It’s time to get back in the groove with another collection of funky jams!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com. 

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If you liked this episode, and you want to check out my first Catch a Groove episode, you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-29-catch-a-groove/. 

During the show, I mentioned the Lotus games. You can find my deep dives into those soundtracks (and the soundtracks of the Top Gear games, their spiritual successors) at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-30-add-three-mana/ and https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-31-add-three-more-mana/

I also mentioned my Super Smart Songs episode while I was talking about Last Bible II, and you can find it at https://shujinacademyvgmclub.podbean.com/e/episode-46-super-smart-songs/ 

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Robocop 3 (C64) - Stage 5 (composer: Jeroen Tel)

00:40 - Talk Segment 1

04:07 - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Mega Drive) - Stage 2-2 (Giant Desert) (composer: Aki Hata)

06:37 - Bomberman II (NES) - Area 6 (composers: Jun Chikuma, Hitoshi Okuno, Osamu Narita)

08:31 - ToeJam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron (Genesis) - Mellow Groove (composer: John Baker)

10:20 - Burning Force (Genesis) - Aero Space (3rd Day) (composer: Yoshinori Kawamoto)

11:34 - Redline F-1 Racer (SNES) - Setting (composer: Katsuhiro Hayashi)

12:27 - Cosmic Carnage (32X) - Zena Lan’s Stage (composer: Hikoshi Hashimoto)

14:44 - Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) - Strange School (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

17:03 - Galactic Pinball (Virtual Boy) - Gunpei’s Voyage (composers: Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima)

19:43 - Talk Segment 2

22:37 - Pictionary (NES) - Title Screen Theme (composer: Tim Follin)

24:09 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - Neon Night Riders (composers: Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kazuhiko Uehara, and Harumi Ueko)

25:37 - Last Bible II (Game Boy Color) - BGM 11 (composers: Iwao Mitsunaga and Hiroyuki Yanada)

28:37 - Danganronpa 2 - Sugu Ikoroshia (PSP / Vita) (composer: Masafumi Takada)

31:13 - Base Wars (NES) - Game Theme (Play Ball) (composers: Shigemasa Matsuo and Tomoko Sumiyama)

34:37 - Zero 4 Champ RR (Super Famicom) - Movement (composers: Katsuhiro Hayashi, Jouji Iijima)

36:40 - Streets of Rage 4 (multiplatform) - 25 Years Ago (composer: Olivier Deriviere)

38:55 - Talk Segment 3

42:23 - Doomsday Warrior (SNES) - Fatty Bomber (P-Lumb) (composer: Junta)

46:03 - Super Mario RPG (SNES) - And My Name's Booster (composer: Yoko Shimomura)

48:02 - Jaguar XJ220 (Amiga) - Speed Storm (composer: Martin Iveson)

50:05 - The Flash (Sega Master System) - At Peace in the Park (composer: Jeroen Tel)

53:05 - Al Unser Jr’s Turbo Racing (NES) - Circuit Qualify (composers: Shōgo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Masaaki Iwasaki, and Yuji Suzuki)

54:51 - Streets of Rage (Genesis) - Violent Breathing (composer: Yuzo Koshiro)

56:42 - Outro Talk Segment

58:49 - M.C. Kids (NES) - Level 04 Mountain View (composer: Charles Deenen)