LMH Mixtape #128: Launch Games

For Episode 128, the boizz followed a suggestion from user Ryan and took a sampling of the tunes from games that launched the same year their console debuted.  Not only was this a fascinating snapshot of how the composers handled each piece of new hardware, but along the way, Rob F. Switch also coined that very particular pronunciation of "boy" that we can no longer live without.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

 

Instant new favorite: Bikkuriman World - Round 1
Other instant new favorite: Super Mario Land - Ending
Other other instant new favorite: Soukoban - gameplay
Brewed new favorite: Shanghai - Round 3
Other brewed new favorite: Victory Run: Eikou no 13,000KM - Race Music 3

That Master System Sadness™: Great Soccer - Main Game

 

 

Track listing and original episode:

http://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/04/episode-128-launch-games.html

Episode 238: The Villain Pac-Man

In this episode, Brent and Rob and Gabe explore the dark side of the Pac-Man dynasty and uncover some interesting revelations.  They also talk about expressions and trendy words they don't like, as well as talk about other things pertaining to the tracks they play, as usual.  Full track listing below.

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

Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball - Barry Blum - Title Screen - Sega - Genesis - 1993

Hat Trick Hero 2 - Yukio Nakajima - Game BGM 1 - Neverland/Taito - Super Famicom - 1994

Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar - Takeshi Yoshida - Omake 2 - Technosoft - Genesis - 1992

U-Force Power Games - unknown - Power Field B-Ball - TOSE/Broderbund - NES - 1990 (unreleased)

Pac-Attack - Hiromi Shibano (Isayan), Takaki Horigome (Polygome) - Ending - Namco - Genesis - 1993

Secret Ties - Fumito Tamayama (Dosukoi (Bakkin) Tamayama) - Stage 2: The Palace of Zan - Graphic Research/Vic Tokai - NES - 1992 (unreleased)

Gimmick! - Masashi Kageyama - Paradigm (Stage 4) - Authentic Entertainment/Sunsoft - Famicom - 1992

Kiss Shot - Naofumi Hataya (Hata), Hiroshi Kubota (Jimita) - Title Screen - Sega - Mega Drive Meganet - 1991

Twin Dragons - Matthieu Halberstadt (Please Lose Battle) - A Dragon Girl in the Woods (The Forest) - Broke Studio - NES - 2018

New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki - Yumi Satake (Yumi Kinoshita), Shunsuke Minomiya, Shigekazu Kamaki, Hiroshi Morita, Yusaburo Shimojyo, Akira Tamada - Title Screen - T&E Soft - Mega Drive - 1994

Kouryo no Mimi - Takada Youko - Round 1 (Protect the Orphanage) - Vap - Super Famicom - 1995

Jumpin' Kid: Jack to Mame no Ki Monogatari - Masakatsu Maekawa (?) - Stage 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 - Now Production/Asmik Ace Entertainment - Famicom - 1990