Retro Game Audio – Details, episodes & analysis

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

Patrick and Steve are joined by ImaTrackMan to discuss the MSX standard and its audio. After a bit of history discussion, we take a look at its PSG audio, followed by the following expansions and updates: SFG, MSX-AUDIO, SCC, OPLL / MSX-MUSIC, PCM / MIDI, and Moonsound. We include some pretty great music selections and hope you enjoy!

It's that time of year again! We've compiled another playlist of spooky video game music for your listening pleasure. Most tracks picked by Patrick and Steve, with a couple guest selections (see soundcloud comments for more info). Special thanks to Alex Menchi for providing the rips of most of the Amiga selections found in this episode. You can find a lot of Amiga music on his youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/alexmenchi Last year's Halloween episode can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio/episode-14-halloween-mix-music-only/s-kYCYf Tracklist: 0:00 Alien Breed (Amiga) 4:40 Tactics Ogre (SNES) 6:46 Robocop 3D (Amiga) 8:10 QuackShot (Sega Genesis) 9:10 Apidya (Amiga) 11:41 Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) 13:58 Darxide (Sega 32x) 16:53 Addams Family: Pugsly's Scavenger Hunt (SNES) 18:47 Weird Dreams (Amiga) 21:51 Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (X68000) 24:32 Lotus II (Amiga) 25:39 Earthworm Jim (Sega CD) 29:36 Pinball Fantasies (Amiga) 30:56 Brave Fencer Musashi (PS1) 33:56 Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) 37:17 Dark Seal (Arcade) 40:05 Unreal (Amiga) 43:02 Dragon Slayer:The Legend of Heroes (X68000) 45:27 Clocktower (SNES) 47:05 Final Fantasy IV (SNES) 48:07 SWIV (Amiga) 51:47 Pokemon FireRed (GBA) 54:20 Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (MSX2) 55:53 Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES) 57:46 Shadow of the Beast (Amiga) 1:01:38 Phantasy Star IV (Sega Genesis) 1:06:24 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (NES) 1:07:23 Xenogears (PS1) 1:11:10 Hero Quest (AtariST) 1:14:34 Rusty (PC98)

Patrick and Steve are joined by Oliver to discuss Capcom's Famicom and NES music. We do a pretty deep dive into some of the strange nuances and quirks of their sound engines, as well as observe how their sound progressed over time. We also share at least one song from every FC/ NES title of theirs, in chronological order of release.

Patrick and Steve embark on an introspective journey for the 22nd episode of Retro Game Audio. We share the game music that was most nostalgic to us, and also discuss how we got into the modern chipmusic scene and how the podcast was created.

Patrick and Steve are joined by Andy Reitano, the creator of Super Russian Roulette, to discuss high quality sample playback on the NES.

For our 20th episode (and longest episode yet!), Patrick and Steve discuss the audio of the SNES. We worked hard to research and demystify the lesser-known audio features of the system! https://www.patreon.com/RetroGameAudio

Patrick and Steve talk about Konami's VRC7 sound expansion and the Lagrange Point soundtrack. We also talk a bit about the OPL line of Yamaha chips that the VRC7 descended from.

Patrick and Steve talk about the Sharp X68K, a powerful Japanese home computer that debuted in 1987. It featured audio similar to the Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive, but with some differences of course.