LMH Mixtape #298: Racing Games 5

There are so many great racing game tracks out there that it necessitated a fifth focus on the genre.  There's no denying the feeling that a racing game soundtrack can inspire.  One moment can have you on the edge of your seat, sweating out a tough competition, struggling to take first place.  Then, you can suddenly feel like you're cruising down the city streets at night with the top down.  Cruchy electric guitars and super smooth synths are a couple features you can expect with these tracks.  With this episode, you'll get classics like Big Blue from F-Zero, and hidden gems like "British GP ~ Australian GP" from Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu F-1 Grand Prix.  So strap in, buckle up, and hold on tight as we speed directly into this hot new mixtape!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Childhood Favorite: F-Zero - Big Blue

Instant Favorite: F1 Pole Position - Title Screen

Another Favorite: Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu F-1 Grand Prix - British GP ~ Australian GP

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2026/06/episode-298-racing-games-5.html

Episode 298: Racing Games 5

Sixteen years ago, Brent and Rob did their first racing games focus, and they talk about that a bit on this latest episode and even try to recreate the episode photo from Episode 2 in the photo below.  Brent also talks about some car trouble he's had recently, which is fitting.  Some really great tracks on this installment, so buckle up!  Full track listing below.

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

Super Hang-On - Koichi Namiki - Winning Run - Sega - Genesis - 1989

F-1 Dream - Manami Matsumae - F-3000 Final Race 2 - Capcom/Romstar - arcade - 1988

Fastest Lap - Nobuyuki Shioda - Title Screen - KID/Vap/NTVIC - Game Boy - 1992

Super F1 Circus Gaiden - Hiroshi Ogawa - BGM 4 - Cream/Nichibutsu - Super Famicom - 1995

Race Drivin' - unknown - Name Entry - Polygon Games/Tengen - Genesis - 1993

F1 Pole Position - Yusuke Takahama - Title Screen - Natsu System/Ubisoft - Game Boy - 1993

WEC Le Mans 24 - Atsuko Iwanaga (Ako Matsudaira), Miyaju Satomi - Garaxian Express - Konami - arcade - 1986

Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu F-1 Grand Prix - Yusuke Takahama (Hama San) - British GP ~ Australian GP - Varie - Mega Drive - 1991

F-Zero - Naoto Ishida - Big Blue - Nintendo - SNES - 1991

Thrash Rally - Hideki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Shimizu - Cross Country Raid: Dakar Paris - The Cape (Africa) - ADK/SNK - Neo Geo - 1991

Super Monaco GP - Tokuhiko Uwabo - Hold in Check - Sega - Genesis - 1990

Final Lap - unknown - Game Over - Arc System Works/Namco - Famicom - 1988

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally - Hideki Kanazashi, Hiroaki Suga - Fireball (BGM 1) - Nintendo - Famicom Disk System - 1988

Konami GT - Satoe Terashima - Ranking 2~10 - Konami - arcade - 1985

LMH Mixtape #247: Racing Games 4

For Episode 247, instead of the usual free play, the boizz returned to a classic topic: Racing Games.  This was their fourth lap around the course for this topic, proving there's still plenty of gas left in the tank when it comes to racing games.

We start out with some classic Famicom tracks from Vs. Excitebike and Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race.  We then move on to the Super Famicom with the smooth jam "VS Race 1" from Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken.  If you're looking for some great elevator style tracks, "Race Result" from Suzuka 8 Hours and "Result" from Redline: F-1 Racer both deliver those smooth jazzy sounds that we can't get enough of.  Finally, we finish the race strong with an absolutely bonk jam "Like The Wind (B COURSE)" from the Sega arcade game Power Drift.  This time, instead of putting your feet up, it's time to put the pedal to the metal and race straight into this week's mixtape!

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MANATREE'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Instant favorite: Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken - VS Race 1

Another favorite: Redline: F-1 Racer - Result

Yet another favorite: Suzuka 8 Hours - Race Result

So many favorites!: Power Drift - Like The Wind (B COURSE)

Track listing and original episode:

https://www.legacymusichour.com/2022/04/episode-247-racing-games-4.html

Episode 247: Racing Games 4

It's been a while since the Legacy Music Hour did a theme focus but here we are with an all racing games episode.  NOTE: Rob's Famicom Grand Prix track was kind of wrong.  During the original recording, the track he played was a sort of combined version of two different tracks from the game, which sounded like one.  When it was discovered that the track wasn't supposed to be like that, it was replaced during the editing with the two separate tracks played back to back, but during the talking, you'll still hear that combined version and comments made about it as if it were one track, in case that's confusing.  Full track listing below.

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

Vs. Excitebike - Soyo Oka - Final Selection - Nintendo - Famicom Disk System - 1988

Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race - Hideki Kanazashi (?) - Data - Nintendo - Famicom Disk System - 1988

Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race - Hideki Kanazashi (?) - Menu - Nintendo - Famicom Disk System - 1988

Kat's Run: Zen Nihon K Car Senshuken - Yusuke Takahama, Satoshi Nagano, Michihiko Shichi - VS Race 1 - Atlus - Super Famicom - 1995

Uniracers - Colin Anderson - Celebration - DMA Design/Nintendo - SNES - 1994

Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go! - Yusuke Takahama - Jurassic Star - KAZe/Meldac - Super Famicom - 1994

Suzuka 8 Hours - Katsuhiro Hayashi - Race Result - Arc System Works/Namco - SNES - 1994

OutRunners - Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Takayuki Nakamura (arr.) - Splash Wave - Data East/Sega - Genesis - 1994

Super Hang-On - Katsuhiro Hayashi - Sprinter - Sega - Genesis - 1989

Redline: F-1 Racer - Katsuhiro Hayashi - Result - Genki/Absolute Entertainment - SNES - 1993

Thrash Rally - Hideki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Shimizu - Round 1: Monte Carlo (Monaco) - ADK/SNK - Neo Geo - 1991

Mini Yonku GB: Let's & Go!! All-Star Battle Max - Toshiyuki Ueno - Park - ASCII/Jupiter Multimedia - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Final Lap Twin - Katsuhiro Hayashi - Race Music 3 (Race Mode) - Namco - TurboGrafx-16 - 1990

Power Drift - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - Like The Wind (B COURSE) - Sega - arcade - 1988

LMH Mixtape #133: Racing Games 3

Episode 133 was the Legacy Music Hour's third lap through racing game music, and it proved without doubt that no matter how many times we return to the track, we're all gonna be winners.  The original episode may have stirred up some controversy when some of Rob's picks were denied admittance for being from horse racing games, but that just meant the boizz would inevitably visit that racetrack at a later date.  Until we get there, jump into (or onto) your favorite motor vehicle and let this mixtape go Bahamas on you.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

 

Instant new favorite: Victory Run - Unused

Brewed new favorite: F-1 Grand Prix Part III - Middle Speed Course

Other brewed new favorite: F-1 Race - Ending

Somebody please expand these lyrics:  Taito Grand Prix: Eikou e no License - Name Entry*

*Brent's freestyle begins at 01:11:24 of the original episode

 

 

Track listing and original episode:

http://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/05/episode-133-racing-games-3.html

LMH Mixtape #2: Racing Games

Whether you travel by rollerblades, motorcycle, or Blue Falcon, KeyGlyph has confirmed (through extensive on-road testing) that this mixtape will get you where you need to go in style. Once you've revisited these tracks, be sure to follow the link and revisit LMH user Brett's fantastic karaoke performance of F-Zero's Port Town at SF Sketchfest 2012, as archived on the Legacy Music Hour YouTube channel!

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

Instant new favorite:  Days of Thunder - Title Screen & Super Monaco GP - Exhaust Fumes
Brewed new favorite:  Road Rash - Pacific Coast & Rad Racer II - Coast to Coast

Most stuck in my head:  F-Zero - Port Town
Inspires the loudest sing-alongs:  F-Zero - Port Town
Most infectiously feel-good track:  Out Run - Splash Wave


Track listing and original episode:

http://legacymusichour.blogspot.com/2010/11/lmh-episode-2-racing-games.html