Retro Game Audio

Tracklist:

0:00 Agony (Amiga)

2:14 Devil Crush (PCE)

5:44 Armalyte (C64)

9:19 Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)

11:52 Assassin (Amiga)

16:37 Suikoden 2 (PS1)

19:20 Ghost Battle (Atari ST)

23:50 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

26:31 Aquaventura (Amiga)

29:36 Mario Kart (N64)

31:17 The Hobbit (C64)

33:22 Final Fantasy XI (PS2)

42:27 Astaroth (Amiga)

49:01 ActRaiser (SNES)

51:33 Dragon's Kingdom (Amiga)

55:21 Star Ocean III (PS2)

59:38 Alien Syndrome (C64)

1:05:52 Akumajō Dracula (Sharp X68000)

1:08:54 Dune (Amiga)

1:12:17 Super Mario RPG (SNES)

1:15:16 Battle Squadron (Amiga)

1:19:43 Logical (Atari ST)

1:22:05 Extase (Amiga)

1:25:59 38万キロの虚空 (X68k)

1:29:17 Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Amiga)

1:31:44 Leavin' Teramis (Atari ST)

1:33:45 Superfrog (Amiga)

1:38:26 SD Snatcher (MSX2)

1:40:38 Zombi (Atari ST)

1:44:28 Bubsy (SNES)

After a long hiatus, we're back! We don't have anything specific to announce or regular content on the way just yet, but stay tuned for more. RGA will resume in some capacity, with Jeffrey Roberts joining as a permanent member.

Intro-less version of this episode can be found here, and as always downloads are enabled to be able to listen outside of soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio/halloween-mix-v-music-only/s-kMh08uYqa7Z

Steve, Patrick, and Jeff each picked 10 tracks, so we're doing the usual 30-tracks format, divided 3 ways this time instead of 2.

Patrick would like to thank Alex Menchi again for providing most of the Amiga rips used in this playlist; His archive has been incredibly helpful in discovering more Amiga tunes we weren't previously familiar with.

Tracklist:

1:39 Galactic Empire (Amiga) - Original Theme, composed by Frédéric Motte (Moby)

5:20 Otto's Ottifanten - Baby Bruno's Nightmare (GB) - Ghostphobia, composed by Alberto Jose González

8:09 SaGa Frontier (PS1) - Ancient Tomb of Sei, composed by Kenji Ito

10:09 Nitro Ball (Arcade) - Field 3: Ghost Town, composed by Hiroaki Yoshida; Akira Takemoto

11:18 Turrican 3 (Amiga) - Slimy Mutants & Alien Disaster, composed by Chris Hülsbeck

13:05 Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (3DS) - Madman's Reign - Greyfield, composed by Yoshito Hirano

15:13 Warlock (SNES) - Terror Awaits..., composed by Eric Swanson

16:54 Lemmings (PC/DOS) - Beast II, composed by Tim Wright

18:30 Awesome (Amiga) - Game Over, composed by Timothy Brian Wright & Lee Wright

20:37 Akumajou Densetsu (Famicom) - Overture, composed by Konami Kukeiha Club

22:50 Addams Family Values (SNES) - Sea of Cursed Trees, composed by Keith Tinman

25:32 T-Racer (Amiga) - Theme, composed by Pierpaolo Di Maio

29:49 Murders in Space (Amiga) - Murders in Space, composed by Stéphane Picq

31:49 Demon's Crest (SNES) - Beyond the Colosseum, composed by Toshihiko Horiyama

34:00 Garfield: Caught in the Act (PC) - Count Slobula's Castle, composed by Tristan Des Pres

35:38 Dead of the Brain: Shiryou no Sakebi (PC-9801) - BGM 1, composed by Ryu Takami; Marina

37:49 Death Stalker (ZX Spectrum) - Title Screen, composed by David Whittaker

40:48 Wings of Death (Amiga ) - Title Theme, composed by Jochen Hippel

46:31 Xak: The Tower of Gazzel (PC-9801) - Gazzel, composed by Tadahiro Nitta

48:56 Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) - Bats, composed by Robin Beanland

52:20 Secret of Mana (SNES) - Ceremony, composed by Hiroki Kikuta

54:08 King's Valley 2 (MSX) - Demo Between Pyramids, composed by Kazuhiko Uehara, Kinuyo Yamashita, Masahiro Ikariko, Michiru Yamane, Motoaki Furukawa, Yasuhiko Manno

54:53 Duck Tales (prototype) (NES) - Ghost House, composed by Hiroshige Tonomura

56:31 Gauntlet III (Atari ST) - Title Screen, composed by Tim Follin

58:44 Invasion from Beyond (PS1) - Track 9, composed by Jolyon Myers

61:12 Nosferatu (SNES) - Creature of the Night, composed by Masanao Akahori

62:38 VergeWorld: Icarus (Amiga) - Theme, composed by Szudizlav

65:16 Devilish (Genesis) - Stage 7 - Prarie , composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto

67:54 Ilusion of Gaia (SNES) - Threat of Dark Gaia, composed by Yasuhiro Kawasaki

71:01 Journey to Silius (NES) - Intro, composed by Naoki Kodaka

A discussion on some new(ish) discoveries with the VRC7, and a few corrections as well.

Show notes/links:

https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9141

https://www.routledge.com/Music-in-the-Role-Playing-Game-Heroes--Harmonies-1st-Edition/Gibbons-Reale/p/book/9780815369042

Welcome to the first "mini episode" of Retro Game Audio. Steve and Patrick explore some odd instances of triangle "Pitch 0" appearing in the Castlevania 1 soundtrack.

We're back with another Halloween playlist of spooky VGM. Here is the link to the music-only version of this episode, which includes a download option:

https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio/halloween-mix-iv-music-only/s-bCwbD

Apano Sin (Amiga)

Der Langrisser (SFC)

Alien Target (Amiga)

Etrian Odyssey III (DS)

Dungeon Explorer (PCE)

Adventure of Tokyo Disney Sea (GBA)

Tempest 1200 (Amiga)

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (PS2)

Battle Heat (PC-FX)

Mortal Kombat II (Sega Genesis)

Necronom (Amiga)

Fantasm Soldier Valis II (PC-98)

Rings of Medusa (Atari ST)

Muppet Monster Adventure (PS1)

Mystic Formula (PCE)

Banjo-Kazooie (N64)

Sabre Team (Amiga)

Wild Arms (PS1)

E.V.O.: Search for Eden (SNES)

Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD)

Alien III (Amiga)

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (PS2)

Beyond Shadowgate (PCE)

Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)

Neutopia II (PCE)

Wild Arms XF (PSP)

Efera & Jiliora (PCE)

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (SNES)

Psychosis (PCE)

Diablo II (PC)

Special thanks to Alex Menchi, who is our source for the Amiga tunes.

Patrick and Steve are joined once again by Kevin Burke to discuss the Castlevania Bloodlines soundtrack. Sampled from a modded Sega Genesis to achieve a crisp, bright sound, we do a complete listen-through as we also explore some of the technical aspects of its creation.

Show notes

1:35 - Kevin's vgm audio sources on original hardware project

6:22 - Bloodlines' history and context

9:10 - Konami's history with hardware and sound design, leading to the Genesis

15:53 - Contra Hard Corps discussion

18:27 - Bloodlines listen-through and discussion

28:10 - Why the sound mod makes the soundtrack sound better

39:41 - Demonstration of algorithm 4, polyphony in a single "monophonic" patch

45:03 - All FM instruments demonstration

51:35 - The "x" shaped envelopes used to create a gnarly instrument

54:06 - Michiru Yamane overview

1:01:57 - More game discussion and Portrait of Ruin tangent

1:06:28 - Demonstration of noise/hiss from the sound mod

1:22:20 - Bloodlines' music in later CV titles

1:25:48 - What Else Is Going On?

1:36:20 - Name that Game

1:37:16 - Song of the Week

We're back! Kicking off season 3 with an in depth analysis of the sound design in the long-lost SimCity NES game. Patrick and Steve also talk about MAGFest.

For more history on this version of SimCity, visit https://gamehistory.org/simcity/

LuigiBlood's mashup of NES and SNES Metropolis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSTa1X4xMw

We return with our 3rd annual Halloween playlist of spooky video game music! Lots of obscure and great tunes. Also, an announcement about the upcoming 3rd season of Retro Game Audio.

You can listen to & download the music-only version of this episode here:

https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio/halloween-mix-iii-music-only/s-uw4U2

Tracklist:

Agony (Amiga)

Devil Crush (PCE)

Armalyte (C64)

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)

Assassin (Amiga)

Suikoden 2 (PS1)

Ghost Battle (Atari ST)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

Aquaventura (Amiga)

Mario Kart (N64)

The Hobbit (C64)

Final Fantasy XI (PS2)

Astaroth (Amiga)

ActRaiser (SNES)

Dragon's Kingdom (Amiga)

Star Ocean III (PS2)

Alien Syndrome (C64)

Akumajō Dracula (Sharp X68000)

Dune (Amiga)

Super Mario RPG (SNES)

Battle Squadron (Amiga)

Logical (Atari ST)

Extase (Amiga)

38万キロの虚空 (X68k)

Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Amiga)

Leavin' Teramis (Atari ST)

Superfrog (Amiga)

SD Snatcher (MSX2)

Zombi (Atari ST)

Bubsy (SNES)

Once again thanks to Alex Menchi for providing the source rips for most of the Amiga music.

Patrick and Steve discuss the Sunsoft 5B famicom sound expansion and the sound design of Mr. Gimmick. This episode includes some previously-unknown information about Gimmick!, and also a complete listen-through of the soundtrack sampled from original hardware.

Show notes:

0:00:43 - introduction & general gameplay discussion

0:13:49 - the 5B sound expansion

0:26:07 - the gimmick ps1 soundtrack

0:28:10 - imatrackman's "buzzer" cover

0:32:24 - the history of Gimmick! and Masashi Kageyama

0:38:09 - the PAL soundtrack (Mr. Gimmick!)

0:42:26 - the cancelled US port

0:44:19 - soundtrack listen-through and analysis

1:28:07 - sunsoft bass

1:38:27 - the origin of strange memories of death

1:42:36 - "so what's up?" / comments

1:50:43 - name that game

1:53:06 - song of the "week"

Patrick and Steve are joined by Jeffrey Roberts to discuss the optimal set-ups for recording chiptunes and video game music from hardware. We review the audio outputs, recommended mods, audio formats, and flashcarts/ devices for a variety of consoles.

12:43 - NES

23:00 - Sound Expansion on the NES

31:02 - Top Loader NES

32:29 - Nintendo Famicom

38:02 - Game Boy & Game Boy Color

50:36 - Super Game Boy

55:04 - Super Nintendo

1:07:29 - Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive

1:19:40 - Sega Nomad

1:23:22 - Sega Master System

1:30:12 - Sega Game Gear

1:35:29 - TurboGrafx / PCE

1:41:29 - Atari Lynx

1:43:44 - Neo Geo AES

Follow Jeff's band Marshall Art on twitter:

https://twitter.com/MarshallArtBand

Cover photo credit:

https://www.instagram.com/lippemfg/