[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E70B: ’The Best of 2022 – Hugues’ picks’”

Today’s broadcast is C1E70B for Wayback Wednesday, December 28th, 2022. Today’s episode (our final release of 2022) will be "The Best of 2022 – pt. 2: Hugues' Picks" 

 

01) Intro – 00:00:00 

 

02) Space Harrier Theme – N/A (JP Main System BIOS) - Master System [FM + PSG] - Hiyoshi Miyauchi – C1E62 – St. John – 00:01:46 

 

03) Stand Up Against Myself – Lightening Force – Genesis - Toshiaru Yamanishi, Takeish Yoshida, and/or Tomomi Ootani – C2E6 – St. John – 00:05:49 

 

04) Kyoto Japan – Tekken – PS1 - c: Yoshie Takayanagi, Yoshie Arakawa, and/or Kazuhiro Nakamura / a: Shinji Hosoe – C1E62 – St. John – 00:07:32 

 

05) Bonus Table 4 – Devil's Crush – TG16 – Toshiaki Sakoda – C2E6 – St. John – 00:10:06 

 

06) Fight vers. 1 – Grandia II – Dreamcast / PS2 – Noriyuki Iwadare – C2E6 – Hugues Johnson – 00:12:13 

 

07) Track 03 – Robo Aleste – Sega CD – Katsumi Tanaka and/or Satoshi Shimazaki – C2E10 – Hugues Johnson – 00:15:52 

 

08) Like a Wind – Revenge of Shinobi – Genesis – Yuzo Koshiro – C2E6 – Hugues Johnson – 00:19:07 

 

09) Ken's Theme – Street Figthter II – Arcade (CPS1) - Yoko Shimomura – C2E8 – Hugues Johnson – 00:21:07 

 

10) Midnight's Stage – Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side – Sega CD – Tristan des Prés - C2E6 – Hugues Johnson – 00:23:13 

 

11) Theme of Chester – Ys III – X68000 – Masaki Kawai – C2E6 – Hugues Johnson – 00:24:51 

 

12) Chrono Trigger – N/A (Volume 2) [originally Chrono Trigger] - N/A [originally SNES] - c: Yasunori Mitsuda / a: The OneUps – C1E63 – St. John – 00:27:31 

 

13) The Danger Zone – Wonder Boy – The Dragon's Trap – Multiplatform – c: Shinichi Sakamoto / a: Michael Geyre – C1E67 – St. John – 00:32:25 

 

14) Clothes Make the Man – Shakedown Hawaii – Multiplatform – Matt Creamer – C2E7 – Hugues Johnson – 00:24:58 

 

15) Heat Man – Mega Man 2 – NES – Takashi Tateishi – C1E64 – St. John – 00:36:34 

 

16) Mt. Fuji – Pomping World – PC Engine - c: Tamayo Kawamoto / a: Yoko Shimomura, Yasuaki Fujita, Buau, and/or Gibusu-Papa – C1E67 – Electric Boogaloo – 00:38:23 

 

17) Stage 1 – Chip Chan Kick – PCFX – Hitoshi sakimoto and/or Masaharu Iwata – C2E7 – St. John – 00:40:38 

 

18) Tiese Shopping District – Gurumin – Multiplatform – Hayato Sonoda – C2E7 – Hugues Johnson – 00:43:44 

 

19) Katamaritaino – N/A (Volume 1) [originally Katamari Damacy] - N/A [originally PS2] - c: Hideki Tobeta / a: The OneUps – C1E63 – St. John – 00:45:25 

 

20) Stage Theme 1 – Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle – NES – Hiroyuki Masuno – C1E62 – St. John – 00:50:05 

 

21) Roulette – Casino Kid – NES – Kenji Eno and/or Michiya Hirasawa – C2E9 – Hugues Johnson – 00:52:01 

 

22) Sky High – Daytona USA – Saturn – Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and/or David Leytze – C1E67 – Electric Boogaloo – 00:54:14 

 

23) Boss 3 – Legendary Axe – TG16 – Atsumi Chikuma and/or Toshiaki Takimoto – C1E68 – St. John – 00:58:49 

 

24) Wacky Workbench (past) - Sonic CD – Sega CD – Minoru Kanari and/or Makoto Oshitani – C2E10 – St. John – 01:00:38 

 

25) Sirena Beach – Super Mario Sunshine – GameCube / Switch - Kōji Kondō, and/or Shinobu Tanaka – C1E64 – St. John – 01:04:15 

 

26) Naja – Cosmic Carnage –32X – Hikoshi Hashimoto – C1E68 – St. John – 01:06:23 

 

27) Flight – Panzer Dragoon – Saturn – c: Yoshitaka Azuma / a: Tomoyuki Hayashi – C1E69 – 01:08:33 

 

28) Country Select – Jaguar XJ220 – Sega CD – Martin Iveson – C2E8 – Hugues Johnson – 01:12:13 

 

29) The Travel Agency – Final Fantasy X – PS2 – Masashi Hamauzu – C1E64 – St. John – 01:14:32 

 

30)  Dream Street – The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare – SNES – Mark Ganus, H. Kinsley Thurber, and/or Dean Morrell – C1E67 – St. John – 01:17:25 

 

31) Let's Go on an Adventure – Landstalker – Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi – C1E69 – St. John – 01:19:18 

 

32) Phantasy – Phantasy Star II – Genesis – Tokuhiko Uwabo – C1E62 – St. John – 01:20:53 

 

33) Cobbleston, Nestled in the Hills – Octopath Traveler – Multiplatform – Yasunori Nishiki – C1E69 – St. John – 01:23:29 

 

34) New Beginning pt. 1 – L.A. Noire – Multiplatform – Andrew and/or Simon Hale – C1E69 – St. John – 01:26:18 

 

35) This is your Story – Final Fantasy X – PS2 – Masashi Hamauzu – C1E69 – St. John – 01:27:18 

 

36) Sealed Temple – LoZ: Skyward Sword – Wii - Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yakota, Taeshi Hama, and/or Kōji Kondō - C1E69 – St. John – 01:29:31 

 

37) Bell~Air – 3D Museum – LaserActive – Haruomi Hosono – C1E61 – St. John – 01:32:10 

 

38) Swamp – LoZ: Majora's Mask – N64 - Kōji Kondō and/or Toru Minegishi – C1E68 – St. John – 01:33:41 

 

39) Ridley's Lair – Metroid –NES – Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka – C1E68 – St. John – 01:36:32 

 

40) Cabin – Friday the 13th - NES – Hirohiko Takayama – C1E68 – St. John – 01:38:24 

 

41) Crystal Valley – Zwei 2 – PC – Hayato Sonoda and/or Takahiro Unisuga – C2E8 – St. John – 01:39:53 

 

42) Meribia – Lunar: The Silver Star – Sega CD – Noriyuki Iwadare – C2E10 – Hugues Johnson – 01:42:32 

 

43) The Cursed Oasis – Sorcerian – PC88 – Yuzo Koshiro – C2E9 – Hugues Johnson – 01:43:46 

 

44) The Oath – Final Fantasy VIII – PS1 – Nobuo Uematsu – C2E8 – Hugues Johnson – 01:46:07 

 

45) Mii Channel – N/A (Volume 2) [originally Mii Channel] - N/A [originally Wii] - c: Kazumi Totaka / a: The OneUps – C1E63 – St. John – 01:49:21 

 

46) Dune Variation – Dune – PC [AdLib] - Stephane Picq – C2E9 – St. John – 01:51:41 

 

47) Message from Nightopia – NiGHTS into Dreams – Multiplatform – Naofumi Hataya – C2E7 – St. John – 01:54:38 

 

48) Aquatic Ambience – Donkey Kong Country – SNES – David Wise and/or Evelyn Fisher – C1E62 – St. John – 01:57:20 

 

49) Esto Gaza – Final Fantasy IX – PS1 – Nobuo Uematsu – C2E8 – St. John – 02:00:31 

 

50) Globe at Night – Wii Forecast Channel – Wii – Kazumi Totaka – C1E69 – St. John – 02:04:08 

 

51) Son Bionocle – 3D Museum – LaserActive – Miharu Koshi – C1E61 – St. Jon – 02:06:54 

 

52) Outro – 02:08:11 

 

Music Block Runtime: 02:06:34, Total Episode Runtime: 02:11:01 

 

Our Intro and Outro music are both from Popful Mail on the Sega CD, composed by Mieko Ishikawa and/or Atsushi Shirakawa and arranged by Hirofumi Matsuoka. Our intro music is "Opening" and our outro music is "Ending" (aka "Somebody Loves You") 

 

"Division of Labor" 

 

Music Selection: Hugues 

Track Order: Hugues 

Music Block Production: St. John (according to Hugues' specifications) 

Intro and Outro Production: Hugues 

Final Episode Production: Hugues 

Show Notes and Timestamps: St. John 

Episode Upload: St. John 

 

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Thanks for listening! Join us again in January (Date TBD) for C1E71 (Channel 1, Episode 71): Title TBD [looking at life on NNR before the launch of the podcast]- Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds"! And wherever you are - Fly the N! 

 

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