In this episode, Karl & Will spotlight on 2 short but awesome chiptune soundtracks released this year. Bunny Bomber Blast and Dreams of Aether. Enjoy some excellent recent chiptune VGM!

Bunny Bomber Blast - Sean Bialo - 2025

-Bunny Blaster -BGM

-Burrowing the Hatchet -BGM

-Short Fuse -BGM

-Grave Detonator -BGM

-Continue & Name Entry

-Do Not Feed the Moles -BGM

Dreams of Aether - flashygoodness - 2025

-Heart of Many Dreams

-Customization (Advance Ver.)

-Boss: Oceanic Breeze

-Friends We Made Along the Way

-Stage 2: In a Sleepy Tavern

-Boss: The King of Onsen

-See You in Another Dream

It's Marcato Radio time! But not just that, a very special Marcato Radio! This time around, the (incredible) playlist was outsourced to our wonderful discord community. Karl & Will even give their thoughts about the highest rated tune. Enjoy some awesome VGM!

Dodonpachi SaiDaiOuJou - Hibi

Under Night In-Birth II - Elefee's Healing Magic

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Monoco

Rabbit & Steel - Red Darkhouse (Action)

Tuberz McGee - Legend of the Bear Punch

Donkey Kong Bananza - Zebra Bananza

Night Slave - Initial Velocity

Border Down - Girl of Power (Arrange)

Deffy - E.S.S.O. (ft. RRThiel)

Kekkaishi: Kokobourou Shuurai - Final Battle with Shirago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Gestral Village - Gestral Merchant

Obliteracers - Snow Drift

VA-11 HALL-A - Digital Drive

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - Corel Desert

Devil Summoner - A Narrow Escape

ASTLIBRA Revision - Lava Belt

Honkai Star Rail - The Player on the Other Side

Joshua Morse - Drift (Ridge Racer)

Impetuth - Assault from the Evil World (Boss)

In this third installment of the unique and contrasting "Deep Dive" series, Karl & Will zoom way in on ONE piece of video game music! They thoroughly explore one of the most gorgeous VGM tracks, Chrono Trigger’s “Secret of the Forest". Enjoy!

Chrono Trigger - Yasunori Mitsuda - Square - SNES - 1995

-Secret of the Forest

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in June of 2014- "First Person Shooters (#117)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys presented a diverse selection of awesome music from FPS games!

Quake II – Sonic Mayhem – id Software – PC – 1997
-Quad Machine
Black – Chris Tilton, Michael Giacchino – EA – Playstation 2, Xbox – 2006
-Madhouse Mayhem
Team Fortress 2- Mike Morasky – Valve & EA – Xbox 360/PS3 – 2007
-Main Theme
James Bond 007: Nightfire – Lars Anderson – EA – Gamecube/PS2/Xbox – 2002
-Skyrail
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil- Darren Mitchell – Acclaim – N64 – 1998
-Totem 2
Outlaws – Clint Bajakian – Lucasarts – PC – 1997
-Sanctuary
Halo 2 -Martin O’Donnell, Michael Salvatori – Microsoft – Xbox – 2004
-Ghosts of Reach
Perfect Dark- Grant Kirkhope, Graeme Norgate – Rare – N64 – 2000
-Air Base X
Bioshock Infinite – Ruth Etting; Henry Creamer, Turner Layton – 2K Games – Xbox 360/PS3 – 2013
-After You’ve Gone
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe – Activision – PS3/Xbox 360 – 2009
-Endgame~Boat Ride
Metroid Prime – Kenji Yamamoto, Kouichi Kyuuma – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2002
-Menu Select
Timesplitters 2 – Graeme Norgate – Eidos -PS2/Gamecube/Xbox – 2002
-Chicago 1930s
Star Cruiser – Toshiya Yamanaka – Arsys – Genesis/PC – 1988
-To a Far Away Galaxy
Medal of Honor: Frontline – Michael Giacchino – EA – Gamecube/Xbox/PS2 – 2002
-Operation Market Garden
Resident Evil Survivor 2: Code Veronica – Makoto Iida – Capcom & Namco – Dreamcast- 2001
-Stage 4 BGM
Killzone 2 – Joris de Man – Sony – PS3 – 2009
-The Second Helghan March (Helghan Forever)
Star Wars: Battlefront II – John Williams, Jesse Harlin – Lucasarts – PS2 – 2005
-Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader Theme
Neotokyo – Ed Harrison – STUDIO RADI-8 – Steam – 2009
-Footprint
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Kenji Yamamoto – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2004
-U-Mos’s Account
Doom – Bobby Prince – iD – PC – 1993
-Kitchen Ace (and Taking Names)

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in December of 2013- "David Wise (#90)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys celebrate and interview (for the first time) the legendary David Wise!

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - LJN - NES - 1989 -Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - Nintendo - Super NES - 1995 -K. Rool Returns, In a Snow-Bound Land
Donkey Kong Country - Nintendo - Super NES - 1994 -Bonus Room Blitz, The Credits Concerto
Star Fox Adventures - Nintendo - Gamecube - 2003 -Dark Ice Mines Night

In this laidback episode, Karl & Will catch up, Will shares an exciting life update, and the guys play and discuss a couple of killer tracks from Mario Kart World! Enjoy!

Mario Kart World - Nintendo - Switch 2 - 2025

-Main Theme

-Please Select Player (SMB2)

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in November of 2014- "Star Fox (#137)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys explored the music of this legendary series!

Star Fox – Hajime Hirasawa – Nintendo – Super NES – 1993

-Corneria

-Fortuna

-Space Armada

-Venom Base (Level 1 & 3)

-Game Clear Demonstration

-Main Theme

Star Fox 2 – Yumiko Kanki & Kozue Ishikawa – Nintendo – Super NES – Unreleased

-Eladard

-Meteor

-Surprise Attack

-Staff Roll

Star Fox 64 – Koji Kondo & Hajime Wakai – Nintendo – Nintendo 64 – 1997

-Opening

-Corneria

-Fichina and Sector Z

-Starwolf’s Theme

-Boss A

-Mission Accomplished

Star Fox Adventures – Dave Wise – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2002

-Thorntail Hollow (Night)

Star Fox Assault – Yoshie Arakawa & Yoshinori Kawamoto – Nintendo – Gamecube – 2005

-Katina

-Sargasso Space Hideout

-Sauria

-Briefing 1

Star Fox Command – Hajime Wakai – Nintendo – DS – 2006

-Fox’s Assault

It’s another “Revisited” episode! After 11 years, Karl & Will decide to revisit the original score to Shovel Knight by Jake Kaufman! This is one of the best VGM soundtracks of all time, and a true marcato classic. Enjoy!

Shovel Knight – Jake Kaufman – Yacht Club Games – Wii U/3DS – 2014

-Main Theme

-One Fateful Knight

-Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)

-The Rival (Black Knight – First Battle)

-In the Halls of the Usurper (Pridemoor Keep)

-High Above the Land (The Flying Machine)

-An Underlying Problem (The Lost City)

-No Weapons Here (Village)

-Watch Me Dance!

-A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale) [Manami Matsumae]

-Of Devious Machinations (Clockwork Tower)

-The Schemer (Tinker Knight Battle)

-Waltz of the Troupple King

-Courage Under Fire – Armorer Village

-Fighting with All of Our Might

-Flowers of Antimony (The Explodatorium) [Manami Matsumae]

-La Danse Macabre (Lich Yard)

-The Fateful Return (Tower Approach)

-The Betrayer (Enchantress Final Form)

-A Return to Order (Ending)

It's time for another installment of Marcato Radio! Once again, it's another non-stop collection of outstanding video game music. Some tracks you've heard before, and some you have not! Enjoy!

Chicory - Dinner, The Big City

Area 88: Etranger 1995 (PC-98) - Track 1

Children of Mana - Rising Sun

Mickey's Speedway USA - Unused 1

Bahamut Lagoon - Fight 1

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Cantus Montetten 1

Demon's Crest - Metropolis of Ruin

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Everbay Coast

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Welcome Back, Kirby

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - The Battle of Blizzard Bridge

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Blue, Blue Breeze

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Burning, Churning Power Plant

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Prairie Area

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Chasing Down the Mini-Boss

Kirby Triple Deluxe - True Peace of Mind

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Candy Area

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Dreams and Disappearing Kings

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Walking to a Flowery Coup!

For this "Rebroadcast", Karl & Will share their episode originally released way back in September of 2013- "Konami (#77)!" Enjoy this blast from the past, where the guys explored and shared some of the best music from Konami games!

Super C - Hidenori Maezawa - Konami - NES - 1988 -Area 4 & 7

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Michiru Yamane - Konami - Playstation - 1997 -Marble Gallery

Salamander - Miki Higashino - Konami - Arcade - 1986 -Thunderbolt

Rocket Knight Adventures -Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata, Michiru Yamane & Masanori Adachi - Konami - Genesis - 1993 -Stage 1-1

Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction - Michiru Yamane, Kazuhiko Uehara, Motoaki Furukawa & Yukie Morimoto - Konami - MSX - 1987 -Give My Heart to You

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto - Konami - NES - 1989 -Riddle

Policenauts - Tappi Iwase, Masahiro Ikariko & Motoaki Furukawa - Konami - Playstation - 1996 -End of the Dark

Gradius II -Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara & Seiichi Fukami - Konami - Arcade - 1988 -Synthetic Life

Sparkster - Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Minako Matsuhira, Michiru Yamane & Akira Yamaoka - Konami - Super NES - 1994 -Ending (Part 2)

Pop'n Music 12 -Tomoyuki Uchida & Hiroyuki Uchida - Konami - PS2 - 2006 -Magical Voice Shower

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Michiru Yamane, Norikazu Miura, Yuzo Koshiro - Konami - DS - 2006 -Invitation of a Crazed Moon

Silent Hill 2 - Akira Yamaoka - Konami - PS2 - 2001 -True

Metal Gear Solid -Rika Muranaka & Aoife Ní Fhearraigh - Konami - Playstation/PC - 1998 -The Best is Yet to Come

Operation C - Hidehiro Funauchi - Konami - Game Boy - 1991 -Ending Theme

Biker Mice From Mars - Keroppi Inoue, Nobuyuki Akena - Konami - Super NES - 1994 -Staff

Castlevania Legends - Kaoru Okada & Youichi Iwata - Konami - Game Boy - 1997 -Boss Battle

Goemon's Great Adventure - Hirotaka Kurita, Nobuyuki Akena & Shigeru Araki - Konami - N64 - 1998 -Underground Paradise

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Michuru Yamane, Masahiko Kimura - Konami - DS - 2005 -Cursed Clock Tower

Play In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time - Mutsuhiko Izumi - Konami - Arcade - 1991-Sewer Surfin'

Play Out: X-Men: The Arcade Game - Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano - Konami - Arcade - 1992-Junk Factory