LMH Mixtape #279: Anything Goes

This was a unique episode that went beyond even the "beyond" episodes.  While there were still some limits to this "anything goes" episode (the music had to be from a game), it allowed not just beyond third and fourth generation, but beyond consoles as well.  Meaning computer games, video games, and even slot machines were all allowed in this one time special offer.  And what better way to start this mixtape off than with a track from the immensely talented Enrique Martin (Pentadrangle) with "Omessah" from the PC game Voidrun.  There's also tracks from Playstation 2, Nintendo Switch and much more.  There's even a web browser based game from Google (Doodle Champion Island Games).  When anything goes, you never know what you might find.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Intant Favorite: Voidrun - Omessah

Another Favorite: Doodle Champion Island Games - Overworld

Love that PC-98 sound: Power Dolls 2 Dash - Calling Me (Title)

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2024/12/episode-279-anything-goes.html

LMH Mixtape #278: Best Of Year In Review 13

Another LMH year (plus one extra month) in the books.  Brent and Rob count down their top ten (third and fourth generation) tracks that they discovered within the year, and Gabe counts down his top three.  This mixtape is loaded with great music.

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Partial track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2024/10/episode-277-far-out.html

LMH Mixtape #277: Far Out

Get ready for some far out music, ya dig?  It's a free play, so we've got a nice variety of music on which to groove.  That includes classic NES games like Ninja Gaiden as well as lesser known Japanese exclusives like Sangokushi Seishi: Tenbu Spirits on the Super Famicom, and everything in between.  There's no knowing where this trip will take you, or how it might expand your MegaMind, so listen to a full dose and see what happens!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant favorite: Hexion - Form Select Mode (“The Hexagon I Dreamed Of”)

Another favorite: Sangokushi Seishi: Tenbu Spirits - Flow the Yellow River

Bass slappin' greatness: Over Drive - Magic Lady

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2024/10/episode-277-far-out.html

LMH Mixtape #276: Repetition

This episode's theme is repetition.

That means tracks that use repetition as an element of the music.

For example, this helps add an element of suspense and fear for tracks such as "Stage One" from Alien 3 or "Delusion (Round 3-2)" from Zombie Nation.  It can also be a steady driving force for tracks like "Character Presentation" from Mini-Yonku Let's & Go!! Power WGP 2 or "Placings" from Power Drive.

As you know, this episode's theme is repetition, but that doesn't mean boring.

For instance, "Name Entry" from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and "Menu Select" from Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken are very lively and exciting tracks.

So to summarize, this episode's theme is repetition.

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

A favorite: Mini-Yonku Let's & Go!! Power WGP 2 - Character Presentation

A favorite: Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken - Menu Select

A favorite: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - Name Entry

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2024/09/episode-276-repetition.html

Episode 291: Beyond 16-Bit 11

It's time once again for the Legacy Music Hour to take a departure from the usual third and fourth generation video game music and look at more recent material.  That is, recent as in music from games that came out for the Game Boy Color, all the way to games that come out in 2026 (well, just one game).  Full track listing below.

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Game - Composer - Track - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated)

Lufia: The Legend Returns - Yasunori Shiono, Akiko Ishibashi, Tomoko Morita - Town of Albano - Neverland/Natsume - Game Boy Color - 2001

AeroWings 2: Air Strike - Naoshi Kunisawa, Yukiko Tamura - Menu - CRI/Crave - Dreamcast - 2000

Bunny Bomber Blast! - Sean Bialo - Do Not Feed The Moles - hiulit/exA-Arcadia - arcade (Japan) - 2025

The Apprentice - Joost Egmond - Opening - The Vision Factory/Philips Media - CD-i - 1994

UFO 50 - Eirik Suhrke - Seaside Drive: Stage 4 - Mossmouth - Nintendo Switch - 2025

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Michiru Yamane - Jaws of a Scorched Earth - Konami - Nintendo DS - 2008

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Tee Lopes -  Mall Meltdown (Episode 6) - Tribute Games/DotEmu - Nintendo Switch - 2022

Bunny Bomber Blast! - Sean Bialo - Burrowing The Hatchet - hiulit/exA-Arcadia - arcade (Japan) - 2025

The Legend of Heroes I & II: Eiyuu Densetsu - Mieko Ishikawa, Masaaki Kawai, Ryuichiro Yamaki (arr.), Takeshi Kudo (arr.) - Town (I) - Falcom/GMF - Sega Saturn - 1998

CrossCode - Deniz Akbulut - Autumn's Fall - Radical Fish Games - PlayStation 4 - 2020

A-Rank Thunder Tanjouhen - Shinobu Ogawa, Toshihiko Miyoshi, Akio Kondou, Yoshiaki Hirasawa, Naoya Fukushima, Yuji - Conversation 3 - Telenet/Riot - Mega-CD - 1993

Pokémon Trading Card Game - Ichirou Shimakura - Duel - Hudson Soft/Nintendo - Game Boy Color - 2000

Psychic Detective Series Vol. 3: Aýa - Yasuhito Saito - DNA - DataWest - Mega-CD - 1993

Mina the Hollower - Jake Kaufman - Septemburg B - Yacht Club Games - Nintendo Switch - 2026