"Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E47b: The Little Engine that Could”

Today’s broadcast is  C1E47b for Theme Thursday, September 19th, 2019. Today is part 2 of 3 in our first ever mini-series. The theme of our miniseries is music from the Turbografx16 / PC Engine - co-created with Bryce Dumond of the TG16 Game by Game podcast, "Turbotastic". Today's installment is called "The Little Engine that Could."

 

Legend:

 

(BC) = Bryce's Picks – CD Audio

(BH) = Bryce's Picks – HuC6280

(JC) = John's Picks – CD Audio

(JH) = John's Picks – HuC6280

 

 

01 - Intro - 00:00:00

02 - (BH) Salamander – Power of Anger - Miki Higashino, Yoshiaki Hatano, and/or Kazuki Muraoka - 00:03:05

03 - (JH) Energy – Opening - Koji Hayama - 00:04:33

04 - (JH) Moto Roader – Shout in the Dark - Koji Hayama - 00:07:29

05 - (JH) Blood Gear – Ruined Base - Shinichi Sakamoto, and/or Jin W. - 00:09:46

06 - (JC) Ai Chou Aniki – Stage 3-3 - Iwasaki Taku - 00:12:21

07 - (JC) Strider Hiryuu – Third Moon Depths  - c: Junko Tamiya / a: KM Brothers - 00:15:40

08 - (JC) Dungeon Explorer 2 – Ancient Ruins of Hyvoris - Masaaki Inoue, Akihiro Honma - 00:18:07

09 - (BH) Ys 1 & 2 – Fountain of Love - c: Yuzo Koshiro / a: Mieko Ishikawa - 00:20:09

10 - (JH) Cyber Dodge – Garden - Einosuke Nagao - 00:21:30

11 - (JH) Cratermaze – Evil Dante - Jun Chikuma, Keita Hoshi, Toshiaki Takimoto, Masaru Takahashi, and/or Takayuki Iwabuchi - 00:24:05

12 - (JH) JJ & Jeff – Field 3 - Takeaki Kunimoto - 00:26:19

13 - (JH) City Hunter – Gone with the Beauty - Tatsumi Yano - 00:28:59

14 - (JH) Cross Wiber – Chapter 2 - Hiroto Saito - 00:31:52

15 - (BH) Afterburner II – Maximum Power - Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and/or Shigeharu Isoda - 00:34:42

16 - (BC) Ys 1 & 2 – To Make the End of Battle - c: Yuzo Koshiro / a: Mieko Ishikawa - 00:35:31

17 - (BC) Lords of Thunder – Boss 2 - Satoshi Miyashita - 00:37:24

18 - (BC) Ys 1 & 2 – Final Battle - c: Yuzo Koshiro / a: Mieko Ishikawa - 00:40:19

19 - (JC) Cotton – Boss 3 - Kenichi Hirata - 00:41:52

20 - (BH) Legendary Axe – Level 5 - Atsumi Chikuma and/or Toshiaki Takimoto - 00:44:53

21 - (JH) Military Madness – Player's Victory - Jun Chikuma and/or Toshiaki Takimoto - 00:47:34

22 - (JC) Ai Chou Aniki – Stage 2-1 - Iwasaki Taku - 00:50:08

23 - (JH) 1552 Tenka Dairan – Fine Day - Masao Asakawa - 00:52:30

24 - (JH) Doukyusuei – Miho Suzuki's Theme - Manabu Kunieda, Noriuki Iwadare, and/or Isao Mizoguchi - 00:55:24

25 - (JH) Kuusou Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy – Marseille City - Kouhei Tanaka, and/or Kazuhio Sawada - 00:57:32

26 - (JH) Bomberman 93 – Map - Jun Chikuma and/or Keita Hoshi - 01:00:54

27 - (JH) Neutopia II – Cave 3 - Toshiaki Takamoto - 01:02:26

28 - (BH) Legendary Axe - Level 2 - Atsumi Chikuma and/or Toshiaki Takimoto - 01:04:48

29 - (JC) Shadow of the Beast – In Dark Passages  - c: David Whittaker / a: Unknown - 01:06:50

30 - (BC) Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - Vampire Killer - Mikio Saitou, Akiropito, Kinuyo Yamashita, and/or Satoe Terashima - 01:13:18

31 - (BC) Castlevania: Rondo of Blood – Beginning - Mikio Saitou, Akiropito, Kinuyo Yamashita, and/or Satoe Terashima -  01:14:59

32 - (JC) Legend of Xanadu – The Successor - Mieko Ishikawa, Atsushi Shirakawa, Naoki Kaneda, Takahiro Tsunashima, Masaru Nakajima, and/or Hirofumi Matsuoka - 01:17:22

33 - (JC) Ai Chou Aniki – Stage 2-2 - Iwasaki Taku - 01:19:45

34 - (JC) Dungeon Explorer 2 – Outside Ref, the Pyramid of Ice - Masaaki Inoue, Akihiro Honma - 01:22:32

35 - (JH) Tengai Makyou: Fuun Kabuki Den – Parting Theme - Kohei Tanaka, Keiti Hoshi - 01:24:36

36 - (JH) Yawara! – Title - Mori Hideaki - 01:27:17

37 - (JH) Sekigahara – Music 3 - Koji Hayama - 01:29:47

38 - (JH) Bonk's Revenge – Ice Land - Hirohiko Takayama - 01:34:39

39 - (BH) Bonk's Adventure – Title - Tsukasa Masuko and/or Hirohiko Takayama - 01:36:33

40 - (JH) Shinobi – Level Theme 1 - c: Yasuhiro Kawakami / a: Unknown - 01:38:22

41 - (JC) Gain Ground SX – Europe in the Midde Ages - c: You Takada and/or Katsuhiro Hayashi / a: Unknown - 01:40:04

42 - Outro - 01:44:17

 

Music Block Runtime: 01:41:20, Total Episode Runtime: 01:56:45

 

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 "Pidge".

 

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