09 July 2025

LMH Mixtape #259: Pubescent Fangs

It's another classic free play with all the variety you expect.  Starting off with Falsion, a Famicom Disk System game, you get a quality third gen style piece.  "Main Theme" from Metal Fangs for the Mega Drive is short but builds tension in a fantastic way.  "Credits" from the PC Engine game 1943 Kai is a total jam that will stick with you.  And that's just a taste of what to expect, so sharpen your pubescent fangs and get ready to sink them into this juicy mixtape.


MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: Falsion - Careful With the Walls!! (Stage 4)
Another Favorite: AIII S.V.: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version - Horse Racing ~ Place Your Bets!
And one to grow on: 1943 Kai - Credits


Track listing and original episode:

02 July 2025

Episode 286: Interesting Music

The topic of this episode is “interesting” music, whatever that means.  It’s kind of open to interpretation, but if you really get down to it, it basically means good tracks in an unusual way.  Along with the music, you get a couple nice morse code solos, Rob tries out some Seinfeld-esque stand-up comedy, and there's a listening appreciation session to at least one emergency test sequence.  Full track listing below.



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

Putty Squad - Jason Page, Richard Joseph (arr.) - The Gateway to the North - System 3/Ocean - SNES (Europe) - 1994

The Wizard of Oz - Robert Ridihalgh - Poppy Fields - Manley and Associates/Seta - SNES - 1993

Kamen Rider SD: Hashire! Mighty Riders - Kenichi Kamio - Video Announcement - Yutaka - Game Boy (Japan) - 1993

Paperboy 2 - Rich Shemaria - Paper Route - Tengen/Mindscape - SNES - 1991

Devilman - unknown - Dialogue Theme 2 - ISCO/Namco - Famicom - 1989

Street Fighter - Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (Yuukichyans Papa) - Staff Roll - Capcom - arcade - 1987

Acrobat Mission - Yoshio Nagashima, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Akihiko Mori (Don) (arr.) - Mission 3 - Micronics/Techiku - Super Famicom - 1992

Faceball 2000 - George Alistair Sanger (The Fatman) - City Zone - Xanth Software/Bullet Proof Software - SNES - 1992

New Horizons - Yoko Kanno - Fiddler’s Green - Koei - SNES - 1994

Sonic Eraser - Masaru Setsumaru (Bossanova Oyz) - Versus Mode - Sega - Mega Drive Meganet - 1991

Street Fighter - Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (Yuukichyans Papa) - Sagat (Thailand) - Capcom - arcade - 1987

Psycho Soldier - Eikichi Kawasaki, unknown (voc.) - Theme of Psycho Soldier (1st Area) - SNK - arcade - 1987

Captain Novolin - H. Kingsley Thurber, Mark Ganus - Pineville Streets - Sculptured Software/Raya Systems - SNES - 1992

25 June 2025

LMH Mixtape #258: The Price Is Right

OK, LMH user, your showcase is a fully loaded mixtape featuring all your favorites hits.  First, we'll be sending you on an all expenses paid vacation to the insect world of Insector X with "Grooving Diver (Round 3: City Area)".  After that, you can relax to the calming tones of "Let’s Play!" from Gamble Hourouki.  Of course, no showcase would be complete without some treasure and some adventure, so you'll be taking a "Stage 2: Train Ride" through McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure.  All this and more can be yours, if... the price is right!


MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: Gamble Hourouki - Let’s Play!
Another Favorite: Panel Action Bingo - Round BGM 2
Yet Another Favorite: Golvellius: Valley of Doom - Overworld 5


Track listing and original episode:

18 June 2025

LMH Mixtape #257: Ending Music 4

The puzzles are solved, the villain is slain, and the credits are about to roll.  You know what that means...it's time for some ending music!  Sometimes triumphant, sometimes melancholic, but always a treat.  A good ending track can take you on a journey remembering everything you experienced throughout the game.  And though the game may be over, the totally bonk jams are just about to begin.  So without further ado, it's time to put the controller down and turn the volume up for Ending Music 4!


MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi - Ending
Another Favorite: Syvalion - Ending
Soldam good!: Soldam - Ending


Track listing and original episode:

11 June 2025

LMH Mixtape #256: Beyond 16-Bit 9

On the rare occasion the Legacy Music Hour goes beyond the fourth generation for an episode.  But on this rarest of occasions, they did back-to-back Beyond 16-Bit episodes.  Somehow, even in an episode with relaxed rules for what tracks are legal to play, an illegal track slipped though, as "Jewelry (Prize Cue 1989)" from Wheel of Fortune on Sega CD was a previously existing track, not actually written for the game.  That said, it's still a fantastic piece.  Unfortunately though, it has an abrupt ending, as the track was never intended to play for the full length.  This mixtape on the other hand is best enjoyed in full.  Check out the amazing music here that spans from the mid 90's to current day.


MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant Favorite: Bass Masters Classic - Lake Quack
New Favorite: Silpheed - Hyperspace (Stage 5)
Neo Favorite: Neo Drift Out: New Technology - Southern Hemisphere (Stage 4)


Track listing and original episode: