October 08, 2025

Episode 126 – Human Entertainment: The Musical History

1 hour 37 minutes

Today on XVGM Radio, we’re taking a look (and listen) to the audio history of Human Entertainment. Formed via a merger between Try Co. Ltd. and Communicate Inc in 1987, Human Entertainment was initially called Sonata, mostly handling ports from larger developers such as Konami and Bandai. After two years of this, 1989 saw the name change to Human Entertainment, where the company began creating their own IPs. Learn about how they created a development school which is where many of their development staff came from, their bankruptcy in 1999, and where many of their more notable staff members ended up continuing on the tradition of making weird, wacky games. Justin and Mike as the question: is a Human Sports Festival played with Humans as the balls? With a surprising mix of both wavetable tunes and redbook audio, there’s a bunch of variety in musical genres to choose from with Human Entertainment and it’s ONLY on XVGM Radio!

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TRACK LISTING:

Intro – Vasteel (TGCD – 1990) “Crusade” Ryoji Amano, Takahiro Wakuta

1 – Monster Party (NES – 1989) “Living Dead” T. Mikumo, Masaki Hashimoto

2 – Venus Senki (FC – 1989) “Track 6” Masaki Hashimoto, T. Mikumo

3 – Kabuki Quantum Fighter (NES – 1990) “Stage 3” Takahiro Wakuta, Masaki Hashimoto

4 – Human Sports Festival (PC-CD – 1992) “Track 09” Hiroshi Fujioka, Yoshiaki Kubotera, Isao Mizoguchi, Masanori Hikichi

5 – Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm (SCD – 1993) “Ganymede” Nobuhiro Makino

6 – Blazing Tornado (ARC – 1994) “Wolf’s Theme” Hironori Tanaka, Hiroyuki Naka, Chiyomaru Shikura

7 – WakuWaku Ski Wonder Spur (SFC – 1995) “Rainbow” Chiyomaru Shikura, Kaori Takazoe

8 – Moonlight Syndrome (PS1 – 1997) “Lost Highway” Mikoto Momono, Victor Entertainment, INVITATION

9 – Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (PS1 – 1998) “Shiver – Zombi” Kaori Takazoe

10 – Patreon Pick – Cam Werme – Fire Pro Wrestling (GBA – 2001) “Menu” Yusuke Beppu

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