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Pixelated Audio Episode 65

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Red Alarm
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Today we have the music from Red Alarm by T&E Soft to prove that no matter what you’ve heard about this system, it doesn’t mean it didn’t have some cool music with awesome stereo effects.

Red Alarm レッドアラーム (1995, Virtual Boy – T&E Soft)
Composed by Composed by Ken Kojima
Red Alarm Pack

Track list

0:00:00 Opening
0:15:31 Stage 1
0:23:43 Stage 1 Boss
0:35:29 Stage 2
0:37:41 Clear
0:49:58 Replay
0:58:35 Stage 4
1:02:58 Stage 4 Boss
1:18:06 Stage 5
1:24:21 Stage 5 Boss
1:29:00 The Final Stage
1:34:57 Ending
1:42:55 Red Dimension*
*Remix by McVaffe at OCReMix based on Opening Theme


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Episode 66

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Hole Chaser
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Today we're bringing out the music from Hole Chaser. Both the YM2608 and the YM2203
Plus an exclusive interview with Masahiro Kajihara! Pretty cool stuff :)

Hole Chaser (1990, PC-88o1 - Ryokusui Software, Birdy Soft)
Composed by Masahiro Kajihara
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Track List:

0:00:10 Opening (OPNA)
0:07:14 BGM 1 (OPNA)
0:13:23 BGM 2 (OPN)
0:15:55 BGM 5 (OPN)
0:22:35 BGM 2 (OPNA)
0:27:01 BGM 5 (OPNA)
0:39:39 BGM 3 (OPN)
0:40:29 BGM 3 (OPNA)
0:46:32 BGM 4 (OPN)
0:47:28 BGM 4 (OPNA)
1:05:02 BGM 6 (OPNA)
1:25:01 Ending (OPNA)


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Episode 67

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Expansion Pack XVI: Extra-Life 2016
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This week we’re bringing you a special episode from our Extra-Life 2016 charity event (24 hour gaming marathon) that took place on Nov. 5th. We asked the other team members to pick a track from any game that was special to them and tell us why. As always it was a great time with awesome music and good friends. So we invite you to listen to us slowly lose our minds over the course of the 24 hour gaming marathon.

Track List:

“Talk Dirty to Me” Shock Troopers by Masahiko Hataya and Masaki Kase (Arcade)
“Jungle Brinstar Theme” Super Metroid by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano (SNES)
“Opening Cutscene” Ys: Memories of Celceta by Falcom Sound Team jdk (PS Vita)
“Wings” Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete by Noriyuki Iwadare (vocals: Jenny Stigile) (PSX)
“Overworld” Faxanadu by Jun Chikuma (NES)
“Das Malefitz” Mass Effect 3 by Faunts (PS3/360/PC)
“Top Man Theme” Mega Man 3 by Yasuaki Fujita and Harumi Fujita (NES)
“Toxic Caves” Sonic Spinball by Howard Drossin, Brian Coburn, Barry Blum (GEN/MD)
“Deep in the Forest” Rayman by Rémi Gazel (PS1)
“Warehouse” TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan by Michiru Yamane (GB)


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5 Years of VGMRips - Episode 68

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5 Years of VGMRips - Episode 68
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Join us as we celebrate 5 years of VGMRips with many of the people responsible, not only for its maintenance and up keep but its creation. We've asked our friends to share a song that has significance to them and to tell us about it in their own words. This led to an episode crammed with beautiful tunes (across many platforms) that we all think you'll enjoy.

Thank you VGMRips community, for all that you've done for video game music lovers and also preserving these tracks for generations to come. We're so proud to be a part of it. Here's to 5 more years!

Track List:

Bryan: "Battle Theme 1" Tsunyan Jaayao by Takeshi Abo (PC98)
MaliceX: "Tower of Destiny" Rusty by Ryu Takami, Kenichi Arakawa, Masahiro Kajihara (PC/AT)
Crimson1117: "Retro Nitro Girl" Minna de Mamotte Knight Hisayoshi Ogura - FM arr. by Wing (3DS)
ctr: "BGM3" Racing Hero by Hikoshi Hashimoto (Arc)
MusicFox: "Character Generation" Eye of the Beholder by Paul Mudra (PC/AT)
2ch-H: "Submerged City (Stage 1)" Dragon Saber by Shinji Hosoe (Arc)
Grauw: "BGM 1-1" Quarth by Kazuhiko Uehara, Norio Hanzawa, Tomoya Tomita, Yuji Takenouchi (MSX2)
Maxim: "Building 1" GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury by Yuzo Koshiro (GG)
oerg866: "Sortie" Guantlet IV by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masahiro Iwata (Gen/MD)
kode54: "Menu" Tunnels of Armageddon by Dorota Błaszczak, Marcin Grzegorzewski (Apple IIgs)
tails_: "Field Music #2" Valna by Manabu Saito (PC88)
vampirefrog: "Fate" YU-NO by Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, Kazuhiro Kanae (PC98)
ValleyBell: "Going on an Adventure" High Seas Havoc by Emi Shimizu (Gen/MD)
James: "Title Screen" Monty on the Run: Monty no Doki Doki Daisassou by Kazuo Sawa (FDS)


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Episode 69

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Neo Turf Masters with Takushi Hiyamuta
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One of our favorite golf games ever made. Before they were part of SNK, Nasca proved to the industry that they could hang with the best of em. Neo Turf Masters, being one of their first, showcased arcade golf at its finest which drove the game to becoming one of our favorite sports titles ever made. It has great gameplay and clean graphics but the soundtrack is the star with its upbeat, jazzy-fusion and soaring solos composed by Takushi Hiyamuta.

Turf Masters was also ported to the Neo Geo Pocket Color and it’s a faithful (albeit scaled back) conversion that simulates the gameplay of the arcade version quite well. Even the soundtrack made the jump and is a lot of fun to listen to. Join us this week as we listen to the soundtrack from both versions as well as chat with Takushi “HIYA!” Hiyamuta about his composition!

Track List:

0:00:12 Neo Turf Masters Title
0:08:19 BADEN National Golf Course – Germany (NGPC)
0:10:33 BADEN National Golf Course – Germany
0:24:16 Fujiyama Oriental Golf Club – Japan (NGPC)
0:27:39 Fujiyama Oriental Golf Club – Japan
0:37:46 Blue Lagoon Golf Course – Australia
1:01:39 Grand Canyon Golf Course – U.S.A.
1:17:00 Grand Canyon Golf Course – U.S.A.(NGPC)

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Pixelated Audio Episode 70

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Game On: Quadrant (C64)
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Today we bring you the tunes from a lesser-known Commodore 64 title called Quadrant composed by Thomas Detert. Quadrant it’s kind of like a Tetris-Plus/Connect Four style puzzle game that was released in October of 1993, published by CP Verlag and developed by X-Ample. While the game might not be all that amazing, it has an awesome soundtrack that will definitely get you moving. We’ve also snuck in some bonus content to showcase Detert’s other work around the time the game was released from the Game On Disk Magazines. Take a listen!

Track List:

0:06:51 Subsong 2 (Quadrant)
0:13:24 Subsong 5 (Quadrant)
0:26:46 Subsong 4 (Quadrant)
0:35:31 Game On Disk Magazine (Issue November, 1993)
0:42:54 Game On Disk Magazine (Issue December, 1993)
0:49:17 Game On Disk Magazine (Issue September, 1993)
0:58:40 Subsong 1 (Gordian Tomb)
1:05:10 Game On Disk Magazine (Issue June, 1993)
1:09:19 Subsong 7 (Quadrant)
1:16:17 Subsong 9 (Quadrant)

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Pixelated Audio Episode 71

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Daze Before Christmas
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It’s no surprise that there aren’t many Christmas specific games out on the store shelves. And after looking around we found a few Christmas games and some demo/expansions but nothing we were excited to share. Facing the possibility of not finding a game we felt worth a short holiday episode, we had to dig deep and go outside of the North American release market to find Daze Before Christmas on the Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. Wrapped up in this game we found something fun (and odd), so grab some eggnog and fire up that yule log for some retro Santa adventures!

Daze Before Christmas (MD/SNES) composed by KIM M. JENSON and GEIR TJELTA

Track List:

0:00:00 Daze Before Christmas (MD)
0:06:46 Santa’s Workshop (SNES)
0:19:11 Out in the Snow (MD)
0:26:44 I’m Anti Clause (MD)
0:32:49 Bad Character (MD)
0:37:22 Holiday Destroyer (SNES)
0:43:34 Cool Floors (MD)
0:48:51 Unknown Track 2 (MD)

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Episode 72

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PA Music Disk Vol. 1 (Orphe Music Disk)
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With the new year we’d like to introduce you to one of the two new show styles that we will be added into the mix. “Pixelated Audio Music Disk Volumes” are a mixture of game music arrangements and original tunes created by the doujin (同人) groups of the late 80s through the 90s and each episode will revolve around a single disk. This episode we’ll be looking at the first Orphe Music Disk released in 1991 for the NEC PC-8801 and playing our selection from the 40 tracks created for the SoundBoard II by this killer music-centric team. Enjoy!

Orphe Music Disk (1991, Orphe) (PC-8801 for Sound Board II) composed by:

Takayoshi Yamamoto (YAMA) 山本高義
Ryuichi Hasegawa (RIU) 長谷川隆一
Hijiri Kinbara (KIN) 金原聖

Track List:

0:00:00 Tower of the Shadow of Death – Ys (arr.)
0:06:38 Sky Shooting (YAMA)
0:16:11 Don’t Submit (YAMA)
0:18:51 Heart of Fire (Stage 5) – Castlevania (arr.)
0:21:33 Be Brave! (RIU)
0:24:49 Battle Master (YAMA)
0:30:12 Sand Storm – Gradius III (arr.)
0:33:03 Last Night (YAMA)
0:37:41 Glitter Sky (YAMA)
0:43:18 Shrine (RIU)
0:47:23 Nostalgic – Lightning Fighters/Trigon (arr. KIN)
0:51:39 Ambition (YAMA)
0:59:51 Oath (YAMA)

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Episode 73

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Bangai-O – PA73
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When it comes to the Sega Dreamcast there certainly is no shortage of uniquely odd titles. Bangai-O fits the bill. From the moment you start playing, it shatters your expectations into tiny pieces and when you’re done it reassemble them into an unforgettable experience. If somehow you were thinking the Dreamcast version wasn’t enough, we’re also taking a look at the original Nintendo 64 version Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O (爆裂無敵バンガイオー) as well as the Nintendo DS sequel Bangai-O Spirits. Enjoy!

Bangai-O / 爆裂無敵バンガイオー (N64/Dreamcast, 1999) composed by:

Toshiya Yamanaka (山中季哉)
Aki Hata (畑亜貴)
Kazuo (Norio) Hanzawa (半澤一雄)

Track List:

0:00:09 Title Screen
0:13:01 Step of Battle
0:18:27 Sorrowful Beat
0:25:16 Come Forward, Forward!
0:32:53 Mrs. M
0:40:18 Sorrowful Melody
0:46:21 Now Starts the Main Act
0:55:17 Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O Theme (N64)
0:57:34 Stage BGM 5 (N64)
1:05:55 Machine! Core
1:13:42 Charge Energy (Bangai-O Spirits, NDS)
1:17:22 Armor’s Extra March (Bangai-O Spirits, NDS)
1:20:33 Fierce Battle! Power Shooting (Bangai-O Spirits, NDS)
1:24:34 Aim for Victory!
1:31:37 Recovery
1:34:09 Hot Feelings! Male★
1:40:09 The Memory of Grateful Tears

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Episode 74

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Alisia Dragoon with Fumihito Kasatani Interview – PA74
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Want a game that’s obscure but still has it all? Alisia Dragoon on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive is exactly the game you’re looking for. Fun game play, top-notch artwork, and some of the best music the system has to offer. It’s too bad the title didn’t get more recognition back in the day, however, 25 years later we can still fall in love with this work of art.

The composition was done by a small company called “Mecano Associates,” led by Fumihito Kasatani. And with the help of the team, we believe that they hit this soundtrack out of the park. Join us as we explore the audio and hear about the process from the sound producer, himself.

Alisia Dragoon (アリシアドラグーン) Genesis/MegaDrive – Game Arts/Gainax, 1992 composed by:

Mecano Associates
Fumihito Kasatani, Nobuyuki Aoshima, Mamoru Ishimoda, Yoko Sonoda and Mariko Sato

Track List:

0:00:10 Opening Theme
0:07:00 Stage 1-1
0:14:34 Stage 1-2
0:19:31 Stage 1-3
0:30:37 Stage 2
0:33:12 Stage 3
0:50:14 Stage 4
0:54:27 Stage 5-2
1:04:30 Stage 6-1
1:06:39 Stage 6-2
1:13:10 Boss Theme 1
1:14:18 Boss Theme 2
1:18:01 Stage 7
1:21:28 Final Boss 1
1:25:59 Final Boss 2
1:32:01 Staff Roll

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Episode 75

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Expansion Pack XVII
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Back with another selection of semi-random VGM tracks from a number of different systems. We’ve been a bit overdue for an Expansion Pack so listen in, join the fun, brush that 3D horse hair, and let us know what you think of the tunes.

Track List:
0:00:00 Ultima – Dragon Saber (Arcade) – Shinji Hosoe
0:08:51 BGM #5 – Wonder Classic (WSC) – T. Fujitani
0:15:36 Highly Responsive to Prayers – Touhou Reiiden (PC-9801) – Junya Ota (ZUN)
0:24:17 Minigame – My Horse 3D (3DS)
0:31:47 Night Bird (Boss) – Grind Stormer/V-V (Arcade)
0:39:13 Intro/Anarchy – TFX – Barry Leitch
0:52:16 Subterranean City – Zeliard (Tandy 1000) – Mecano Associates
0:58:27 Title (Laughing Ghost) – Legend of Hero Tonma (TG16/PCE) – Masahiko Ishida


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Episode 76

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Out Zone with guest Tatsuya Uemura
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Toaplan was one of the most well-loved developers in the shooter genre with a number of releases including Tiger-Heli, Twin Cobra, Hellfire, Truxton, and Zero Wing. In 1990, they released a different style of shooter called Out Zone which and is one of the most significant departures from the company’s catalog but still retains all the excitement, difficulty, and attention to detail. Join us as we dive into the soundtrack and have a chat with the composer of Out Zone (as well as many others) Tatsuya Uemura.

Track List:

0:00:06 Operation (Start) – To the Earth (Chapter 1)
0:07:00 Pump Them with Bullets (Chapter 2)
0:12:58 Look Out (Tiger Heli) – Arcade Version
0:20:08 Hired Gun in O,Z (Chapter 3)
0:35:41 Soldier a GoGo (Chapter 4)
0:39:07 Secret of Ogiwara (Chapter 5)
0:46:51 Close to Finish (Chapter 6)
1:07:23 Get the Last Laugh (Chapter 7)
1:32:26 Flower of Victory (Ending)
1:39:03 Eternal Life (Name Entry)

Pack: Out Zone (contributed by 2ch-H)

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Episode 77

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Expansion Pack XVIII – PA77
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In this episode we have a healthy dose of video game music from a variety of different games, systems and composers. Join in as we discuss the music and explore the games in Expansion Pack XVII.

Track List:
0:00:00 B: The Prairie – Lucky Luke (GB/GBC) – Alberto José González
0:09:26 J: A Premonition – Styx – Ys III (X68k) – Mieko Ishikawa
0:13:31 B: Track 1 – Artist Tool (PCE) – Unknown
0:18:31 J: Stage 2 – Reon’s Adventure (PC) – Unknown
0:24:23 B: Perfect Transformation! Star Ruby – Bunretsu Shugo Shin Twinkle Star (PC-98) – Hiroaki Sano
0:30:07 J: CAMANIS – Tyrian (PC) – Alexander Brandon, Andreas Molnar
0:37:46 B: Round 1-3, 3-3, 5-1 – Riot Zone (PCE CD) – T’s Music
0:47:29 J: I’ll Save you All My Justice – The Scheme (PC88) – Yuzo Koshiro


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Episode 78

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Mitsume ga Tooru with guest Hiroyuki Iwatsuki – PA78
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Mitsume ga Tooru is a 2D side scrolling action platformer that was developed by Natsume and published by TOMY in Japan for the Famicom in 1992. It might not have made a western appearance, but what’s not to love? The gameplay is simple, accessible, and challenging -but not in a frustrating ‘rage-quit’ way at all. Natsume packed tons of details into the game which gives it a very polished and totally enjoyable experience for the 8-bit crowd. We absolutely loved the platforming and honestly, the soundtrack is awesome and going to be a lot of fun to listen to together with you. Composer, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, makes an appearance as well to provide some extra insight on the game and his career.

Track List:
0:00:00 Intro
0:07:34 Stage 1-1 (Stage 2-1)
0:13:58 Stage 1-2 (Stage 5-1)
0:23:43 Stage 2-2 (Stage 4-2)
0:36:46 Stage 3-1 (Stage 4-1)
0:39:41 Stage 3-2
0:45:36 Stage 1 (Mitsume ga Tooru – MSX)
0:48:13 Stage 5-2
0:55:46 Stage 5-3
1:03:02 Boss Fight
1:16:00 Ending (Credits/Staff Roll)

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Episode 79

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Arumana no Kiseki – PA79
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Arumana no Kiseki (The Miracle of Arumana) is a sidescrolling action game released by Konami in 1987 for the Famicom Disk System. The game bleeds Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Seriously. Gameplay has similar bits and pieces from Castlevania and Bionic Commando but still sets itself apart as a nice little title. More importantly, the music is stellar and it’s what we would expect from the 8bit publishing giant. Composed by Kinuyo Yamashita and Kouji Murata.

Track List:
0:00:07 Opening
0:03:42 Stage 1, 4, 6
0:10:22 Boss Theme 1
0:16:57 Stage 2, 3
0:27:13 Stage 5
0:36:00 Boss Theme II
0:38:17 Ending
0:43:58 Stage 1, 4, 6 (Remix using VRC6 by Shimoine)

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