Namco was known for their extravagant arcade systems and over-the-top designs, however, they also had one of the most impressive sound chips in the early 90s. The 32-voice C352 and it's driver "Quattro" were both innovative and polished but more importantly, they were utilized by an amazing roster of composers.

Guest-hosting the show, ctr (from our affiliate site vgmrips.net) joins in to discuss his latest playback and logging tool QuattroPlay which has been released today alongside the show! 

 

Based on reverse engineering of the original "Quattro" sound driver, this program lets you play music and sound effects from over 75 Namco games, including "Ridge Racer", "Tekken", "SoulCalibur" and so on... It also supports channel muting, WAV and VGM logging, and a tracker-style pattern visualization (which looks really neat). Please see the readme included for instructions on how to use.

Bitbucket repository

Github repository

Windows binary

macOS binary

*Here's the California Extreme video of Pixelated Audio playing Prop Cycle. Periscope Broadcast

Track List:

0:00:09 Ridge Racer Power Remix - Ridge Racer - Shinji Hosoe

0:15:24 Wind Ride Kids - Cyber Cycles - Shinji Hosoe

0:22:45 Give it Together - Alpine Racer - Takayuki Ishikawa

0:31:43 Regret - Kart Duel - Unknown

0:43:54 Euphoria - Rave Racer - Ayako Saso

0:52:13 Capriccio - Fighting Layer - Ayako Saso

0:59:48 Duelists (Mitsurugi Theme) - Soul Calibur - Junichi Nakatsuru

1:07:51 A Song for the Man of the Future - Ehrgeiz - Takayuki Nakamura

1:16:29 SUN-J99Mix (Jazz Groove) - Paca Paca Passion - Takayuki Aihara

1:25:27 Georian - Mr. Driller - Masaru Shiina

1:35:42 Story BGM 01 - Golgo 13: Kiseki no Dandou - Jin Watanabe

1:41:20 Exeo - Nebulas Ray - Masahiro Fukuzawa

1:49:39 Area 1 - Xevious 3D/G - Ayako Saso

2:01:58 Wind Woods (ctr mix) - Prop Cycle - Yoshie Arakawa