Today’s broadcast is C1R8 for Wayback Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. Today’s episode will be our "best of year-in-review" for calendar 2025, covering C1E91-C1E100 and a number of important Ch F "F-isodes". As Season 8 (calender 2025) was the final regular season of Ch 1, that also makes this our final "best of year-in-review" episode.
Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally Selected By / Originally from Episode(s) / Timestamp
01) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - St. John - C1E96 - 00:04:34
02) Balom Dungeon - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - St. John - C1E93 - 00:08:41
03) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John - C1E100 - 00:11:45
04) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:13:03
05) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1/PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 00:14:34
06) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:17:39
07) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 00:19:28
08) Rap Loop 15 [from Mad Verse City] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 00:22:16
09) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - St. John - C1E91 - 00:23:10
10) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin (aka Music Battle) - iOS / Android - Kawai Sprite - St. John - Ch. F (“One for Wyatt”) - 00:25:53
11) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John - C1E98 - 00:28:33
12) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - Edge - Multiplatform - Romain Gauthier - St. John - C1E96 - 00:31:59
13) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis - Shigeru Tomita - St. John - C1E91 - 00:35:01
14) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - St. John - C1E96 - 00:36:49
15) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:38:50
16) Horizons Unbound - Sea of Stars - Multiplatform - Eric W. Brown - Jeshua Lack - C1E99 - 00:40:56
17) Ending - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - St. John - C1E100 - 00:44:05
18) Promoted Attack - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E95 - 00:47:39
19) Level 1 [from Velgress] - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:48:50
20) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - St. John - C1E98 - 00:50:40
21) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:52:47
22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John - C1E98 - 00:54:51
23) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - St. John - C1E98 - 00:58:16
24) Hollow - Lucid 9 - PC - Ultra Kitsune - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:00:21
25) Lobby [from Split the Room] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Brian Chard - St. John - C1E94 - 01:03:56
26) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - St. John - C1E97 - 01:06:40
27) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:10:35
28) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:13:22
29) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - St. John - C1E93 - 01:15:52
30) Hinterwald Dungeon Explore - Dungeons of Hinterberg - Multiplatform - David Zahradnicek, and/or Markus Zahradnicek - St. John - C1E96 - 01:19:57
31) Title - Cyber Shadow - Multiplatform - Enrique Martin - Justin Regan - C1E99 - 01:23:14
32) Gerudo Town Night - LoZ: Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:26:05
33) Komorebi - Minecraft - Multiplatform - Kumi Tanioka - St. John - C1E93 - 01:29:19
34) North Point Mall - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - PS2 / PC - Lex Horton - St. John (originally submitted for Hearts of Space “Game Scores 2” candidacy by Hugues) - C1E98 - 01:33:46
35) Credits [from Fibbage 3] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:38:06
36) Lobby [from Monster Seeking Monster] - Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:40:39
37) Delirious Acting - Pseudoregalia - PC - potatoTero - St. John - C1E96 - 01:43:36
38) Type 2 - ThunderBlade - Arcade - Koichi Namiki - St. John - C1E93 - 01:45:33
39) Ending Theme - X-Men - Arcade - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano , and/or Ayako Nishigaki - St. John - C1E100 - 01:48:36
40) Flirty Write 1 [from Fixy Text] - Jackbox Party Pack 10 - Multiplatform - Kelly Shuda - St. John - C1E94 - 01:50:56
41) Splash Down - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - St. John - C1E98 - 01:51:59
42) Vote 2 [from Drawful Animate] - Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 01:54:44
43) Lively Town - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E91 - 01:56:47
44) Royal Capital of Grancel - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC - Multiplatform - Wataru Ishibashi - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 02:00:12
45) Buy Mode 1 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - St. John - C1E95 - 02:03:24
46) Shop (Japan) - Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - Arcade - Akira Inoue and/or Takaro Nozaki - St. John - C1E93 - 02:06:03
47) Equanimity - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - C1E96 / Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:07:32
48) Water Temple 1 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Manaka Kataoka, Maasa Miyoshi, Masato Ohashi, and/or Tsukasa Usui - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 02:12:04
49) Into the Darkness - Astal - Saturn - Tatsuyuki Maeda, and/or Tatsuya Kōzaki - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 02:14:22
50) ZENITH - MAKRANA (pre-release) - Multiplatform - Matt Miller - Matt Miller - Ch. F (“MAKRANA Soundtrack”) - 02:17:36
Music Block Runtime: 02:16:28 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:37:51
Our customary Channel 1 intro and outro music, which did not appear today is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast - composed by BB Rights. Our special year-in-review intro and outro music are, respectively, Results Theme from Metroid Prime on the GameCube, composed by Kenji Yamamoto, and Results Parade, from the Check Mii Out Channel on the Wii, composed by Kazumi Totaka.
Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Workstation Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) gaming laptop. Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface!
LINK TO SPREADSHEETS:
1) List of every single track featured in calendar 2025 (which, despite the 2026 release date, includes this episode). 560 total tracks, 508 unique tracks. Also includes details on the offer to produce a "Best of 2025 – Listener Picks" F-isode given sufficient listener will and engagement:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nXPBlCjKp2q0HKjmRG3JUPjLTfLpoRX24Wk2Os938hg/edit?usp=sharing
2) Spreadsheet showing St. John's journey trying to narrow said 508 tracks down to the just 50 track limit of this episode. Also contains info about a few Archive-exclusise SUPER BONUS episodes, which, combined, contain all 265 tracks in St. John's original "grab everything [from the 508] that sounds good" list. To see the details on the potential SUPER BONUSES, continue scrolling right beyond where it looks like the spreadsheet ends:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12l6fdL71EV_ZdRmq-CK_JLvNPXM5b4J66kcvmlAQleA/edit?usp=sharing
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