Download “Episode 26: NES Appreciation with WiiGuy” here! <– (right click and “save as”)

If you’ve searched for NES soundtracks on YouTube before, chances are you’ve listened to one of WiiGuy’s uploads.  Just who IS the guy behind “WiiGuy?”  Find out on this episode of PixelTunes Radio! Niko (aka WiiGuy) shares ten of his favorite NES tracks with us, some of which are new to the PTR boys.  It’s an 8-bit extravaganza featuring retro superstar composers like the Follin brothers, Neil Baldwin, and Alberto Gonzalez!

The Tracklist:

1 – Magician – Title Screen / Prologue – Neil Baldwin

2 – Target: Renegade – Levels 1-3: Parking Garage – Tim Follin, Stephen Ruddy

3 – Overlord – Title Screen – Jeroen Tel

4 – Ultimate Stuntman – Street / Microlight Combat (Stage #-2 Sections) – Gavin Raeburn

5 – Asterix – Acts 2 & 3: Helvetia / Spain – Alberto Jose Gonzalez

6 – After Burner II – Stage Theme 1 (Final Take Off) – Naoki Kodaka, Naohisa Morota

7 – War on Wheels – Ending – Paul Webb, Ken Moore

8 – Greg Norman’s Golf Power – Menu – Barry Leitch

9 – Wolverine – Title Screen / The End? – Geoff Follin, Stephen Ruddy

10 – Lethal Weapon – Ending / Credits – Neil Baldwin

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Download “Episode 25: Winter Special” here! <– (right click and “save as”)

It’s COLD outside! To ring in the New Year, Mike and Ed bring you some of their favorite wintery tracks!  Battling head-colds of their own, the guys discuss some favorite winter gaming memories, compare their Christmas and Hanukkah traditions, and Ed reveals his hatred for slippery ice levels.  Put on your party hats and count down to 2015 with tracks from Sonic 3, Crash Bandicoot 2, Mario Galaxy, and more!

The Tracklist:

*1 – Christmas NiGHTS (Saturn) – Jack Frost’s Chime – Tomoko Sasaki, Naofumi Hataya

*2 – Metroid Prime (Gamecube) – Phendrana Drifts – Kenji Yamamoto, Kouichi Kyuma

*3- Battletoads (Arcade) – Stage 2: Ice Cave – David Wise

*4- Donkey Kong Country (SNES) – Ice Cave Chant – David Wise

*5 – Rockman & Forte (SNES) – Cold Man – Akari Kaida, Kirikiri-Chan, Naoshi Mizuta

*6 – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega Genesis) – Ice Cap Zone – Brad Buxer 

*7- Crash Bandicoot 2 (Playstation) – Snow Go, Snow Biz, Cold Hard Crash – Josh Mancell, Mark Mothersbaugh

*8 – Mario Galaxy (Wii) – Freezeflame Galaxy (Ice) – Mahito Yokota

*9- Twisted Metal III (PSX) – Christmas Theme – Rob Zombie

*10- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii) – Creeping Distress – Akira Yamaoka

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When it came to awesome music and fun, playable games, the Sharp X68000 was the system of choice for many hardcore Japanese gamers.  It boasted a fast Motorola 68000 processor, just like the Sega Genesis, but had more RAM and a ton of cool features and accessories!  Ed and Mike explore some of their favorite games for the system, and play some tracks that highlight its awesome musical capabilities.  Also in this episode: commercials for the new (fake) X68Million system!  Mike’s girlfriend tries to explain Mahjong! And Ed won’t stop doing people in the justice!  Enjoy!

*BONUS GAME* – Count how many times Ed says “Really really” in this episode!

The Tracklist:

*1 – Cho Ren Sha – Impossible One – Ruzarin Kashiwagi

*2 – Etoile Princess – Level 1 (Vermouth enhanced) – Hiroyuki Saegusa

*3 – Aquales – Shut it Up! – Hiroyuki Saegusa, Hiroshi Yamamoto

*4 – Mad Stalker – Stage 3 – Keishi Yonao

*5 – Super Real Mahjong PIV – Main Menu – Daisuke Morishima

*6 – Super Star Shooter ‘91 – Conflict (Roland SC-88 enhanced) – Pomp the Bass

*7 – Genocide2 – Shock ’72 (Stage 1 Boss) – Hideyuki Shimono, Naoyuki Kimura

*8 – Knight Arms: The Hyblid Framer – One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue – Toshiya                 Yamanaka

*9 – Phalanx – Stage 1: Assault – Kenichi Kamio

*10 – Cho-Jin – Good Evening Mr. Gentleman – Composer Unknown

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Many of us grew up with David Wise’s music.  His name is synonymous with blockbuster games like Battletoads and Donkey Kong Country.  In this episode, we take a tour through his amazing career with game developer Rare, and beyond!

The Tracklist:

1 – RC Pro-Am/ RC Pro Am 2 – Medley (NES)

2 – Ironsword (Wizards and Warriors 2) – Stage 1 (NES)

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3 – Snake Rattle & Roll – Stage 3

4 – Captain Skyhawk – Space Dock/ Weapons Shop (NES)

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5 – Battletoads – Stage 1 Theme (GB)

6 – Battletoads in Battlemaniacs – Turbo Tunnels (SNES)

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7 – Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest – Stickerbrush Symphony (SNES)

8 – Starfox Adventures- Credits Montage (GCN)

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9 – Tengami –Reflections (iOS, Wii U eShop)

10 – DKC: Tropical Freeze – Punch Bowl [“Bashmaster – The Unbreakable”] (Wii U)

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Join us as Aaron Hickman of Retro Obscura takes the PixelTunes guys on a journey through the seedy underbelly of video games, playing tracks from titles that never saw a retail release.  The whole roster is full of great tracks from popular composers like Matt Furniss, Jesper Kyd, and Mari Yamaguchi!  We talk about why games like Star Fox 2 and Sonic Xtreme never made it to store shelves, and let you know which ones might be found on the internet… if you look hard enough!

Do you have any inside info on unreleased titles, or know of a cool beta we may have missed?  Let us know in the comments!

Also, check out Aaron’s amazing chiptunes at https://soundcloud.com/diagamblic!

The Tracklist:

1 –  Deadlock – Main Theme – Reyn Ouwehand (Commodore 64)

2 – Burning Fist/ Force Striker – Character Select – Unknown ( Sega CD)

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3 – Drac’s Night Out – Main Theme – Unknown (NES)

4 – Steven Seagal IS the Final Option – Alloy Processing Center – Fred Porter (SNES)

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5 – X-Men: Mind Games – Level 1 – Jesper Kyd (Sega 32X)

6 – Sonic Xtreme  – Space Queens – Chris Senn, Howard Drossin (Saturn, PC)

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7 –  Secret Ties – Incan Temple – Fumito Tamayama (NES)

8 –  Starfox 2 – Macbeth Inside  – Mari yamaguchi (SNES)

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9 – ResQ  – Level 1 Theme – Matt Furniss, Shaun Hollingsworth (Genesis)

10 – Ninja Gaiden  – Level 5 Theme – Goblin Sound/Opus, Inc. (Genesis)

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What does game music sound like from a kid’s perspective?  Ed teams up with his 9-year-old son, Eddie, to talk about some games that both kids and adults can enjoy!  This episode covers games from consoles and mobile platforms, and a lot of really eclectic and fun tunes that everyone can jam to!

If you like the “PixelTunes Junior” format, please let us know!  Like, rate, comment, and retweet, and we’ll have Eddie on for more shows!

The Tracklist:

1 – Katamari Damacy – Katamari On The Funk (Senor Coconut’s Katamambo! remix) – Uwe Schmidt

2 – Half Life 2 – The Innsbruck Experiment – Kelly Bailey

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3 – Jetpack Joyride – Main Theme – Cedar Jones

4 – Mario Galaxy – Fight With Bowser Jr. – Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo

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5 – Punch Quest – Menu & Title – Andrea Chang

6 – Boom Blox Bash Party – Level Select – Mark Mothersbaugh, Albert Fox, John Enroth, Silas Hite

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It’s the PixelTunes Halloween Special! Today on SpookyTunes, we bring you our favorite creepy songs from both beloved and obscure horror titles! Chatter your teeth as we enter Luigi’s Mansion and the Clock Tower, and take a nice foggy vacation in Silent Hill.

Enjoy the SPOOoOOOoOOoOKy tunes!

The Tracklist:

1 – Vay (Sega CD) – Freak You Out – Shigeki Sako

2 – Super Ghouls and Ghosts (SNES) – Haunted Graveyard – Mari Yamaguchi

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3 – Nosferatu (SNES) – Medley (Intro, Title Theme, Stage 1)  – Masanao Akahori

4 – Amnesia: The Dark Descent (PC) – Panic & Paranoia – Mikko Termia

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5 – Friday the 13th (NES) – Cabin – Hirohiko Takayama

6 – Luigi’s Mansion (GC) – Medley (E. Gadd’s Parlor Peril, Mansion [Dark Halls,] Controls [Totaka’s Song,] Talking With Ghosts, Gameboy Horror ) – Kazumi Totaka and Shinobu Tanaka

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7 – Clock Tower (SNES) – Don’t Cry Jennifer – Kouji Niikura, Kaori Takazoe (production only)

8 – Silent Hill 4: The Room (PS2) – Cradle of Forest – Akira Yamaoka & Joe Romersa

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9 – Rusty (PC-98) – Red Sunset – Masahiro Kajihara, Kenichi Arakawa, Ryu Takami

10 – Dead Space (X360, PS3) – The Hive Mind – Jason Graves

Outro

*BONUS INDIE FEATURE* – Trix ‘n Treets (PC) – Reaching Branches – “Scare” from Pixo’Lantern Games

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Ghosts.  Mummies.  Bats.  Annoying Medusa heads.  No, it’s not PixelTunes Castle Basement… It’s the Castlevania series!  We’re kicking off PTR Horror Month with one of the creepiest video game franchises around, and we’ve packed it full of amazing tunes as well!  Plus, hear Mike and Ed try out their Transylvanian accents, and learn to live… The Belmont Way.  Enjoy!

Look for us NEXT WEEK with a special Spooky Tunes episode!

The Tracklist:

1 – Castlevania – Vampire Killer – Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima

2 – Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Bloody Tears – Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, Kouji Murata

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3 – Haunted Castle – Heart of Fire/Hardly Wait til’ Night – Kenichi Matsubara

4 – Akumajo Densetsu (Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse) – Aquarius (VRC6 version) – Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto, Yoshinori Sasaki

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5 – Super Castlevania IV – The Submerged City – Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudo

6 – Akumajou Dracula X68000 – Wicked Child – Shin-chan, Keizo Nakamura, Hiroshi Kobayashi

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7 – Bloodlines – Iron Blue Intention – Michiru Yamane

8 – Symphony of the Night – Tragic Prince – Michiru Yamane, arranged by Akira Yamaoka

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9 – Castlevania: Curse of Darkness – Legendary Belmondo – Michiru Yamane, Yuka Watanabe

10 – Castlevania Judgment – Darkness of Fear – Yasushi Asada

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Hot on the heels of Nintendo’s release of Hyrule Warriors, Mike and Ed bring Todd along to talk about the Legend of Zelda series!  We play some of our favorite tracks, talk about the composers behind the music, and share our opinions on the newest games in the series.  If you love Zelda, you won’t want to miss this one!  Please don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment… we want to hear your thoughts and answer your questions!

The Tracklist:

1 – Legend of Zelda (NES) – Title Theme – Koji Kondo

2 – Zelda II – The Adventure of Link (NES) – Palace – Akito Nakatsuka

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3 – A Link to the Past (SNES) – Dark World (Dark Golden Land) – Koji Kondo

4 – Link’s Awakening (GB) – Mysterious Woods – Minako Hamano, Kozue Ishikawa

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5 – Ocarina of Time (N64) – Lost Woods – Koji Kondo

6 – Majora’s Mask (N64) – Ikana’s Ancient Castle – Koji Kondo / Toru Minegishi

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7 – Wind Waker (GCN) – Ocean – Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo

8 – Twilight Princess (Wii) – Hidden Village – Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo

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9 – Link Between Worlds (3DS) – Hyrule Hotfoot – Ryo Nagamatsu

10 – Hyrule Warriors (Wii U) – Boss Battle: Ocarina of Time – Masato Koike, Yuki Matsumura

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We’re proud to announce that we’re now a member of the Retro Junkies Network!  We’ll have PTR-related goodies at www.theretrojunkies.com, and you can check out a whole bunch more game-related podcasts there, too!