Earworm Arcade

By Retro Game Champion

MadHatter, a retro videogame archivist, teams up with hilarious co-hosts for a podcast that focuses on a different gaming genre each episode! It features some of the best music from these classic game... more

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The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.

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July 27, 2021 Can You Feel the Rhythm?! (With Dalton)
We're gonna get you tapping along with this one for sure!
MadHatter invites his tallest kiddo to talk about one of their collective favorite things of all time - Japanese rhythm games.
Listen in as they bring up the fantastic memories, characters, and bizarre storylines of these titles and jam out to some of the most staple songs from them.

Music featured in this episode:
*   Dance Dance Revolution - Butterfly (SMiLE.dk)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix - Healing Vision (De-Sire)
*   Donkey Konga - Menu
*   Gitaroo Man - Born to Be Bone
*   PaRappa the Rapper - Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap
*   PaRappa the Rapper - Prince Fleaswallow's Rap
*   PaRappa the Rapper 2 - Enter PaRappa 2
*   PaRappa the Rapper 2 - Food Court
*   PaRappa the Rapper 2 - Hair Scare
*   Rhythm Tengoku - Karate House
*   Samba de Amigo - El Ritmo Tropical (El Bimbo - Dixie's Gang)
*   Space Channel 5 - Title
*   Tomoyasu Hotei - Stolen Song - Boys Be Ambitious
*   Um Jammer Lammy - Fire, Fire!!
*   Um Jammer Lammy - Fright Flight!!
*   Um Jammer Lammy - Keep Your Head Up!!
*   Vib Ribbon - High Scores
*   Vib Ribbon - Polaroid

Wanna jam on the go? Feel free to download all the music from this episode in its full form here: https://archive.org/details/track-packs-earworm-arcade-podcast
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2h 19min
July 05, 2021 Sweat Sweat Revolution (With Diabeats)
When they talk about "Blood, sweat, and tears," this is exactly the sweat and tears they are referring to!
MadHatter calls up a good pal he hasn't hung with in awhile, Diabeats, to not only talk about and play some of their all-time favorite Dance Dance Revolution songs, but also step along to them live! A certainly harebrained idea that ended up being pretty damned entertaining.
Listen in as they huff and puff and bring in absolute bangers from 2nd Mix, 3rd Mix, 5th Mix, and DDRMAX 1 and 2. Will they survive performing 17 songs in a single session? I guess you'll have to listen in to find out. You know, if anybody died.
Music featured in this episode:
*   Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - Title (Can You Feel the Rhythm - Naoki)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - Put your Faith in Me (Uzi-Lay)
*   DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix - Healing Vision (Angelic Mix - 2MB)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix - Matsuri Japan (Re-Venge)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - Boom Boom Dollar (King Kong & D.Jungle Girls)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - Dynamite Rave (Naoki)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - Boys (SMiLE.dk)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - Afronova (Re-Venge)
*   DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix - Telephone Operator (Club Mix - Shelley Peter)
*   DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix - Break Down! (BeForU)
*   DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix - Freckles (KCP Re-Edit - Tiggy)
*   DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix - Trance de Janeiro (Samba de Janeiro 2002 Epic Vocal Remix - Bellini)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - El Ritmo Tropical (Dixies Gang)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - End of the Century (No.9)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - Wonderland (UKS Mix - X-Treme)
*   DDRMAX2: Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix - Tsugaru (RevenG vs. De-Sire)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - Dead End (N & S)
*   DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix - Max 300 (Ω)
*   Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - Ending (Love is the Power)
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2h 21min
June 30, 2021 Court Pals (With Dalton)
Objection (and all the other typical lawyer stuff)!
MadHatter joins forces with his kiddo Dalton to cosplay and talk about some of the best tunes from the retro Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games.
Listen in as they play music from those radical titles, including mainstays like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.
Music featured in this episode:
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Intro
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Defendant Lobby - So It Begins
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Jake Marshall: Renegade Sheriff
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Pursuit: Corner the Culprit
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All - Psyche-Locks
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Objection! 2001
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Maya Fey - Turnabout Sisters 2001
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dick Gumshoe: That's "Detective Gumshoe," Pal!
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - The Blue Badger: I Want to Protect You
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Marvin Grossberg: Reckonings and Regrets of an Aged Attorney
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All - Berry Big Circus
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All - Trucy Wright: Child of Magic
*   Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Loving Guitar's Serenade
*   Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Love Love Guilty
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations - Godot: The Fragrance of Dark Coffee
*   Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Ending
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1h 58min
June 08, 2021Vintage Nintendo Bops (With Moegeemoe)
Ultra catchy tunes from the 8 and 16 bit eras!
MadHatter reconnects with longtime bestie Moegeemoe (Richard, previously from the Scrub Budz), and discusses earworms from the vintage era of Nintendo - The NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color.
Listen in as they play music from those extremely nostalgic titles and love on some of their favorite games from back in the day, including classics like Contra, Chrono Trigger, Battletoads, and more.
Music featured in this episode:
Contra (NES Version) - Title

Adventures of Dino Riki - Stage 1

Pilotwings - Flight Club

Battletoads (NES Version) - Ragnarok's Canyon

Air Fortress - Exterior

Gyruss (NES Version) - 1st and 3rd Warps

Mappy Land (NES Version) - Stage 6 (Ghost Town)

Chrono Trigger - Gato

Dr. Mario (NES Version) - Fever

Kirby's Dream Course - Cloudy Mountain Peaks

Super Off Road (SNES Version) - Title

SimCity (SNES Version) - Village

Pokémon Pinball - Blue Field

Super Mario Land - Muda Kingdom

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES Version) - Title

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time - Sewer Surfin'

Uniracers - Title

Tetris (Game Boy Version) - Music Type A

Super Mario World - Staff Roll
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2h 35min
May 20, 2021Blast Barrel Bonanza (With Newman)
If you're gonna shoot a barrel, you better be all the way across the room!
MadHatter dials up Newman, one of the most notorious supporters of Retro Game Champion and quite the expert on gaming, and invites him into a Deathmatch. Or a Dukematch. If you haven't caught on by now, the episode is about classic first person shooters.
Listen in as they play music from those bloody titles and nostalgically geek out over their favorite games from back in the day, including classics like Doom, Wolfenstein 3-D, GoldenEye, and more.
Music featured in this episode:
GoldenEye 007 - Intro

Catacomb 3-D - Too Hot to Handle

Doom II (DOS Version - Adlib) - The Demon's Dead

Corridor 7 - Alien Invasion - Floor 7

Descent (MS-DOS Version - Sound Blaster 16) - Briefing

Blood (Sound Blaster 16 Version) - Ghost Town

Half-Life 2 - Valve Song

Duke Nukem 3D (MS-DOS Version - Sound Blaster) - Title

Rise of the Triad - Dark War - Hellero

Shadow Warrior (MS-DOS Version) - Everybody Off!!!

Quarantine II - Road Warrior - Track 01

Star Wars - Dark Forces (MS-DOS Version) - Intro

Strife (MS-DOS Version) - Action

Killing Time - Toot Sweet Jazz Band - Time Trapped Isle

Unreal Tournament (MS-DOS Version) - Enigma

Wolfenstein 3D (MS-DOS Version) - Wondering About My Loved Ones

Doom (MS-DOS Version - Adlib) - Sweet Little Dead Bunny
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2h 37min
May 06, 2021Fightin' Words (With Will)
Calling all fighter junkies!
MadHatter tags in and out with Will, formerly of the Scrub Budz and one of his best friends / fighting game opponents. He pretty much knows everything about these games, and when Hatter and him geek together, well, they can't shut up about them!
Listen in as they play music from those awesome titles and nostalgically geek out over their favorite games from back in the day, including classics like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and The King of Fighters series.
Music featured in this episode:
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Arcade Version) - Title

Soulcalibur (Sega Dreamcast Version) - Duelists

Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior - Robert

Samurai Shodown (Arcade Version) - Character Select

Bloody Roar (Arcade Version) - Nuclear Plant

Power Instinct (Arcade Version) - Angela Belti

Tekken 2 (Arcade Version) - King

ClayFighter - Sculptor's Cut - Intro

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - New Age of Heroes (Sega Dreamcast Version) - Clock Tower

Dead or Alive 3 - Character Select

Night Warriors - Darkstalkers' Revenge (Arcade Version) - Hsien-Ko

Mortal Kombat (Arcade Version) - Shang Tsung's Courtyard

Rage of the Dragons - Glorious Minds

Primal Rage (Arcade Version) - The Ruins

Power Stone (Sega Dreamcast Version) - Rouge

Red Earth - Tessa

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters (SNES Version) - Art Museum

The King of Fighters 2002 - Challenge to Ultimate Battle (Arcade Version) - Fatal Fury Team

The Last Blade 2 (Arcade Version) - The Scent of Bloodstained Blades on the Wind

The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan - Thorsten

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future - Character Select

Rival Schools - United by Fate (Arcade Version) - Taiyo High School Song

Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (Arcade Version) - Ryu's Ending
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2h 33min
April 08, 2021Peripherals (With JMac from LifeBeginsAt8Bit)
It's the second ever episode of Earworm Arcade!
MadHatter joins forces with JMac, a former coworker and fellow retro game expert from the LifeBeginsAt8Bit project. He knows plenty about games with fun and awkward peripherals and equipment.
Listen in as they play music from those awesome titles and nostalgically geek out over their favorite games from back in the day, including classics from powerhouse studios like Konami and Nintendo.
Music featured in this episode:
Duck Hunt - Game Start

Battle Clash - Baron

Mario Paint - Music Maker 3

Prop Cycle - Solitar

Super Hang-On (Arcade Version) - Name Entry

BS-X - The Story of the Town Whose Name Was Stolen - Character Creation

Lethal Enforcers (Arcade Version) - As Long as You Live

Revolution X (Arcade Version) - Amazon

Sega Channel - Adventure Zone

Silent Scope - Peeping Tom (Looking at Life Up Girls)

Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix - Naoki - Dynamite Rave

Mario Artist - Paint Studio - Paint (BGM 2)

Area 51 (Arcade Version) - Spaceship

Gyromite - Stage (Game B)

Donkey Konga - Menu

Sound Blaster Pro JukeBox - Reggae 2

Bound High - Stage 2 (Adventure of Chalvo)

Game Boy Camera - Run! Run! Run!

Space Shadow - BGM 1

Lucky & Wild - Ride on Tonight (Ending)
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2h 25min
March 04, 2021Use Item With Item (With Bad Servo)
It's the very first episode of Earworm Arcade!
MadHatter teams up with a good ol' pal who was also addicted to retro point-and-click adventure games: Bad Servo.
Listen in as they play music from those magical titles and nostalgically geek out over their favorite games from back in the day, including classics from powerhouse studios like Sierra and LucasArts.
Music featured in this episode:
The Secret of Monkey Island (MS-DOS Version - Adlib) - Intro

Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (MS-DOS Version) - Title

Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter (MS-DOS Version) - Roger Dies from a Big Rock

Beneath a Steel Sky (MS-DOS Version) - Walkway

Dune (MS-DOS Version - Adlib) - Chani's Eyes

Grim Fandango (MS-DOS Version) - Tango

Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work (MS-DOS Version - Adlib) - For Your Thighs Only

Sam & Max Hit the Road (MS-DOS Version) - Childhood in Brighton

Shadowgate (NES Version) - Castle Room

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Ellen's Exploration

Uninvited (NES Version) - Mansion Room

Total Distortion - You are Dead

Snatcher (Sega CD Version) - Creeping Silence

Déjà Vu (NES Version) - Game Over

Blade Runner (Microsoft Windows Version) - Ending
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2h 10min

FAQs about Earworm Arcade:

How many episodes does Earworm Arcade have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.