F: 00:28:05 – 00:33:12

1) Stage 5-2 – Rocket Knight Adventures – Genesis - Masanori Ohuchi, Aki Hata, Masanori Adachi, Hiroshi Kobayashi, and/or Michiru Yamane – 00:28:05

2) Mellow Groove – ToeJam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron – Genesis – John Baker – 00:31:26

VIBE-OFF G: 00:33:12 – 00:39:19

1) Dilapidated Town – Streets of Rage – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro – 00:33:12

2) Blue Blue Moon – Super Adventure Island – SNES – Yuzo Koshiro – 00:36:37

VIBE-OFF H: 00:39:19 – 00:46:41

1) Aqua and Trees – Tobal No. 1 – PS1 - Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, Yasuhiro Kawakami, Kenji Ito, and/or Ryuji Sasai – 00:39:19

2) Rikuo – Night Warriors – Darkstalkers' Revenge – Multiplatform - Takayuki Iwai, Hideki Okugawa, and/or Akari Kaida – 00:42:24

3) Gong Shun Sheng – Dark Legend – Saturn – c: Shogo Sakai, Taihei Sato, Hiroaki Yoshida, and/or Tatsuya Kiuchi / a: Seiichi Hamada – 00:44:07

VIBE-OFF I: 00:46:41 – 00:50:02

1) Tetramix A – Tetris (SEGA) - Arcade – Yasuhiro Kawakami and/or Katsumi Tojo – 00:46:41

2) Stage 1-4 – Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine – Genesis - Masanori Hikichi, and/or Masayuki Nagao – 00:48:26

VIBE-OFF J: 00:50:02 – 00:53:49

1) Float Islands – Kirby Super Star – SNES - Jun Ishikawa, and/or Dan Miyakawa – 00:50:02

2) Frappe Snowland / Sherbet Land – Mario Kart 64 – N64 - Kenta Nagata – 00:51:32

VIBE-OFF K: 00:53:49 – 00:59:02

1) Main Theme – Space Harrier – Master System – c: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / a: Tokuhiko Uwabo - 00:53:49

2) Elec Man – Mega Man – NES - Manami Matsumae and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi – 00:56:57

VIBE-OFF L: 00:59:02 – 01:01:59

1) Battle Through a Living Starship – Uncanny X-Men – NES - Kinuyo Yamashita and/or Satoe Terashima – 00:59:02

2) Stage Theme 2 – Wrath of the Black Manta – NES - Yoki Shinjyuku – 01:00:49

VIBE-OFF M: 01:01:59 – 01:05:52

1) Temple – Spellcaster – Master System - Sachio Ogawa – 01:01:59

2) Gemini Man – Mega Man 3 – NES – Yasuaki Fujita – 01:03:54

VIBE-OFF N: 01:05:52 – 01:09:45

1) Siberia (generic) - X-Men 2 – Genesis – Kurt Harland – 01:05:52

2) Do The Right Thing – X-Men – Arcade - Yuji Takenouchi – 01:07:44

VIBE-OFF O: 01:09:45 – 01:13:50

1) Deamon Stage – Cosmic Carnage – 32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – 01:09:45

2) Expander – Streets of Rage 2 – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima – 01:11:26

VIBE-OFF P: 01:13:50 – 01:18:52

1) Bulldozer – Streets of Rage 3 – Genesis – Motohiro Kawashima and/or Yuzo Koshiro – 01:13:50

2) Loud Music – Stray – Multiplatform – Jan van der Cruyssen – 01:16:17

VIBE-OFF Q: 01:18:52 – 01:31:47

1) Outlaw – n++ - Multiplatform – Volor Flex – 01:18:52

2) UK Race 2 – Trickstyle – Dreamcast / PC – Richard Beddow – 01:24:10

3) Japanese Four Star – Forza 3 – XB360 – Lance Hayes – 01:27:04

VIBE-OFF R: 01:31:47 – 01:37:27

1) Buy Mode 1 – The Sims – PC – Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo – 01:31:47

2) Cobleston: Nestled in the Hills – Octopath Traveller – Multiplatform - Yasunori Nishiki – 01:34:26

VIBE-OFF S: 01:37:27 – 01:44:27

1) The Hunter's Repose – Moryou Senki Madara 2 – Super Famicom - Tappi Iwase, Miki Higashino, Hirofumi Taniguchi, and/or Aki Hata – 01:37:27

2) Fishing for Seema – Tsuri Tarou – Super Famicom - Katsuhiro Hayashi – 01:39:45

3) Milky Lake – Wave Race 64 – N64 – Kazumi Totaka – 01:41:58

Outro - 01:44:27

Music Block Runtime: 01:38:03 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:58:24

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

NOTE: Here is the link to the document that you can use to "grade me" on the quality of these contests:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vCVpihaTDXeXOHd3ox44Vn7oW_q7_bX1mNFso0CzqMA/edit?usp=sharing

Also, Bonus: PROOF that Van Halen is actually pronounced "Fon Hollan": a 1990 Dutch language interview with the Van Halen brothers, which includes, among other things, them all making fun of us for pronouncing it "Van Haylen":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze7gMsBNp8Q

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (running Fedora COSMIC Linux), a 2017-spec DIY gaming PC (running Bazzite Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS Linux). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

You can also find all of our audio episodes on https://archive.org/details/@nerd_noise_radio as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

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We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

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Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

But frankly, probably the absolute best way you can connect with us is on our new Discord Channel: "Nerd Noise Radio – Channel D", which includes various sub-channels for all sorts of different types of connection and conversation:

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Thanks for listening! Join us again in June for C1E96 (Channel 1, Episode 96): Subject TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Wednesday Apr 30, 2025

[RERUNS] C1E4: TwoFer Tuesday - vol. 1 (orig. rel. 02/21/2017 - see 2025 show notes amendment!)

Wednesday Apr 30, 2025

2025 Show Notes Amendment:

I love the setup we have here where on the first day of the month, we released our final ever TwoFer Tuesday, and now, here at the last day of the month, we re-release our first ever TwoFer Tuesday! It feels like a wonder twist on "bookends".

As always when re-running early episodes, please excuse the atrocious production quality. One of my favorite things looking back on the early episodes of the show is how "different, yet the same" they are. From a sound quality perspective, the differences are night and day in every aspect. But in terms of show format and events, other than missing the now customary summary introduction, and the fact that they've gradually gotten longer over the years, it's the same darned show that it's always been. And what the early episodes lack in polish and finesse and technique and maturity, they somewhat make up for in youthful exuberance and wide-eyed optimism, and a simply innocent fun. You've heard the latest and greatest of TwoFer Tuesday this month, now hear the awkward first baby steps!....different....yet the same....

Lastly, I had toyed with the idea of doing three reruns this month - today's rerun, as well as the two highlighted April Fool's episodes: 2020's "Backtracks" (where all the tracks played in reverse), and 2024's "Parallels" (where all the tracks played over top of each other all at once). But I had procrastinated, and now it's the last day of the month, and it would simply obscene of me to upload three reruns in one day. So the compromise that I settled on was to include links to them here in the show notes, in case you wanted to revisit them (or perhaps experience them for the first time). So, here are the links, Backtracks first, then Parallels. In terms of production value, Backtracks is dramatically better than today's rerun, but also dramatically lesser than our current works, whereas Parallels is very close to our current level of production :

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e52-backtracks/

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/ch-1-noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e83-parallels/

And now, the [otherwise unmodified] original episode shownotes! Enjoy!

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Today’s broadcast is Episode 4 for TwoFer Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 on a program we’re calling “TwoFer Tuesday, Vol. 1”

Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Composer, Track Names, Timestamp:

01: Intro - 00:00:00

02: ChipChan-Kick - PCFX - Yoshio Furakawa, Masahara Iwata, and Hitoshi Sakamoto

      a) Stage 1 - 00:01:46

      b) Stage 4 - 00:05:00

03: Trickstyle - Dreamcast - Richard Beddow

      a) USA Race 1 - 00:07:04

      b) USA Race 4 - 00:10:54

04: Alien 3 - SNES - Steve Collett

      a) Destroy the Eggs - 00:14:04

      b) Collect Deliver and Steal - 00:15:11

05: Super Smash Bros Brawl - Wii

      a) Tunnel (X) - composed) Kazumi Totaka / arranged) Yusuke Takahama - 00:17:10

      b) Marionation Gear - composed and arranged) Masafumi Takada - 00:20:08

06: LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin

      a) Music 3 - 00:22:43

      b) Name Entry - 00:25:13

07: Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzo, Junya Nakano

      a) Challenge - 00:27:58

      b) People of the Far North - 00:30:45

08: Dick Tracy - Genesis - Takayuki Nakamura

      a) Train Yard - 00:32:55

      b) Warehouse - 00:34:25

09: Ninja Gaiden 2 - NES - Ryuichi Nitta, Mayuko Okamura

      a) Stage 2-2 - 00:36:24

      b) Stage 5-2 - 00:37:39

10: Lovely Planet - Multi Platform - Calum Bowen

      a) Lovely City - 00:38:58

      b) Lovely Village - 00:41:32

11: Magician Lord - NEO GEO - Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yuka Watanabe, Hideki Yamamoto

      a) Stage 2 - 00:44:18

      b) Stage 4 - 00:46:43

12: Zelda Twilight Princess - GC/Wii - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota

      a) Twilight Palace (outside) - 00:48:29

      b) After the Battle - 00:51:24

13: Psychosis - TG16 - Atsuhiro Motoyama

      a) 1st Cause - 00:53:40

      b) 4th Cause - 00:54:58

14: Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty (Dark Legend) - Multi - Seiichi Hamada

      a) Gong Shun Sheng - 00:56:46

      b) Ruan Xian Wu - 00:59:18

15: Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto

      a) Cylic (Heavy Armor)  - 01:01:26

      b) Zena Lan (Heavy Armor)  - 01:03:34

16: Sims - PC - Jerry Martin 

     a) Buying Lumber (Build 2) - 01:05:18

     b) Martinis for Two (Latin 2) - 01:10:17

17: Outro - 01:16:42

Music Block Runtime: 01:14:58, Total Episode Runtime: 01:23:09

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio - Dreamcast - BB Rights

If you wish to subscribe to the Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 1 Music block podcast, there are two options:

Option 1: Subscribe right here to the "Nerd Noise Radio Network - All Channels" podcast feed. Feed will include Channels 1, 2, 3, and any future channels not yet planned. Feed will also include podcasts in high quality, stereo where applicable, and episodes will never expire off the feed.

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NOTE: This episode had to be trimmed for the “Channel 1” feed to make it and Episode 3 both fit within the two hour limit for the month. The shortened version is called “Episode 4a” (C1E4a), where the full-length version is simply called “Episode 4” (C1E4).

Our episodes will also appear on our Nerd Noise Radio YouTube Channel - just search for Nerd Noise Radio, you'll find us! Here's today's episode:

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You can find us (and all of our episodes) as "Nerd Noise Radio" on Archive.org and can also find us and join the conversation on both our Nerd Noise Radio Network Facebook, Google+, and Twitter pages, as well as our Facebook and Google+ "Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode" and "Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode" groups. 

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Lastly, we share our episodes as well on our blog at nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. This specific episode can be found here:

http://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2017/02/nerd-noise-radio-channel-1-podcast_21.html

As always, your feedback and input is DEEPLY appreciated, so we cheerfully invite you to "blow up the comments section", or you can always reach us by e-mail at nerdnoiseradio@gmail.com as well as all the aforementioned social media outlets.

Hope you enjoy the episode! Join us again in two weeks for C1E5 (Channel 1, Episode 5), and wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Wednesday Apr 23, 2025

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E94: Jackbox Jukebox”

Wednesday Apr 23, 2025

Today’s broadcast is C1E94 for Theme Thursday, April 24th, 2025 (Switch 2 pre-order day.....take 2......we hope!). Today’s broadcast is a celebration of the music from the various mainline installments of the Jackbox Party Pack – the greatest "social lubricant" in the history of video games - and the longest run-time [quote] "ordinary" Channel 1 episode in Nerd Noise Radio history, So, buckle up for nearly 2 ½ hours of the sweet sweet sounds which have made family gatherings and other social events so survivable!

Tracklist!

Track # / Party Pack # / Track Name / Minigame / Composer(s) / Timestamp

B1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) PP04 - Lobby - Monster Seeking Monster - Andy Poland - 00:05:16

02) PP01 - Theme - You Don’t Know Jack 2015 - Andy Poland - 00:08:13

03) PP07 - Presentation 3 - Talking Points - Brian Chard - 00:10:15

04) PP04 - Final Round Reveal - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 00:12:37

05) PP03 - Artwork Creation - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 00:14:16

06) PP04 - Gameplay Music 1 - Bracketeering - Brian Chard - 00:16:32

07) PP10 - Are We Not Birds? - Dodo Re Mi - Nate Sandberg - 00:20:28

08) PP01 - Background Loop - Drawful - Andy Poland - 00:22:55

09) PP02 - Lobby - Earwax - Andy Poland - 00:24:43

10) PP02 - Draw Music A - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 00:28:22

11) PP03 - List of the Dead Songs - Trivia Murder Party - Randy Sly - 00:29:26

12) PP08 - Draw - Weapons Drawn - Elise Wattman - 00:31:19

13) PP04 - Round 1 Draw 1 - Civic Doodle - Andy Poland - 00:33:55

14) PP01 - Main Theme - Drawful - Andy Poland - 00:37:02

15) PP03 - Timer Music 2 - Fakin’ It - Andy Poland - 00:38:46

16) PP07 - Write - Talking Points - Brian Chard - 00:41:16

17) PP03 - Slogan Creation - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 00:43:27

18) PP04 - Final Round Twist - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 00:45:47

19) PP05 - Rap Loop 14 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 00:47:48

20) PP05 - Rap Loop 15 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 00:48:49

21) PP06 - Background 1 - Joke Boat - Andy Poland - 00:49:48

22) PP08 - Deliberation 7 - The Poll Mine - Brian Chard - 00:54:19

23) PP08 - Vote 2 - Drawful Animate - Andy Poland - 00:56:06

24) PP05 - Gameplay 6 - Zeeple Dome - Brian Chard - 00:58:11

25) PP03 - Theme - Tee K.O. - Brian Chard - 01:00:41

26) PP07 - Emergency - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 01:03:53

27) PP04 - Question Music 1 - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 01:04:27

28) PP05 - Write Loop 1 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:05:20

29) PP10 - Serious Business Chat - Fixy Text - Kelly Shuda - 01:08:20

30) PP06 - Background 2 - Joke Boat - Andy Poland - 01:10:25

31) PP09 - Final Round - Fibbage 4 - Andy Poland - 01:12:25

32) PP04 - Final Round Write - Survive the Internet - Brian Chard - 01:15:33

33) PP02 - Choose Music B - Earwax - Andy Poland - 01:16:59

34) PP06 - Deliberation Room - Push the Button - Andy Poland - 01:18:40

35) PP05 - Rap Loop 11 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:21:17

36) PP01 - Background Loop 1 - Word Spud - Andy Poland - 01:21:46

37) PP01 - Background Loop 4 - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:22:19

38) PP01 - Background Loop 5 - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:23:45

39) PP01 - Background Loop 2 - Word Spud - Andy Poland - 01:25:11

40) PP05 - Lobby - Split the Room - Brian Chard - 01:26:17

41) PP02 - Draw Music B - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 01:29:02

42) PP08 - Question Series 1 - The Wheel of Enormous Proportions - Andy Poland - 01:30:29

43) PP10 - Lobby 2 - Dodo Re Mi - Nate Sandberg - 01:34:12

44) PP05 - Final Round - Split the Room - Brian Chard - 01:36:05

45) PP03 - Round 3 Write - Quiplash 2 - Andy Poland - 01:38:17

46) PP07 - Friday - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 01:42:16

47) PP05 - Draw Final - Patently Stupid - Andy Poland - 01:44:28

48) PP01 - Lobby Theme - Lie Swatter - Andy Poland - 01:46:22

49) PP02 - Bid Loop B - Bidiots - Randy Sly - 01:48:02

50) PP01 - Main Question - Fibbage XL - Andy Poland - 01:50:02

51) PP05 - Write Loop 2 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:50:46

52) PP06 - Slotting 2 - Role Models - Brian Chard - 01:51:45

53) PP09 - Write 1 - Roomerang - Brian Chard - 01:54:33

54) PP04 - Chat Music 2 - Monster Seeking Monster - Andy Poland - 01:56:35

55) PP05 - Credits (feat. Simeon Norfleet Sr.) - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 01:58:05

56) PP04 - Choose Music 1 - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 02:00:10

57) PP08 - Draw 2 - Drawful Animate - Andy Poland - 02:00:50

58) PP05 - Write Loop 3 - Mad Verse City - Andy Poland - 02:03:57

59) PP08 - Composition 3 - Job Job - Brian Chard - 02:06:50

60) PP01 - Choose Music - Drawful - Andy Poland - 02:08:22

61) PP10 - Main Question 3 - Timejinx - Elise Wattman - 02:10:26

62) PP02 - Background B - Bomb Corp - Andy Poland - 02:13:07

63) PP10 - Flirty Write 1 - Fixy Text - Kelly Shuda - 02:15:03

64) PP10 - Main Question 1 - Timejinx - Elise Wattman - 02:16:06

65) PP09 - Round 2 Scoreboard 2 - Quixort - Nate Sandberg - 02:18:54

66) PP08 - Unused Idea 2 - The Wheel of Enormous Proportions - Andy Poland - 02:19:45

67) PP09 - Appraisal Reveal - Junktopia - Elise Wattman - 02:22:14

68) PP07 - Lobby - The Devils and the Details - Brian Chard - 02:24:08

69) PP04 - Credits - Fibbage 3 - Andy Poland - 02:27:18

B1) Outro - 02:29:54

Music Block Runtime: 02:24:40 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:40:16

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The promised basic nerdy stats:

Tracks by Party Pack:

PP01 - 10

PP02 - 6

PP03 - 6

PP04 - 10

PP05 - 11

PP06 - 4

PP07 - 5

PP08 - 7

PP09 - 4

PP10 - 6

Tracks by Composer:

Andy Poland - 38

Brian Chard - 18

Randy Sly - 4

Elise Wattman - 4

Nate Sandberg - 3

Kelly Shuda - 2

Simeon Norfleet Sr (feat) - 1

JBPP Minigames NOT featured in this episode:

PP02 - Quiplash XL - Andy Poland

PP03 - Guesspionage - Brian Chard

PP05 - YDKJ: Full Stream - Andy Poland

PP06 - Trivia Murder Party 2 - Andy Poland

PP06 - Dictionarium - Brian Chard (w/ Andy Poland)

PP07 - Quiplash 3 - Andy Poland

PP07 - Blather ‘Round - Randy Sly and Andy Poland

PP09 - Nonsensory - Andy Poland

PP10 - Hypnotorious - Andy Poland

PP10 - Tee K.O. 2 - Brian Chard

(Note: I wish I’d made it a requirement on myself to feature at least one track from each minigame….alas. But hey, if that’s 10 minigames excluded, the simple math is that means that’s 40 minigames INCLUDED - why am I hearing echoes of the old “four out of five dentists recommend trident gum” commercials?)

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

Thanks for listening! Join us again in May for C1E95 (Channel 1, Episode 95): Subject TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E93: TwoFer Tuesday – vol 11 (April Fool's 2025)”

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025

Today’s broadcast is C1E93 for TwoFer Tuesday, very conspicuously releasing on April 1st, 2025. Today’s "can you find the hidden gag" broadcast will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 11 – our final ever installment of the TwoFer Tuesday series, and though technically the second-to-last planned April Fool's episode, our last April Fool's episode to present a novel idea (since 2026's installment is slated to just be a sequel to 2020's reverse-playing "Backtracks").

Tracklist:

Game# / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Tracks / Time Stamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Power Stone - Dreamcast - Tetsuya Shibata

A) Day of the Manches – 00:06:04
B)GunrockEnding – 00:10:36

02) The Ninja Warriors Once Again - Multiplatform - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki

A) Subway / Shopping Mall - 00:11:20
B) 3 Androids (Character Select) - 00:13:46

03) ThunderBlade - Arcade - Koichi Namiki

A) Type 2 - 00:15:51
B)ThunderBlade- 00:18:54

04) Future Dimensions - DOS (MIDI) – Mathias Ruch

A) Eternity – 00:22:40
B) Space War – 00:26:22

05) Brutal Paws of Fury - Sega CD - c: “ppdix”, Doug Brandon, Robin Heifitz and/or Neil Baldwin - a: “ppdix”

A) Tokyo Ghetto - 00:31:01
B) Jammin w Akira - 00:33:14

06) Cool World - SNES - Dean Evans, and/or Keith Tinman

A) Slash Club - 00:35:24
B) You've Been Notified - 00:37:29

07) LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato

A)BalomDungeon - 00:39:04
B) Still World - 00:42:09

08) Blue Reflection: Second Light – Multiplatform – Hayato Asano

A) Non-Linear Reliance - 00:44:33
B) Transparent Shelter - 00:48:38

09) Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka

A) Comforting Memories - 00:51:09
B)Komorebi- 00:55:29

10) Ultros - Multiplatform - Ratvader

A) Darker Light of Sleep - 01:00:06
B) Blessed be She - 01:02:35

11) The Talos Principle - Multiplatform - Damjan Mravunac

A) When in Rome - 01:10:28
B) Welcome to Heaven - 01:12:47

12) Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - Arcade - Akira Inoue, and/or Takaro Nozaki

A) Shop (Japan) - 01:14:59
B) To the World - 01:16:29

13) Battle of Olympus - NES - Kazuo Sawa

A) Mountains ofPhthia- 01:17:12
B) Peloponnesus Forest - 01:19:26

14) Chew Man Fu - TG16 - N. Ide (aka “Joyful Ide”)

A) Stage 1 - 01:21:25
B) Unknown BGM - 01:23:17

15) The Light Corridor - DOS (OPL2) – Frederic Mentzen

A) Opening – 01:23:58
B) Title – 01:26:05

16) Sega Rally Championship - Saturn - c: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi / a: Takayuki Hijikata

A) Getting Muddy - 01:28:41
B) Desert Land - 01:33:20

17) Dark Legend (Suiko Enbu)  – Saturn  - c: Shogo Sakai, Taihei Sato, Hiroaki Yoshida, and/or Tatsuya Kiuchi / a: Seiichi Hamada

A) Theme of Lin Chong - 01:37:45
B) Final A - 01:40:42

B1) Outro: 01:42:50

Music Block Runtime: 01:36:48 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:57:42

Our Intro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. Our Outro Music is Malo Mart, from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on GameCube, Wii, and WiiU, composed by Tōru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki, and/or Kōji Kondō.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

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Thanks for listening! And thanks for joining us for our fond farewell to the TwoFer Tuesday franchise – as well as, for all real intents and purposes, our April Fool's series. Join us again later this month for C1E94 (Channel 1, Episode 94): "Jackbox Jukebox" - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! Also, enjoy tomorrow's Nintendo Direct about the Switch 2, and all the best luck in securing one of your own!

Cheers!

Wednesday Mar 05, 2025

[RERUN!!] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E69: Mishmash Monday – vol 12” (orig. release: 11/07/22)

Wednesday Mar 05, 2025

2025 re-run bonus notes:

This episode is the third in a trilogy of music blocks (parts 1 and 2 were our January and February reruns). Long time listeners may already know what this trilogy is all about, but for those who don't and have been following the reruns, the introduction to this episode finally explains what the trilogy is all about.

So, the fun [for me] question: of the three music blocks in the trilogy, which did you like best (and why), which did you like least (and why), and do you or do you not think I made the right decision bumping "music block A" for "music block B" in C1E41? Let me know at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com, or by any social media outlet on which we exist. I will genuinely be curious to know what you think. Even to this day in 2025, I *STILL* don't know what to think, personally!

DISCLAIMER: the production value was worse in 2022 when the intro and outro were produced, and substantially worse in 2018 when the music block was produced. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.

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Original (2022) Show Notes

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Today’s broadcast is C1E69 for Mishmash Monday, November 7th, 2022. Today’s Episode will be "Mishmash Monday - vol. 12, the long-lost "original C1E41", a 2018 Lost Level originally intended for 2019.

Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Timestamp

01) Earcatcher - 00:00:00

02) Intro - 00:00:12

03) Flight - Panzer Dragoon - Saturn – c: Yoshitaka Azuma a: Tomoyuki Hayashi - 00:06:33

04) New Beginning pt. 1 - LA Noire - multi - Andrew Hale and Simon Hale - 00:10:15

05) This is Your Story - Final Fantasy X - PS2 – Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, and/or Nobuo Uematsu - 00:11:18

06) Track 06 - Colony Wars - PS1 – Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE - 00:13:30

07) The Flatfields - Quizzes and Dragons - Arcade – Isao Abe - 00:14:03

08) Midnight Chaser / Breakthrough - Wolf Fang - Kuhga 2001 - Arcade - Hiroaki Yoshida / Akira Taemoto - 00:15:38

09) Let’s Go on an Adventure - Landstalker - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi - 00:18:57

10) Track 7 - Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam - CD-I – Tony Trippi - 00:20:18

11) BGM #57 - Quiz Daisousasen Pt 2 - Neo Geo - Yoshihiko Kitamura, Yasuo Yamate, Yoko Osaka, Hiroaki Shimizu, Toshikazu Tanaka - 00:22:10

12) BGM 4 (Stage 3-2) - Shadow Dancer - Genesis - Keisuke Tsukahara - 00:25:03

13) Rendezvous Theme - Golgo 13 - NES – Michiharu Hasuya - 00:27:05

14) Areas 41-50 - Slap Fight - Arcade - Masahiro Yuge - 00:28:12

15) Unknown Track 22 - Team Innocent - PCFX – Kenji Kawai - 00:29:16

16) Fonction - N++ - multi – Broca - 00:31:52

17) Jus’ Dance (Sole Channel Mix) - GT Sport - PS4 - Mr.V - 00:38:37

18) Just Hiss - WipEout HD - PS3 – Spector - 00:46:21

19) Rhythm Shift - Ridge Racer - Arcade / PS1 – Etsuo Ishii, Yuri Misumi, Keiichi Okabe, Shinji Hosoe, Ayoko Sasoh, Nobuyoshi Sano - 00:51:02

20) Fury - Rocket League - multi – Rogue - 00:53:00

21) Alien - Galactic Pinball - Virtual Boy – Kenji Yamamoto, Masaru Tajima and/or Minako Hamano - 00:56:58

22) Dungeon / Waterfall - Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - SNES – Yasuhiro Kawakami and/or Ruiji Sasai - 00:59:50

23) Mysterious Ghost Ship - TMNT: Hyperstone Heist - Genesis – Masahiro Ikariko, Yuichi Takamine, Kaori Kinouchi, and/or Hideto Inoue - 01:02:06

24) Mystic Woods (Forest 2) - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN vers) - Daisuke Takahashi - 01:04:32

25) Meridian (Night) - Horizon Zero Dawn - PS4 - Joris de Man, The Flight, Niels van der Leest, and/or Jonathan Williams - 01:08:05

26) Title Theme - AD&D Slayer - 3DO – Billy Wolfe - 01:11:48

27) Cobbleston, Nestled in the Hills - Octopath Traveller - SWITCH! - Yasunori Nishiki - 01:12:58

28) Sealed Temple - LoZ: Skyward Sword - Wii – Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yakota, Takeshi Hama, Koji Kondo - 01:15:58

29) Globe at Night - Wii Forecast Channel - Wii – Kazumi Totaka - 01:19:06

30) Island of Memory - Doshin the Giant - GameCube - Tatsuhiko Asano - 01:21:38

31) The Cliff that Time Forgot - Earthbound - SNES – Hirokazu Tanaka - 01:25:40

32) Oblivious Past - Alien Soldier - Mega Drive - Kazuo Hanzawa - 01:26:56

33) Outro - 01:32:11

34) Exit Earcatcher - 01:43:21

Music Block Runtime: 01:25:40 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:43:57

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Intro / Outro / Final Production produced using Ardour 6 / Audacity 3 in Ubuntu Studio [Linux] 22.04 09/08/2022. Music Block produced in GarageBand in macOS 10/19/2018.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The tools and techniques I used back in 2018 in producing the music block were NOT up to my current standards – including featuring less sophisticated fades, more imprecise volume level balancing, less developed track run-order sorting, and even my having used MP3s rather than WAVs in the source production, resulting in a lower-fidelity final product, and further limiting my ability to touch it up after the fact. As such, the production value of this episode will NOT be to par with our current "fresh episodes". But production values aside, the quality of the CONTENT itself, otherwise, I feel, is excellent, and well worth digging up to share with you.....I hope that you'll agree! :-)

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org as well as the occasional additional release only available there, such as remixes of previous releases and other content.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

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Our episodes (and occasionally, other content, including expanded show notes) can be found on our blog here:

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Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

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Thanks for listening! Join us again in December (all dates TBD) for C2R2: Channel 2's Season 2 retrospective, as well as not one, but TWO Channel 1s: The Best of 2022, Hugues' picks and St. John's picks - Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Saturday Feb 15, 2025

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E92: The Arzette Soundtrack!”

Saturday Feb 15, 2025

Today’s broadcast is C1E92 for Soundtrack Saturday, February 15th, 2025. Today’s broadcast will be the soundtrack to the game Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, on multiple platforms (St. John played it on Steam Deck), composed by Button Masther aka Jake Silverman – an episode originally intended to release in June 2024, and then again in October 2024 before being bumped both times.

Tracklist!

All tracks from Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore on multiple platforms, composed by Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman)!

Track# / Track / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) World Map - 00:05:14

02) Tutorial - 00:07:22

03) Faramore Town - 00:09:13

04) Faramore Town [B-Side] - 00:11:32

05) Durridin Forest - 00:13:26

06) Durridin Forest [B-Side] - 00:15:17

07) Boss - 00:16:51

08) Bonus - 00:18:41

09) Cogwyn Caves - 00:20:42

10) Anju Desert - 00:22:30

11) Anju Desert [B-Side] - 00:24:19

12) Creece Canyon - 00:26:00

13) Norrin Swamp - 00:28:02

14) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - 00:30:08

15) Chillax Peaks - 00:31:46

16) Boanjale Crypts - 00:33:34

17) Boanjale Crypts [B-Side] - 00:35:18

18) Sprigum Volcano - 00:36:54

19) Badonc Beach - 00:38:59

20) Badonc Beach [B-Side] - 00:40:59

21) Ryha River - 00:42:46

22) Ryha River [B-Side] - 00:45:03

23) Lichen Hills - 00:46:41

24) Lichen Hills [B-Side] - 00:49:13

25) Fort Findula - 00:51:03

26) Fort Findula [B-Side] - 00:53:00

27) Denny’s Castle - 00:54:42

28) Daimur’s Lair - 00:57:19

29) Final Boss - 00:59:49

30) Credits - 01:01:59

31) Victory - 01:04:06

B1) Outro - 01:06:11

Music Block Runtime: 01:00:59 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:12:02

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

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Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

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We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

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Thanks for listening! Join us again in March for C1E93 (Channel 1, Episode 93): Subject TBD - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Monday Feb 03, 2025

[RERUN!!] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E51: Mishmash Monday - vol 9” (40th Birthday episode - orig. released 02/03/2020)

Monday Feb 03, 2025

2025 re-run bonus notes:

This rerun is releasing on the precise 5yr anniversary of its original release - in other words, this celebration of St. John's 40th birthday, featuring his wife, both his kids, both his parents, and his brother is re-releasing on St. John's 45th birthday!

Also, it is the second of a trilogy of music blocks (the first of which was last month's rerun), which, if not already clear to long-time listeners of the show will be explained in the intro to the third track of the trilogy, which will be our March 2025 rerun. So stay tuned til next month's rerun!

DISCLAIMER 1: DEAD-NAME ALERT! August is not their birth name, and this episode was recorded prior to their self-discovery, so it uses their birth/dead name. Because of this, I checked with August prior to releasing it to make sure they were okay with it. They said they were okay with it so long as I included the disclaimer - which I would've done anyway! :-D

DISCLAIMER 2: Apologies for some of the off-color jokes and references in the blooper reel. I was not as far along in my personal transformation at the point this episode was released. There are things that made this blooper that would not have today. Therefore, please consider it a piece of history rather than an accurate representation of current perspectives.

DISCLAIMER 3: the production value was much worse back in 2020. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.

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Original (2020) Show Notes

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Today’s broadcast is C1E51 for Mishmash Monday, February 3rd, 2020. Today’s broadcast is Mishmash Monday - vol 9. The inaugural episode of Season 40, and a special celebration of St. John's 40th birthday, guest hosted by various members of his family.

01 - Ear Catcher - 00:00:00

02 - Intro - 00:00:12

03 - Sonic CD - Sega CD - Stardust Speedway Zone (Past) - Naofumi Hataya and/or Masafumi Ogata - 00:02:10

04 - FIFA 20 - Multi - Vámano - Buscabulla - 00:04:33

05 - Prey - multi - Everything's gonna be Okay - Mick Gordon - 00:07:57

06 - Lumines II - PSP - Star Guitar - The Chemical Brothers - 00:12:37

07 - Jurassic Park - SNES - River - Jonathan Dunn - 00:18:58

08 - TMNT: TF - Genesis - Sisyphus Stage - Miki Higashino - 00:21:10

09 - Jet Set Radio - Dreamcast - Funky Radio (IN-GAME VERSION) - BB Rights - 00:25:32

10 - Dragon Sabre - Arcade - Volcano - Shinji Hosoe - 00:28:56

11 - Last Resort - Neo Geo - The Melting Point -  Toshio Shimizu and/or Yasuo Yamate - 00:32:28

12 - Wolfenstein 3d - PC (Adlib) - Zero Hour - Bobby Prince - 00:35:03

13 - Zillion - Mastersystem - Computer Room – Tokuhiko Uwabo - 00:37:16

14 - Mountain King - Atari 2600 - Flame Spirit (an arrangement of "Anitra's Dance") - c: Edvard Grieg a: E. F. Dryer and/or Ed Salvo - 00:38:00

15 - P.O.W. - NES - Inside Truck – Toshikazu Tanaka and/or Kikuto Hataya - 00:39:49

16 - Spiderman - Genesis - Cavern - Mark Miller, John Karr, and/or David Javelosa - 00:41:42

17 - Teki Paki - Arcade - Quick, Junk, Sequence - Tomoaki Takenohashi - 00:44:28

18 - Vegas Stakes - SNES - The 2020 - Kimitaka and/or Manami Matsumae - 00:48:51

19 - Splatoon 2 (Octo Expansion) - SWITCH! - frisk - DedF1sh - 00:50:38

20 - Vindicators Part II - Arcade - Target Select - Brad Fuller and/or Hal Canon - 00:52:48

21 - Deneb - Atari 8-bit - Song 2 (Title) - Robert Drag - 00:53:12

22 - Tube Panic - Arcade - Attract Mode - Ichiro Takagi - 00:54:08

23 - Bosconian - X68000 - Blast Power - Yuzo Koshiro - 00:55:59

24 - Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen - Mega Drive - Sub-Space 2 BGM - Aki Hata, Katsuhiko Suzuki - 00:58:45

25 - Hyperzone - SNES - Title Theme - Jun Ishikawa - 01:02:07

26 - Chaos Seed Feng Shui Kairouki - SFC - The Last Hermit's Cave – Yasunori Shiono, Katsuhiro Hayashi, and/or Yukio Nakajima - 01:03:15

27 - A Dinosaur's Tale - Genesis - Cecilia's Apartment (track 04)- Kim Jensen - 01:05:28

28 - Grim Fandango - PC - Neon Ledge - Peter McConnell - 01:07:17

29 - God of War - PS4 - Witch of the Woods - Bear McCreary - 01:08:18

30 - Lost Eden - CD-I - Moorkus Rex's Lair – Stephane Picq - 01:11:11

31 - Splatoon 2 (Octo Expansion) - SWITCH! - regret - DedF1sh - 01:12:57

32 - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Betrayal - Akira Yamaoka - 01:15:42

33 - Doom - PC - Nobody Told Me About Id (E2M8) - Bobby Prince - 01:18:24

34 - Metroid Prime 2 - Quadraxis Battle - Kenji Yamamoto - 01:21:11

35 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - multi - Adrenaline - Jack Wall - 01:24:07

36 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - Paradigm Shift - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Mitsuto Suzuki - 01:27:27

37 - PILcaSEX - PC98 - Groove Machine - Muse - 01:31:10

38 - Castlevania II - Gameboy - Praying Hands - Hidehiro Funauchi - 01:33:09

39 - Sonic 3D Blast - Genesis - The Final Fight - Jun Senoue, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Seirou Okamoto, Masaru Setsumaru - 01:36:04

40 - F-Zero - SNES - Silence - Yukio Kaneoka - 01:37:52

41 - Metroid Prime 3 - Wii - Skytown - Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, and/or Masaru Tajima - 01:40:31

42 - Snatcher - Sega CD - Tear-Stained Eyes - Konami Kukeiha Club - 01:43:53

43 - Outro - 01:48:44

44 - Exit Earcatcher - 02:09:30

45 - Blooper Reel - 02:09:57

Music Block Runtime: 01:46:43, Total Episode Runtime: 02:45:42

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights, and Happy Birthday from Gimmick, on the Famicom, composed by Masashi Kageyama. Our outro music is Neighborhood 2 from The Sims, on the PC, composed by Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo.

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Our episodes (and occasionally, other content) can be found on our blog here:

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Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

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Thanks for listening! Join us again April 1st for a very special bonus retrospective. Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Monday Jan 27, 2025

[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E91: Mishmash Monday – vol. 16”

Monday Jan 27, 2025

Today’s broadcast is C1E91 for Mishmash Monday, January 27th, 2025. Today’s Broadcast will be Mishmash Monday – vol. 16 – the debut episode of season 8, and our final "regular", "ordinary", "standard:, "customary" [pick your preferred term] season.

Tracklist!

Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Original Episode(s) / Originally Selected By / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Next Chapter - Tetris Effect Connected – Multi - Hydelic - 00:04:05

02) Asian Shuffle - Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko - PS1 / Saturn - Kōji Hayama, Taku Iwasaki, Isao Mizoguchi, and/or Sanae Kasahara - 00:08:39

03) Real Life - Grounseed (OPNA) - PC98 – Ryu Umemoto - 00:10:20

04) Echo Basin - Rollerdome – Multi – ELECTRIC DRAGON - 00:12:35

05) Never 4ever - Hover - multi - Hideki Naganuma - 00:16:29

06) Birthday Cake (JSRF Edit) – Jet Set Radio Future – XBox – Cibo Matto - 00:20:42

07) Ring Man Stage - Mega Mav IV – NES – Minae Fujii and/or Yasuaki Fujita - 00:23:26

08) Boss Battle 3 - Street Fighter 2010 – NES – Junko Tamiya - 00:25:19

09) Chapter 05 - Cross Wiber – PCE – Yasuashi Kawasaki, and/or Hiroto Saitoh - 00:26:49

10) Jungle - Cyber Shinobi – Mastersystem – Keisuke Tsukahara - 00:28:22

11) City of the Future - Rocket Coaster – LaserActive – Wataru Ogura - 00:30:01

12) Jazz 2 - SimCopter - PC – Jerry Martin - 00:31:54

13) Skylight Tune – Insector X – Genesis – Cube - 00:37:22

14) Liberty – Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - 00:39:35

15) Violet-eyed Beauty - Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet – PS4 / Switch – Makoto Hosoi, Gota Masuoka, Masayoshi Sasaki, Mari Yoshida, and/or Kosuke Mizukami - 00:43:42

16) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - multi – Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - 00:46:54

17) Track 2 - Impact Racing – PS1 / Saturn – Brian Lewis and/or Martin Schjøler - 00:49:38

18) New World (Level Unlock) - Art of Balance – Multi – Martin Schjøler - 00:52:41

19) Main Menu – Zenses Ocean – DS - Martin Schjøler - 00:53:30

20) Spatial Lullaby - Stellaris – Multi - Andreas Waldetoft - 00:56:41

21) Air Area Night - Drakkhen –SNES – Hiroyuki Masuno - 01:00:43

22) Parcul Trandafirilor (Evening) - Twilight – X68000 – Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and/or Hiroaki Sano - 01:02:37

23) Rememberance Garden – Palia – Multi – Steffen Schmidt – 01:05:19

24) Snow Field - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom – Switch – Yoshitaka Fujita, Hajime Wakai, Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - 01:09:50

25) Motionless - Returnal– PS5 / PC - Bobby Krilic - 01:12:00

26) Prologue – Dordogne – Multi – Supernaive - 01:16:16

27) Track 06 - Jurassic Park – Sega CD – David Javelosa, Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, and/or Spencer Nilsen - 01:17:50

28) April Village - Lovely Planet 2: April Skies – PC – Calem Bowen - 01:18:48

29) Silly Science A - Snipperclips - Switch - Calum Bowen - 01:20:46

30) Free Programming - Game Builder Garage – Switch – Kazumi Totaka - 01:26:01

31) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi - 01:29:00

32) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis – Shigeru Tomita - 01:32:27

33) Title Theme - PGA Tour 96 – Genesis – Marc Farly, Rob Hubbard, Tony Berkeley, and/or David Whittaker - 01:34:11

B1) Outro - 01:36:53

B2) OUTTAKE: Wyatt 2025 “Fly the N” recording session - 01:46:18

Music Block Runtime: 01:32:50 / Total Episode Runtime: 01:49:05

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.

Our YouTube Channel, for the time being is in dormancy, but will be returning with content, hopefully, in 2022. Meanwhile, all the old stuff is still there, and can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/

We are also a member of Podcasters of Des Moines at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1782895868426870/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Or you can reach us by e-mail at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com

Thanks for listening! Join us again next month for C1E92 (Channel 1, Episode 92):The Arzette Soundtrack - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Thursday Jan 23, 2025

[RERUN!!] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E41: 'Mishmash Monday, vol. 7'” (orig. released 02/04/19)

Thursday Jan 23, 2025

2025 re-run bonus notes:

Our first re-run of our return to the practice is also the first-released [second produced] of a trilogy of music blocks. Long-time listeners of the show may already know what I'm talking about, but newer listeners and/or those who do not remember may be perplexed by what I'm talking about. Well, it will all be explained in the intro to the final of the trilogy (releasing in March).

DISCLAIMER: the production value was much worse back in 2019. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.

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Original (2019) Show Notes

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Today’s broadcast is C1E41 for Mishmash Monday, February 4th, 2019. Today’s Episode is Mishmash Monday, vol. 7 - the inaugural episode of 2019's "Season 3".

01 - Intro - 00:00:00

02 - Fantavision (US) - PS2 - intro - Soichi Terada - 00:02:08

03 - Sonic Mania - multi - Studiopolis Zone Act 2 - Tee Lopes - 00:02:40

04 - Ernest Evans - Genesis - Stage 2 - Motoi Sakuraba - 00: 05:09

05 - Sim City Classic - PC (SC-88) - Theme - Steve Hales / Will Wright - 00:07:50

06 - Traffic Rush - iOS/Android - In Game 1 - Donut Games - 00:09:56

07 - Super Thunderblade - Genesis - High Scores - Sochio Ogawa - 00:11:02

08 - Phase 10 - iOS/Android - In-Game Music - Kenneth R. Johnson - 00:12:33

09 - Waterworld - SNES - Map - Dean Evans - 00:14:04

10 - N++ - multi - Coco Myalore -Station - 00:15:56

11 - Fez - multi - Glitch - disasterpeace - 00:19:34

12 - Viewpoint - Neo Geo - Not All There - Shizura Okamura - 00:22:58

13 - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure - Genesis - Magical Moon - Katsuhiko Suzuki and/or Satoshi Murata - 00:25:23

14 - Rocket Knight Adventures - Genesis - Traps - Konami Kukeiha Club - 00:27:56

15 - Bio-Hazard Battle - Genesis - Stages 2 & 6 - Shigehasu Isoda - 00:31:09

16 - The Legend of Heroes: Sora No Kiseki the 3rd - PC / PSP - Overdosing Heavenly Bliss - Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga and/or Yukihiro Jindo - 00:33:33

17 - Mario Paint - SNES - Data Robot - Hirokazu (Hip Tanaka), Ryoji Yoshitomi and/or Kazumi Totaka - 00:35:41

18 - Electrocop - Atari Lynx - In-Game - Bob Vieira and/or Alex Rudis - 00:36:52

19 - The Adventures of Rad Gravity - NES - Title - David Warhol - 00:38:29

20 - Jurassic Park - Sega CD - Track 3 - David Javelosa, Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, and/or Spencer Nilsen - 00:39:30

21 - Magic Sword - SNES - Impending Danger - Manami Matsumae - 00:41:47

22 - Out of This World - 3DO - Cold Cave - Andrew Dimitroff - 00:43:27

23 - Myth - Amiga - Title Theme - Don Howard - 00:44:58

24 - GT Sport - PS4 - Process Control -Yasuhisa Inoue - 00:48:20

25 - Super Mario Odyssey - SWITCH - Tostarena: Night - Mahito Yokota,  Koji Kondo, Shiho Fuji, and/or Naoto Kubo - 00:51:47

26 - LoZ: Ocarina of Time - N64/3DS - Ice Cave - Koji Kondo - 00:55:09

27 - N++ - multi - Withdrawal - Skv18 - 00:56:25

28 - Link: The Faces of Evil - CD-I - World Map Theme - Tony Trippi - 01:04:18

29 - Lovely Planet - multi - Lovely Forest - Calum Bowen - 01:07:20

30 - We Love Katamari - PS2 - Heaven's Rain - Yuu Miyake, Hiroshi Okubo, Hideki Tobeta, Akitaka Tohyama, Yuri Misumi, Katsuro Tajima, Yoshihito Yano, and/or Masashi Sugiyama - 01:09:53

31 - Intellivision Lives - multi - My Intellivision - Michael Schwartz and/or Tom Kahelin - 01:16:58

32 - Outro - 01:21:29

Music Block Runtime: 01:19:24, Total Episode Runtime: 01:32:10

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. Composer and track info vetted by Quinn Partridge - aka "Pidge".

The "Nerd Noise Radio - RERUNS!" channel can be found here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/77944/

or here

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radios-podcast/id1191400767

You can also find all of our audio episodes on Archive.org

Our YouTube Channel can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio

Our episodes (and occasionally, other content) can be found on our blog here:

nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com.

Nerd Noise Radio is also available on The Retro Junkies Network at www.theretrojunkies.com, and is a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGMPodcastFans/

Or, if you wish to connect with us directly, we have two groups of our own:

Nerd Noise Radio - Easy Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276843385859797/ for sharing tracks, video game news, or just general videogame fandom.

Nerd Noise Radio - Expert Mode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381475162016534/ for going deep into video game sound hardware, composer info, and/or music theory.

Lastly, you can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio.

Thanks for listening! Join us again in March for C1E42 (Channel 1, Episode 42): The Shinobi 3 Soundtrack - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!

Cheers!

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: January 2025!

Wednesday Jan 22, 2025

Today, I have two special announcements for you - actually, three (though only the first two appear in the announcement recording)! Apologies for how awkward and unscripted this recording is:

- The first is a repeat of the all-call, calling our listeners away from Spotify - redundant, but worth repeating!

- The second is an all-call to the listeners to get me tracks (see the links below to relevant documents and/or episodes). More deets in the announcement recording!

- Also, a last-minute third announcement (again, not included in the announcement recording): now that Ch 2 is over, I’ve decided to resurrect the deprecated process of sharing re-runs of older episodes, like we used to do in years past. I’ll plan on doing one re-run a month, though reserve the right to do more or less than that on occasion based on circumstances.

The first rerun will be a separate upload, but it is the first of a trilogy of episodes, which will make sense when you hear the intro to the final of the three, which I will plan on re-running in March. Long time listeners of the show will probably know what the February and March rerun episodes will be once they see what this month’s rerun is. :-)

Relevant links to announcement 2:

Document 1: All tracks featured in 2024 (this is the document to work from! Please be mindful of the color-coding):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aHzjLe8qKby_AZZclctsJGoPvYmoVuDpm2bl9tTXUV4/edit?usp=sharing

Document 2: BONUS: St. John’s C1R7 selection worksheet (FYI-only! - aka “Autism in a spreadsheet!”):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q__UE95rHStobRo_iElFhYwkTK7ht_DSSJyWACF09E0/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 1: C1E40: Listener Picks - vol. 1 - originally released 12/20/2018 (this is the kind of thing I want to make one more time with *YOUR* help!:

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-podcast-%e2%80%9cc1e40-theme-thursday-listeners-picks-vol-1%e2%80%9d-a-super-sized-episode/

Episode 2: C1E60: Listener Picks - vol. 2 - originally released 12/23/2021 (all the outtake tracks from the C1E40 sessions - guest-starring Trey Johnson of NintenDomain and W.A.R.T. Radio - also, apologies one more time for the atrocious sound quality on my voice track. We had to use a very lo-fi backup copy!)

https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/noise-from-the-hearts-of-nerds-c1e60-listener-pics-%e2%80%93-vol-2/

…..and that’s it! Be on the lookout for our first rerun of the trilogy which should be following right behind this upload. And get ready for C1E91 - 2025’s “Season 8”’s debut episode, releasing on Monday, January 27th!

Cheers!

-St. John

(p.s. I listened to the intro / outro / blooper of C1E40 and all the talkie portions of C1E60 (including the blooper) and even though the production quality is so much worse than what I’m doing today, I simply ache at just how GOOD the content itself is! These may have been the golden era of Nerd Noise Radio!