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Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Today's Broadcast is the entire collection of every single track featured on Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 during Calendar 2023 (Season 3).
All the conversation and dialog have been scrapped, so these are music-only. 5 little mini-blocks, kinda like 5 little "mini Ch 1s with no intros or outros", all shared back to back....to back, to back, to back. C2R3 (our best of year in review episode - as in "Channel 2 Retrospective 3") is coming very soon, and today's MEGA MIX collection is meant to induce a little excitement for that! Do you think you can suss out which tracks will be chosen by each host? C2R3 will feature four tracks from each episode (one track of each host....by each host - a la HH HJ JH JJ) plus one "wildcard" track apiece - which are used as the episode bookends.
NOTE 1: The tracks will be presented here in the same order in which they appeared in the original episodes, which in the case of C2E11, C2E12, C2E14, and C2E15 should all flow pretty naturally, as we do strive for at least some solid flow in the track ordering. However, since C2E13 is a focus on composers and follows the composer flow instead of the musical flow, that portion of today's journey may seem more haphazard and all over the place as a result. :-)
NOTE 2: With the lone exception of C2E13, Hugues and I take perfect turns sharing tracks on the episodes, as in, like JHJHJHJ or HJHJHJHJ. But with C2E13, we were taking turns by composer, rather than by track, and we'd each pick a track from each composer, resulting in a turn order that looks more like JHHJJHHJJHHJJH. If you're interested in following along with who picked what as you listen, you're probably better served to follow the track notes for C2E13. With the others, you just have to know who's going first, but C2E13 is more complex, and would require more attention.
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Episode: C2E11 - "It's SPACETIME"
Originally released: 03/03/2023
Episode Theme: Space Music
Episode Theme by: St. John
Episode Title by: St. John
Opening Track: St. John
Closing Track: Hugues
Episode Link: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL25lcmRub2lzZXJhZGlvL2ZlZWQueG1s/episode/bmVyZG5vaXNlcmFkaW8ucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vNmE2MmZjZjctYjAyMS0zZGM4LTgzY2ItMTc1ODcwMzQxMzli?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjojaS965aDAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
Episode Timestamps: 00:00:00 - 00:42:20
Tracklist
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp
01) Snow on the Moon - Fantavision (NA) - PS2 - Ashif Hakik - St. John - 00:00:00
02) Moon’s Surface - Dig Dug Arrangement - Multiplatform - c: Yuriko Keino / a: Unknown - Hugues - 00:04:55
03) Terran Theme 3 - Starcraft - PC - Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Derek Duke, Big Tuna, and/or Tracy W. Bush - St. John - 00:06:57
04) Track 4 - Alien 3 - Game Gear - Matt Furniss - Hugues - 00:11:12
05) Track 3 - Colony Wars - PS1 - Tim Wright (aka CoLD SToRAGE) - St. John - 00:15:58
06) The Moon - Duck Tales Remastered - Multiplatform - c: Hiroshige Tonomura / a: Jake Kaufman - Hugues - 00:19:34
07) The Sun Station - The Outer Wilds - Multiplatform - Andrew Prahlow - St. John - 00:22:18
08) Asteroid Core - The Dig - PC - Michael Z. Land - Hugues - 00:24:44
09) Spatial Lullaby - Stellaris - Multiplatform - Gustav Landerholm - St. John - 00:28:38
10) Eline’s Theme - JESUS: Kyoufu no Bio Monster - Famicom - Koichi Sugiyama - Hugues - 00:32:36
11) Space BGM 5 - No Man’s Sky - Multiplatform - 65daysofstatic, Earcom, and/or Paul Weir - St. John - 00:34:17
12) Outer Rings - Kirby’s Epic Yarn - Wii / 3DS - Tomoya Tomita - Hugues - 00:35:02
13) Space - Yoshi’s Crafted World - Switch - Kazufumi Umeda - St. John - 00:36:50
14) Rounds 1, 9 - Space Invaders ‘91 - Mega Drive - Noriyuki Iwadare - Hugues - 00:39:44
Episode: C2E12 - "House Music"
Originally released: 04/27/2023
Episode Theme: Music from Houses and Towns and Inns and Shops etc
Episode Theme by: Hugues
Episode Title by: Hugues
Opening Track: Hugues
Closing Track: St. John
Episode Link: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL25lcmRub2lzZXJhZGlvL2ZlZWQueG1s/episode/bmVyZG5vaXNlcmFkaW8ucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vNjcxYjljNjctNDkyMS0zYzJiLThhZjQtMTdlMjU5NTNiMDlh?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjojaS965aDAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
Episode Timestamps: 00:42:22 - 01:18:41
Tracklist
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp
01) Training - Luigi’s Mansion - GameCube - Kazumi Totaka, and/or Shinobu Tanaka - 00:42:22
02) Itchy and Scratchy - The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare - Genesis - Dean Morrell, Mark Ganus and/or H. Kinsley Thurber - St. John - 00:44:43
03) The Ominous Mansion - Crisis Core: FFVII - Multiplatform - Takeharu Ishimoto - Hugues - 00:46:21
04) Alone in the Town - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka - St. John - 00:49:29
05) A Quiet Moment - Ys III - TG16 - c: Mieko Ishikawa (Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.) / a: Keita Hoshi - Hugues - 00:51:43
06) Statts - Sword of Vermilion - Genesis - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - St. John - 00:53:43
07) Shenhua’s House (Day) - Shenmue II - Dreamcast / XBox - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Yuzo Koshiro, Ryuji Iuchi, Takeshi Yanagawa, Satoshi Miyashita, Koji Sakurai, Masataka Nitta, Shinji Otsuka, Fumio Ito, Megumi Takano, Osamu Murata, and/or Shinichi Goto - Hugues - 00:55:50
08) Build Mode 4 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John - 00:59:16
09) My Quiet Forest Home - Octopath Traveller - Multiplatform - Yasunori Nishiki - Hugues - 01:02:51
10) Hometown - Last Bible III - Super Famicom - Hiroyuki Yanada - St. John - 01:05:56
11) Dezolis Town 2 - Phantasy Star IV - Genesis - Izuho Numata, and/or Masaki Nakagaki - Hugues - 01:08:43
12) House Theme - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - WiiU / Switch - c: Koji Kondo / a: Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai - St. John - 01:10:22
13) Agitha’s Castle - LoZ: Twilight Princess - GameCube / Wii / WiiU - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, and/or Koji Kondo - Hugues - 01:13:26
14) Town #2 - RPG Maker VX Ace - PC - Unknown - St. John - 01:15:28
Episode: C2E13 - "Songs of the Unsung" [our "Masters of VGM" episode - www.mastersofvgm.com]]
Originally released: 07/06/2023
Episode Theme: Music by unsung and undersung composers
Episode Theme by: St. John
Episode Title by: St. John
Opening Track: St. John
Closing Track: Hugues
Episode Link: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL25lcmRub2lzZXJhZGlvL2ZlZWQueG1s/episode/bmVyZG5vaXNlcmFkaW8ucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vNjA5MDlkMTYtNzlkNy0zMzkxLTlhYWMtYmYyZmZjMDBiMjcw?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjojaS965aDAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
Episode Timestamps: 01:18:42 - 02:05:53
Tracklist
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp
01) John’s 1st composer (of 4): C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld)
John’s Track: Dreiton - Minecraft - Multiplatform - 01:18:42
Hugues’ Track: Enforcer Brittanica - Catacomb Snatch - PC - 01:26:33
02) Hugues’ 1st composer: Takahiko Abe
Hugues’ Track: Templ del Sol - Asuteka II - PC88 - 01:30:12
John’s Track: Machi - Susanoou Densetsu - PC Engine - 01:32:17
03) John’s 2nd composer: Soichi Terada
John’s Track: Subspace 2 - Fantavision 202X - PC - 01:33:52
Hugues’ Track: TV Tower - Ape Escape on the Loose - PSP - 01:37:01
04) Hugues’ 2nd composer: Katsumi Tanaka
Hugues’ Track: Memories of Puyo Puyo - Puyo Puyo CD - PC Engine - 01:40:37
John’s Track: Black Hole Anomalies - Space Megaforce - SNES - 01:42:44
05) John’s 3rd composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto
John’s Track: Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - 01:45:01
Hugues’ Track: Halftime - Pat Riley Basketball - Genesis - 01:46:54
06) Hugues’ 3rd composer: Toshio Murai
Hugues’ Track: Office Theme - Wall Street Kid - NES - 01:47:19
John’s Track: Stage 6 - Cyber Core - PC Engine - 01:49:00
07) John’s 4th composer: Joris de Man
John’s Track: Eternal Conceit - Horizon Forbidden West - PS4 / PS5 - 01:50:29
Hugues’ Track: Violet’s Theme - Black Belt Challenge - GBA - 01:54:55
08) Hugues’ 4th composer: Yoshihiko Miyazaki
Hugues’ Track: Search Break - JB Harold Murder Club - PC88 - 01:56:53
John’s Track: Dream of the Murder - Manhattan Requium - LaserActive - 01:58:51
09) BONUS: “Unknown composers”!!!
John’s Track: Login Screen - N/A (System Music) - PS5 - 02:01:11
Hugues’ Track: Track 5 - Hyper Catalog - PC Engine - 02:03:46
Episode: C2E14 - "Escape Artists"
Originally released: 10/12/2023
Episode Theme: Music from Escape Sequences
Episode Theme by: Hugues
Episode Title by: Hugues
Opening Track: Hugues
Closing Track: St. John
Episode Link: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL25lcmRub2lzZXJhZGlvL2ZlZWQueG1s/episode/bmVyZG5vaXNlcmFkaW8ucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vODRlOWI3M2ItMWRhZC0zMzI2LTkwOWUtZDNhODZjNTMxZWJh?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjojaS965aDAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
Episode Timestamps: 02:05:55 - 02:42:21
Tracklist
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp
01) The Last Dungeon - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System - Shinichi Sakamoto - Hugues - 02:05:55
02) Act 2 Part 1 - Ninja Gaiden - NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa - St. John - 02:07:36
03) Dance with Traps - Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - PS4/PC/Switch - Hayato Sonoda - Hugues - 02:09:39
04) Police Precinct - Streets of Rage 4 - Multiplatform - Olivier Deriviere - St. John - 02:11:52
05) Distrust - Danganronpa - Multiplatform - Masafumi Takada - Hugues - 02:14:24
06) The Heist (Arasaka Octant Theme) - Cyberpunk 2077 - Multiplatform - Marcin Przybyłowicz, P. T. Adamczyk, and/or Paul Leonard-Morgan - St. John - 02:17:33
07) Walking in Derceto - Alone in the Dark - PC - Phillipe Vachey - Hugues - 02:21:47
08) 4000 Degrees Kelvin - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Bailey and/or Mike Morasky - St. John - 02:23:49
09) Recollection - 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors - DS - Shinji Hosoe - Hugues - 02:24:47
[TRIGGER WARNING for the sensory-sensitive: Track 10 begins with about 10 seconds of harsh noise]
10) Sentinel Core Escape - X-Men 2: The Clone Wars - Genesis - Kurt Harland, Mark Miller and/or Nu Romantic Productions - St. John - 02:28:37
11) The Tower - Wolfenstein 3D - Jaguar - Bobby Prince - Hugues - 02:32:02
12) Escape - Metroid - NES - Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka - St. John - 02:35:05
13) Ending C - Innsmouth no Yakata - Virtual Boy - Yoshiyuki Ishii and/or Dota Ando - Hugues - 02:37:19
14) Airport Counter - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch - Kazumi Totaka, Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John - 02:39:05
Total Episode Runtime: 00:36:26
Episode: C2E15 - "Animal Planet"
Originally released: 11/23/2023
Episode Theme: Music from games with Animal Protagonists
Episode Theme by: St. John
Episode Title by: St. John
Opening Track: St. John
Closing Track: Hugues
Episode Link: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL25lcmRub2lzZXJhZGlvL2ZlZWQueG1s/episode/bmVyZG5vaXNlcmFkaW8ucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vYTMxOTIwMjctMjRjMy0zOTU0LWE2MzYtYWU3MTAxZjUyYjA1?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjojaS965aDAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ
Episode Timestamps: 02:42:23 - 03:16:08
Tracklist
Track# - Track - Game - System - Composer(s) - Selected By - Timestamp
01) Spring Yard Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John - 02:42:33
02) Carnival of the Penguins - Thin Ice - Intellivision - George Sanger - Hugues - 02:44:25
03) Woody Land 1 & 2 - Mr. Nutz - Genesis - Matt Furniss - St. John - 02:45:27
04) Gator Alley - Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool - Kaneko Sound Team - Hugues - 02:49:25
05) Industrius - Jazz Jackrabbit - Amiga - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - St. John - 02:52:47
06) Cell - Bucky O'Hare - NES - Tomoko Sumiyama - Hugues - 02:56:38
07) Zoness - Star Fox 64 - N64 - Kōji Kondō and/or Hajime Wakai - St. John - 02:58:51
08) Levels 3 & 20 - Lemmings - Master System - c) Brian Johnston, Tony Williams, and/or Tim Wright / a: Matt Furniss - Hugues - 03:01:07
09) Hanging Waters - Ecco: Defender of the Future - Dreamcast - Tim Follin - St. John - 03:02:44
10) Track 7 - Splash Lake - PC Engine - T's Music - Hugues - 03:05:11
11) Fishing for Seema - Tsuri Tarou - Super Famicom - Katsuhiro Hayashi - St. John - 03:07:02
12) Windmill Hills - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Wii U / Switch - David Wise - Hugues - 03:09:08
13) Stage 5-3: The Magic Box - World of Illusion - Genesis - Haruyo Oguro and/or Tomoko Sasaki - St. John - 03:13:15
14) Level 4 / Ending - T&C Surf Design II - NES - Paul Webb Hugues - 03:14:51
Total Episode Runtime: 03:16:08
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/
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Today’s “F-isode” is a look at the fabulous chip-tribute Album, “Time and Place”, written by Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - on a program we’re calling “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - recorded on-location at the Iowa State University campus radio studio!
Tracklist
01) Blimp
- Earcatcher - 00:00:00
- Music - 00:00:21
- Introduction - 00:02:00
- Discussion - 00:06:50
02) Clear Sky
- Music - 00:09:43
- Discussion - 00:11:54
03) Sand Castle
- Music - 00:16:06
- Discussion - 00:18:40
04) Odyssey
- Music - 00:24:49
- Discussion - 00:26:40
05) Wrath
- Music - 00:30:03
- Discussion - 00:32:09
06) Magma
- Music - 00:38:52
- Discussion - 00:40:59
07) Valor
- Music - 00:44:38
- Discussion - 00:48:24
08) Pixels
- Music - 00:58:52
- Discussion - 01:00:40
09) Puddle
- Music - 01:06:49
- Discussion - 01:09:39
10) Waiting…
- Music - 01:12:34
- Discussion - 01:14:10
11) Clouds
- Music - 01:22:40
- Discussion - 01:25:01
12) Icicle
- Music - 01:31:24
- Discussion - 01:34:19
13) Orbit
- Music - 01:40:14
- Discussion - 01:42:46
14) Party Hat
- Music - 01:47:03
- Discussion - 01:48:50
15) Below
- Music - 01:53:52
- Discussion - 01:56:03
16) Searching…
- Music - 02:01:23
- Discussion - 02:04:12
17) Credits
- Music - 02:07:45
- Discussion - 02:12:33
- Our other projects - 02:21:55
- Outro [track[ Discussion - 02:23:23
- Sign-off - 02:28:17
18) Outro (Co-written by Noah Moore)
- Music - 02:28:43
- Outtakes - 02:29:28
Total Episode Runtime: 02:52:11
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Noah Moore.
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PRODUCER’S NOTES:
1) the background music during the talking portions were “baked into the recording” and for whatever reason, the left channel was completely missing. I mixed it down to mono for the episode so that it would at least come out of both speakers (and would be louder in the mix), but half the track info is still missing. I typically do not produce episodes this way, but this is what I had to work with in the studio context, and was unable to do anything else about it in post.
2) Usually, each voice is recorded separately so that I can adjust levels and apply compression etc to each element individually. In the case of this recording, all three voices, as well as the background music were all on just one track, so I could not adjust individual components individually. And in addition to the problems mentioned above with the background music, St. John’s mic was hotter than Adam’s and Elijah’s since I was sitting closer to the mic than they were. I was able to mostly correct for this in post by applying more compression / limiter / amplify passes than are usually required. I think the final results on this point are actually pretty reasonably good, and this actually had the latent benefit of only further raising the volume on the BGM as well - which had been too quiet originally.
3) This part SUPER excites me! The ISU radio studio used Electro-Voice RE20 mics, where St. John typically records using a Shure SM7B. These two mics are within $50 in price of each other, and are collectively the #1 and #2 most commonly used mics in professional radio and professional podcasting contexts. I had always wondered and worried whether or not I made the right choice going SM7B instead of RE20, and how my voice would sound on the RE20 instead. This experience gave me the opportunity to find out, and I think the RE20 sounds fantastic! The jury’s still out for me on which one I actually sound BETTER on, though, because I think the SM7B sounds pretty amazing as well. So any gearheads listening to this episode and reading these notes, please listen to either C2E13, C2E14, or C2E15 to serve as a comparative to this RE20-propelled episode and let me know which sound you prefer. It seems so far to be VERY dependent upon which set of headphones / speakers on which I'm listening to them. So I could -REALLY- use some second and third opinions etc. The SM7B recordings are brighter and more “natural” sounding (since I have the SM7B’s “presence boost” feature enabled - a feature which the RE20 lacks), where the RE20 recording is warmer, rounder, deeper, and has more of that great “rrraadiiiooo” sound that I’ve actually been chasing after this entire time. The drawbacks are that the SM7B can sound a little thin and reedy, while the RE20 can sound a little muddy and boomy. I had talked about it depending on the speaker source. On some, the SM7B sounds thin and reedy while the RE20 sounds amazing, and on others, the RE20 sounds boomy and muddy while the SM7B sounds great! So, give em both a listen, and lemme know. I’m -VERY- tempted to buy an RE20 now after this experience, but if the consensus prefers me on the $400 SM7B which I already own, then perhaps that saves me the $450! You know, perhaps I'll just buy the RE20 anyway and try recording on both at the same time in the hopes of getting a best of both when I blend them in post.
4) Unlike with typical NNR episodes, track extensions do not loop smoothly, but “hard end and hard begin” to preserve how they appear on the album. It’s a clunkier-sounding experience this way, but it was done to preserve the album content.
5) In the case of most of these tracks, I was able to sync the imposed high-quality audio files from the non-speaking portions to the BGM handoff points in the speaking portions. However, there were a handful that were near-misses. I hid these as best as I could, and doubt it’ll create any listening difficulties, but I did want to acknowledge them. :-)
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Links to Adam’s and Elijah’s works:
Adam Frazier’s YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNNkqyHP4wS4FRcwkqN8SXA
Time and Place Album (playlist):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mhsNxGzAuuV15_8cc_gU9WlzZgHJrZGoc&si=by5lcVDrknk2FV0d
Spotlight ISU (Elijah’s Podcast):
YouTube (with Video): https://www.youtube.com/@spotlightisu8022
Spotify (Audio-Only): https://open.spotify.com/show/4eEa7zaNA1YHhmUNxzo4fw?si=ec4bef01e95445cd
Spotlight Episode 77 - featuring St. John of Nerd Noise Radio*
Spotify (Audio-only):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EDF0u5Q9LRF5pCMNqrYjN?si=0cn3oX_2RtGKuOJirGtg7A
YouTube (Audio AND Video):
https://youtu.be/9Xbcvqn4fDM?si=4aD4lKBJcG1vH-mU
* = the Spotlight episode and the Nerd Noise Radio Episode were recorded on the same day, in the same place. And in fact, the amount of real-time that passed between the moment we hit stop on his recording and start on mine was only 10 minutes. Also, St. John note: the experience of being a guest and then a host back to back in such a short span was such a profound mental shift that I actually felt it a little physically! Literally!
The Moore Brothers YouTube Channel (Elijah and Noah):
https://www.youtube.com/@themoorebrothers5409
Remembering Noah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F4_Z_cbpJw
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St. John’s upcoming “Oddie HD” can be found all these places (even if as of this writing, the only one that’s active at all is Threads!)
YouTube (have literally done nothing with this as of this writing):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5y_HMgokZFQxspXjoOI8A
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/oddie.hd?mibextid=ZbWKwL
X (the artist formerly known as Twitter):
https://x.com/OddieHD?t=9_YPjcxnoqdeQUjpTEB8Kw&s=09
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/oddiehd?igshid=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg==
Threads:
https://www.threads.net/@oddiehd
Mastodon:
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Today’s broadcast is C2E15, for Theme Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 - Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! But whether you have a certain animal roasting in the oven or not, here are some great animal tunes and talk to keep you company!
Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by which host
01) Spring Yard Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John
- Earcatcher - 00:00:00
- Music - 00:00:06
- Introduction - 00:02:13
- Top of the Show Business - 00:06:36
- An Update on St. John’s Autism / ADHD (AuDHD) Journey - 00:11:39
- Now Introducing: “Oddie HD” - 00:14:17
- More AuDHD content shout-outs: 00:15:30
- Opening Track Discussion - 00:18:44
02) Carnival of the Penguins - Thin Ice - Intellivision - George Sanger - Hugues
- Music - 00:24:22
- Discussion - 00:25:12
03) Woody Land 1 & 2 - Mr. Nutz - Genesis - Matt Furniss - St. John
- Music - 00:32:17
- Discussion - 00:36:20
04) Gator Alley - Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool - Kaneko Sound Team - Hugues
- Music - 00:40:05
- Discussion - 00:43:28
- BONUS: The Origin story of the “St. John” pseudonym - 00:46:30
05) Industrius - Jazz Jackrabbit - Amiga - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - St. John
- Music - 00:49:37
- Discussion - 00:53:23
06) Cell - Bucky O'Hare - NES - Tomoko Sumiyama - Hugues
- Music - 00:58:45
- Discussion - 01:00:21
07) Zoness - Star Fox 64 - N64 - Kōji Kondō and/or Hajime Wakai - St. John
- Music - 01:05:13
- Discussion - 01:07:32
08) Levels 3 & 20 - Lemmings - Master System - c) Brian Johnston, Tony Williams, and/or Tim Wright / a: Matt Furniss - Hugues
- Music - 01:15:37
- Discussion - 01:17:18
09) Hanging Waters - Ecco: Defender of the Future - Dreamcast - Tim Follin - St. John
- Music - 01:21:56
- Discussion - 01:26:37
10) Track 7 - Splash Lake - PC Engine - T's Music - Hugues
- Music - 01:29:52
- Discussion - 01:31:43
11) Fishing for Seema - Tsuri Tarou - Super Famicom - Katsuhiro Hayashi - St. John
- Music - 01:36:34
- Discussion - 01:38:48
12) Windmill Hills - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Wii U / Switch - David Wise - Hugues
- Music - 01:44:17
- Discussion - 01:46:26
13) Stage 5-3: The Magic Box - World of Illusion - Genesis - Haruyo Oguro and/or Tomoko Sasaki - St. John
- Music - 01:53:34
- Discussion - 01:55:14
- Mini-Update on my Linux Saga - 02:04:08
- End of Show Business - 02:05:48
- Our other shows - 02:06:14
- Final Track discussion - 02:10:18
- Sign-off - 02:13:53
14) Level 4 / Ending - T&C Surf Design II - NES - Paul Webb Hugues
- Music - 02:14:05
- Outtakes - 02:15:20
Total Episode Runtime: 02:20:43
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:
St. John’s “Condition Tree” (shut up, it’s GREAT handwriting!!!) 😃
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vzWwQPKUQzgHn5CB6
Links to Autism tests - again, DO NOT take these test results as a SUBSTITUTE for a formal diagnosis by a trained professional. On the other hand, these tests are VERY reliable, so if they do indicate you have autism, you very likely do. Therefore, the advice of St. John is to take the tests, and then take those results and find a professional with whom you can show and discuss them:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17a6jSemcC5LO_HDqjB8iGHQcsJCMmr-1/view?usp=drive_link
Links to Autism / ADHD / AuDHD YouTube videos mentioned in this episode.
Proudly Autistic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIRHGRQ0JiE
Beardo Bloggins - https://youtu.be/JzXhX38V-ZU?si=mHTIwyAK7vqQ7rB9
Savannah Brown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlrHxn6xcA
Not Your Average Zebra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EHlKi4V_f0
Kaelynnism - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CZMD8jMDpoA
Illymation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Vy2BPmMS4
Links to Autism / ADHD / AuDHD YouTube videos mentioned in the previous episode
Yo Samdy Sam - https://youtu.be/pMx1DnSn-eg?si=XeI2sqZ0rmtMoXqa
https://youtu.be/5jD4iU2_v4k?si=H6_uoWEH6M3xmYB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgxHpHIrGNY
DSA Threads Costuming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKBlc_R3IA
Mat Ricardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nI-GZjbJ3M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ValDCBdCbUg
Mom on the Spectrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E_V7cGteuo
Foster on the Spectrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDHylYeQDo
Orion Kelly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttacXR3FRWw
Purple Ella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWv9gjPiy4
Autism From the Inside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNgLrPkp2y4
I am Mindblind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xa02TT-k-w
The Thought Spot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSjyB8csrE
Molly's ADHD Mayhem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GELgAsUI8ds
Hayley Honeyman - https://youtube.com/shorts/pDhdTOibsw0?si=3e2DRh3nc6s27fRp
I'm Autistic, Now What - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vcMWB7fuQ
How to ADHD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-wCP4tjrg
Olivia Lufallah - https://youtube.com/shorts/kzL3mUFcAIw?si=p7JI8TxcSoacRQOu
Ways to find Oddie HD:
YouTube (have literally done nothing with this as of this writing):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5y_HMgokZFQxspXjoOI8A
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/oddie.hd?mibextid=ZbWKwL
X (the artist formerly known as Twitter):
https://x.com/OddieHD?t=9_YPjcxnoqdeQUjpTEB8Kw&s=09
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/oddiehd?igshid=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg==
Threads:
https://www.threads.net/@oddiehd
Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@oddiehd
Hugues’ Splash Lake Article:
https://huguesjohnson.com/guides/splash-lake/
Link to AI Art Photo Albums:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AnKbD1NPUuxezxBE7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ztPaYr2tnY3C8xbh7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/iWges99Q5TsUvaqQA
Link to Lemmings Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wilderness_(film)
Link to C1E35: The Floppy Show (forgive the production quality - which was much worse in 2018. But production quality value aside, this is still a really great collection of music - all from computer games! Also the Ch 1 intros were much more anemic back then, and wouldn’t improve until January 2022 - C1E61! But it’s still a close enough approximation to today’s Channel 1 episodes that if you’re new to Ch 1, it’ll still give you a very good idea of what the show is all about):
Comparing KDE and Gnome:
KDE: Think “Super-powered Windows 7” - also, insanely customizable, but still feels kinda “old” to use - like you’d expect from a “super powered Windows 7”. Also feels “heavier”, despite the fact that it is just the opposite. By default more flat and angular.
Gnome: Think “Parallel Universe macOS” - a lot less customizable (though still a bit more customizable than Windows or Mac), but very sleek and modern, and behaves like a thoroughly modern OS - like you’d expect from a “parallel universe macOS”. Feels “lighter” even though it’s not. By default, softer and more rounded.
Generic Examples of “Vanilla” Gnome 45 vs KDE 5.27 (Stock Photos)
Gnome: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9VKk2Bt4aQ2JZomB9
KDE: https://photos.app.goo.gl/3iYfHDvXrTsVP4NDA
Steam Deck Desktop Mode (KDE) - the default “Out of the Box” look (stock photo):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JM2bbRZ6kRwFT2HRA
Screen grab of KDE as it exists on St. John’s Steam Deck (Heavily customized!) - Steam OS 3:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dDULyMzmgU5JM2jT7
Screen grab of Gnome as it exists on St. John’s main laptop (Essentially Vanilla!) - Fedora 39:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/18DPuvbnk4PHjmJT6
Screen grab of Gnome as it exists on St. John’s gaming PC [“the big rig”] (Somewhat customized!) - Garuda Linux:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/j5zXUTp6BrmEg1qG8
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 [DATE TBD] for “A Time and Place for ‘Time and Place’” - a Channel F with Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore on-location at the ISU campus, and then be on the lookout for our best of year-in-review channel 1 and 2 episodes. And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
In light of the recent turn of events involving Spotify, and its impact to Nerd Noise Radio in particular, the VGM podcast scene more broadly, and even music podcasts of all types, I wanted to get a special announcement up right away about what's going on, and how Nerd Noise Radio is responding. This announcement is most directly applicable to our Spotify listeners, but applicable more broadly to all listeners of Nerd Noise Radio, and even to non-listeners in the VGM podcast scene - particularly to our fellow podcasters, be they NNR listeners or not.
-St. John
![[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E80: ’The Remix Episode’ (feat. Hugues)”](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog1455063/NNR_Channel_1_Avatar_2018_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Today’s Broadcast is C1E80, for Scene Sunday, October 15th, 2023. Today’s episode (our final non-retrospective Ch 1 episode of calendar 2023’s “Season 6”) is a focus on remixes of VGM from various sources, with an emphasis on the OC Remix community, on a program we’re quite simply calling “The Remix Episode”. Today’s episode curated, hosted, and produced ENTIRELY by Hugues - of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 fame! [show notes (including timestamps and tracklist formatting), podcast feed (and Archive) upload, and .wav-to-.mp3 conversion by St. John – literally everything else by Hugues!!]
Tracklist!!
Track #) Remix Track Name - Original Track Name (or "(Medley)") - Originally from Game (*=Game) - Originally from System (**=System) Original Composer(s) - Arranger(s) - Remix Source - Timestamp
A1) Intro - 00:00:00
01) Apidya - Meadow's Edge - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Huelsbeck - Volkor X - Project Paula – 00:01:46
02) Super Mega Ultra Pipe House - Super Pipe House - Super Mario RPG - SNES - c: Koji Kondo / a: Yoko Shimomura - DDRKirby - OC Remix – 00:05:58
03) One Zero One - Bonus Room Blitz - Donkey Kong Country - SNES - Robin Beanland, Eveline Fischer, and/or David Wise - Ice Guy - DKC Project – 00:09:14
04) Bando alle Seghe - Chapter 4 - Human Race - C64 - Rob Hubbard - DHS - OC Remix – 013:03
05) Autos, Arps & Minimoogs - (Medley) - Sega Rally Championship - Sega Saturn - Naofumi Hataya - Txai - OC Remix – 00:18:34
06) Gambling Nights - Casino Night Zone - Sonic 2 - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - Abreu Project - OC Remix – 00:23:35
07) One Night in Neo Kobe City - One Night in Neo Kobe City - Snatcher* - Sega CD / PC Engine** - Konami Kukeiha Club - Konami Kukeiha Club - Snatcher Zoom Tracks (later used in Sega CD and PCE versions of the game) - 00:26:08
08) Reborn - Morgue - Shadowrun - SNES - Marshall Parker - Marc-Andre Tremblay and/or Thunder Thouin - OC Remix – 00:29:11
09) Secret of the Forest - Secret of the Forest - Chrono Trigger - SNES - Yasunori Mitsuda - Guido - The Brink of Time: Chrono Trigger Arranged – 00:32:52
10) All the World in One Girl - Brinstar Red Soil - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - The Wingless - OC Remix – 00:38:52
11) Come to Bob's Pizza - Bob's Pizzeria - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Osamu Murata, Ryuji Iuchi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takeshi Yanagawa and/or Yuzo Koshiro - Dale North - OC Remix – 00:43:51
12) Concerning Daventry - Opening / Introduction - King's Quest V - DOS - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert - Orkybash - OC Remix – 00:46:06
13) Lost in Green - Lost in Green - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Vita - Hayato Sonoda (Falcom Sound Team JDK) - Yukihiro Jindo (Falcom Sound Team JDK - Ys VIII Super Ultimate – 00:49:28
14) Welcome to Our Town - Welcome to Our Town - Final Fantasy IV - SNES - Nobuo Uematsu - Nobuo Uematsu and/or Maire Breatnach - Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon – 00:54:09
15) Feelings of Hometownishness - Town - Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes - PC-88 - Mieko Ishikawa (Falcom Sound Team JDK) - Jorito, feat. Furilas, Chris Materasu, XPRTNovice - OC Remix – 00:57:10
16) Monster Town - Monster Town - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap Remastered* - Multiplatform** - Shinichi Sakamoto - Michael Geyre - From the Remastered Wonder Boy III soundtrack from Wonder Boy III Remastered – 01:01:18
17) The Windwaker / Paddy Fahey's Reel - Title - LoZ: Windwaker - GameCube - Koji Kondo, Kenta Nagata, and/or Toru Minegishi - Eimear Noone / The DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble - The Celtic Link: Themes from The Legend of Zelda – 01:02:35
18) Meribia - Meribia - Lunar: Silver Star Story - Sega CD - Noriyuki Iwadare - Noriyki Iwadare, Mari Konishi, and/or Taku Iwasaki - Lunatic Festa 3 – 01:07:33
19) Goonies 2 - (Medley) - Goonies 2 - NES - Satoe Terashima, Cyndi Lauper, Broughton Lunt, and/or Arthur Stead - The Advantage - The Advantage – 01:11:09
20) Lord PROTEKTOR - Birth of Humans - Actraiser - SNES - Yuzo Koshiro - djpretzel - OC Remix – 01:13:26
21) Splash Wave - Splash Wave - Outrun - Arcade - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - S.S.T. Band - Back in the S.S.T. Band! The Very Best – 01:16:52
22) Behind the Circuit - Behind the Circuit - Phantasy Star IV - Genesis - Takanobu Masuda - Takanobu Masuda - Phantasy Star Collection – 01:22:01
23) Teen Turtle Tryp - The Streets of New York - TMNT - NES - Kozo Nakamura - Kain Minter and/or Roddy Toomim - OC Remix – 01:26:30
24) Underground - Underground - Super Mario Bros 3 - Koji Kondo - Hideki Matsutake - Super Mario Bros 3: Akihabara Electric Circus – 01:28:38
25) Zeal - (Medley) - Chrono Trigger - SNES - Yasunori Mitsuda - ymK - OC Remix – 01:31:44
26) Beautiful Lie Requiem - Beautiful Lie - Dangonronpa - PSP - Masafumi Takeda - Masafumi Takeda - Danganronpa Decadence REMIX – 01:36:42
27) Weeping Willow - Villages / Dialog - Willow - NES - Harumi Fujia - ilp0 - OC Remix – 01:42:50
28) Yuna at Zanarkand, Her Mind on Lost Friends - At Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Nobuo Uematsu - sui - OC Remix – 01:48:16
29) Warm A Live / Live Over Again - Warm-A-Live - Live-A-Live - Super Famicom - Yoko Shimomura - RE:NDZ - Chill SQ – 01:52:07
30) Goodnight Moon - The Moon - DuckTales - NES - Hiroshige Tonomura - E-Bison - OC Remix – 01:57:59
B1) Outro – 01:59:53
Music Block Runtime: 01:58:05, Total Episode Runtime: 02:00:46
Our intro music is the Sega CD Model 2 (North American) BIOS [boot screen] music, composed by David Javelosa. No outro music.
Produced by Hugues, using whatever he typically uses to record and produce. I know this involves Ubuntu Linux (Unity desktop, but not Ubuntu Unity), and a Blue Snowball USB condenser mic. Beyond that, I have no idea! - St. John :-)
Links to Hugues' other stuff:
https://linktr.ee/retrogameclub
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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:
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
You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. Amazon and Audible coming soon! Also, be on the lookout for a Discord channel!
Thanks for listening! Join us again in November for C2E15 (Channel 2, Episode 15): Subject TBD – as well as a Channel F featuring a Chip Tribute album from a pair out of ISU in Ames. "Tasty VGM and Talk" on Nerd Noise Game Club as well as "Try Before You Buy" on Channel F. Also be on the lookout for a St. John guest appearance on VGMPorium! And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Cheers!
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
[SEE IMPORTANT EDITOR’S NOTE BELOW THE TRACKLIST!]
Today’s Broadcast is C2E14 for Theme Thursday, October 12th, 2023. Today’s Theme is escape themed music, on a program called “Escape Artists” - theme and title (and track run order by Hugues)! Also, a bit of big news and a bit of small news from St. John - neither of which will probably be a surprise to anybody! Lastly, apologies for this episode being so late. This was actually SUPPOSED TO BE the August episode!!! :-O
Tracklist: Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Selected By
01) The Last Dungeon - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System - Shinichi Sakamoto - Hugues
- a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00
- b) Music - 00:00:03
- c) Intro - 00:01:48
- d) Top of Show Business - 00:03:58
- e) St. John's "Small News" (Linux Geekery Updates) - 00:08:27
- f) Discussion - 00:10:45
02) Act 2 Part 1 - Ninja Gaiden - NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa - St. John
- a) Music - 00:14:57
- b) Discussion - 00:17:01
03) Dance with Traps - Ys IX: Monstrum Nox - PS4/PC/Switch - Hayato Sonoda - Hugues
- a) Music - 00:22:20
- b) Discussion - 00:24:31
04) Police Precinct - Streets of Rage 4 - Multiplatform - Olivier Deriviere - St. John
- a) Music - 00:29:34
- b) Discussion - 00:32:16
- c) St. John's "Big News" (Autism Diagnosis and Implications) - 00:35:43
05) Distrust - Danganronpa - Multiplatform - Masafumi Takada - Hugues
- a) Music - 00:46:05
- b) Discussion - 00:49:21
06) The Heist (Arasaka Octant Theme) - Cyberpunk 2077 - Multiplatform - Marcin Przybyłowicz, P. T. Adamczyk, and/or Paul Leonard-Morgan - St. John
- a) Music - 00:53:30
- b) Discussion - 00:57:57
07) Walking in Derceto - Alone in the Dark - PC - Phillipe Vachey - Hugues
- a) Music - 01:02:07
- b) Discussion - 01:04:20
08) 4000 Degrees Kelvin - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Bailey and/or Mike Morasky - St. John
- a) Music - 01:06:36
- b) Discussion - 01:07:43
09) Recollection - 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors - DS - Shinji Hosoe - Hugues
- a) Music - 01:12:24
- b) Discussion - 01:16:16
[TRIGGER WARNING for the sensory-sensitive: Track 10 begins with about 10 seconds of harsh noise]
10) Sentinel Core Escape - X-Men 2: The Clone Wars - Genesis - Kurt Harland, Mark Miller and/or Nu Romantic Productions - St. John
- a) Music - 01:21:10
- b) Discussion - 01:24:46
11) The Tower - Wolfenstein 3D - Jaguar - Bobby Prince - Hugues
- a) Music - 01:29:31
- b) Discussion - 01:32:42
12) Escape - Metroid - NES - Hirokazu ("Hip") Tanaka - St. John
- a) Music - 01:37:37
- b) Discussion - 01:39:54
13) Ending C - Innsmouth no Yakata - Virtual Boy - Yoshiyuki Ishii and/or Dota Ando - Hugues
- a) Music - 01:43:08
- b) Discussion - 01:45:03
- c) End of Show Business (with a little bit more autism business) - 01:50:34
- d) Track 14 Discussion - 01:57:13
- e) Sign-off - 01:58:57
14) Airport Counter - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch - Kazumi Totaka, Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John
- a) Music - 01:59:06
- b) Episode Outtakes - 02:02:13
Total Episode Runtime: 02:13:03
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This episode is the flip-side of the C1E79 coin in that where C1E79 was the final episode of NNR ever to be recorded and produced by a non-confirmed autistic person (with the conversation occurring from the perspective of two people who didn’t know for sure yet, and had to be tentative and hesitant about it all), C2E14 is the first episode of NNR ever to be recorded and produced by a confirmed autistic (and where the conversation could occur from a place of certainty and finality). Apologies if anyone feels like I’m making too big of a deal about all of this, but you have to understand that this diagnosis changes EVERYTHING for me! It feels like a 43yr chapter of my life has ended and a new chapter of greater clarity, optimism, self-love, and opportunity has begun. It simply means that much to me, gang! I promise that I won’t keep talking a ton about it for the rest of time - or if I do, I will do so on a separate program dedicated specifically to the subject, but I do beg you to bear with me for now, while this is all still so new for me. :-)
Also, another “flip-side of the coin” situation between this and C1E79, which didn’t get discussed in the episode: In a certain manner of speaking, each episode are “the first episode ever to be produced in Fedora”. The mic time on both episodes were done on “the Big Rig”, which is running Arch-Based “Garuda KDE Dr460nized”, but the rest of the production was done on laptops. In the case of C1E79, the main laptop (which had been running Arch-based Endeavor OS [KDE] at the time) was out of commission awaiting a motherboard replacement, so all the production had to be done on one of my backup laptops, where I had just so happened to be “auditioning” Fedora 38 (Gnome) at the time. I ended up liking it so much that once the main laptop was repaired, I ended up replacing Endeavor with Fedora 38 (Gnome) - which was where all the production of this episode (minus the mic-time) happened. So, in a certain manner of speaking, both episodes were a “first time on Fedora” situation. Also, just as Arch-based Linux supplanted Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, I feel like Fedora and Fedora-based is what is next to supplant Arch. Also, I think it’s official: I’m a Gnome convert. My “KDE-first” days indeed appear to be over for the time-being at least. I’ve even since replaced Garuda KDE Dr460nized with Garuda Gnome, but not until after all the mic recordings had been completed.]
Links to Autism tests - again, DO NOT take these test results as a SUBSTITUTE for a formal diagnosis by a trained professional. On the other hand, these tests are VERY reliable, so if they do indicate you have autism, you very likely do. Therefore, the advice of St. John is to take the test results and find a professional with whom you can show and discuss them:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17a6jSemcC5LO_HDqjB8iGHQcsJCMmr-1/view?usp=drive_link
Links to Autism / ADHD / AuDHD YouTube videos mentioned in the episode (as well as a few others added later - such as Illymation, Savannah Brown, Not Your Average Zebra, Proudly Autistic, and Kaelynnism).
Three-starred video is the one to watch if you're only gonna watch just one or two. Two-starred videos are the ones to see if you’re only gonna watch 3-5 of them. One star videos are the ones to watch if you’re gonna watch 7-10:
Savannah Brown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFlrHxn6xcA ***
Not Your Averaga Zebra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EHlKi4V_f0 ***
Yo Samdy Sam - https://youtu.be/pMx1DnSn-eg?si=XeI2sqZ0rmtMoXqa **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgxHpHIrGNY
DSA Threads Costuming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKBlc_R3IA **
Mat Ricardo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nI-GZjbJ3M **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ValDCBdCbUg *
Mom on the Spectrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E_V7cGteuo *
Foster on the Spectrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDHylYeQDo *
Kaelynnism - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CZMD8jMDpoA *
Illymation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Vy2BPmMS4 *
Orion Kelly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttacXR3FRWw
Purple Ella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWv9gjPiy4
Autism From the Inside - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNgLrPkp2y4
Proudly Autistic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIRHGRQ0JiE
I am Mindblind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xa02TT-k-w
The Thought Spot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uSjyB8csrE
Molly's ADHD Mayhem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GELgAsUI8ds
Hayley Honeyman - https://youtube.com/shorts/pDhdTOibsw0?si=3e2DRh3nc6s27fRp
I'm Autistic, Now What - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vcMWB7fuQ
How to ADHD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-wCP4tjrg
Olivia Lufallah - https://youtube.com/shorts/kzL3mUFcAIw?si=p7JI8TxcSoacRQOu
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:
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 on Oct 15th for C1E80: “The Remix Episode” - guest hosted, guest curated - AND EVEN GUEST-PRODUCED by Hugues!! Delicious [non] VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
[EDITOR'S NOTE: In addition to being a really special episode for me already in that it features one of my all-time best personal friends, and also includes a really fun, really touching extended conversation between us at the end of the episode (which we're somewhat euphemistically calling an "interview"), or even for the episode featuring an "SM7B vs Podmic" mic comparison by way of the intro / outro [SM7B] vs "interview" [Podmic], which is the kinda stuff that I really geek (even if very few others do), perhaps most special of all for me is that this episode will also go down in history as being the very last episode of NNR ever to be produced by a non-confirmed autistic person. Though this episode is releasing AFTER my diagnosis, it was recorded and produced PRIOR, and therefore, all the both scripted and unscripted dialog was had from the perspective of someone who only THOUGHT he was autistic, as opposed to the person who now KNOWS he is. Both my side of the conversation, and my friend's side were each occurring from within "the suspension of the pending", from the absence of certainty. Now, in retrospect, it turns out we were right. But we didn't KNOW that at the time. So to hear everything that is said from within that paradigm, especially knowing from hindsight how it all plays out, to me, at least, makes it all feel so precious, and gives it, I dunno, something of a sense of innocence, I guess. And that, along with all the other aspects mentioned above make this a very, VERY special episode for me. Hopefully you'll agree! -St. John]
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Today’s broadcast is C1E79 for Soundtrack Saturday, Sept 23rd, 2023. Today’s soundtrack is Shadow Blasters on the Sega Genesis, composed by Kim Songdong. Guest co-hosted by "Kitty" - an episode originally intended for Masters of VGM – season 2 (mastersofvgm.com) but delayed due to COVID.
A1) Intro – 00:00:00
01) Title Theme – 00:04:17
02) Introduction (Part 1) - 00:05:48
03) Introduction (Part 2) - 00:07:18
04) Options and Character Select – 00:08:47
05) Mountain and Glen – 00:09:37
06) Boss Theme – 00:12:13
07) Round Clear – 00:14:10
08) Street and Forest – 00:14:54
09) Harbor and Future – 00:16:55
10) Wicked World – 00:19:09
11) Heavenly Sky – 00:20:17
12) Final Boss (aka Space) - 00:21:47
13) Ending Theme – 00:23:35
14) Continue – 00:25:45
15) Game Over – 00:26:44
B1) Outro – 00:26:53
B2) Interview with Kitty - 00:33:27
Music Block Runtime: 00:22:42*, Total Episode Runtime: 01:31:58
Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.
*= This is the correct music-block runtime. The stated runtime in the intro is incorrect. Details of the discrepancy available upon request. Special thanks to YouTuber "RandomVGMs" for the OST! RandomVGMs can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@randomvgms
Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either Fedora Linux (Gnome), EndeavorOS KDE, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, SteamOS 3, Ubuntu DDE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Unity, Sparky Linux, or on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Endeavor on Laptop and/or Garuda on Big Rig being the most likely and most common). 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 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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:
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
You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. Amazon and Audible coming soon! Also, be on the lookout for a Discord channel!
Thanks for listening! Join us again later in September for C2E14: "Escape Artists", and again in October for C1E80: a focus on music from OC Remix – guest produced by Hugues, as well as a Ch F featuring a chip tribute album out of Ames. Lastly, be on the look out for a St. John appearance on VGMporium! Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club, as well as Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as "Try Before you Buy" on Channel F. And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Cheers!
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Today’s broadcast is C1E78 for TwoFer Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Today’s Episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 8.
A1) Intro – 00:00:00
01) EDGE – Multi – Richard Malot
- A) Quiet – 00:04:29
- B) Pad – 00:06:58
02) Tetris Party Deluxe – Wii - Brian DiLucente
- A) King Street – 00:09:56
- B) Main Menu – 00:12:19
03) Hover Racing - PS1 - Tooru Kawakami and/or Hiroaki Ohmori
- A) Drop to the Sky – 00:14:28
- B) Laser Wind – 00:17:40
04) Burn-Cycle - CD-i – Simon Boswell
- A) System Software – 00:20:30
- B) Karmic Church – 00:26:59
05) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3
- A) 4 Chords -Annayamada– 00:30:37
- B) Park Side Café - Daisuke Kawai – 00:33:16
06) Art of Balance – Multi – Martin Schjoler
- A) World G – 00:37:04
- B) World H – 00:40:50
07) Jumping Flash - PS1 - Takeo Miratsu
- A) Stage 4-1 – 00:44:31
- B) Stage 1-2 – 00:47:25
08) Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi
- A) Alien Den – 00:50:36
- B) Jurassic Dope – 00:53:17
09) n++ - Multi – Broca
- A) EnsembleD'Espirit– 00:56:21
- B)Trepied– 00:59:08
10) Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka
- A) Laura Plays the Piano – 01:04:00
- B) Noone Love You – 01:07:21
11) Hyper Light Drifter - disasterpeace
- A) Seeds of the Crown – 01:10:04
- B) Titan – 01:15:43
12) LoZ TotK – Switch - Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, Yasuaki Iwata, and/or Hajime Wakai
- A) Dragon Head Island – 01:18:01
- B) Construct Factory 4 – 01:21:16
13) Witcher III: Wild Hunt - multi - Marcin Przybyłowicz, and/or Mikołaj Stroiński
- A) ArdSkelligeVillage – 01:23:07
- B) The Fields of ArdSkellige– 01:25:20
14) Horizon Forbidden West – PS5/PS4 - Joris de Man, Niels van der Leest, Oleksa Kozowchuk, and/or The Flight
- A) Alva's Dialogue Theme – 01:28:25
- B) Shelter from the Storm – 01:32:20
15) Super Ghouls and Ghosts – SNES – Mari Yamaguchi
- A) Stage 2 – 01:37:36
- B) Stage 5 – 01:40:09
16) Kether – CD-i – Thierry Carron
- A) Asteroid Field – 01:42:49
- B) Level Select – 01:44:42
17) Metroid Fusion – GBA - Minako Hamano, and/or Akira Fujiwara
- A) Sector 4 (AQA) - 01:46:49
- B)ZazabiBattle – 01:49:07
18) Mario's Tennis - Virtual Boy - Hitoshi Fukushima, and/or Morihito Iwamoto
- A) Singles 1 – 01:50:46
- B) Character Select – 01:53:30
19) Castlevania Rondo of Blood – PC Engine - Akira Sōji, Keizō Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and/or Mikio Saitou
- A) Opus 13 – 01:55:30
- B) Picture of a Ghost Ship – 01:56:53
B1) Outro – 01:59:17
Music Block Runtime: 01:54:53, Total Episode Runtime: 02:12:25
Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.
Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either KDE Neon, EndeavorOS KDE, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, SteamOS 3, Deepin 20.9, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Unity, Sparky Linux, or on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Neon on Laptop and/or Garuda on Big Rig being the most likely and most common). 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 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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:
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
You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. Amazon and Audible coming soon! Also, be on the lookout for a Discord channel!
Thanks for listening! Join us again Late August or Early September for C2E14 (Channel 2, Episode 14): "Escape Artists", and again in September for C1E79 (Channel 1, Episode 79): The unintended outtake from MoVGM2, with a for-now secret soundtrack and special guest, as well as a Ch F featuring a chip-tribute album composed by college students at Iowa State University in Ames - Tasty VGM and Talk on "Nerd Noise Game Club", as well as Delicious VGM on "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds", and lastly, "Try Before you Buy" on Channel F! And wherever you are - Fly the N!
Cheers!
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Today’s broadcast is C1E77 for Mishmash Monday, July 31st, 2023. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday – vol 14.
A1– Intro – 00:00:00:
01 - Practice Race - Marble Madness - FM Towns – c: Hal Canon and/or Brad Fuller / a: Unknown – 00:05:28
02 – R.E.D. - Illumination LASER - X68000 - I.C. Kaze – 00:07:18
03 – Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X – Teruhiko Nakagawa, and/or Masaru Setsumaru – 00:11:06
04 – Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men - SNES – Tim Tim and/or Geoff Follin – 00:15:14
05 – Firestarter (Instrumental) - WipEout XL - PS1 - Prodigy – 00:19:09
06 – Gran Prix Ending - F-Zero X - N64 – Tarō Bandō, and/or Hajime Wakai – 00:23:48
07 – Poison Ivy - The Adventures of Batman And Robin - Sega CD – Burke Trieschmann – 00:24:57
08 – Stage Theme - Battlemorph - Jaguar CD – Will Davis – 00:27:46
09– Chozo Ruins - Metroid Prime - GameCube – Kenji Yamamoto – 00:31:26
10 – Jungle Theme - Metal Gear - NES – Kazuki Muraoka – 00:36:09
11 – Vanilla Dome - Super Mario World - SNES – Koji Kondo – 00:38:15
12 – Main Menu - Starcraft - PC – Glenn Stafford, Jason Hayes, Derek Duke, and/or Big Tuna – 00:39:27
13 – Into the Darkness - Astal - Saturn – Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - 00:41:46
14 – The Orchard - Monument Valley 2 - iOS / Android – Todd Baker – 00:44:57
15 – View from Orbit - Destiny 2 - Multi – Michael Salvatori – 00:47:47
16 – Heart of the Hero - Immortals Phoenix Rising - Multi – Gareth Coker – 00:50:02
17 – Betilla the Fairy - Rayman - Multi – Stéphane Bellanger, Didier Lord, Sylvain-Luc Brunet, Nathalie Drouet, Dominique Dumont, Kamel Founas, Rémi Gazel, Didier Gilbert Leglise, Jean-Marc Lichtmann, Frédéric Louvre, Olivier Mortier, Frédéric Prados, Stéphane Ronse, René De Wael, and/or Olaf Zalcman – 00:54:11
18 – Jungle - Wolfchild - Sega CD – Martin Iveson – 00:55:28
19- Where shall we Go? - Puyo Puyo Tetris - Multi - Hideki Abe – 00:59:25
20 – Mint Breath - Kirby's Dream Land – Gameboy – Jun Ishikawa – 01:01:11
21 – Metropolis - Sim City - SNES – Soya Oka and/or Koji Kondo – 01:02:48
22 – Stage 4-3 - Jumping Flash - PS1 – Takeo Miratsu – 01:04:35
23 – Ribbon Ring - ARMS - Switch – Atsuko Asahi, and/or Yasuaki Iwata – 01:07:31
24 – World C - Art of Balance - Multi – Martin Schjoler – 01:09:53
25 – Jungle - Wolfchild - Genesis – c: Martin Iveson / a: Matt Furniss – 01:12:16
26 – Shinto Shrine - Tobal No 1 - PS1 – Masashi Hamauzu – 01:14:25
27 – Mission 3-2 - Double Dragon - Game Boy – c: Kazunaka Yamane / a: Michiya Hirasawa – 01:17:31
28 – Turned into a Rabbit - Loz: LttP – SNES - Koji Kondo – 01:18:35
29– Continue - TMNT: TF - Genesis – Miki Higashino – 01:20:20
30 – Continue - Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle - NES – Hiroyuki Masuno – 01:22:15
31 – The Dream's Over - Jewel Master - Genesis – Motoaki Takenouchi – 01:22:48
B1– Outro – 01:23:30
Music Block Runtime: 01:18:07, Total Episode Runtime: 01:36:42
Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights.
Produced using Ardour / Audacity in Linux (either KDE Neon, Garuda KDE Dr460nized, openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE, Elementary)S 7, Manjaro Xfce, Fedora 37, or SteamOS 3 on any combination of the Gaming PC "Big Rig", the Steam Deck, Living Room desktop, Mac Mini or one of three Linux laptops – Neon on Laptop and/or Garuda on Big Rig being the most likely and most common). 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!
C1E62 and C1E72 can be found here:
C1E62
Spotify Link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4OQbjjMq3LYf2U1XY1YML4?si=6d425f2c4941421c
Sticher Link:
C1E72:
Spotify Link:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0U0adWC6O3kOG13eiDDlk8?si=e08f7681fffa490
Stitcher Link:
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:
https://www.youtube.com/user/NerdNoiseRadio
Occasional blogs and sometimes expanded show notes can be found here:
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
You can also follow us on Twitter at @NerdNoiseRadio. And we are also now on Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and Vurbl. Amazon and Audible coming soon! Also, be on the lookout for a Discord channel!
Thanks for listening! Join us again in August [date TBD] for C1E78 (Channel 1, Episode 78) for which we'll either have the missing soundtrack with interview, or else TwoFer Tuesday – vol. 8 (the other will be our September episode), as well as joining us in either late August or early September for C2E14, tentatively titled "Escape Artists" - 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 Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Today’s F-isode features video game music works from chipist and fellow VGM Podcaster, AJ Reyes, better known as “rayjkayj” of the VGM podcast VGMporium, and is our final contribution (of four) to MoVGM - season 2. A fifth was planned, but “man plans and COVID laughs”. Apologies also for a few “production shortcuts” used here due to the last minute nature of the production, as delayed by said interloper. Lastly, these tracks were all outtakes from C1E73 - UNKAYJ THE RAYJ!
All tracks composed and arranged by rayjkayj using VGMusicMaker, Deflemask and Sunvox. Since some of these games were unreleased, the tracklist will not list what system they released for, but which retro game sound hardware the tracks were designed around in the following format: “chip name(s) [major system(s) that used said chip]”.
TRACKLIST:
Intro - 00:00:00
Game 1: Bunny Kicker - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis]
- AJ’s notes - 00:05:25
- Carrot Crunchin’ Critters (Opening and Title Theme) - 00:07:00
- See ya later Cotton Tail - 00:08:00
Game 2: Jump Rat - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis]
- AJ’s notes - 00:11:11
- Title - 00:12:23
- Intro and In-Game - 00:13:40
Game 3: No Help, No Hope - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis]
- AJ’s notes - 00:15:39
- In-Game - 00:16:51
- Radio Scene - 00:19:34
Game 4: Andarnov - YM2151 [Arcade / X68000]
- AJ’s notes - 00:21:50
- Aqua Cavern - 00:24:27
Game 5: Roadbuster Championship - YM2413 [Mastersystem FM] or SN76489 [Mastersystem PSG]
- AJ’s notes - 00:26:38
- Adrenaline Rush [FM] - 00:28:31
- Break Neck [PSG] - 00:30:40
Game 6: Slime Labyrinth - HuC6280 [Turbografx16]
- AJ’s notes - 00:33:09
- Bravely Viscous - 00:35:15
- Muckin About - 00:37:08
Outro - 00:38:46
Total Episode Runtime: 00:40:41
Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com or on Twitter. Please visit MoVGM and check out some of the other shows. Everyone put so much time and love and energy and heart into their shows, and you may end up finding a new favorite for the commute!
VGMporium can be found on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/4dmLZz58rXVtsnw7spiqBE?si=6839ea33fc094c81
or on the podcatcher of your choice, as well as being found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and possibly even more places. Please go check out VGMporium, and tell ‘em “St. John sent ya!”
Thanks again to AJ for sharing these track with me, and for allowing me to feature his works, now, TWICE on Nerd Noise Radio. Perhaps we’ll see him here again in the future! Lastly, though I will keep the details to myself for now, be on the lookout for a St. John appearance on VGMporium sometime in the future! We have our subject planned, we just don’t know when it will be yet. :-)
Cheers!