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This special announcement is intended to give listeners a heads up for what the end of NNR might look like, so that it's not a jarring, sudden, potentially traumatic event for them, as the sudden closure of certain other shows in history had been to me.
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Part 2 of a 2 part series.
Okay, pt 1 turned out to be a backwards episode after all, didn’t it (who could’ve predicted?!) But that doesn’t mean that pt 2 has to be that too, right? Maybe pt 2 will be about VGM which uses the fibonacci sequence to reinforce fourier operations in Fortnite. Or maybe a sob story about how a chip shortage on the YM2612 is resulting in poachers hunting and killing Sega Genesis…es… to harvest their YM2612 chips for boutique jewelry. Or heck, maybe it’s just the Excitebike soundtrack. I guess you’ll just have to find out, won’t you?
Tracklist (all tracks are playing in reverse)
Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - From “best-of-year-in-review” episode# (year(s)) - Timestamp
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Trouble Town Tunnels - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - C1R6a (2023) - 00:02:50
02) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - C1R8 (2025) - 00:04:56
03) Green Hill Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Masato Nakamura - C1R7 (2024) - 00:06:58
04) The Power of GT - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Yudai Saitoh - C1R7 (2024) - 00:08:38
05) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - C1R8 (2025) - 00:12:41
06) Evil Bug Judgment Squad - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - N/A (Wildchip) - Diagamblic - C1E55b (2019) - 00:13:57
07) Dice Dance Days - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - C1R7 (2024) - 00:16:50
08) The Entrance to Hell - Snatcher - PC Engine - The Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E55b (2019) - 00:19:00
09) Level 1 - Bloody Wolf - TG16 - Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuta Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Shuuji Segawa, Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, and/or Yusuke Takahama - C1E55b (2019) - 00:20:48
10) Main Theme - Youkai Douchuuki - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Kawada - C1E55b (2019) - 00:22:47
11) Velvet Fog - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - Genesis - Warlord - C1E55b (2019) - 00:25:30
12) Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - C1E70a (2022) - 00:26:48
13) Neo Kobe Steel Factory - Contra III: The Alien Wars - SNES - Miki Higashino, Masanori Adachi, Tappi Iwase, and/or Aki Hata - C1E70a (2022) - 00:30:50
14) The Demons from Adrian’s Pen - DOOM - PC - Bobby Prince - C1R7 (2024) - 00:34:34
15) Metroid Prime Battle - Metroid Prime - GameCube - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Kouichi Kyuma - C1E70a (2022) - 00:37:10
16) Hurry! - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E70a (2022) - 00:39:55
17) Cabin - Friday the 13th - NES - Hirohiko Takayama - C1E70a (2022) - 00:42:22
18) Marseille City - Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy - PC Engine - Kouhei Tanaka, and/or Kazuhio Sawada - C1E55b (2019) - 00:43:54
19) Sirena Beach - Super Mario Sunshine - GameCube - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka - C1E70a (2022) - 00:46:17
20) Dry Desert Sky - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - C1E70a (2022) - 00:48:33
21) Ghost Valley - N/A (Super Mario Kart Album / originally Super Mario Kart) - N/A (originally SNES) - c: Soya Oka / a: [VGM Cover Band] “The OneUps” - C1E70a (2022) - 00:50:29
22) Nocturne - 3D Museum - LaserActive - Goh Hotoda - C1E70a (2022) - 00:53:40
23) This is your Story - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E70a (2022) - 00:55:52
24) White Summit Probe Naberius - Phantasy Star Online 2 - Multiplatform - Hideaki Kobayashi, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Kenichi Tokoi, Tadashi Kinukawa, and/or Chihiro Aoki - C1R7 (2024) - 00:58:00
25) Anxious Heart - Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:05:24
26) Everything’s Going to be Okay - Prey - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:09:18
27) Home - n++ - Multiplatform - Marcel Dettman - C1R7 (2024) - 01:11:53
28) Surrender - n++ - Multiplatform - Sam KDC - C1E70a (2022) - 01:16:58
29) Moth and Cortisone - 3D Museum - LaserActive - Tasuaki Shimizu - C1E70a (2022) - 01:22:52
30) All About the Girl - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Lenny Ibizarre - C1E55b (2019) - 01:27:08
31) Shower Curtain - n++ - Multiplatform - Planet Boelex - C1E55b (2019) - 01:31:08
32) Love and Peace - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - C1R7 (2024) - 01:37:39
33) Swampy’s Course 1 - Where’s my Water - iOS / Android - Unknown - C1R6a (2023) - 01:41:53
34) Velocity Regression - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - C1R6a (2023) - 01:44:05
35) Industrius - Jazz Jackrabbit - PC - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - C1R6a (2023) - 01:46:26
36) Rusty Ruin Zone: Act 2 - Sonic 3D Blast - Saturn - Richard Jacques - C1R6a (2023) - 01:50:11
37) Starshell - Futuri no Fantavision - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1R7 (2024) - 01:53:33
38) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1R8 (2025) - 01:55:26
39) Busy Flare - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1R6a (2023) - 01:58:12
40) Starmine - Fantavision (JP) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1R7 (2024) - 02:00:48
41) Flirty Write 1 [Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - C1R8 (2025) - 02:04:55
42) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1 / PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - C1R8 (2025) - 02:05:55
43) Mission 5 - Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Setsumaru - C1E55b (2019) - 02:08:58
44) Knight’s Guild - Wizards and Warriors 3 - NES - David Wise - C1E55b (2019) - 02:10:38
45) Results Theme (aka Record of Samus) - Metroid Prime - GameCube - c: Hirakazu (“Hip”) Tanaka / a: Kenji Yamamoto - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:12:23
46) Track 7 - Keio Flying Squadron - Sega CD - Tsukasa Tawada - C1E70a (2022) - 02:15:19
47) Intro - Fantavision (NA) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1E55b (2019) - 02:19:43
48) Vote 2 [Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1R8 (2025) - 02:20:13
49) Sudden Beautiful Lie - Danganronpa V3 - PC / PS4 / Vita - Masafumi Takada - C1R7 (2024) - 02:22:17
50) Tear-Stained Eyes - Snatcher - Sega CD / PC Engine - Konami Kukeiha Club - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:26:10
B1) Outro - 02:31:00
Mixtape Runtime: 02:28:18 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:43:33
And with that, we hope you have enjoyed Nerd Noise Radio’s final foray into the April Fool’s series. Special outro music is First time Setup from the Switch 2 - composed by Kazumi Totaka (and might I add, one of the biggest teases in the history of video games for Switch 2 adopters like myself who still missed the music-filled Wii and WiiU system suites and were given a little jolt of false hope by it for the new system).
Here is a link to a document which contains details (and links) on every previous NNR April Fools outing:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2I0F04kBy4vEAKLAfY3QrIEHVvr9uOIuTJBepoI39c/edit?usp=sharing
As well as this link to the spreadsheet I used to plan out these two episodes (apologies for the partially corrupted data. I’m not even sure how that happened). :-D
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sVAx-IQdvs1gXuB0nA7bJX1yepXAx47fTb5Y5GsPNlQ/edit?usp=sharing
NOTE: I had intended to pull from not just “St. John” episodes, but from every best-of episode 2019-2025, but ran into my 100 before even getting to the non-St. John episodes. I’ll include reversed copies of each mixtape (both used and unused) on this spreadsheet as SUPER BONUSES over on Archive as well as “Backtracks UNBACKED” and “Backtracks - Back-to-Front”. So you can hear everything I heard in the process of putting this together.
Intro and outro recorded on Shure SM7B dynamic microphone running through a Cloudlifter Preamp through the Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface into a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux.
Pt 1 released simultaneously to Pt 2.
Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Part 1 of a 2 part series.
What’s better for a brisk, sunny 1st of April than taking a great big look back at music we featured in the respective “best-of-year-in-review” St. John’s Picks episodes from 2019-2025? Definitely not another backwards episode. Nope. No sir. Uhuh. Just six years esion tseb eht fo. [editor: who did that?!]
Tracklist (all tracks are playing in reverse)
Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - From “best-of-year-in-review” episode# (year(s)) - Timestamp
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Funky Radio [In-Game version] - Jet Grind Radio - Dreamcast - B.B. Rights - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:02:10
02) Thin Holidays - Rage In Peace - Multiplatform - Peonies - C1R6a (2023) - 00:05:32
03) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Tanobu Mitsuyoshi and David Leytze - C1E55b (2019) - 00:08:14
04) Signs of Love - Persona IV - PS2 - Shoji Meguro - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:12:47
05) Suitcase - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - C1R6a (2023) - 00:15:40
06) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors - Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro - C1R6a (2023) - 00:17:46
07) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - C1R8 (2025) - 00:20:20
08) Results Parade - Check Mii Out Channel - Wii - Kazumi Totaka C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:22:16
09) Mission 2 - Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo - C1E55b (2019) - 00:24:21
10) Club Tigre - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - C1R7 (2024) - 00:27:23
11) USA Race 2 - Trickstyle - Dreamcast / PC - Richard Beddow - C1E70a (2022) - 00:30:44
12) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin / aka Music Battle - iOS / Android - Kawaii Sprite - C1R8 (2025) - 00:33:54
13) Lobby [Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1R8 (2025) - 00:36:40
14) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - C1R8 (2025) - 00:39:33
15) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - C1R8 (2025) - 00:42:57
16) Toad’s Turnpike - Mario Kart 64 - N64 - Kenta Nagata, Taroh Bandoh, and/or Yoji Inagaki - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 00:45:39
17) Jus’ Dance (Sole Channel Mix) - Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Mr. V - C1E70a (2022) - 00:48:29
18) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - C1R8 (2025) - 00:55:57
19) Disrupted Planets (Map 2) - Super Bomberman 3 - SNES - c: Jun Chikuma / a: Keita Hoshi - C1R6a (2023) - 00:58:45
20) Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:04:41
21) [SLOW*] Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:11:33 (*= Slowed version from C1E57: “Slow Jams” - April Fool’s 2021 episode of slowed down VGM).
22) Stage 2-2 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku - C1E55b (2019) - 01:21:25
23) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - C1R8 (2025) - 01:24:12
24) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - C1R8 (2025) - 01:28:15
25) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - C1R8 (2025) - 01:32:19
26) Voices of Urdak - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:34:57
27) The Icon of Sin - DOOM Eternal - Multiplatform - Mick Gordon - C1E70a (2022) - 01:41:04
28) Mission 6 - Double Dragon 2 - PC Engine - Hiroyuki Togo - C1E55b (2019) - 01:46:27
29) Snif City - Paper Mario: The Origami King - Switch - Shoh Marakami, Yoshiaki Kimura, Hiroki Moishita, and/or Fumihiro Isobe - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 01:49:07
30) Stage 1-3 - Ai Chou Aniki - PC Engine - Iwasaki Taku - C1E55b (2019) - 01:52:03
31) Attack the Barbarian - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzu Koshiro - C1R7 (2024) - 01:55:33
32) Firestarter (Instrumental) - WipEout XL - PS1 - The Prodigy - C1R6a (2023) - 01:58:30
33) Jurassic Dope - Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi - C1R6a (2023) - 02:03:07
34) Kraft und Licht - n++ - Multiplatform - Len Faki - C1R7 (2024) - 02:06:13
35) Norfair - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - c: Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka / a: Yuzo Koshiro - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:12:56
36) Freak You Out - Vay - Sega CD - Shigeki Sako - C1E70a (2022) - 02:15:27
37) Balom Dungeon - Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - C1R8 (2025) - 02:17:24
38) Forest of Elrond - Wizards and Warriors - NES - David Wise - C1R7 (2024) - 02:20:27
39) Got Well Soon - Life is Strange - Multiplatform - Breton - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:22:28
40) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - C1R8 (2025) - 02:27:09
41) PerfecT Shape - to a T - PC / XBSX - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - C1R8 (2025) - 02:29:22
42) Star Guitar - Lumines II - PSP - The Chemical Bros. - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:30:53
43) Quiet - Edge - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - C1R6 (2023) - 02:37:02
44) Prime #5 - Echochrome - PSP / PS3 - Hideki Sakamoto - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:39:32
45) Kara Kara Bazaar - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - C1E65a (2020/2021) - 02:42:45
46) I Came I Saw - N/A (Battle of the Bits Community Original Chiptune) - SNES - KungFuFurby - C1E55b (2019) - 02:44:43
47) Heleosphere (Menu Music) - N/A (System Music) - A500 Mini - Chris Smith - C1R6a (2023) - 02:50:11
48) Taste of Blood - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Baily and/or Mike Morasky - C1R7 (2024) - 02:53:50
49) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - C1E6a (2023) - 02:56:48
50) Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform - C148 - C1R6a (2023) - 03:01:06
B1) Outro - 03:08:50
Mixtape Runtime: 03:06:51 / Total Episode Runtime: 03:21:24
Our now customary April Fool’s episode outro music is Malo Mart, from LoZ: Twilight Princess on GameCube, Wii, and WiiU (and maybe eventually, Switch 2) composed by Tōru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki, and/or Kōji Kondō.
Special thanks to St. Jodee, St. August, and St. Wyatt for joining me in the outro. Intro was recorded on Shure SM7B dynamic microphone running through a Cloudlifter Preamp for superior sound quality. Outro was recorded on AudioTechnica AT2020 condenser microphone for better ability to pick up sounds further away from the mic (important when capturing four different people standing or sitting varying distances away from it). All were recorded using the Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB audio interface into a mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux
Pt 2 releases simultaneously to Pt 1.
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Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Wednesday Feb 25, 2026
Today’s broadcast is C1R8 for Wayback Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. Today’s episode will be our "best of year-in-review" for calendar 2025, covering C1E91-C1E100 and a number of important Ch F "F-isodes". As Season 8 (calender 2025) was the final regular season of Ch 1, that also makes this our final "best of year-in-review" episode.
Tracklist
Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally Selected By / Originally from Episode(s) / Timestamp
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - St. John - C1E96 - 00:04:34
02) Balom Dungeon - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - St. John - C1E93 - 00:08:41
03) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John - C1E100 - 00:11:45
04) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:13:03
05) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1/PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 00:14:34
06) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:17:39
07) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 00:19:28
08) Rap Loop 15 [from Mad Verse City] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 00:22:16
09) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - St. John - C1E91 - 00:23:10
10) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin (aka Music Battle) - iOS / Android - Kawai Sprite - St. John - Ch. F (“One for Wyatt”) - 00:25:53
11) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John - C1E98 - 00:28:33
12) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - Edge - Multiplatform - Romain Gauthier - St. John - C1E96 - 00:31:59
13) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis - Shigeru Tomita - St. John - C1E91 - 00:35:01
14) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - St. John - C1E96 - 00:36:49
15) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:38:50
16) Horizons Unbound - Sea of Stars - Multiplatform - Eric W. Brown - Jeshua Lack - C1E99 - 00:40:56
17) Ending - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - St. John - C1E100 - 00:44:05
18) Promoted Attack - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E95 - 00:47:39
19) Level 1 [from Velgress] - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:48:50
20) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - St. John - C1E98 - 00:50:40
21) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:52:47
22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John - C1E98 - 00:54:51
23) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - St. John - C1E98 - 00:58:16
24) Hollow - Lucid 9 - PC - Ultra Kitsune - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:00:21
25) Lobby [from Split the Room] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Brian Chard - St. John - C1E94 - 01:03:56
26) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - St. John - C1E97 - 01:06:40
27) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:10:35
28) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:13:22
29) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - St. John - C1E93 - 01:15:52
30) Hinterwald Dungeon Explore - Dungeons of Hinterberg - Multiplatform - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - St. John - C1E96 - 01:19:57
31) Title - Cyber Shadow - Multiplatform - Enrique Martin - Justin Regan - C1E99 - 01:23:14
32) Gerudo Town Night - LoZ: Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:26:05
33) Komorebi - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka - St. John - C1E93 - 01:29:19
34) North Point Mall - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2 / PC - Lex Horton - St. John (originally submitted for Hearts of Space “Game Scores 2” candidacy by Hugues) - C1E98 - 01:33:46
35) Credits [from Fibbage 3] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:38:06
36) Lobby [from Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:40:39
37) Delirious Acting - Pseudoregalia - PC - potatoTero - St. John - C1E96 - 01:43:36
38) Type 2 - ThunderBlade - Arcade - Koichi Namiki - St. John - C1E93 - 01:45:33
39) Ending Theme - X-Men - Arcade - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano , and/or Ayako Nishigaki - St. John - C1E100 - 01:48:36
40) Flirty Write 1 [from Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - St. John - C1E94 - 01:50:56
41) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - St. John - C1E98 - 01:51:59
42) Vote 2 [from Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:54:44
43) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E91 - 01:56:47
44) Royal Capital of Grancel - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - Multiplatform - Wataru Ishibashi - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 02:00:12
45) Buy Mode 1 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John - C1E95 - 02:03:24
46) Shop (Japan) - Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - Arcade - Akira Inoue and/or Takaro Nozaki - St. John - C1E93 - 02:06:03
47) Equanimity - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - C1E96 / Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:07:32
48) Water Temple 1 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:12:04
49) Into the Darkness - Astal - Saturn - Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 02:14:22
50) ZENITH - MAKRANA (pre-release) - Multiplatform - Matt Miller - Matt Miller - Ch. F (“MAKRANA Soundtrack”) - 02:17:36
B1) Outro - 02:20:53
Music Block Runtime: 02:16:28 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:37:51
Our customary Channel 1 intro and outro music, which did not appear today is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast - composed by BB Rights. Our special year-in-review intro and outro music are, respectively, Results Theme from Metroid Prime on the GameCube, composed by Kenji Yamamoto, and Results Parade, from the Check Mii Out Channel on the Wii, composed by Kazumi Totaka.
Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) gaming 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!
LINK TO SPREADSHEETS:
1) List of every single track featured in calendar 2025 (which, despite the 2026 release date, includes this episode). 560 total tracks, 508 unique tracks. Also includes details on the offer to produce a "Best of 2025 – Listener Picks" F-isode given sufficient listener will and engagement:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nXPBlCjKp2q0HKjmRG3JUPjLTfLpoRX24Wk2Os938hg/edit?usp=sharing
2) Spreadsheet showing St. John's journey trying to narrow said 508 tracks down to the just 50 track limit of this episode. Also contains info about a few Archive-exclusise SUPER BONUS episodes, which, combined, contain all 265 tracks in St. John's original "grab everything [from the 508] that sounds good" list. To see the details on the potential SUPER BONUSES, continue scrolling right beyond where it looks like the spreadsheet ends:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12l6fdL71EV_ZdRmq-CK_JLvNPXM5b4J66kcvmlAQleA/edit?usp=sharing
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.
We are now a member podcast as well. You can find us there at https://terraplayer.com/shows/nerd-noise-radio. Also, check out their outstanding collection of other podcasts and radio stations at https://terraplayer.com/! From now on, when sharing episodes of Nerd Noise Radio, I will most likely use the Terra Player link rather than the Podbean link like I have been using.
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:
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
You can also follow us on Threads at https://www.threads.net/@nerdnoiseradio , Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nerdnoiseradio?igsh=MWF4NjBpdGVxazUxYw== , Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@NerdNoiseRadio , and BlueSky at And we are also now on TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Vurbl, Amazon Music and Audible!
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:
https://discord.gg/GUWdaXUw
Thanks for listening! Join us again sometime in the next few months for C1F1 (Channel 1, Finale 1): "The Diamond Episode - pt 1: "popular picks" (my best attempt at emulating a "Listener Picks" episode) focusing on Episodes 51-100, its sister episode, C1F2: "The Diamond Episode – pt 2: Personal Picks" (an unabashedly "St. John's picks" outing on the same subject), and a pair of relevant reruns from 2019 on the history of episodes 1-50 in a nearly identical format, where, between the four episodes, the entire history of Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 1 will be covered! Lastly, be on the lookout (and keep your guard up) for a probable F-isode....suspiciously releasing on April 1st - Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Cheers!
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Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
2026 Show Notes Addendum:
Our last [for now] Ch 2 rerun (our last Ch 2 rerun specifically shared with incoming NintenDomain listeners in mind in the wake of the recent Ch F "Channel Trey" one-off)
This was the first episode of the last season of Ch 2 - the one where we announced to the listeners that Ch 2 would be shutting down, as well as the episode where I revealed my then very recently discovered African and Jewish ancestry. This episode also has the distinction of being my personal favorite episode in Ch 2 history with perhaps the lone exception of the 5 1/2hr long "C2F: 'Finally our Final Finale'" series retrospective. You can also hear our very last non-retrospective Ch 2, C2E20: "....all good things...." if you look back to the NNR Dec 2025 podcast feed.
And with that.....NintenDomain fans now have had a great look at the seeds to what went on to make "Channel Trey", while long-time NNR fans get a look back on a handful of really great moments in Ch 2 (and "quasi-channel 2") history. Enjoy this last [for now] installment! :-)
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Today’s Broadcast is C2E16 for Theme Thursday, March 7th, 2024. Today’s theme is vocal music from video games, on a program we’re calling “Songs with Words”. BE SURE TO CATCH OUR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE!! (It’s highlighted in the show notes!)
Tracklist
Track# / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Vocalist / Selected by
01) Shenhua (Vocal Version) - Shenmue - Dreamcast - c: Ryuji Iuichi (music) and Yumi Asada (lyrics) / a: Hayato Matsuo (orchestration) - Ioli - Hugues
a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00
b) Music - 00:00:08
c) Introduction - 00:04:12
d) Top of Show Business - 00:04:39
e) Discussion - 00:14:56
02) Connected (Yours Forever) - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John
a) Music - 00:18:28
b) Discussion - 00:24:03
03) Melodies of Life (English Version) - Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu (music) and Hioyuki Ito (lyrics) / a: Shiro Hamaguchi - Emiko Shiratori - Hugues
a) Music - 00:28:34
b) Discussion - 00:34:30
04) Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (music) and David R. Leytze (lyrics) - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi - St. John
a) Music - 00:40:45
b) Discussion - 00:45:33
05) Instructor Mooselini's Rap - PaRappa the Rapper - PS1 - Izumi Amano and/or Ryu Watanabe - John Simpson III and Saundra Williams - Hugues
a) Music - 00:50:35
b) Discussion - 00:52:43
06) My Intellivision - Intellivision Lives - Multiplatform - Tom Kahelin and/or Michael Schwartz - Michael Schwartz (?) - St. John
a) Music - 00:56:50
b) Discussion - 01:01:33
07) Sea of Love - It Came from the Desert - TG16 - Kenneth Melville - Terence Kirby - Hugues
a) Music - 01:05:28
b) Discussion - 01:07:51
08) Volver a Comenzar - Little Big Planet - PS3 - Cafe Tabvca - Cafe Tabvca - St. John
[NOTE: I failed to sync this track up to the vocal portion where we do the "this part right here" thing. My apologies! - St. John]
a) Music - 01:14:01
b) Discussion - 01:22:18
09) A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy PS2 - Asuka Sakai - Ado Mizumori - Hugues
[NOTE: Same as the above track - missed the "this part right here" thing. - St. John]
a) Music - 01:25:23
b) Discussion - 01:30:01
10) Sonic Boom (Ending Version) - Sonic CD (N/A) - Sega CD - Spencer Nilsen, Mark Young, and/or Pastiche - Pastiche - St. John
a) Music - 01:33:16
b) Discussion - 01:37:02
11) Sora wo Miagete (Ending Version) - Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PSP - c: Takahiro Unisuga / a: Yukihiro Jindo - Kanako Kotera - Hugues
a) Music - 01:41:18
b) Discussion - 01:47:26
12) Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic - Kate Brady - St. John
[NOTE: This time I caught the "this moment right here" thing. Hooray! - St. John]
a) Music - 01:51:04
b) Discussion - 01:55:38
13) Everything's Alright - To the Moon - PC - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara - Laura Shigihara - Hugues
a) Music - 02:01:12
b) Discussion - 02:04:46
c) End of Show Business - 02:14:40
d) Oddie HD Updates - 02:19:42
e) MOAR End of Show Business - 02:20:37
f) *****OUR BIG CH 2 ANNOUNCEMENT***** - 02:22:36
g) EVEN MORE End of Show Banter - 02:26:12
h) Closing Track Discussion - 02:30:35
i) Sign-Off - 02:32:12
14) Still Alive - Portal - Multiplatform - Jonathan Coulton - Ellen McClain (as GLaDOS) - St. John
a) Music - 02:32:42
b) Outtakes - 02:35:35
c) [Audio-Only] The Debut YouTube Video of Oddie HD (the complete, unabridged audio) - 02:43:51
Total Episode Runtime: 02:54:34
Retro Game Club can be found here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680
You can also follow Retro Game Club on Facebook and Instagram @retrogameclubpodcast and on Twitter @rgcpodcast.
Hugues’ blog can be found here:
https://huguesjohnson.com/
Referenced Article about “Sea of Love”: https://www.tg-16.com/Lyrics_for_It_Came_From_the_Desert.htm
You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.
You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).
Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.
Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for C1E82: “Run and/or Gun”! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
2026 Show Notes Adendum:
This was the very first "official episode" of Ch 2 - approx 9 months after Hugues and I's "fun one-off", which at the time had no strings attached!
PRODUCTION CAVEATS:
Just like the 2019 one-off, this was recorded using an M-Audio MobilePre XLR-to-USB audio interface and AudioTechnica AT2020 condenser mic, and was recorded down in a very echoey basement room. Also, I hadn't [yet] started editing out the "ums" yet. However, unlike the 2019 one-off, I had moved onto Linux by this point, so it was produced in a mix of Audacity and Ardour, rather than in GarageBand and was produced on a 2017 Dell Latitude 7480 laptop (docked to an external monitor, KBM, and sound system) rather than on a 2014 Mac Mini.
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It’s the Dawning of a new Era! You are Tuned to Nerd Noise Radio – Channel 2! Today’s inaugural installment is C2E1, for Theme Thursday, Sept 17th, 2020. Today’s theme is “Songs of the Pandemic”.
Track# - Track – Game – System – Composer(s) - Selected By – Timestamp
01: The Runaway (City on the Horizon – Instrumental) - 198X – Multi – Daniel Rosenqvist and/or Anton Dromberg (UFD?) - St. John
a: Music / Intro: 00:00:00
b: Conversation: 00:03:47
02: Overdrive – Saturday Morning RPG – Multi – Vince DiCola and/or Kenny Merideth - Hugues
a: Music: 00:11:05
b: Conversation: 00:13:19
03: Unholy Impact – Mother Russia Bleeds – Multi – Fixions – St. John
a: Music: 00:19:10
b: Conversation: 00:24:28
04: The Abyss – Trails in the Sky the 3rd - PC / PSP – Hayoto Sonoda - Hugues
a: Music: 00:27:28
b: Conversation: 00:30:04
05: They’re Back – Streets of Rage 4 – Multi – Yuzo Koshiro – St. John
a: Music: 00:35:17
b: Conversation: 00:38:24
06: Power or Technique – Trails of Cold Steel III – PC / PS4 / Switch – Hayato Sonoda - Hugues
a: Music: 00:42:17
b: Conversation: 00:45:27
07: Friend Select – Air Zonk – Turbografx16 – Daisuke Morshima and/or Hisashi Matsushita – St. John
a: Music: 00:48:43
b: Conversation: 00:49:44
08: Bar – Dungeon Explorer – Turborafx16 – Tsukasa Masuko - Hugues
a: Music: 00:53:18
b: Conversation: 00:54:59
09: Demons Undulate – Alien Crush – Turbografx16 – St. John
a: Music: 00:58:35
b: Conversation: 01:01:00
10: Mako Reactor – Final Fantasy VII Remake – PS4 – c: Nobuo Uematsu / a: Masashi Hamauzu - Hugues
a: Music: 01:06:59
b: Conversation: 01:10:29
11: Behind the Cosmic Curtain – Samarost 3 – iOS / Android – Floex – St. John
a: Music: 01:19:32
b: Conversation: 01:22:09
12: Beneath the Mask (Rain – Instrumental) - Persona 5 – PS3 / PS4 - Shōji Meguro - Hugues
a: Music: 01:26:20
b: Conversation: 01:29:59
13: 10pm – Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch - Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi – St. John
a: Music: 01:32:40
b: Conversation: 01:35:03
14: Results (Golf) - Wii Sports – Wii – Kazumi Totaka - Hugues
a: Music: 01:45:29
b: Conversation: N/A (Included in previous conversation)
15: Blooper: 01:48:21
Total Episode Runtime: 01:48:55
LINKS:
retrogameclub.net
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680?mt=2
nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio/id1191401173
Twitter: @NerdNoiseRadio
Facebook: facebook.com/NerdNoiseRadio/
This is our LAST CALL for track submissions for December’s Channel 1 “Best of 2019 – listener picks!” Here is the list of eligible tracks!
https://archive.org/details/nerd-noise-radio-best-of-2019-eligible-track-list-simplified
Please get us tracks as soon as possible. Deadline is 09/30/2020!
On Archive dot org, there is a Super Bonus – music only! All the music from this episode, without any of the talking. This will be something we do with every Channel 2 episode moving forward! We also went back in time and created a parallel Super Bonus from last December’s “Episode Zero”: “Nerd Noise Game Club”. So, go check those out!
Lastly, make sure you catch the blog post, as it contains a lot of additional notes about Channel 2! Here’s the Link:
https://nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com/2020/09/nerd-noise-radio-channel-2-episode-1.html
Thanks for listening! Join us again in December for C2E2: Holiday / Wintry Theme [Episode Title TBD]
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
2026 Show Notes Addendum:
If you're a NintenDomain listener who is new to NNR from Trey and I's "Nerd Noise Radio - Channel Trey" one-off simulcast collaboration, then this rerun should be uniquely interesting to you!
So, "Channel Trey" was a one-off between Trey and I, in the style of an episode of the now-defunct "Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2" which I used to do with Hugues Johnson of Retro Game Club (so, another "so and so Johnson" out of Chicago), only with Trey at the mic instead of Hugues. It was in the exact style and format of Channel 2.
Well, funnily enough, what went on to become Channel 2 also began life as a similar fun one-off between Hugues and I all the way back in December 2019. And here is that 2019 one-off. Hugues and I's 6yr earlier parallel to Trey and I's recent outing. This was before I knew I was AuDHD (Autistic + ADHD), and before I knew I possessed African and Jewish ancestry. It was also before I started editing out the "ums". But it's remarkable to me how "different yet the same" it feels to our official Ch 2 episodes which came later, or "Channel Trey" which rose from the ashes of the now-defunct Ch 2.
PRODUCTION CAVEATS: At this point, I had not switched from Mac to Linux, so I was using Garageband in MacOS on a late 2014 Mac Mini. Also, I had not yet upgraded to the Focusrite 4i4 (3rd Gen) XLR-to-USB interface, still using the lesser M-Audio MobilePre, and had not yet upgraded to the RODE Podmic dynamic microphone, let alone my current Shure SM7B, but was still using my original AudioTechnica AT2020 condenser mic, and lastly, was recording in a very very echoey room with no noise cancellation.
But apart from inferior hardware, software, and production techniques, and apart from this being my very first time ever doing something even remotely like this, the seeds of all NNR Channel 2 episodes, as well as the seeds of "Channel Trey" are all very much present here! This is where it all started: Channel 2, Channel Trey.....all of it!
My intent for this month is to also rerun not only our very first official Ch 2 episode from Sept 2020, but also C1E16: "Songs with Words", the first episode of the last season, and what in my personal opinion is the very best Ch 2 episode of all, perhaps save for C2F, our "series finale". Also, if you look back to December 2025 on the NNR podcast feed, you can also catch C2E20: "...all good things...", our final non-retrospective episode of Ch 2. So, if your first experience with Nerd Noise Radio was "Channel Trey", then you'll get to hear a lot of the context behind that episode!
In any case, enjoy the rogue one-off that became an entirely new Nerd Noise Radio program, which would ultimately culminate in yet another rogue one-off with Trey Johnson of NintenDomain!!
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St. John of "Nerd Noise Radio" and Hugues Johnson of "Retro Game Club" (and "The Retro League" alum) join forces to cover and discuss some of their favorite pieces of VGM from the 2010's. It's about what you'd expect if you put Retro Game Club / The Retro League, Nerd Noise Radio, Legacy Music Hour, and an entire decade of VGM in a blender....ooh, or maybe the hadron collider!
For the time-being, this is just a one-time "one-off" special, but if there is enough demand from either, or especially both of our respective listener pools, then we're open to making this an ongoing (albeit occasional, and likely irregular) thing. "Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2", maybe? ;-) Anyway, the power is yours, listeners! Make your voices heard! In the meanwhile? Enjoy!
Game - System - Track - Composer - Year - Selected By - Timestamp
- Earcatcher: 00:00:00
- Retro City Rampage - Multiplatform - Do or Die - Norrin Radd - 2012 - Hugues
Music: 00:00:03
Intro / Discussion: 00:00:39
- Shovel Knight - Multiplatform - Strike the Earth - Jake Kaufman - 2014 - St. John
Music: 00:04:25
Discussion: 00:08:07
- Tokyo Xanadu - Vita / PS4 / Windows - My Blaze, My Truth - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Mitsuo Singa, Takahiro Unisuga, and/or Koji Sekiguchi) - 2015 - Hugues
Music: 00:12:45
Discussion: 00:16:07
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Switch - Norfair - c: Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka / a: Yuzo Koshiro - 2018 (orig. 2008) - St. John
Music: 00:19:32
Discussion: 00:22:06
- Kirby's Epic Yarn - Wii / 3DS - Dino Jungle - Tomoya Tomita - 2010 - Hugues
Music: 00:26:35
Discussion: 00:28:57
- Art of Balance - Multiplatform - World D - Martin Schjøler - 2010 - St. John
Music: 00:32:17
Discussion: 00:34:41
- L.A. Noire - Multiplatform - Noire Clarinet - Andrew and/or Simon Hale - 2011 - Hugues
Music: 00:39:17
Discussion: 00:43:49
- Gran Turismo Sport - PS4 - Process Control - Yasuhisa Inoue - 2017- St. John
Music: 00:46:40
Discussion: 00:50:18
- Final Fantasy XV - Multiplatform - What Lies Within - Yoko Shimomura - 2016 - Hugues
Music: 00:55:55
Discussion: 01:01:04
- n++ - Multiplatform - Fonction - Broca - 2015 - St. John
Music: 01:04:15
Discussion: 01:11:21
- Ys VIII : Lacrimosa of Dana - Multiplatform - One Dream, One Reality - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayoto Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, and/or Mitsuo Singa) - 2016- Hugues
Music: 01:15:28
Discussion: 01:19:09
- Monument Valley - iOS / Android - The Garden - Stafford Bawler - 2014 - St. John
Music: 01:23:45
Discussion: 01:28:34
- To the Moon - Multiplatform - Having Lived - Ken Gao - 2011 - Hugues
Music: 01:31:33
Discussion: 01:34:10
- Prune - iOS / Android / Windows UWP - To The Stars - Kyle Preston - 2015 - St. John
Music: 01:39:01
Discussion: 01:46:41
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - Mipha's Touch - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata and/or Hajime Wakai - 2017 - Hugues
Music: 01:50:11
Discussion: 01:53:42
- So Many Me - Multiplatform - Outskirts - Christopher Geehan and/or Daniel Byrne-McCullough (HyperDuck Soundworks) - 2014 - St. John
Music: 01:59:47
Discussion: 02:05:52
- The Last Story - Wii - Theme of Last Story - c: Nobuo Uematsu / a: Yoshitaka Suzuki - 2011 - Hugues
Music: 02:09:10
Discussion: 02:14:10
- ARMS - Switch - Get ARMS - Atsuko Asahi and/or Yasuaki Iwata - 2017 - St. John
Music: 02:18:22
Discussion: 02:21:22
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - Multiplatform - Heated Mind - Falcom Sound Team jdk (Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo, and/or Toshiharu Okajima) - 2014 - Hugues
Music: 02:24:26
Discussion: 02:27:02
- Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Mirage - Kemmei Adachi - 2010 - St. John
Music: 02:28:52
Discussion: 02:33:04
- Bravely Default - 3DS - Land of Light and Shadow - Revo - 2012 - Hugues
Music: 02:35:37
Discussion / MiiTopia Discussion / Outro: 02:38:05
- Miitopia - 3DS - In That Holiday Mood - Toshiyuki Sudo, Shinji Ushiroda, Yumi
Takahashi, and/or Megumi Inoue - 2016 - St. John
Music: 02:44:56
Total Episode Runtime: 02:46:43
LINKS to our respective shows:
Retro Game Club:
retrogameclub.net
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680?mt=2
Nerd Noise Radio:
nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nerd-noise-radio/id1191401173
Twitter: @NerdNoiseRadio
Facebook: facebook.com/NerdNoiseRadio/
e-mail: nerdnoiseradio@gmail.com
Merry Christmas, and/or whatever other holidays you celebrate, and a happy new year, from Nerd Noise Radio, and Retro Game Club!
Cheers!
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Today's broadcast is a fun one-off between Trey Johnson of NintenDomain and W.A.R.T. Radio fame and myself in the style of a Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 epiosde with the theme of "tracks we discovered in 2025".
Apologies for the absurdist length - but if you miss Ch 2, I think this one will scratch that itch for you! Also reminder that what would eventually go on to become Channel 2 also started as a fun one-off between Hugues and I, so you never know what the future holds! (I'll re-run that 2019 Ch F between Hugues and I later this month for contrast).
Tracklist:
Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected By
01) Zebra Bananza - DK Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui, Noato Kubo - Trey
a) Introductory Earcatcher - 00:00:00
b) Music - 00:00:03
c) Introduction - 00:02:13
d) Top of the Show - 00:03:56
e) Discussion - 00:20:09
02) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John
a) Music - 00:26:25
b) Discussion -00:28:12
03) When the Moon's Reaching Out Stars - Persona 3 Reload - Multiplatform - c: Shoji Meguro / a: Atsushi Kitajoh / v: Azumi Takahashi - Trey
a) Music - 00:45:00
b) Discussion - 00:48:37
04) Starview Peak - Mario Kart World - Switch 2 - Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda, Yutaro Takakuwa, and/or Atsuko Asahi - St. John
a) Music - 00:54:59
b) Discussion - 00:56:50
05) Kronos Island (First Lap) - Sonic Racing Crossworlds - Multiplatform - Takahiro Kai, Tae Fujimoto, Kanon Oguni, Hidekuni Horita, Iona Takashima, Hiroki Kiriyama, Satoshi Okamura, Makoto Tokuyama, Satoshi Oike, Keisuke Tsukahara, and/or Saki Tsuda - Trey
a) Music - 01:03:48
b) Discussion - 01:06:17
06) Race Music 2 - New Star GP - Multiplatform - Benjamin Rooker, Alistair Edmond, Viraj Ramsharan, Giovanni D'Ambrosio, and/or Declan Birchall - St. John
a) Music - 01:19:49
b) Discussion - 01:22:11
07) Captain Falcon - F-Zero GX/AX - Game Cube - Hidenori Shoji - Trey
a) Music - 01:29:33
b) Discussion - 01:33:03
08) RedWood Forest - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin, and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John
a) Music - 01:39:32
b) Discussion - 01:43:17
09) Fury Green - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Switch / Switch 2 - Kenji Yamamoto - Trey
a) Music - 01:49:22
b) Discussion - 01:52:35
10) The First Day - Dungeons of Hinterberg - Multiplatform - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - St. John
a) Music - 02:02:12
b) Discussion - 02:06:18
11) Lumiose City (Day) - Pokemon Legends Z-A - Switch / Switch 2 - Minako Adachi, Hiromitsu Maeba, Carlos Eiene, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Sasō, Takahiro Eguchi, Hitomi Sato, and/or Shota Kageyama - Trey
a) Music - 02:14:02
b) Discussion - 02:18:05
12) Eggshell Hotel - DK Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui, Noato Kubo - St. John
a) Music - 02:28:24
b) Discussion - 02:32:20
13) Royal Capital of Grancel - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - Multiplatform - Wataru Ishibashi - Trey
a) Music - 02:42:02
b) Discussion - 02:45:28
14) Pull of the Light - God of War: Ragnarok - PS4 / PS5 / PC - Bear McCreary - St. John
a) Music - 02:51:32
b) Discussion - 02:53:16
15) Black Tar - Xenoblade X - WiiU - Hiroyuki Sawano - Trey
a) Music - 02:59:13
b) Discussion - 03:05:27
16) First Time Setup - N/A (System Music) - Switch 2 - Kazumi Totaka - St. John
a) Music - 03:10:40
b) Discussion - 03:13:09
17) Level 1 (Velgress) - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey
a) Music - 03:21:01
b) Discussion - 03:22:49
18) Okada Clan HQ - Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons - Multiplatform - Arman Aspromonti - St. John
a) Music - 03:28:33
b) Discussion - 03:31:24
19) Pride from Despair - Yakuza Kiwami 2 - PS4 / XB1 / PC - Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki, Saori Yoshida, and/or Takiya Kuroda - Trey
a) Music - 03:40:36
b) Discussion - 03:45:06
c) End of Show - 03:56:07
d) Closing Track Discussion - 04:01:09
e) Final Self-Promos - 04:03:05
f) Sign-off - 04:05:56
20) Credits Song (Legends of Trivia) - Jackbox Party Pack 11 - Multiplatform - Nate Sandberg - St. John
a) Music - 04:06:22
b) Outtake - 04:09:35
Total Episode Runtime: 04:17:38
You can find NintenDomain here:
https://nintendomainpodcast.com/
And you can find the NDM Episode 500 link here (where I make a cameo in the final 3/4 of the episode):
NintenDomain can also be found on the podcatcher of your choice, as well as on most social media platforms!
As for Nerd Noise Radio, be on the look out for that 2019 Ch F rerun, probably a proper Ch 2 rerun, and of course, C1R8 - our Channel 1 "2025 best of year in review episode". Delicious VGM, on Nerd Noise Radio - and wherever you are.....Fly the N!
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
2025 Show Notes addendum:
In light of the release of C1E100 (the final "non-retrospective" Ch 1), I thought it would also be good to release C2E20 (the final "non-retrospective" Ch 2) as a nice tie-in. Though my production quality has improved somewhat since late 2024, it is nowhere even remotely close to the quantum leap that is the difference between my Dec 2025 and my Jan 2017 production quality difference with C1E1.
Channel 2 was a COMPLETELY different kind of show, though. Rather than being a vaguely NPR-esque mixtape-style program that was "less a podcast per se" and more "a late nite FM radio music program which just so happened to go out over the podosphere", Ch 2 was a "proper podcast" with a co-host out of Chicago and myself taking turns sharing tracks and talking about them. We wrapped the show at the end of 2024 because my co-host had been podcasting since 2009, and would be turning 50 in 2025, and so he decided at the end of 2023 that he would be retiring completely from podcasting at the end of 2024, and I didn't feel like replacing him, so we just wrapped it together.
Anyway, since we referenced C2E20 and even featured a few tracks from it in C1E100, and since we're rerunning C1E1, I figured I'd rerun this too.
By the way: that one upcoming Ch F one-off with Trey Johnson of NintenDomain and W.A.R.T. Radio will be in this exact format - only, obviously, a different co-host.
Anyway....enjoy! Also, this rerun will release on Christmas Eve. So, Merry Christmas to anyone who celebrates it - and a belated Happy Hannukah to anyone who celebrates it instead (I celebrate both, myself!) :-D
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Today’s Broadcast is C2E20, for Theme Thursday, Oct 24th, 2024. All good things must come to an end. Today is the final “regular” (as in, “final non-retrospective” episode - and as opposed to “final all time” episode). This will be the final episode where we bring new tracks to the show, though. So it is still an ending. The theme, therefore, is ending music, on a program we’re calling “...all good things…”
Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Selected By
01) Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - Multiplatform - Takahiro Unisuga (Falcom Sound Team jdk) - Hugues
Earcatcher - 00:00:00
Music - 00:00:03
Introduction - 00:05:23
Top of Show Business - 00:06:14
The Reveal of last episode’s mystery themes - 00:09:44
Discussion - 00:24:38
02) Credits - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John
Music - 00:30:16
Discussion - 00:33:01
03) Staff Roll - Phantasy Star III - Genesis - Ippo Takeuchi - Hugues
Music - 00:35:17
Discussion - 00:37:15
04) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - St. John
Music - 00:42:07
Discussion - 00:44:46
05) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - Hugues
Music - 00:54:53
Discussion - 00:56:27
06) Triforce Chamber - LoZ: Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo
Music - 01:00:40
Discussion - 01:02:09
07) The Credits Concerto - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - David Wise and/or Eveline Fischer - Hugues
Music - 01:08:45
Discussion - 01:10:43
[EDITOR’s NOTE: I partially confused Vangelis with fellow Greek musician, Iasos. My bad! -St. J]
08) Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao - St. John
Music - 01:16:19
Discussion - 01:18:38
09) Good End - Streets of Rage II - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - Hugues
Music - 01:34:07
Discussion - 01:36:30
10) End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita and/or Harumi Fujita - St. John
Music - 01:43:56
Discussion - 01:46:14
11) Farewell and a Decision - Grandia II - PS2 / Dreamcast - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues
Music - 01:49:38
Discussion - 01:54:26
12) Ending - Stray - Multiplatform - Jan van der Cruyssen - St. John
Music - 02:01:40
Discussion - 02:05:12
13) 16th Floor - Speedrun Tower - Genesis - c: JAM / a: Hugues Johnson - Hugues
Music - 02:10:48
Discussion - 02:12:38
End of Show Business - 02:22:27
Closing track Discussion - 02:29:49
Sign-off - 02:30:44
14) Ending - Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - St. John
Music - 02:30:51
Outtakes - 02:34:52
BONUS - the “Composed by St. John / arranged by Jay Cook” collection
“Floor It!” from the Game “X-Racer” (Hydra Development System) - 02:39:52
“In-Game Theme” from the Game “Ranquest” (Hydra Development System) - 02:41:07
Total Episode Runtime: 02:44:07 Hugues’ blog can be found here:
https://huguesjohnson.com/
St. John’s Mom’s flute business can be found here: Website:
www.valwedgeworth.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/UxpsjWw3Js5uUtLf/
Valerie's Flute Entertainment, LLC (Playing the Decades)
Email: valerie@valwedgeworth.com
Note: St. John called it “Val’s Flute Entertainment”, instead of “Valerie’s Flute Entertainment”, but it used to be called “Val’s Flute”.
You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.
You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).
Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.
Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month for a very special Channel 1 (subject a surprise for now), and then again in November for a sequel Ch 1 and for our Ch 2 “Best of Season 4 retrospective” - which will be our second-to-last ever installment of Ch 2…..Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club…and wherever you are….Fly the N!
Cheers!
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
2025 Show Notes addendum:
With C1E100, you just heard how Ch 1 ends. Now, hear how Ch 1 began!
Also, C1E100 ends with a production deliberately designed to be as close to the much much MUCH worse production quality of the original episodes. With today's rerun, you can compare it to the C1E100 ending to see how well or how poorly 45yr old "2025 St. John" did at emulating and impersonating that clunky, and untrained, but "starry-eyed", "pocket full of dreams" 36yr old St. John from C1E1. I definitely want to know what you think at nerd.noise.radio@gmail.com or on social media or Discord!
Lastly, for as atrocious as the production quality is on this Dec 2016 production (Jan 2017 release), it is actually the [by far] superior version of the episode. In Oct 2016, I produced beta versions of the first four episodes, and shared them under the pseudonym of "Disco Santa's House of Impossible Conundrums" so I could put them out there for a very limited audience to solicit feedback without a mass release (this was before I was using cloud storage, mind you). The final releases of those four episodes were amended based on the feedback received from everyone from Mike Levy of XVGM, to Pieness64, to even Stephen Hill of NPR's decades-running New Age / Space / World / Ambient late-night FM radio program: Hearts of Space.
Well, recently, I found the original beta versions of those first four episodes , and here is a Google Drive link to the episode 1 beta - the only NNR production to use an alternate version of the "St. John NNR shout". The version we ended up going with was recorded during the episode 2 beta and applied to everything thereafter. So this episode 1 beta is the only time in show history where an episode opens with an alternate St. John NNR shout - and boy is it pathetic! This one was recorded with me sitting down. The ep 2 beta shout (which eventually became the "official shout") was recorded standing up. Here's a Google Drive link to that original Oct 2016 Ep 1 beta:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FXWu6EsHeveev4h65yKcLkww7jAPPMtA/view?usp=drive_link
In fact, here's a link to the entire "Disco Santa" folder, with the Oct 2016 beta versions of all of the first four episodes:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eueCDmOikIdTXxK_s6VDsWd3Z4QImZeu?usp=drive_link
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The moment has finally come - the Channel 1 podcast is HERE!
Today's broadcast is Episode 1 for ThemeThursday, January 5th, 2017. Today's Theme is title screen music on a program we’re calling “Press Start”.
Tracklist - Track#, Game, System, Composer, Timestamp:
01: Intro - 00:00
02: Sonic 3 - Genesis - Tomonori Sawada - 01:50
03: Double Dragon - NES - Kazunaka Yamane - 02:05
04: Metroid - FDS - Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka - 03:44
05: Crash Bandicoot - PS1 - Josh Mancell - 05:17
06: SpiderMan/X-Men - SNES - Tim and Geoff Follin - 06:51
07: Halo - Xbox - Martin O’Donnell - 07:48
08: Ballblazer - Atari 8-bit - Peter Langston and “Riffology” - 10:35
09: Doom 2016 - Multiplat - Mick Gordon - 12:59
10: Street Fighter 2 - Arcade - Yoko Shimomura - 15:20
11: SomerAssault - TG16 - Hidehito Aoki and Katsuyuki Inose - 15:46
12: Zelda II - FDS - Akito Nakatsuka - 18:29
13: LED Storm - ZX Spectrum - Tim Follin - 20:56
14: Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - 23:38
15: Mega Man 2 - NES - Takashi Tateishi - 25:05
16: Shovel Knight - Multi - Jake Kaufman - 26:48
17: Ocarina of Time - N64 - Koji Kondo - 27:40
18: Revenge of Shinobi - PC88 - Yuzo Koshiro - 30:03
19: Golden Axe - C64 - comp: You Takada / arr: Jeroen Tel - 30:22
20: Final Fantasy VII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - 33:05
21: Bonk’s Revenge - TG16 - Hirohiko Takayama - 35:52
22: Wolfchild - Amiga - Martin Iveson - 36:10
23: Kirby’s Dreamland - Gameboy - Jun Ishikawa - 39:47
24: X-Men - Arcade - Junya Nakano - 40:24
25: Mortal Kombat - Genesis - Matt Furniss - 40:59
26: Black Belt - Mastersystem - Katsuhiro Hayashi - 42:01
27: Xybots - Arcade - Hal Canon, Brad Fuller, and/or Earl Vickers - 42:11
28: Super Mario World - SNES - Koji Kondo - 42:31
29: Outro - 44:03
Music Block Runtime: 42:14, Total Episode Runtime: 50:31
Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio - Dreamcast - BB Rights
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Cheers!