Retro Vgm Revival Hour

It's time to have your whip handy and make sure you stock up on plenty of holy water, because you're about to face the master of darkness himself, DRACULA! And what better way to Overcome his incredible armies of the dead than to have these amazing tunes playing through the background, reasuring that his end will soon be near. Todays STAGE is all about CASTLEVANIA, so make sure you never experience a horrible time to have a curse wherever you go Track List Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company *Castlevania - Kinuyo Yamashita & Satoe Terashima - "Wicked Child (Stages 7-9)" - September 26, 1986 - KONAMI - NES *Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Kenichi Matsubara , Satoe Terashima & Kouji Murata - "Bloody Tears (Street - Day Time)" - August 28, 1987 - KONAMI - NES *Castlevania: The Adventure - Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa & Hidehiro Funauchi -"Battle of the Holy (Stage 1)" - December 15, 1989 - KONAMI - Game Boy *Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (Akumajou Densetsu) - Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi,

15 years ago today, the Sega Dreamcast made its debut in Japan (the US release date was famously 9/9/99). This machine left a lasting mark on the world of video games and our hearts. From second screen gameplay to online multiplayer to DLC, the Dreamcast was well ahead of its time. Let’s take this opportunity to examine what made the Dreamcast special, and pay respects to one of the most innovative and amazing systems to ever grace our homes. A system that was ahead of its time and that 15 years later, can now look back on its legacy, and see that it’s the foundation that everything since has been built upon. This STAGE focuses on the many popular games that came from this amazing system and the amazing music that left a significant imprint on our hearts and minds. This is the Sega DREAMCAST. Track List Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company *Sonic Adventure - Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Masaru Setsumaru & Jun Senoue - "Pleasure Castle” - September 9, 1999 - Sonic Team/SEGA *Marvel VS. Capcom - Y

OH NO! The President has been kidnapped by ninjas! Are you a bad enough dude to take care of business with your bare hands as you encounter wave after wave of fearsome baddies? Make sure you mastered your moves and knock over some trash cans to reveal a home cooked chicken dinner, because you're gonna need all your skills to experience this special stage of this podcast ,which is BEAT 'EM UPS! Stroll the dangerous streets of your home town with no worries, because the tunes in this Stage will get you in the mood to take on all comers. Let's kick some tail and vote MIKE HAGGAR for President! Track List: Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System *Double Dragon - Kazunaka Yamane - "Missions 1, 3-4 & 4-4 [Billy & Jimmy Lee's Theme]” - Jp.April 8, 1988/ us.June1988 - Technos japan/Tradewest - NES *Final Fight - Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yasuaki Fujita(uncredited), Yoko Shimomura(uncredited) ported by Toshio Kajino - “Round 5: Street of Luxury Stage” - jp.December 21,1990 us.September1991 - CAPCOM - S

You've Made it though all the obstacles this stage has thrown at you, but now your skill are going to be taken to the ultimate test as you take on the stage boss! You you think you have what it takes to overcome the odds and come out victorious? This Particular STAGE is all about BOSS MUSIC, so lets hope you have Plenty of Energy Tanks stored, because this will be a fight to the finish! Track List: Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System *mega man 9 - Ippo Yamada, Yū Shimoda, Ryō Kawakami & Hiroki Isogai - "Wily Machine” - 9/22/2008 - Inti Creates/CAPCOM - WiiWare, PSN, Xbox Live *Tales of Symphonia - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura & Takeshi Arai - "Beat The Angel” - 8/29/2003 - NAMCO - Gamecube & PS2 *Donkey Kong Country - David Wise, Eveline Fischer & Robin Beanland - "Gangplank Galleon” - 11/21/94 - Rare/Nintendo - SNES *Final Fantasy 4(final Fantasy 2 outside of japan) - Nobuo Uematsu - "Zeromus Battle (final boss)” - jp 7/19/91- na 11/23/91 - Square - SNES *Kingdom Hearts 2 - Yoko

April 21, 1989 25 Years Ago, We started to play with power, Portable Power! And it seems that we have not stopped yet Can you believe it's been 25 YEARS!! 25 Years ago the Game Boy launched in Japan and melted faces. So this special STAGE 6 is here to Celebrate what an amazing console it was with help from some of these selected tracks. You better put on your party hat and get those balloons ready, because this Game Boy party cannot start without YOU! Track List: Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company *Super Mario Land - Hirokazu Tanaka - “Birabuto kingdom” - August 1989 - Nintendo *Batman - Naoki Kodaka & Nobuyuki Hara - "Gotham City” - June 1990 - Sunsoft *Donkey Kong - Taisuke Araki - "Upside Down Critters” - June 1994 - Pax Softnica/Nintendo *Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Hidehiro Funauchi - "Praying Hands (Cloud Castle)" - August 1991 - Konami *Final Fantasy Legend II - Nobuo Uematsu & Kenji Ito - “Heartful Tears” - November 1991 - Square *Astérix & Obelix (GBC) - Alberto Jose

Get those pockets full of quarters ready, because we are about to play some Arcade games and listen to some amazing tracks. Arcade Games is the subject that STAGE 5 is all about , so you better pop in that token and press start, because this is something you do not want to miss! Track List: game - composer - title - year - Company *Sunset Riders Music (Arcade) - Motoaki Furukawa - "Shoot out at the Sunset Ranch (Stage 1)" - April 09, 1991 - KONAMI *Super Battletoads - David Wise - "Stage 1" - 1994 - RARE /EA *Alien Syndrome - tohru nakabayashi - "Killer Instinct (Bosstheme)" - 1987 - SEGA *ESWAT - Yasuhiro Kawakami - "Stage Theme 3” - 1989 - SEGA *ROBOCOP - Hiroaki Yoshida, Hitomi Komatsu & Hiroyuki - "Stage 7" - 1988 - DATA EAST *Alien VS Predator - Hideki Okugawa - "Round 4-2, 2-2" - May 20, 1994 - CAPCOM *Captain Commando - Masaki Izutani & Shun Nishigaki - "STAGE 8 (Enemy's Space Ship)” - November 1991 - CAPCOM *Toki - Yukihiko Kitahara - "Lake Neptune” (stage 2) - TAD corporation /FABTEK -

Video game music based on The much beloved MEGA MAN games is what this very special Stage 4 is all about, so make sure you have plenty of "E" tanks handy and have your Mega Buster fully charged up. This episode might just blow you away in its sheer epicness of all things Mega Man Track List: game - composer - title - year *Mega Man - Manami Matsumae - "Fire Man” , "Cut Man" - December 17, 1987 *Mega Man 2 - Takashi Tateishi, Manami Matsumae - “introduction and Title Theme” , "Bubble Man” , "Dr. Wily's Castle" - December 24, 1988 *Mega Man 3 - Yasuaki Fujita, Harumi Fujita - “Introduction” , "Spark Man” - September 28, 1990 * Mega Man 4 - Minae Fujii - "Drill Man” - December 6, 1991 * Mega Man 5 - Mari Yamaguchi - "ProtoMan's Fortress Stage" - December 4, 1992 * Mega Man 6 - Yuko Takehara - "Tomahawk Man” - jap. October 5, 1993/us. March 15, 1994 * Mega Man 7 - Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama, Makoto Tomozawa - “Shade Man” - jap. March 24, 1995/us.September 1995 - SNES * Mega Man 8 - Shusaku

Video games based on Disney characters, movies and tevevision shows are what Stage 3 is all about, so dust off that old pair of Mickey ears, sit back ,and listen to the sounds of your favorite Disney favorites in an 8bit,16bit and 32bit state of mind. This episode is never short on magic, adventure and PIXXIE DUUUUUUUUST :) Track List: game- composer-title-company *Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse - Shigenori Kamiya - "deeper into the dark forest (door 3)" - SEGA *mickey mousecapade - Kunimoto Takeaki - "Stage 5 (The Castle)” - NES/Famicon - Capcom *Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse - Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra, Matt Furniss (all versions) - “Captain Pete” - Sega *QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck - Shigenori Kamiya - “MEXICO“ - Disney interactive studios/Sega *World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck - Haruyo Oguro & Tomoko Sasaki - “Magicians Domain“ - Sega *The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck - Unknown composer - “Andes Mountains” - Sega -

Video games based on movies is the topic of Stage 2 , so grab some popcorn and your snacks of choice and just sit back and listen to the sounds of your favorite movies in an 8bit and 16bit state of mind. This episode is rated A , for AWESOME. Full track listing: Game - Composer - Title - Company *Batman: The Video Game - Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara - “stages 1 & 5: gotham city/cathedral" - Sunsoft *Alien 3 - Jeroen Tel - “title Theme" - LJN *Batman Returns - Jun Funahashi, Harumi Uekō and Kazuhiko Uehara (music adapted from Danny Elfman's score for the film)- “Ambush in Gotham Plaza" - Konami *Star Wars - Marshall Parker - “Spaceport" - JVC digital Studios *Jurassic Park - Jonathan Dunn - “Level 1: Triceratops Stampede" - OCEAN *RoboCop 3 -Jeroen Tel - “Title Theme" - OCEAN *New Ghostbusters II - Jun Ishikawa (Nintento Cover of “FLIP City” originally Performed by Glenn Frey for the Movie)- “Stage 2: Subway” - HAL Laboratory *Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Naoki Kodaka, Nobuyuki Hara, Shi

Welcome to the first inaugural edition of the Retro VGM Revival Hour . This is a video game music show where me as well as guests will share and talking about video game music from the 8-bit ,16-bit 32bit, and current video game music Eras. From the obscure to the well known. Both Respecting and honoring The music that many gamers have grown up on and those who have just discovered the Incredible world of Video game music. Each episode will focus on a specific theme … Today's' theme: Launch Titles Full Track Listing: Game - Composer - Title - Company *Donkey Kong - Yukio Kaneoka - Title BGM - Nintendo *Donkey Kong Jr. - Yukio Kaneoka - Level 1 BGM - Nintendo *Super Mario Bros. - Koji Kondo - Overworld Theme - Nintendo *Hang On - Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Mr. Ishii - Main Theme - Sega *Altered Beast - Tohru Nakabayashi - level theme 1 - Sega *Golden Axe - Tohru Nakabayashi, Y. "Dolphin” Takada - wilderness - Sega *Super Mario World - Koji Kondo - Overworld Theme - Nintendo *Final Fight - Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Yoko