Hey, Listen! Podcast

Maniac Mansion has given us today's song! Adapted by Dan Studnicky to become almost a jazz, this is a tribute for this classic game!

Original Artist: Chris Grigg, Dave Govett and others

Source: Maniac Mansion

Performed by: Dan Studnicky

Homepage: http://goo.gl/54ura

To start well the week, the wonderful "Quickening", adapted by AVARIS and LEVEL 99 from the song "Faraway Promise" from Xenogears. It's the first song of "Humans + Gears", a Xenogears' themed CD made by OCRemix.

For those who don't know this game, is another *great* RPG for PS1, featuring the giant robots called Gears. This game sits as the second best RPG I've played, and very well recommended (I've heard that it's off for download on PSN for PS3 right now)

It has no official sequels or prequels, even though Xenosaga was developed by the same team, and has lots of similarities, but is not officially a prequel.

Original Artist: Yasunori Mitsuda

Source: Xenogears "Faraway Promise"

Performed by: Avaris and Level 99

Homepage: http://goo.gl/MY19P

From last episode's obscure fighting game to the most known one: Street Fighter! Even though on this great Remix "Blue Hadouken Jam", by Dooleus, you can barely feel aggressive, with this slow and jazzy rhythm.

Original Artist: Yoko Shimomura, Isao Abe, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi

Source: Street Fighter 2

Performed by: Dooleus

Homepage: http://goo.gl/FIy3S

Our first PC game! Today's music "Scrap Metal Monster", by Battlerager, is from the old fighting game "One Must Fall: 2097", for MS-DOS! It's not your common fighting game, as in this one you fight using giant robots! Interested? In 1999 the game became freeware, so go get it now! (You can play old DOS games in emulators such as DOSBox).

Original Artist: Kenny Chou

Source: One Must Fall: 2097

Performed by: Battlerager

Homepage: http://goo.gl/3mbyv (where the game is incorrectly listed as Battlerager)

The SNES had an impressive list of RPG titles, and today's music is from another great one, Terranigma. This song, "Afternoon Tea with Snappleman's Mom" performed by OA (or HopeFails on the old Dwelling of Duels site) is based on the "Town" song from said game.

Terranigma is not as well known as other RPGs for SNES, but it really shoud be played by RPG fans. It has a complex story that develops alongside the evolution of Humanity, you can even interfere with great experiences that changes mankind!

Original Artist: Masanori Hikichi, Miyoko Takaoka

Source: Town, from Terranigma

Performed by: OA (HopeFails)

Homepage: http://goo.gl/nJHmq

Whoa, this one is long, but worth listening! Or even better, go see the video (link below)! Toe Jam & Earl is one of the oddest, but dearest games made by SEGA, and had a very distinct funky soundtrack. And this adaptation, made by "Os Gameboys", get all the funkyness and strangeness and takes them to a new level. These guys are great! (And I'm not saying that just because I know them)

Original Artist: John Baker

Source: Toe Jam & Earl

Performed by: Os Gameboys

Homepage: http://goo.gl/7GfL1

Video: http://goo.gl/JSEZP

Whoooa, this one is old! "NoOneCanDoItBetter" by djpretzel is a remake of the "Swimming" music from Alex Kidd in Miracle World, yes, that Alex Kidd, that came with your Master System! It's probably the game that made a lot of people learn jan-ken-pon! And I dare to ask... How many of you really finished that game? I did!

Original Artist: Tokuhiko Uwabo

Source: Swimming, from Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Performed by: djpretzel

Homepage: http://goo.gl/OxsS0

Jumping from a great RPG to another, this episode features "Deadly Promises", by Darangen, an adaptation of Terra's theme from Final Fantasy VI. Described on the OCRemix site as the "'Freebird' of the unofficial game music arrangement world", this song has several adaptations around the web, but this one is one of the bests. It placed third on the March 2005 edition of Dwelling of Duels.

Original Artist: Nobuo Uematsu

Source: Terra, from Final Fantasy VI

Performed by: Darangen

Homepage: http://goo.gl/kALgD

OCRemix page: http://goo.gl/MdoIO

Woohoo, one week! Today I bring to you "Blue Skies Over Guardia", by DarkeSword. This music is part of the "Chrono Symphonic" project, from the people of OCRemix. The project is an adaptation the whole soundtrack of Chrono Trigger, a total of 25 songs. This one is based on the music from the "Guardia Millennial Fair" that marks the beginning of this great RPG.

Original Artist: Yasunori Mitsuda

Source: Guardia's Millennial Fair, Chrono Trigger

Performed by: DarkeSword

Homepage: goo.gl/0dRjA

And now, coming right after Sonic, his utmost competitor (at least two decades ago), Mario! This song, performed by "Hat", was placed 4th on the 2005 July edition of Dwelling of Duels, and it is from a game that's not exactly Mario, after all...

Let me explain: The original japanese "Super Mario Bros. 2" is what's now known as "Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels". At that time Nintendo of America didn't liked the game, as it was too similar to the first Super Mario Bros., but insanely difficult. So they instead adapted another game, called "Doki Doki Panic", to fit Mario World. It wasn't very difficult to adapt, as the other game already featured coins, POW blocks and jumping sounds, and even it's soundtrack didn't had to change much as it was also made by Koji Kondo, the original Super Mario Bros. composer. And that's how the american "Super Mario Bros. 2" was created! And also, that's why today's song is called "Doki Doki Panic (And Mario Too)"

Original Artist: Koji Kondo

Source: Overworld BGM of "Super Mario Bros. 2/Doki Doki Panic"

Performed by: Hat

Homepage: http://goo.gl/7TbPm