LMH Mixtape #129: Twilight Games

Following up on their launch games focus, Brent and Rob took another suggestion from user Ryan and curated a selection of "twilight" games: games that were published during their console's final year (or years) of active title releases.  Taken together, these two mixtapes form an engaging and symmetrical retrospective on composition and hardware -- like bookends, made of chiptune.

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KEYGLYPH'S AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS, JUST BECAUSE

 

Instant new favorite: Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut - Person in Charge at the Station

Other instant new favorite: Formation Soccer on J.League - Sudden Death

Brewed new favorite: J.League Winning Goal - Team Data

Gets me a little emotional: Power Tennis - Credits

This song needs lyrics: Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II - Ice Age Overworld (Chapter 2)

Blatant Favoritism Award: Sonic 3D Blast - Credits

 

 

Track listing and original episode:

http://www.legacymusichour.com/2013/04/episode-129-twilight-games.html

Episode 129: Twilight Games

For Episode 129, Brent and Rob focus only on titles which were released the last year their respective consoles released licensed games, exploring the way composers approached working with old hardware.  But this episode is kind of a mess for a few different reasons.  For one, the boys didn't have microphones and had to make do with a very poor quality substitution.  Two, it's complicated when deciding the last year of a console's life span, and this is addressed very confusingly in the episode.  Anyway, feel free to compare this episode to the last one on launch games which focused on a time when things were much simpler.  Full track listing below.

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

Asterix and the Great Rescue - Nathan McCree - Gaul - Core Design - Sega Master System (Europe) - 1993

Asterix and the Secret Mission - Katsuhiro Hayashi (Funky K.H) - Cavern - Sega - Sega Master System (Europe) - 1993

Power Tennis - Masakatsu Maekawa - Credits - Hudson Soft/Now Production - PC Engine - 1993

Formation Soccer on J.League - Hironori Tanaka, Yukie Sugawara, Takamitsu Kajikawa, Kaori Takazoe, Masahiro Yonezawa (Shaka Yonezawa), Konomi Itou, Hideto Maeda, Tetsuji Ohtani, Tomoyuki Takano - Flugels - Human Entertainment - PC Engine - 1994

The Flash - Jeroen Tel - The Trickster's Funhouse - Probe Entertainment - Sega Master System (Europe) - 1993

Formation Soccer on J.League - Hironori Tanaka, Yukie Sugawara, Takamitsu Kajikawa, Kaori Takazoe, Masahiro Yonezawa (Shaka Yonezawa), Konomi Itou, Hideto Maeda, Tetsuji Ohtani, Tomoyuki Takano - Sudden Death - Human Entertainment - PC Engine - 1994

Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II - Takashi Kumegawa, Yoshio Hirai - Ice Age Overworld (Chapter 2) - Nintendo - NES - 1994

Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II - Takashi Kumegawa, Yoshio Hirai - Dungeon Theme 2 - Nintendo - NES - 1994

Wario's Woods - Soyo Oka, Shinobu Amayake - Credits - Nintendo - NES - 1994

Sonic 3D Blast - Seirou Okamoto, Jun Senoue (arr.) - Credits - Sega - Genesis - 1995

International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - Hideyuki Eto, Harumi Ueko, Tomoya Tomita, Chris Hülsbeck (arr.) - Short League, Short Tournament - Konami/Factor 5 - Mega Drive (Europe) - 1996

Virtua Fighter 2 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takayuki Nakamura, Akiko Hashimoto, Tomohiro Endo (arr.), Hitoshi Ohori (arr.) - A Moment from Eternity (Name Entry) - Gaibrain - Genesis - 1997

Grander Musashi RV - Mi-chan Sutajio - Title Screen - TOSE/Bandai - Game Boy (Japan) - 1998

Rockman & Forte - Akari Kaida - Dynamoman - Capcom - Super Famicom - 1998

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 - Yuka Tsujiyoko - The Army of Leif Seeks Victory: Charge A - Nintendo - Super Famicom - 1999

Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut - Takane Ohkubo - Person in Charge at the Station - HAL/Nintendo - Super Famicom - 2000

J.League Winning Goal - Shigenori Masuko, Yoko Suzuki - Team Data - Electronic Arts Victor/Graphic Research - Famicom - 1994