This episode is a look at pieces of VGM that appear somewhere other than their original games. Some of them are from ports, some of them are from sequels, some of them are from side-series games, and some are from entirely different games. 

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of BARSilence podcast for contributing art for this episode. You can and should find BARSilence podcast wherever you download podcasts, and you can find him on Twitter @BARSilenceVGM.

I mentioned the RE VGM podcast during a talk segment, and if you want to check it out, you can find it at http://www.re-vgm.com/. You can also search for it wherever you download podcasts. 

As I mentioned on the show, fellow VGM podcast Nerd Noise Radio has done a series of episodes on their show called FaceOff Friday that’s similar to this episode. If you want to check them out, you can find them at https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/?s=faceoff+friday. 

In the segment on Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross, I mentioned the soundtrack for Chrono Cross’s first draft: Radical Dreamers. You can check it out yourself at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIHDQ0FONik&list=PL93E6B9C019A73FE7. 

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As mentioned on the show’s promo segment, I’m honoring some of my fellow VGM podcasters for National Podcast Day! Here they all are:

• BARSilence: https://barsilence.com/ 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Super Mario RPG - Long Long Ago

01:24 - Intro Talk Segment 

03:39 - Final Fantasy IV - Fight 2 (excerpt)

03:58 - Super Mario RPG - Game Over (Culex)

08:25 - Talk Segment

09:16 - River City Ransom - Running Around (excerpt)

09:33 - River City Ransom EX - Running Around the City

13:10 - River City Ransom - Menu (excerpt)

13:27 - River City Ransom EX - Shopping

15:54 - Talk Segment

17:02 - Mega Man 2 - Metal Man (excerpt)

17:22 - Mega Man: The Wily Wars - Metal Man

18:51 - Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily Stage 1 (excerpt)

19:08 - Mega Man: The Wily Wars - Dr. Wily Stage 1

21:49 - Talk Segment

22:39 - Ghosts n’ Goblins - 1st & 2nd BGM (excerpt)

22:58 - Mega Man VII - Shade Man Stage (Alternate)

25:29 - Talk Segment

26:52 - Contra (NES) - Jungle, Hangar (Stages 1 & 7) (excerpt)

27:18 - Contra (Arcade) - Battle in the Dense Forest

29:39 - Talk Segment

30:28 - Castlevania (NES) - Vampire Killer (excerpt)

30:48 - Contra Hard Corps - Simon 1994RD

32:25 - Talk Segment

34:17 - OutRun (Arcade) - Magical Sound Shower (excerpt)

34:54 - OutRun (Master System) - Magical Sound Shower

39:06 - Talk Segment

40:03 - Golden Axe (Arcade) - Wilderness (excerpt)

40:20 - Golden Axe Warrior - Wilderness 

42:56 - Talk Segment

43:51 - Chrono Trigger - Main Theme (excerpt) 

44:24 - Chrono Cross - “Time’s Grasslands - Home World”

48:00 - Talk Segment

48:53 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Jazzy NYC ‘99 (excerpt)

49:20 - Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact - Jazzy NYC (NY house mix)

51:58 - Talk Segment

52:36 - Ridge Racer (Arcade) - Ridge Racer POWER REMIX (excerpt)

53:03 - Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom) - Ridge Racer

54:10 - Talk Segment

56:10 - Neo Turf Masters CD - Fujiyama Oriental Golf Club