Hinadori no Saezuri (PC-9801 [SC-88],1997,Studio B-Room)

"Dred Burton was a railroad tycoon who lived in a mansion with many maids who were used to "serve" the guests of the house. Now he's dead, but there's a new boss in town and SHE'S just as bad as he was. The Maids are being forced into even more bizarre and debaucherous situations than ever before. How far will things go? When will the pleasurable tortures end?" - (MAL)

I don't know how far things will go, but I can tell you that this was composed by Hiroaki Sano and the orchestrated MIDI tracks are absolutely fantastic. Recorded with an SC-88.
In the Treacherous Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdzQ10nLCrc), Golden Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouiDFg-UzPU) <-- This is the somewhat inferior OPNA version


Kara no Naka no Kotori (PC-9801 [OPNA,OPL3,SC-88],1996,Black Package)

"Foster, formerly a trainer of high-class prostitutes for a secret political group that used these girls to exert power over politicians, has long been out of the game, as he and his cohorts were busted years back. However, Foster couldn't help himself and soon returned to his old profession. He began training new maidens, though this time with a distinctly evil bent, drawing the recruits into a sordid ring of discipline and bondage." - (ANN)

Another Hiroaki Sano soundtrack, I included the OPNA, OPL3, and MIDI (SC-88) versions, they all have their merits but I think the MIDI version comes out on top.
Drops Are Dots, Vessels Are Faces (OPNA) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdkarGS01zE)


Borobodur: The Planet of Doom (Amiga,1992,Thalamus) - Mix of action and racing game with music by Reinier van Vliet
Title Screen & First Stage (https://youtu.be/a_vTEEqGMgc?t=261) <--- that's the best video I could find

Hi, nx666. You did great with all of your efforts. They sound excellent on my LG TONE INFINIM and two Bluetooth speakers: the Radio Shack LIT Speaker and the Pro Scan one found at Big Lots.

If you need more requests, here they are:

Star Cruiser II (PC-98, other versions than OPN)
Reikai Doushi (Arcade, Home Data/Magical Company)
Battlecry (Arcade, Home Data/Magical Company)

Thank you.

I liked Battlecry. It was Home Data's own foray into making a fighting game. Sure, it may have been a bad game, but I like it. Oh, and good news- I have found MORE PC-98 RPGs that are NOT pornographic.

I will explain them all later.

Let's finish this week with a look at Rob Hubbard's Adlib soundtracks. This is all pretty awesome stuff, especially considering how generally poor OPL2 music sounded at that time.

Kings of the Beach (MS-DOS [OPL2],1988,Electronic Arts)
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTV3kTo-1E8)
As a bonus the Tandy RL version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2N7VLF0ZQo), this is a SN76496 + PCM

Kings of the Beach (C64,1988,Electronic Arts) - For comparison the C64 version, which (I think) was Rob Hubbard's last ever soundtrack for this system. On a technical level this is pretty impressive.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW09o3YaTsE)

688 Attack Sub (MS-DOS [OPL2],1989,Electronic Arts)
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V9CYTIkU-Y)

Indianapolis 500 (MS-DOS [OPL2],1989,Electronic Arts)
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFqmzVhsgcU)

Ski or Die (MS-DOS [OPL2],1990,Electronic Arts) - That's maybe the pick of the bunch. Awesome FM rock.
Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49EI0ruXEVc), Innertube Thrash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTK_iuXKRvQ)
Title Theme MT-32 (Bonus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sBq4E7BzQI) I love how the guitar sounds like a sax in this version.

Let's finish this week with a look at Rob Hubbard's Adlib soundtracks. This is all pretty awesome stuff, especially considering how generally poor OPL2 music sounded at that time.

Kings of the Beach (MS-DOS [OPL2],1988,Electronic Arts)
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTV3kTo-1E8)
As a bonus the Tandy RL version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2N7VLF0ZQo), this is a SN76496 + PCM

Kings of the Beach (C64,1988,Electronic Arts) - For comparison the C64 version, which (I think) was Rob Hubbard's last ever soundtrack for this system. On a technical level this is pretty impressive.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW09o3YaTsE)

688 Attack Sub (MS-DOS [OPL2],1989,Electronic Arts)
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V9CYTIkU-Y)

Indianapolis 500 (MS-DOS [OPL2],1989,Electronic Arts)
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFqmzVhsgcU)

Ski or Die (MS-DOS [OPL2],1990,Electronic Arts) - That's maybe the pick of the bunch. Awesome FM rock.
Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49EI0ruXEVc), Innertube Thrash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTK_iuXKRvQ)
Title Theme MT-32 (Bonus) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sBq4E7BzQI) I love how the guitar sounds like a sax in this version.

I liked Rob Hubbard's work on the Sega Genesis- his sound driver he created for the system was good.

Matt used Shaun Hollingworth's sound driver for the Genesis titles. He had some input on its implementation, but Shaun did most of the work. In any case, the two of them worked very well together and they're still good friends.

Matt used Shaun Hollingworth's sound driver for the Genesis titles. He had some input on its implementation, but Shaun did most of the work. In any case, the two of them worked very well together and they're still good friends.

Are you thinking of Matt Furniss? But yes, Hollingworth is usually forgotten when people talk about how great Furniss' Genesis music sounds. Same with Steve Ruddy who wrote the sound drivers for the Follins. It's always Tim Follin who "pushes hardware". The poor coders never get any credit.

Are you thinking of Matt Furniss? But yes, Hollingworth is usually forgotten when people talk about how great Furniss' Genesis music sounds. Same with Steve Ruddy who wrote the sound drivers for the Follins. It's always Tim Follin who "pushes hardware". The poor coders never get any credit.

Yes! Sorry, sometimes I get too familiar with these guys and forget that not everyone knows who I'm talking about! Anyways, that was my point exactly: Behind many great composers, there is (usually) an equally talented programmer with a fantastic sound driver.

Requesting

Federation of Free Traders (Amiga). Mostly for the fantastic title theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=102N1L9EolY). Other tracks are mostly classical music conversions (Vivaldi, Handel, Tchaikovsky). The game also came with an audio tape with a real composition of the title music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbed35FsrAM) recorded from professional synthesizers.

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (Amiga). The intro, overworld and towns tracks are excellent on Amiga (much better than the poorly emulated tracks I found on YouTube)

Future Wars - Time Travellers (Amiga). Another Delphine adventure game title with some good music.

Super Spacefortress Macross (Arcade,1992,Banpresto) - Great music by Kazunori Hideya and Manabu Namiki.
Stage 2 (https://youtu.be/r2Af8FocTLU?t=129), Stage 6 (Gameplay) (https://youtu.be/r2Af8FocTLU?t=868) <--- couldn't find videos with just the music

Out to Lunch (Amiga,1994,Mindscape) - Ported from the SNES version by Mark Knight.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gT8x4RFzo)

Pandora (Amiga,1988,Firebird) - All the 1988 soundtracks by David Whittaker seem to use the same samples. This is very similar to Speedball, Menace, or Obliterator.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPD929Qb1g)

Wolfchild (Amiga,1992,Core Design) - This is the original version of this game, scored by Martin Iveson.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-RsrAX5Dcc), Stage 5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2WzOmagUsk)

Federation of Free Traders (Amiga,1990,Gremlin) - Adaptations of classical music plus a pretty good title theme by Ben Daglish.
Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=102N1L9EolY)

Future Wars: Time Travellers (Amiga,1989,Delphine) - Adventure game by Paul Cuisset (Flashback) and �ric Chahi (Another World). Music by Jean Baudlot.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNTiMET244), Suite 23 (https://youtu.be/GGNTiMET244?t=558)

Toumei Ningen Arawaru (PC-9801 [OPN],1993,Fairytale) - Another Fairytale visual novel with great music by Akira Sato (Muse). For whatever reason there are two near-identical sets of sound files that are both included in this rip.
T_004 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7QvXtdjgc), T_003 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2jWGYKY468)

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Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (Amiga). The intro, overworld and towns tracks are excellent on Amiga (much better than the poorly emulated tracks I found on YouTube)

Does this game even work correctly in WinUAE? I tried several different images (all cracks) and they all either have no music, the music is too slow (PAL), or distorted sound (NTSC).

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If you need more requests, here they are:

Star Cruiser II (PC-98, other versions than OPN)
Reikai Doushi (Arcade, Home Data/Magical Company)
Battlecry (Arcade, Home Data/Magical Company)


I can't do Battlecry (Arcade) and Reikai Doushi (Arcade), maybe pick two other games for now as Star Cruiser 2 will also take some time.

Thanks for the soundtracks. I haven't personally attempted to emulate U4 and google does indicate that people have issues emulating the music accurately. Lemonamiga has a thread (http://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9226&sid=2d0199fef05ddd07604ff800d91db474) with possible suggestions, but it's unclear whether they work.

Understood. Maybe you can let other MAME experts know what cannot be ripped by you.

Anyway, two replaced requests:

Chinese Hero ( Arcade, Nihon Game )
Shanghai Kid ( Arcade, Nihon Game )

Thanks for the soundtracks. I haven't personally attempted to emulate U4 and google does indicate that people have issues emulating the music accurately. Lemonamiga has a thread (http://www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9226&sid=2d0199fef05ddd07604ff800d91db474) with possible suggestions, but it's unclear whether they work.

I've seen that thread. The music sounds fine (but too slow) on a PAL system, but when I set the emulator to NTSC it all goes haywire. I suspect that might be a problem with the available disk images that are probably all based on the European release. Anyway, feel free to post other requests if you have any, I might look into this issue again once I find a working NTSC disk.

I've seen that thread. The music sounds fine (but too slow) on a PAL system, but when I set the emulator to NTSC it all goes haywire. I suspect that might be a problem with the available disk images that are probably all based on the European release. Anyway, feel free to post other requests if you have any, I might look into this issue again once I find a working NTSC disk.
In that case perhaps

Settlers (Amiga). A classic strategy game, which I believe only has two tracks, but the in-game track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r385tMuVwjg) is over 12 minutes long.

Understood. Maybe you can let other MAME experts know what cannot be ripped by you.

You don't need to find a MAME expert for most of these soundtracks, just someone with enough time on their hands to play through the game. I could write up a quick tutorial if you want to do it yourself.

Once Lesser Mern is finished, I will share with you a list PC-98 non-pornographic RPGs. I found out about them by filtering out the games on Tokugawa Corp.'s website. Don't worry, I made sure I filtered out the erotic games from the Non-erotic. This list will ONLY have the non-pornographic RPGs on the PC-98. Good luck with the soundtrack, nx666.

Innocent Tour (PC-9801 [OPN],1996,KSS) - Hentai board game/rpg with music by Masahiro Kajihara
ザコ戦闘 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCqLokuouA), Last Map for Valkyrie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHcrS-QJxl0)

The Settlers (Amiga,1993,Blue Byte) - The first game in this great series. There are only 3 tracks but the in-game music is 12 minutes long.
Intro (with sfx) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SlYxWmdPjE), In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r385tMuVwjg)

The Settlers (MS-DOS [OPL2,SC-55],1994,Blue Byte) - The version I played the most. The in-game track is much shorter but I like the GM version of the intro a bit better.
Intro (Adlib) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js8RPq4ff-w), Intro (GM) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yBTn0RHII) <-- mine sounds better

Grand Striker: Human Cup (Arcade,1993,Human) - Looks similar to the Formation Soccer games on consoles. Neither Hoot nor M1 seem to be able to play all the songs correctly so I had to redo a handful of tracks in MAME.
BGM #15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSd40BDdk4I)

Shanghai Kid (Arcade,1985,Taito) - Just two short tracks in this fighting game.

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Once Lesser Mern is finished, I will share with you a list PC-98 non-pornographic RPGs. I found out about them by filtering out the games on Tokugawa Corp.'s website. Don't worry, I made sure I filtered out the erotic games from the Non-erotic. This list will ONLY have the non-pornographic RPGs on the PC-98. Good luck with the soundtrack, nx666.

I don't actually care about the content of these games, I'm only interested in the music. Why don't you put together a list of RPGs with kick ass soundtracks instead? :)

Lesser Mern is about 50% done.

Innocent Tour (PC-9801 [OPN],1996,KSS) - Hentai board game/rpg with music by Masahiro Kajihara
ザコ戦闘 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCqLokuouA), Last Map for Valkyrie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHcrS-QJxl0)

The Settlers (Amiga,1993,Blue Byte) - The first game in this great series. There are only 3 tracks but the in-game music is 12 minutes long.
Intro (with sfx) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SlYxWmdPjE), In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r385tMuVwjg)

The Settlers (MS-DOS [OPL2,SC-55],1994,Blue Byte) - The version I played the most. The in-game track is much shorter but I like the GM version of the intro a bit better.
Intro (Adlib) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js8RPq4ff-w), Intro (GM) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yBTn0RHII) <-- mine sounds better

Grand Striker: Human Cup (Arcade,1993,Human) - Looks similar to the Formation Soccer games on consoles. Neither Hoot nor M1 seem to be able to play all the songs correctly so I had to redo a handful of tracks in MAME.
BGM #15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSd40BDdk4I)

Shanghai Kid (Arcade,1985,Taito) - Just two short tracks in this fighting game.

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I don't actually care about the content of these games, I'm only interested in the music. Why don't you put together a list of RPGs with kick ass soundtracks instead? :)

Lesser Mern is about 50% done.

OK. Well, I don't necessarily know how "kick ass" they are, since that's ALL gamers care about, but l'll go ahead and put together the list of them:

Rune Worth 2: Excellent Soundtrack by T&E Soft. They made a 3rd game, but it mostly uses the music from the 2nd one again for the PC-98.
Mercury: The Prime Master: One of Hayato Matsuo's early soundtracks along with Taku Iwasaki's. They also made a sequel, but I have not been able to find the music for it.
Fifth Element- Tamashii no Genso
Fifth Element 2: Hikari to Yami no Ouji
Free Will- Knight of Argent
Gal Act Heroism ( A good soundtrack from MICRO CABIN, creators of the Xak series)
Ki: Aku no RPG
Faladia
The Story of King Aress (Gust's very first game ever created before they moved onto the Playstation.)
Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha
King's Dungeon: The Story of Heroes (Wasn't too particularly impressed with that soundtrack.)
K.O. Seiki Beast Sanjuushi: Gaia no Fukkatsu
K.O. Seiki Beast Sanjuushi: Rastak no Joou
Legam
Legend of Shalice
Libros de Chilam Balam (another RIGHT STUFF Corporation soundtrack.)
Dragon Souseki
Provvidenza: Legenda la Spada di Alfa
Estoria
Wolfish Gallop: Legacy of the Solomon
Sword Lord PC (PC-98 Version of Sword World, made also by T&E SOFT. Completely different from the Super Famicom versions and its sequel.)
Elves (I know, cheap name, but it is an RPG nevertheless.)
Nobushi
Oerstedia
POWER SINGER- Ellance Saga #1 (Excellent RPG made by System Sacom for the PC-98 where you play as a bard, hence the name "POWER SINGER". It was made in 1992, and I do not know if it was the last soundtrack Manabu Saito composed before he passed away later that year.)
Princess Minerva (PC-98 version)
Puliton
Rarve
Revery: Izanai no Masuishou (Another game from RIGHT STUFF.)
RPG Lu Bu Monogatari
RPG Shinsengumi
RPG Wei Wu Shu Shi
The Golem Master
The Knights: Avalon no Kishi
The Knights 2: Little Light from Nowhere
Vain Dream (Made by Glodia)
Vain Dream 2 (Also made by Glodia)
Zavas (Made by Popcom Soft.)
Zavas 2 (Popcom Soft's final game.)

That is all I know that are not pornographic. As long as those pornographic games DO NOT have song titles that can get me into trouble with the FBI or who are well... dirty, I am OK in terms of music...

Atomino (MS-DOS [OPL2],1990,Blue Byte) - Conversion of the C64 music, the title theme is as good as ever.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsYNQaAy0w)

Ultra X Weapons (Arcade,1995,Banpresto) - Shmup with some bizarre choices for music. The main ingredients are Oktoberfest oompha, polka, and Japanese march music.
Stage 2 (https://youtu.be/5Q6U3945Wz8?t=310), Stage 5 (https://youtu.be/5Q6U3945Wz8?t=651)

Oscar (Amiga,1993,Flair Software) - This platformer was a pack-in game for the CD32.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/wdkhNi3RwUY?t=5)

Black Bird: Tori Tachi no Tooboe (PC-98 [OPNA],1995,ViVian) - 3d dungeon crawler with card-based combat.
Howl of Crow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgoQLBrTJjA), Danbai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmEaNQJmnE), Striker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEM_X1mzYUk)

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OK. Well, I don't necessarily know how "kick ass" they are, since that's ALL gamers care about, but l'll go ahead and put together the list of them:

I was using "kick ass" as a synonym for "good"


POWER SINGER- Ellance Saga #1 (Excellent RPG made by System Sacom for the PC-98 where you play as a bard, hence the name "POWER SINGER". It was made in 1992, and I do not know if it was the last soundtrack Manabu Saito composed before he passed away later that year.)

That one is already in my backlog, along with a few other Saito soundtracks. They are all pretty good.


That is all I know that are not pornographic. As long as those pornographic games DO NOT have song titles that can get me into trouble with the FBI or who are well... dirty, I am OK in terms of music...

lol, I hope you are kidding :)

Atomino (MS-DOS [OPL2],1990,Blue Byte) - Conversion of the C64 music, the title theme is as good as ever.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJsYNQaAy0w)

Ultra X Weapons (Arcade,1995,Banpresto) - Shmup with some bizarre choices for music. The main ingredients are Oktoberfest oompha, polka, and Japanese march music.
Stage 2 (https://youtu.be/5Q6U3945Wz8?t=310), Stage 5 (https://youtu.be/5Q6U3945Wz8?t=651)

Oscar (Amiga,1993,Flair Software) - This platformer was a pack-in game for the CD32.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/wdkhNi3RwUY?t=5)

Black Bird: Tori Tachi no Tooboe (PC-98 [OPNA],1995,ViVian) - 3d dungeon crawler with card-based combat.
Howl of Crow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgoQLBrTJjA), Danbai (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmEaNQJmnE), Striker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEM_X1mzYUk)

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I was using "kick ass" as a synonym for "good"



That one is already in my backlog, along with a few other Saito soundtracks. They are all pretty good.



lol, I hope you are kidding :)
Good, because Power Singer was a good one.
I am NOT KIDDING. I am afraid of the government and the FBI. Why the hell do you think I hate the porno games so much?

Update on Rune Worth 3: Most tracks are recycled from Rune Worth 2, but there are a small few that are original. In other words, Rune Worth 3 is a expansion pack for Rune Worth 2, since at the end of Rune Worth 2, it said "TO BE CONTINUED". I have found some from Glodia also that should be good soundtracks-Different Realm, Alvaleak Continent - Heartful Comedietta RPG, Ragnarokkr, Bible Master 1 and 2, and Etemible - Tenjou Mukyuu They love to use a lot of MIDI on their soundtracks, since some of their games from 1993-1995 do use MIDI output, so those or the OPNA soundtracks are the better options.

Gordian Tomb (C64,1990,CP Verlag) - Music by Thomas Detert. The in-game theme is over half an hour long.
Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pacDmoStYsw), In-Game (Part 1) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa0m7tVluXE)

Chinese Hero (Arcade,1994,Tayio)

Mayumi (X68000,1992,Cocktail Soft) - Composed by Akira Sato
THEME (https://youtu.be/U9eqxrZDLR8?t=175), KAISOU (https://youtu.be/U9eqxrZDLR8?t=26)

This is a list currently of the most kick-ass RPG soundtracks for the PC-98 that I have found.

First, is Legam. This RPG uses a GS MIDI soundtrack as well as FM, but the most superior is the Vermouth version.
2nd is Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha.
3rd is K.O. Beast Seiki Beast Sanjuushi: Gaia no Fukkatsu

They will be my first requests after Lesser Mern.

How the f FBI is after you because of obscure hentai 80s 90s games music

Sound more crazy than Sweden ban DoA of photomode of ugly non nude 3d models

How the f FBI is after you because of obscure hentai 80s 90s games musicLook, I don't know for sure. All I assumed was a Youtuber by the name of ApolloJoe uploads the tracks from the PC88 and PC-98 games and he basically said that one of the names of the tracks could get him in trouble with the FBI.

Jesus Christ, does everyone here on this site and everywhere I f-ing go think I am an asshole!?

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Sound more crazy than Sweden ban DoA of photomode of ugly non nude 3d models


Never mind, I don't want to get into an arguement with you. I've had enough of them throughout my entire f-ing life.

We ll never know what he meant cause his channel is closed "for copyright infringements".

FBI, sure.

You can erase tags, just have "track 01" etc.

Look, I don't know for sure. All I assumed was a Youtuber by the name of ApolloJoe uploads the tracks from the PC88 and PC-98 games and he basically said that one of the names of the tracks could get him in trouble with the FBI.

Oh, you know, I bet it didn't have anything to do with Hentai. There are a lot of Japanese games out there (Like Lagrange Point on the Famicom) that have characters named Isis, or revolve around the Egyptian god Isis, the deity of fertility and motherhood. It's possible that a song title had something to do with her, and because she shares the name with the terrorist group, he was playing it safe by not uploading any videos with that word in it.

Either that, or he was joking and it wasn't obvious that he was. Pornography isn't illegal in the US unless it features real people that are underage, or is of people who haven't given their permission to be filmed. Animated hentai falls under neither of those categories. I don't think you have anything to worry about in terms of legality! :)

Jesus Christ, does everyone here on this site and everywhere I f-ing go think I am an asshole!?

Look, nobody here thinks you are an asshole. But your fear of the government (assuming you live in the US) or the FBI over 'erotic' song titles is completely unfounded. I can assure you that none of this is even remotely illegal! How you feel about this personally is, of course, your own decision. Feel free to rename such songs if they bother you :)

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This is a list currently of the most kick-ass RPG soundtracks for the PC-98 that I have found.

First, is Legam. This RPG uses a GS MIDI soundtrack as well as FM, but the most superior is the Vermouth version.


The Vermouth option is essentially just a way to play back MIDI soundtracks with a sound font, most Hoot installations actually use Gravis Ultrasound patches for this. In principle this isn't much different from using the GM/GS option with whatever MIDI device/sound font you have installed in Windows. And to be honest, I would prefer to record this with a real GS unit (I have an SC-55 and SC-88) as the most authentic option and the device that the music was most likely written for.

This is 'Main Feled' from Legam (https://mega.nz/#!nQQVBbiR!RVN_AHBSk8sg9ZjYuAznmmtBb6GDN2KmTgTHHaTFgnE), recorded with an SC-55.

i may sound harsh/aggressive but that just mindblowing to me that anyone can miss some of best VGMs ever ever because of "eh..one user said something..i dont know..."

To nx666:

Yes, you are right, I do tend to fly off the handle too quickly. I am sorry, that's just how my family was raised- to not like anything pornographic and dirty.

Oh, so THAT's what Vermouth is- no wonder why it is so hard to install GUS patches for it.

I've just listened to it, and it sounds awesome! Man, Hoot's GS emulation is poor... And I can't seem to install Timidity in order to make it better- it is also too difficult.

To nx666:

Yes, you are right, I do tend to fly off the handle too quickly.

Oh, so THAT's what Vermouth is- no wonder why it is so hard to install GUS patches for it.

I've just listened to it, and it sounds awesome! Man, Hoot's GS emulation is poor... And I can't seem to install Timidity in order to make it better- it is also too difficult.

Hoot doesn't really emulate GM/GS, when you play one of these soundtracks then the MIDI data is sent to your default MIDI device. And, unless you have something else installed, that's going to be the one that comes with Windows. You can get much better sound quality by installing a 3rd-party driver (e.g. BassMIDI) that can load different sound fonts.

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i may sound harsh/aggressive but that just mindblowing to me that anyone can miss some of best VGMs ever ever because of "eh..one user said something..i dont know..."

To be fair, I've seen way worse, especially on this forum. Some people go to great lengths to make sure they never listen to some of the best music around.

Universe (MS-DOS [OPL2],1994,Core Design) - Sci-fi adventure game with fantastic music by Martin Iveson.
Chase (https://youtu.be/DbcNRcNczro?t=1033), Escaping from Abadoned City (https://youtu.be/DbcNRcNczro?t=1314), Good End (https://youtu.be/DbcNRcNczro?t=1660)

Fury of the Furries / Pac-In-Time (MS-DOS [OPL2],1993,Kalisto) - I had posted the Amiga version of this soundtrack before (check it out if you haven't!), so here is the equally amazing DOS port by Fr�d�ric Motte (Moby).
Lagoon (Fun) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzHa4Av3UdE), Ending (Classic, Fun) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9OUJoBqWN0)

Budokan: The Martial Spirit (MS-DOS [OPL2],1989,Electronic Arts) - A leftover from last week, Rob Hubbard's Adlib soundtrack for this EA fighting game.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm_2ZNOzsw)

Stone Age (MS-DOS [OPL2],1992,Eclipse Software Design) - Puzzle game with music by Thomas Detert. This soundtrack is very different from the Amiga version.
Stardust Falling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybgV0OtbVa4), Bone and Stone (https://youtu.be/ybgV0OtbVa4?t=98), The Dragon's Tale (https://youtu.be/ybgV0OtbVa4?t=570)

Lesser Mern (PC-9801 [OPN],1992,Panther Software) - A fairly lengthy RPG soundtrack with over 60 tracks.
MSC #04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhPhzlWb0Nc), M16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_OSUT_-BjE), M36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjo7IofVx8), M41 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF9F8RpV1CU)

I see.

Sure, I would like Masaharu Kajihara's, Ryu Umemoto's, Shinji Orito's, Manabu Kunieda's , Hiroaki Sano's and Toyo Kusanagi's music a lot more if they never worked at those companies that made those trashy, smutty, dirty, pornographic games, such as Elf, D.O. and C's Ware for example. Granted, their music is very good, but its just those games were pornographic. I would suggest music from them, but I do not like seeing dirty hentai screenshots from Tokugawa Corp. to find out about if the game is an RPG or not in order for me to request the soundtrack or to give it a listen in Hoot. Anyway, I just want to end this little discussion now. I won't be talking about it any longer.

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Universe (MS-DOS [OPL2],1994,Core Design) - Sci-fi adventure game with fantastic music by Martin Iveson.
Chase (https://youtu.be/DbcNRcNczro?t=1033), Escaping from Abadoned City (https://youtu.be/DbcNRcNczro?t=1314), Good End (https://youtu.be/DbcNRcNczro?t=1660)

Fury of the Furries / Pac-In-Time (MS-DOS [OPL2],1993,Kalisto) - I had posted the Amiga version of this soundtrack before (check it out if you haven't!), so here is the equally amazing DOS port by Fr�d�ric Motte (Moby).
Lagoon (Fun) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzHa4Av3UdE), Ending (Classic, Fun) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9OUJoBqWN0)

Budokan: The Martial Spirit (MS-DOS [OPL2],1989,Electronic Arts) - A leftover from last week, Rob Hubbard's Adlib soundtrack for this EA fighting game.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm_2ZNOzsw)

Stone Age (MS-DOS [OPL2],1992,Eclipse Software Design) - Puzzle game with music by Thomas Detert. This soundtrack is very different from the Amiga version.
Stardust Falling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybgV0OtbVa4), Bone and Stone (https://youtu.be/ybgV0OtbVa4?t=98), The Dragon's Tale (https://youtu.be/ybgV0OtbVa4?t=570)

Lesser Mern (PC-9801 [OPN],1992,Panther Software) - A fairly lengthy RPG soundtrack with over 60 tracks.
MSC #04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhPhzlWb0Nc), M16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_OSUT_-BjE), M36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjo7IofVx8), M41 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF9F8RpV1CU)

Thanks for Lesser Mern. I have 3 requests- One is Legam, and the other two are from Riverhill Soft- Kigen- Kagayaki no Hasha and Princess Minerva.

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Look, nobody here thinks you are an asshole. But your fear of the government (assuming you live in the US) or the FBI over 'erotic' song titles is completely unfounded. I can assure you that none of this is even remotely illegal! How you feel about this personally is, of course, your own decision. Feel free to rename such songs if they bother you :)

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The Vermouth option is essentially just a way to play back MIDI soundtracks with a sound font, most Hoot installations actually use Gravis Ultrasound patches for this. In principle this isn't much different from using the GM/GS option with whatever MIDI device/sound font you have installed in Windows. And to be honest, I would prefer to record this with a real GS unit (I have an SC-55 and SC-88) as the most authentic option and the device that the music was most likely written for.

This is 'Main Feled' from Legam (https://mega.nz/#!nQQVBbiR!RVN_AHBSk8sg9ZjYuAznmmtBb6GDN2KmTgTHHaTFgnE), recorded with an SC-55.

I do live in the USA, I am just afraid of the government, that's all... And if I find an RPG that has a good soundtrack whether it is hentai or not, I will rename the tracks- especially the hentai ones. If you want a couple, I recommend Branmarker 1 and 2 from D.O. for the PC-98 and X68000.

It's ironic how hentai games have one of most beautiful music. Oh, Japan, why.

Anyway, why even care? nx666 uploads music, we listen to it. That's all. I usually don't even trying to find out what game is it unless it's SHMUP. (i'm not replying you, more like talking to myself)

Vermouth might not be necessary, but I sure would like to see it added to Star Cruiser II along with others.

Vermouth might not be necessary, but I sure would like to see it added to Star Cruiser II along with others.

I honestly don't get the point of Vermouth. It's just MIDI played with a (fairly antiquated) sound font. If you want just that, why don't you use one of the much better sound fonts that are available today?

Btw, I'm currently recording the SC-55 version of Star Cruiser 2 for you.

Thanks, nx666. If you don't recommend me nor anyone else listening to the Vermouth versions, that's okay. I guess it's more of a gimmick.

Thanks, nx666. If you don't recommend me nor anyone else listening to the Vermouth versions, that's okay. I guess it's more of a gimmick.

Haha, I'm not telling you to stop listening to Vermouth synth :), I just think that there are much better options for 'MIDI via sound font'.

Marble Cooking (MS-DOS [OPL2],1994,Negative) - Hentai puzzle game, I think in this case the DOS version actually sounds slightly better than the original PC-98 release.
Menu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRCVzTJgWow), Library (https://youtu.be/wRCVzTJgWow?t=200), Graphic Mode (https://youtu.be/wRCVzTJgWow?t=1106)

Subbuteo: The Computer Game (Atari ST,1990,Electronic Zoo) - Table soccer game with music by Matt Furniss.
Main Menu (https://youtu.be/QrZ_m-hNzj4?t=82)

Jahangir Khan World Championship Squash (Atari ST,1991,Krisalis) - A squash game, also scored by Matt Furniss.
Opening Credits (https://youtu.be/qYcIkdOAWs0?t=6), Main Menu (https://youtu.be/qYcIkdOAWs0?t=99)

Hello, nx666! Thanks for those uploads last week. Got some new Arcade request again for you!!! X-D

- L.S.A. Squad (aka Land Sea Air Squad, Storming Party, and Riku Kai Kuu Saizensen. This game lets you take control of three Army vehicles in their respective environments. Made by Taito.)
- Mad Motor (One of Mitchell Corp's earliest games, where you ride a motorcycle and bash away at enemies (sort of like a psuedo-early version of Road Rash). The game ends after the ending, so there is no staff information on who made this game. BTW, when you do certain things in the game, your guy turns into a pissed-off oni-like demon, lol.)
- Super Spacefortress Macross II (While a sequel to the first game, this one is based off the Macross II anime.)

Well, that's all for now, but I got more requests in store after this. :)

Hello, nx666! Thanks for those uploads last week. Got some new Arcade request again for you!!! X-D

- L.S.A. Squad (aka Land Sea Air Squad, Storming Party, and Riku Kai Kuu Saizensen. This game lets you take control of three Army vehicles in their respective environments. Made by Taito.)
- Mad Motor (One of Mitchell Corp's earliest games, where you ride a motorcycle and bash away at enemies (sort of like a psuedo-early version of Road Rash). The game ends after the ending, so there is no staff information on who made this game. BTW, when you do certain things in the game, your guy turns into a pissed-off oni-like demon, lol.)
- Super Spacefortress Macross II (While a sequel to the first game, this one is based off the Macross II anime.)

Well, that's all for now, but I got more requests in store after this. :)

I played Mad Motor and Macross 2- those were good games.

Legam (PC-9801 [SC-88],1995,U-Office) - Typical RPG soundtrack with some really nice tracks. This is the GS version of the music, recorded with an SC-88.
Event 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl5eIpcBIpQ), Snowy Mountains (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y73exj-nic) <--- FM version, the MIDI soundtrack doesn't seem to exist on Youtube

Zombi (Atari ST,1990,Ubisoft) - The original Amstrad version was Ubisoft's first ever release and also probably the inspiration for ZombiU on the WiiU. David Whittaker composed the Atari ST soundtrack which has a completely new music.
Loading Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rMS8vpOCY)

I,Ball II: Quest for the Past (Atari ST,1987,Firebird) - Music by Wally Beben. I think the ST version of this game was actually never released.

Predator (Atari ST,1987,Activision) - Interesting mix of AY instruments and samples. Music by Paul Summers.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyTjKjLMBc)

Super Spacefortress Macross II (Arcade,1993,Banpresto)
Beginner Course: Stage 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeqXo8xb5I), Expert Course: Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__QUQSKILnM)

Legam (PC-9801 [SC-88],1995,U-Office) - Typical RPG soundtrack with some really nice tracks. This is the GS version of the music, recorded with an SC-88.
Event 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl5eIpcBIpQ), Snowy Mountains (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y73exj-nic) <--- FM version, the MIDI soundtrack doesn't seem to exist on Youtube

Zombi (Atari ST,1990,Ubisoft) - The original Amstrad version was Ubisoft's first ever release and also probably the inspiration for ZombiU on the WiiU. David Whittaker composed the Atari ST soundtrack which has a completely new music.
Loading Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0rMS8vpOCY)

I,Ball II: Quest for the Past (Atari ST,1987,Firebird) - Music by Wally Beben. I think the ST version of this game was actually never released.

Predator (Atari ST,1987,Activision) - Interesting mix of AY instruments and samples. Music by Paul Summers.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyTjKjLMBc)

Super Spacefortress Macross II (Arcade,1993,Banpresto)
Beginner Course: Stage 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNeqXo8xb5I), Expert Course: Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__QUQSKILnM)

Thanks so much for Legam- the music even sounds better with the GS Synth! :D

Dokkaebi-ga Ganda (MS-DOS,1995,Senori Box) - aka Cobi Comi, a Korean action-platformer with pretty awesome FM music.
Stage 1 (gameplay) (https://youtu.be/aslgMBkisAI?t=26) <-- this is good, but wait until you hear Stage 4

Star Cruiser II (PC-9801 [SC-55],1993,Arsys) - Star Wars meets FFT-era Sakimoto. Some of the orchestral tracks are pretty good.

Black Moon Chronicles (Windows,1999,Cryo Interactive) - RTS based on a French comic. Mixed choir, orchestra, and percussion are the main elements in this very unusual-sounding video game soundtrack.
Warriors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcCXLO1rEM), Black Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7qZQ7isH4I)

Just a quick update: I uploaded a new version of Monopoly (Windows) as the old one had problems with MIDI channels cutting out, so that is fixed now.

When you are finished with Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha and Princess Minerva, I have 3 very last requests, depending of course if you are not exhausted or stressed out by ripping game soundtracks.

1: Rune Worth 2
2: Rune Worth 3 (There could be some duplicates from Rune Worth 2 in that soundtrack. Please let me know.)
3: Power Singer: Ellance Saga #1

When you are finished with Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha and Princess Minerva, I have 3 very last requests, depending of course if you are not exhausted or stressed out by ripping game soundtracks.

1: Rune Worth 2
2: Rune Worth 3 (There could be some duplicates from Rune Worth 2 in that soundtrack. Please let me know.)
3: Power Singer: Ellance Saga #1

The only thing I'm stressed out about is when people ignore the rules of this thread...

I really miss that "like" button. :)

The only thing I'm stressed out about is when people ignore the rules of this thread... I DO understand the rules of the thread. I actually wait until you are finished with the tracks, instead of just blurting out or demanding my next requests like an impatient fool. Never mind about those 3 soundtracks I have requested. I just need to wait for a while- I don't want to anger you like I once did to ruiner9.

Marvin's Marvellous Adventure (Amiga,1994,21st Century Entertainment) - Never played this game, looks like a pretty decent platformer (https://youtu.be/Y7pPwaIxmdg?t=437) though.
World 2 BGM #2 Interior (https://youtu.be/Y7pPwaIxmdg?t=3107)

Hired Guns (Amiga,1993,Psygnosis) - However, I played a TON of this one. A 4 player 3D dungeon crawler by DMA Design.
Team Selection (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMJvmW5O2qA)

Hired Guns (MS-DOS [OPL2],1993,Psygnosis) - Matt Furniss did the music for the DOS port, which is very loosely based on the Amiga original.
Team Selection (https://youtu.be/ANaVR7TavA0?t=236)

I really miss that "like" button. :)

Tell me about it! :p

This somehow missed yesterday's update...

Astrocounter of Crescents (MS-DOS,1996,Samsung) - This game looks a lot like Genocide and the music was composed by soundTeMP, who also worked on the DOS version of Genocide 2. Stylistically this is all over the place, my favorite is probably the Castlevania-like theme of stage 7. Good stuff.
Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQmiGKmzcU), Stage 2 (https://youtu.be/5tvTsj-dE0k?t=133)

This somehow missed yesterday's update...

Astrocounter of Crescents (MS-DOS,1996,Samsung) - This game looks a lot like Genocide and the music was composed by soundTeMP, who also worked on the DOS version of Genocide 2. Stylistically this is all over the place, my favorite is probably the Castlevania-like theme of stage 7. Good stuff.
Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQmiGKmzcU), Stage 2 (https://youtu.be/5tvTsj-dE0k?t=133)

I agree- I like sound TeMP's work, especially on their remixes of Falcom's soundtracks for Mantra.

I agree- I like sound TeMP's work, especially on their remixes of Falcom's soundtracks for Mantra.

One of these days I'll have to post their DOS port of the Ys II soundtrack. It has a few exclusive tracks that are pretty good and not found in any other version.

Actually, I have that soundtrack! It is awesome, especially with the exclusive tracks! :D

I have a request for ya! *gasp!*

I came across a shmup for the x68000 called Dark Ager, and the music is pretty good. think you can rip it? I can send you the disk images if necessary.

Thanks!

Mad Motor (Arcade,1989,Mitchell) - Unreleased arcade game. 'Mad Motor' is a fairly accurate description of the music as well.
Power (https://youtu.be/AibYVchi42Y?t=130), Stage 2 (https://youtu.be/AibYVchi42Y?t=346)

Kigen: Kagayaki no Hasha (PC-9801 [OPNA],1991,Riverhill Soft) - Presumably composed by Hiroaki Iwatani. The tags are in Japanese for now, if anybody has the patience to (Google)translate them, let me know.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csbk9iUp1GU), Opening Titles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRuWlRmzxZY), Field (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIPodDQH-JE)

PLIS (C64,1993,Markt & Technik) - Puzzle game with music by Stello Doussis.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB22aX6-ySY)


I have a request for ya! *gasp!*
I came across a shmup for the x68000 called Dark Ager, and the music is pretty good. think you can rip it? I can send you the disk images if necessary.


The game seems to come with some sort of editor, so maybe there are different versions of this soundtrack. If this isn't what you are looking for then I might need your disk images:

Shooting 68K: Dark Ager (X68000,1991,Amorphous) - Some of this sounds like an alternate version of the Gradius soundtrack.

Thanks for Kigen. I took a look at a video of the FM-TOWNS version of that game, and yes- Hiroaki Iwatani did the music to the game.

Hi nx666. We appreciate your hard work. If you are seeking more requests, try these three arcades:

Karate Chakun Yaraku Shanku: The Karate Tournament
Funky Jet
Osman / Cannon Dancer

Hi nx666. We appreciate your hard work. If you are seeking more requests, try these three arcades:

Karate Chakun Yaraku Shanku: The Karate Tournament
Funky Jet
Osman / Cannon Dancer

I love Osman! That was a great game.

Requests:
Doom II: Hell on Earth (DOS PC)
Star Hammer (DOS)
Hellbender (Windows)

Ys Eternal (Windows,1998,Falcom) - Remake of Ys I with a few extras. Interestingly, there are multiple versions of the MIDI soundtrack (GM,GS,SC-88) with very different arrangements. This here is the SC-88 version but I might have to do the GS soundtrack at some point as well.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADmXS-jaVs) <--- This is from the CD audio version I think, but it's close enough

Land Sea Air Squad (Arcade,1986,Taito) - Either the emulation of this game is broken or this is one of the worst Taito soundtracks ever.
Gameplay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7btqv-q3s)

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Requests:
Doom II: Hell on Earth (DOS PC)
Star Hammer (DOS)
Hellbender (Windows)

I currently don't take DOS/Windows requests outside of MIDI soundtracks. Doom 2 is the only one that would qualify, which you can get from here (http://rmla.comoj.com/rmla/music.html).

Ys Eternal (Windows,1998,Falcom) - Remake of Ys I with a few extras. Interestingly, there are multiple versions of the MIDI soundtrack (GM,GS,SC-88) with very different arrangements. This here is the SC-88 version but I might have to do the GS soundtrack at some point as well.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADmXS-jaVs) <--- This is from the CD audio version I think, but it's close enough

Land Sea Air Squad (Arcade,1986,Taito) - Either the emulation of this game is broken or this is one of the worst Taito soundtracks ever.
Gameplay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7btqv-q3s)

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I currently don't take DOS/Windows requests outside of MIDI soundtracks. Doom 2 is the only one that would qualify, which you can get from here (http://rmla.comoj.com/rmla/music.html).


I agree with Land Sea Air Squad- I didn't like the soundtrack to it either.

The game seems to come with some sort of editor, so maybe there are different versions of this soundtrack. If this isn't what you are looking for then I might need your disk images:

Shooting 68K: Dark Ager (X68000,1991,Amorphous) - Some of this sounds like an alternate version of the Gradius soundtrack.

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! :)

Just one request for today:

Funky Jet (Arcade,1992,Data East)
Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YByPmO606o0), Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT2P-vrhj4o)

Also, I won't be able to do Osman / Cannon Dancer (Arcade).

This is the only site I know that has the Brah Choushinden disk image: http://pc98.org/

Hm, think you can get the soundtrack to 46 Okunen Monogatari for the PC-98?

46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron (PC-9801 [OPN],1990,Enix)- The predecessor of Evo: Search for Eden (SNES). The music was composed by Koichi Sugiyama and many (all?) tracks have been used in the sequel as well.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKMtULTDjiA), Ocean (https://youtu.be/DKMtULTDjiA?t=636), Sea Tunnel (https://youtu.be/DKMtULTDjiA?t=867), Victory (https://youtu.be/DKMtULTDjiA?t=411)

Princess Minerva (PC-9801 [OPNA],1992,Riverhill Soft) - This seems to have a lot more music than the later console ports. Composed by Hiroaki Iwatani.
Opening Sequence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akA1gKQqTdo) <-- NSFW, contains some nudity

I couldn't do The Karate Tournament (Arcade) due to some weird sfx that play over the songs in the sound test. It's doable, but would require too much manual work for now.


Also, as of next week I will have to temporarily suspend new requests. However, anything you submit before Monday will still get completed.

Also, as of next week I will have to temporarily suspend new requests. However, anything you submit before Monday will still get completed.

Thank goodness I have some more arcade requests for you!!

- Gardia (Another shmup developed by Coreland and licensed by Sega. I saw the longplay of this yesterday on YouTube and noticed how good the music was compared to Rafflesia.)
- Karate Blazers (A beat-em-up by V-System. Has some good tunes for a sub-par brawler, lol.)
- Zing Zing Zip (Another Allumer created shmup. The tracks have some good hard rock riff samples, but like Blandia and Rezon, are looped. Thank goodness Mad Shark's music, while not sampled, was much better songwise, as it wasn't looped endless.)

And these are my requests for now. :)

Thanks for Kigen and Princess Minerva. I have 3 last requests-
Libros de Chilam Balam for the PC-98
Rune Worth 2 and 3 for the PC-98

If they cannot be done because of the schedule next week, that's OK, I can wait.

hi nx666
...
Override was like that too, though it's called Last Battalion on the X68000... could you do a rip of that as well, by any chance?
could it be possible for you to rip this ?

tx ;) see ya.

hi nx666
could it be possible for you to rip this ?

Quote Originally Posted by Despatche View Post
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Override was like that too, though it's called Last Battalion on the X68000... could you do a rip of that as well, by any chance?
tx ;) see ya.

You can find it in ruiner9's thread (in the Japanese PC (PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X68000, MSX, FM Towns) link)...

Thread 138495

thanks KingTengu =D to show me the way.

Thanks for Kigen and Princess Minerva. I have 3 last requests-
Libros de Chilam Balam for the PC-98
Rune Worth 2 and 3 for the PC-98

If they cannot be done because of the schedule next week, that's OK, I can wait.

They can be done, but I will have to space them out over the next few weeks. Libros de Chilam Balam alone has over 50 tracks.

There are now over 1000 soundtracks in the OP! Let's celebrate this occasion with another round of awesome Spectrum beeper music:

Dark Fusion (ZX Spectrum,1988,Gremlin Graphics) - Proto-techno by Ben Daglish. It's kinda mind blowing that this is a song from 1988.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXHGsLOqtPY)

Firefly (ZX Spectrum,1988,Ocean) - 'Beeper Metal' by Jonathan Smith and Keith Tinman
Title Screen 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_4Ax-oKks), Title Screen 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH4-m_Hxp8g)

BraveStarr (ZX Spectrum,1987,GO!) - More beeper metal. This wouldn't feel out of place on the Doom soundtrack. Composed by David Whittaker
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SncFU_RIjgs)

Zanthrax (ZX Spectrum,1989,W.A.S.P) - By Lyndon Sharp
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2PBxmc7YT4)

And one request:

Gardia (Arcade,1986,Sega) - Xevious-inspired shmup for the System 1 board.
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQgxYgKwD0)

That shall be fine.

Karate Blazers (Arcade,1991,Video System) - Brawler with a rock/metal soundtrack. Some of the songs are pretty good, although the whole soundtrack seems to use the same 5 samples.
Stage Theme 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gko3cVeYejE), Stage Theme 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3GGDpS-1s)

Karate Blazers (Arcade,1991,Video System) - Brawler with a rock/metal soundtrack. Some of the songs are pretty good, although the whole soundtrack seems to use the same 5 samples.
Stage Theme 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gko3cVeYejE), Stage Theme 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3GGDpS-1s)

Should be easy enough for people to make their own custom Video System instrument set for trackers.

Libros de Chilam Balam (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, Right Stuff) - RPG set in the Wild West.
E_053 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAQTP9M1bvg)

Libros de Chilam Balam (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, Right Stuff) - RPG set in the Wild West.
E_053 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAQTP9M1bvg)

Thanks! :D

Champions of Krynn (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, Pony Canyon) - The Dragonlance scenario was probably my favorite Gold Box series. The PC-98 version has a completely new soundtrack, composed by Takeshi Yasuda and arranged by Hitoshi Sakimoto.
Intro (https://youtu.be/-ifdkBgKIao?t=48), Normal Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXP1Jd_MRv4)

Death Knights of Krynn (PC-9801 [OPN], 1993, Pony Canyon) - The second part in this series, also scored by Yasuda/Sakimoto.
Intro (https://youtu.be/yxeJzsCJmZ4?t=12), Dungeon 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsI0B6kz2I0)

Zing Zing Zip (Arcade,1992,Allumer) - Just a handful of really short tracks with shredding guitars and low quality X1-010 samples.
Stage BGM #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8yAdk8GILY)

Kamui (Windows [OPL3,SC-88], 1999, Siter Skain) - Pretty good doujin shmup for Windows. Included is the FM soundtrack and the - imo much better - MIDI version.
Area 1 (SC-88) (https://youtu.be/XIPM6F8omgg?t=33), Area 4 (SC-88) (https://youtu.be/XIPM6F8omgg?t=744)

Rune Worth 2: Jikuu no Shinsen (PC-9801 [OPN], 1991, T&E) - This soundtrack might have a few duplicate tracks and I'm not 100% sure about the composer either.
BGM #03 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xrb0tiKPg), BGM #04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSZS31vweLM), BGM #10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_eTt3IqKS0)

Jim Power in Mutant Planet (Amiga, 1992, Loriciel) - The original rip by ruiner was missing a few tracks so I made a new one. Check it out if you haven't, it's a really good Chris H�lsbeck soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjvaF1rs93s), Level 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VcKqKMF130)

Xenophobe (Amiga, 1989, Micro Style) - A Barry Leitch soundtrack that is very different from his C64 version.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/99QRFE6fKp8?t=46), Stage 1 (https://youtu.be/PHQ7nZggpqk?t=190)

Big Run (Amiga, 1991, Storm) - Conversion of the Jaleco arcade game with music by Jolyon Myers. Only two tracks, but both are pretty good.
Loading (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XqTrInVK3w), Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmWh0X_e9VM)

I started to update some of the older C64 rips with better edits, improved tags, and/or added stereo tracks: Puzzlenoid, Chimera, Bee 52, Underground, Rock'n Roll.

Jim Power rocks!

Rune Worth 3: Shinsei Kikourin (PC-9801 [OPN], 1991, T&E Soft) - This has significantly less music than the prequel.

Frightmare (C64, 1988, Cascade Games) - One of my personal favorites, aka the 'Bolero' of SID music: a 10-minute tune with a fairly repetitive rhythmic pattern, interspersed with short but very effective pieces of melody. Composed by Jeroen Kimmel.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz-yWjUk1pQ) <-- Just let this run in the background for a while, you'll see what I mean.

Arkanoid (C64, 1987, Imagine) - Arcade conversion by Martin Galway, this was the first C64 game with sampled instruments. Although that technique had existed earlier, it hadn't been used in game music up to that point. The drum samples don't sound particularly great as they are actually generated in real time, but Galway released an updated version later with samples from a real drum machine.
Title Screen (Alternate Drums) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fIlBiBYkA)

Bad Cat (C64, 1987, Rainbow Arts) - The other candidate for 'first SID tune with samples'. This came out a few weeks after Arkanoid but used proper drum samples. The music was composed by Chris H�lsbeck and is partially based on this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfik2eWywxo).
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcwuEVnMUvM)

And a few updated C64 soundtracks: Loopz, Eliminator, Stormlord, Sanxion, Rolling Ronny

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Jim Power rocks!

Yes, it does! The PC Engine CD soundtrack is pretty good as well. You can get it from the 'Misc.' section in the OP.

Jim Power in Mutant Planet (PC Engine CD, 1993, Micro World)

Thanks for Rune Worth 2 and 3

Some more Jochen Hippel soundtracks for the Atari ST.

Enchanted Land (Atari ST, 1990, Thalion) - The original version of this game. There are a few tracks that the Amiga version doesn't have and the Game Over theme is a good as ever.
Game Over (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-jnqWrmMTs)

Rings of Medusa (Atari ST, 1989, Starbyte Software) - I think this was also originally on the ST and then ported to the Amiga. The ST version has an additional intro track.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7W_WI-ze04)

The Return of Medusa (Atari ST, 1991, Starbyte Software) - The sequel, included here are a couple of unused tracks.
Intro (https://youtu.be/Yu7MfQe7DP0?t=61)

Stormlord (Atari ST, 1989, Hewson) - A pretty faithful conversion of the great Manics of Noise C64 soundtrack. The intro uses Hippel's trademark PCM driver.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO7cZr-hNFs), In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsUE7qxBYrY)


And a few updated C64 soundtracks: Atomino, Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, Dominator, Gauntlet III

Hello, nx666. Enjoying your latest releases of awesome music so far. I know you're not yet ready to take requests again, but when you do, I got several ideas in mind...

I just recently downloaded the two Krynn soundtracks and listened to them and was amazed at how Hitoshi Sakimoto made brilliant music for ports of an old PC game. Today, I was reading up on Dungeons & Dragons video games on YouTube and noticed that nine other D&D games were ported to the PC-9800 (sadly, the third and final game of the Krynn trilogy "The Black Queen of Krynn" wasn't one of them). So, expect to see some of those names in my requests once they are open again.

Oh, and listening to the "Ending" track on "Champions of Krynn", it sounds like Mr. Sakimoto took bits and pieces of "Oh Canada!" (the country where I live) to make a song out of it, lol. :P

Hello, nx666. Enjoying your latest releases of awesome music so far. I know you're not yet ready to take requests again, but when you do, I got several ideas in mind...

I just recently downloaded the two Krynn soundtracks and listened to them and was amazed at how Hitoshi Sakimoto made brilliant music for ports of an old PC game. Today, I was reading up on Dungeons & Dragons video games on YouTube and noticed that nine other D&D games were ported to the PC-9800 (sadly, the third and final game of the Krynn trilogy "The Black Queen of Krynn" wasn't one of them). So, expect to see some of those names in my requests once they are open again.

Oh, and listening to the "Ending" track on "Champions of Krynn", it sounds like Mr. Sakimoto took bits and pieces of "Oh Canada!" (the country where I live) to make a song out of it, lol. :P


I can try to look into the other AD&D soundtracks, most (or all?) of them seem to exist as VGM files so they would be very easy to do. Only a handful were arranged by Sakimoto though and not all of them are as good as the two that I posted earlier (imo).

I can try to look into the other AD&D soundtracks, most (or all?) of them seem to exist as VGM files so they would be very easy to do. Only a handful were arranged by Sakimoto though and not all of them are as good as the two that I posted earlier (imo).

That sounds nice.

Oh BTW, Yuzo Koshiro did the music for the PC-9800 version of "Eye of the Beholder". I forgot about that tidbit of info until now (the Wikipedia article on the game mentions it in the detailed info bar).

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Welcome to AudioPanicRoom, a podcast about the dangers of sustained exposure to old-ass computer and video game music.

Well, it's actually more like a glorified mixtape. The first episode is 45 minutes of personal favorites with some demo tunes thrown in for good measure. I'm still working on a website, so right now Youtube is the only way to listen to this. If you prefer an offline version there is a link to an mp3 file in the description of the video or you could just download this one (https://mega.nz/#!qARzBQ7S!KBtt-JjSoH1NtMJMGWVqYZh3xWbacfX-NAAL5slFYgE).

Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_7RpOruQpE)

Any kind of feedback is welcome of course.



Tracklist

01 "Deadlock" - (1995, FastTracker) by Jussi-Matti Mikael Salmela (Elwood)
02 "Boss Theme" - Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver (1996, X68000) by CUR
03 "Main Theme" - Iceblaster (1992, Commodore 64) by Stefan Hartwig
04 "Tower" - Hyper Iria (1995, SNES) by Kiyotaka Sato, Shintarou Hirakawa, Nobuhiro Makino
05 "Geil Glacial Park" - Project S-11 (2000, Gameboy) by Aleksi Eeben (Heatbeat), Jonne Valtonen (Purple Motion)
06 "BGM #1" - The Plague (1990, Amiga) by Ron Klaren
07 "Tengurila" - Zombie Nation (1990, NES) by Takane Ohkubo, Norio Nakagata
08 "NewSan" - MegaRace (1993, MS-DOS) by St�phane Picq
09 "Night Raider" - (199X, MDX) by Napo.sun
10 "Main Theme" - Red Max (1987, Atari 800) by David Whittaker
11 "Time Trial" - Socket (1993, Mega Drive) by Yasuyuki Hamada, Shigenori Masuko, Youko Suzuki, Fumito Tamayama
12 "T_004" - Toumei Ningen Arawaru (1993, PC-9801) by Akira Sato
13 "Rockin' [In-Game Theme 2]" - The Light Corridor (1991, ZX Spectrum) by Alberto Jose Gonz�lez
14 "Main Theme" - Mousin' Around (1989, Pinball) by Dan Forden
15 "Stage 6: Crystal World" - Wings of Death (1990, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel (Mad Max)
16 "Overcharge" - (1994, MOD) by Robert Szczepaniak (Roberts)

Thanks for your hard work, nx666. That was great!

This just in that VGMrips uploaded the sound files to the Kaneko Jackie Chan Arcade games.

Soon, I will expand the Kaneko Support Thread with more related soundtracks. But first, I must request these three to be ripped:

Fly-Boy (Arcade)
Fighting Roller (Arcade)
KaGeKi (Arcade)

38 Man Kilo no Kokuu (X68000, 1989, System Sacom) - Visual novel with music by Manabu Saito.
In the Aroma of Tea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVU67i2jpU), The Far Place (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-5JwP5S30)

Cybersphere (MS-DOS, 1996, Psycon Software)
Level BGM 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gENLAqpL3Q)

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper (ZX Spectrum, 1987, Go!) - This was a pretty popular action game with a beeper soundtrack by David Whittaker.

Eye of the Beholder (PC-9801, 1992, Pony Canyon) - Dungeon Master with the AD&D license. I found very different information on the composers. Most sources credit Yuzo Koshiro and Yuji Yamada, but I also saw Hitoshi Sakimoto mentioned. It's mostly atmospheric stuff that isn't all that great imo.

Explosive Breaker (Arcade, 1992, Kaneko) - I found some sound files for this game, which (I think) was also a request at some point.

Also new is an improved version of Rhyme Star (PC-9801), the old soundtrack had some problems playing samples correctly in certain tracks.

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Thanks for your hard work, nx666. That was great!

This just in that VGMrips uploaded the sound files to the Kaneko Jackie Chan Arcade games.

Soon, I will expand the Kaneko Support Thread with more related soundtracks. But first, I must request these three to be ripped:

Fly-Boy (Arcade)
Fighting Roller (Arcade)
KaGeKi (Arcade)

I'm currently not taking any requests, but if there is a VGM file for Jackie Chan I'll look into it.

In general, if anybody else has requests for soundtracks that exist here (http://vgmrips.net/packs/), feel free to post them anyway. That stuff is very easy to do so I might be able to squeeze it in.

Explosive Breaker (Arcade, 1992, Kaneko) - I found some sound files for this game, which (I think) was also a request at some point.

Awww yeah!! I've been waiting for this for a while (as it was me that first requested this). Thank you very, very much, nx666!! (this would be a good addition for 1983parrothead's Kaneko Support Thread as well)

Here is the whole Forgotten Realms sub-series from SSI's popular Gold Box RPGs. The PC-9801 versions all have completely new soundtracks. Pool of Radiance has music by Seiji Toda, the other three were composed by Takeshi Yasuda.

Pool of Radiance (PC-9801, 1989, Pony Canyon)
Curse of the Azure Bonds (PC-9801, 1991, Pony Canyon)
Secret of the Silver Blades (PC-9801, 1992, Pony Canyon)
Pools of Darkness (PC-9801, 1993, Pony Canyon)

Some other random stuff:

European Champions (Amiga, 1993, Ocean) - There is only one tune composed by Barry Leitch that sounds like it fell out of a scene demo.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPc6_S5A5jw)

Hammerfist (Amiga, 1990, Vivid Image) - Port of the C64 game with music by Wally Beben.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_1YJqdZXoo)

Celia (X68000, 1993, B-Cat Software) - Doujin puzzle game.
BGM 1 (https://youtu.be/tbs6qzSN23A?t=93)

And some updated C64 soundtracks: Fist 2, Monty on the Run, Turrican

Here is the whole Forgotten Realms sub-series from SSI's popular Gold Box RPGs. The PC-9801 versions all have completely new soundtracks. Pool of Radiance has music by Seiji Toda, the other three were composed by Takeshi Yasuda.

Pool of Radiance (PC-9801, 1989, Pony Canyon)
Curse of the Azure Bonds (PC-9801, 1991, Pony Canyon)
Secret of the Silver Blades (PC-9801, 1992, Pony Canyon)
Pools of Darkness (PC-9801, 1993, Pony Canyon)


Excellent work. The Japanese composed and reprogrammed versions of those games are better.

Excellent work. The Japanese composed and reprogrammed versions of those games are better.

I finished the Pool and Krynn series on C64/DOS back in the day but I've never actually played the PC-98 versions. Are there any differences apart from the graphics and music? I think the best way to play these games today is probably this (http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jhirvonen/gbc/) which adds some welcome features like automapping and instant heal.

Not really, from what I have watched on YouTube, the games are the same, but everything is translated in Japanese. The Japanese versions have the better music, but I haven't heard how well the C64 or DOS/IBM soundtracks sound like in terms of music. Dragons of Flame is yet another SSI RPG reprogrammed by Pony Canyon for the PC-98 and also composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Takeshi Yasuda.

Not really, from what I have watched on YouTube, the games are the same, but everything is translated in Japanese. The Japanese versions have the better music, but I haven't heard how well the C64 or DOS/IBM soundtracks sound like in terms of music. Dragons of Flame is yet another SSI RPG reprogrammed by Pony Canyon for the PC-98 and also composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Takeshi Yasuda.

The original SSI versions only had music on the title screen from what I remember. I'll probably post Dragons of Flame with the next update, although that one is more of an action RPG.

Forgot to post this one yesterday:

The Kung-Fu Master: Jackie Chan (Arcade, 1995, Kaneko) - This looks like Mortal Kombat with 50% less violence and 100% more Jackie Chan.

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Episode #002: Sound Canvas

Another podcast is up, watch it on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVzPG79xWvY) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!yVomGL4B!adshcKT4YB15rj2LZ6m78RbiTENlZEz9yckxD7ZFYHk).
The theme of this episode is 'game music played on Roland's Sound Canvas modules'.

Tracklist

01 "Faery Tales Come True (Orchestral Style) [SC-88]" - Princess Maker: Faery Tales Come True (1998, Windows) by Masahiro Kajihara
02 "The Return of the Champion [SC-88]" - Vantage Master (1997, Windows) by Falcom Sound Team jdk
03 "Finale [SC-88]" - Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (1994, MS-DOS) by Guido Henkel, Horst Weidle
04 "An Extended Fingertip [SC-88]" - Hinadori no Saezuri (1997, PC-9801) by Hiroaki Sano
05 "To the Other Side of the Sea [SC-88]" - MIDI Power Pro 2 ~Salamander 2, Twinbee Yahoo~ (1996, Audio CD) by Eisaku Nambu
06 "Bountiful Woods [SC-88]" - King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (1994, MS-DOS) by Jay Usher, Neal Grandstaff, Dan Kehler, Mark Seibert
07 "Human Battle Theme 2 [SC-88]" - Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995, MS-DOS) by Glenn Stafford
08 "SX_1001 [SC-88]" - Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 4 (2000, Windows) by Sierra
09 "Tamao Mitsurugi [SC-88]" - Variable Geo Max (1999, Windows) by Giga
10 "Intro [SC-55]" - The Settlers (1994, MS-DOS) by Haiko Ruttmann
11 "FULL BLAST [SC-55mkII]" - Overtake (1992, X68000) by Hideyuki Shimono, Naoyuki Kimura
12 "Credits [SC-88]" - Rock'n Shaolin: Legend of the Seven Paladins 3D (1994, MS-DOS) by Accend
13 "BGM #08 [SC-55]" - The Grail Hunter (1994, PC-9801) by Motoi Sakuraba, Ryota Furuya, Shinji Tamura, Hiroya Hatsushiba
14 "It Doesn't Amount To Anything [SC-55]" - Sion II: The First Attack (1992, X68000) by Zenji Nishikawa
15 "The Railroad Ode [SC-88]" - Monopoly (1995, Windows) by Frank Klepacki
16 "Monarch (Normal) [SC-88]" - Mona� Monarch Monarch (1998, Windows) by Falcom Sound Team jdk
17 "Beauty and the Beast [SC-88]" - King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992, MS-DOS) by Chris Brayman, Dan Kehler, Mark Seibert
18 "Ending [SC-88]" - Extreme Assault (1997, MS-DOS) by Chris H�lsbeck, Fabian Del Priore

Ah. I thought requests were suspended.

Ah. I thought requests were suspended.

Request are still suspended, I only offered to do rips from VGM files since they are really easy to make.

Dragons of Flame (PC-9801, 1991, Pony Canyon) - This was the second part of an action RPG series based on the Dragonlance AD&D scenario. From what I remember, the game was pretty bad though. It looks like Takeshi Yasuda and Hitoshi Sakimoto were Pony Canyon's go-to guys for all the Dragonlance games as they composed this one as well. They also did the prequel, Heroes of the Lance, which seems to be impossible to find on the Internet. If anybody has disk images for this game, let me know.
Intro (https://youtu.be/LSHJGvXFwzc?t=19)

Madou Gakuin R (PC-9801, 1994, Foresight) - RPG by Foresight. Good stuff but I couldn't find any information on the composer.
BGM002 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mycnHaFla_o), BGM003 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABni7njbyHk)

Miwaku no Chousho (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1995, Black Package)

The protagonist, a young man named Shinnosuke, discovers a beautiful mansion, in which apparently a large-scale party is taking place. Determined to meet and enchant some beautiful women, he ventures into the mansion.
Can you guess what happens next? Anyway, this is a visual novel with music by Hiroaki Sano and like his other MIDI soundtracks this is pretty great.

Updated C64 soundtracks: Action Biker, Battle of Britain, Flimbo's Quest, Formula 1 Simulator, Ghosts'n Goblins

Ah. I might take a look on Madou Gakuen R since it is an RPG.

I'm currently hosting a C64 / Akira Yamaoka rumble (Thread 66118) that could use a few more participants. All you have to do is: listen to 4 tracks, vote for your 2 favorites, and hopefully learn something about C64 / Yamaoka music in the process. The rumble will get updated once or twice a week and there is also a bonus demo scene track every round for your listening pleasure. Don't miss it!

Princess Maker: Faery Tales Come True (Windows [CD Audio, SC-88, OPL3], 1998, Ninelives) - Another great Masahiro Kajihara soundtrack that has been in the making for a while. Included are all three versions of the music: CD Audio, MIDI, and FM.
Faery Tales Come True (CD Audio) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QdCOCnBH_4)

Hillsfar (PC-9801, 1990, Pony Canyon) - An AD&D mini-game collection that was supposed to bridge Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXNa06G7EfQ)

DragonStrike (PC-9801, 1992, Pony Canyon) - Maybe the most creative use of the AD&D license: a dragon flight simulator.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E1aYPv7S2c)

Pinball Prelude (Amiga, 1995, Effigy Software) - Pinball game with atmospheric music by Graham Gray (Echo).

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Episode #003: Mad Max

Another podcast is up, watch it on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b45wTTA82_U) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!aYhz3AqL!looYaT6T90Fj6bs-uOIBzoAJdKy9zlAn_C3RDnss-1k).
Today's episode is all about Jochen Hippel aka Mad Max.

Tracklist

01 "Title Screen" - Leavin' Teramis (1990, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
02 "Sagyr's Castle" - Wings of Death (1990, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel
03 "Game Over" - Enchanted Land (1990, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
04 "Virtual Escape: End Part" - Virtual Escape (1999, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel
05 "Title Screen" - The Seven Gates of Jambala (1989, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
06 "Ending" - 5th Gear (1989, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel
07 "Stage Theme 4" - A Prehistoric Tale (1990, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
08 "Main Theme" - Quiz Master (1988, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel
09 "Game Over" - The Seven Gates of Jambala (1989, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
10 "Level 1" - Ghost Battle (1991, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
11 "Stages 5 and 8" - Leavin' Teramis (1990, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel
12 "The Forest Village" - Enchanted Land (1990, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
13 "Volcano Plateau" - Game On 06/93 (1993, C64) by Thomas Detert, comp. by Jochen Hippel
14 "Cold Lands of Doom and Despair" - Wings of Death (1990, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel
15 "Buzzer" - Demo (1999, Atari ST) by Jochen Hippel
16 "Dungeon Theme 6" - Dragonflight (1990, Amiga) by Jochen Hippel

Yesssssssss

Yesssssssss

I also found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BXZo7esoCI) today, it's the Thalion guys 'hard at work', Jochen Hippel is the gentleman with the long hair and glasses. Must have been early '89 as you can hear a work-in-progress version of Grand Monster Slam at some point.

I also found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BXZo7esoCI) today, it's the Thalion guys 'hard at work', Jochen Hippel is the gentleman with the long hair and glasses. Must have been early '89 as you can hear a work-in-progress version of Grand Monster Slam at some point.

That's fantastic! I shared it with my buddy Bryan, who I cohost Imulse Project with, and who also turned me on to Hippel's work. He passes along his gratitude as well. :)

Dune (MS-DOS, 1992, Virgin Games) - Great Adlib soundtrack by St�phane Picq
Spice Opera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZQbJlLkDg)

Dune (Amiga, 1992, Virgin Games) - The Amiga version only has 3 tracks but is arguably even better.
Ecolove (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il7NA_naiBo)

Mean Arenas (Amiga, 1993, I.C.E.)
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/VBYKR_xFODU?t=69)

International Speedway (C64, 1988, Silverbird) - Music by David Dunn

Blood Fighter (Atari 8-Bit, 1994, Mirage Software) - An unreleased game with music by Tomasz Liebich. Really cool stuff with sampled drums.
BGM #2 (https://youtu.be/QHoTVJNUkgY?t=162)

Technus: Technologic Soldier (Atari 8-Bit, 1993, Mirage Software) - This was also composed by Tomasz Liebich. The game seems to re-appropriate assets from the C64 Turrican games.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4excLRk1o)

And a few updated C64 soundtracks: Bump Set Spike, Cheap Skate, Crazy Comets, Saboteur II, Thing on a Spring


Requests are open again for one week (until Sunday), however, the rules will be slightly different this time:

a) You can request the usual 3 soundtracks for any system I support, this includes soundtracks for MS-DOS games as well

b) In addition, you can request up to 5 for the systems that are currently somewhat underrepresented, these are in particular: Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, PC-8801, ZX Spectrum.

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That's fantastic! I shared it with my buddy Bryan, who I cohost Imulse Project with, and who also turned me on to Hippel's work. He passes along his gratitude as well. :)

I actually listened to that podcast yesterday, thumbs up for playing a Franz Koopa track! That guy certainly deserves more attention.

Requests are open again for one week (until Sunday), however, the rules will be slightly different this time:

a) You can request the usual 3 soundtracks for any system I support, this includes soundtracks for MS-DOS games as well

b) In addition, you can request up to 5 for the systems that are currently somewhat underrepresented, these are in particular: Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, PC-8801, ZX Spectrum

Hmmm... this is going to be a tough one to choose from, lol. I'm probably going to get flak from you for this, but seeing as I might be busy this week and not be on the site as much, I'm just going to say "screw it", and make my choices anyways.

3-REQUEST ONES (ARCADE)
- Great 1,000 Miles Rally
- Great Swordsman
- GunNail

5-REQUEST ONES (PC-8801 & ZX SPECTRUM)
- Batman: The Movie (ZX Spectrum)
- Cruise Chaser Blassty (PC-8801)
- Master of Monsters (PC-8801)
- Operation Wolf (ZX Spectrum)
- Saint Dragon (ZX Spectrum)

Again, sorry for this, but as I've said, I won't be on here as much this week.

I only have 2 requests- both for the PC-98:

Power Singer- Ellance Saga #1
KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi-Gaia no Fukkatsu

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Hmmm... this is going to be a tough one to choose from, lol. I'm probably going to get flak from you for this, but seeing as I might be busy this week and not be on the site as much, I'm just going to say "screw it", and make my choices anyways.

3-REQUEST ONES (ARCADE)
- Great 1,000 Miles Rally
- Great Swordsman
- GunNail

5-REQUEST ONES (PC-8801 & ZX SPECTRUM)
- Batman: The Movie (ZX Spectrum)
- Cruise Chaser Blassty (PC-8801)
- Master of Monsters (PC-8801)
- Operation Wolf (ZX Spectrum)
- Saint Dragon (ZX Spectrum)

Again, sorry for this, but as I've said, I won't be on here as much this week.

Great Swordsman was Allumer's very first game they created for TAITO in 1984- they just weren't credited for it. Then in 1986, they created Gladiator for Taito.

Hmmm... this is going to be a tough one to choose from, lol. I'm probably going to get flak from you for this, but seeing as I might be busy this week and not be on the site as much, I'm just going to say "screw it", and make my choices anyways.

- Cruise Chaser Blassty (PC-8801)


I just uploaded this soundtrack, it's not my own rip though:

Cruise Chaser Blassty (PC-8801 [OPN], 1986, Square) - Maybe not the most spectacular music, but notable for being Nobuo Uematsu's very first soundtrack.

Feel free to replace this with another request

I just uploaded this soundtrack, it's not my own rip though:

Cruise Chaser Blassty (PC-8801 [OPN], 1986, Square) - Maybe not the most spectacular music, but notable for being Nobuo Uematsu's very first soundtrack.

Feel free to replace this with another request

Already came up with a replacement. :-)

- Hydlide II: Shrine of Darkness (NEC PC-8800)

Age of Wonders (Windows, 1999, Gathering of Developers) - Part one of this strategy series with orchestral tracker music by Michiel van den Bos.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o-7rPnZhXo)

Eol-ui Moheom (MS-DOS [OPL2], 1995, Gameland) - Also known as Eol's Adventure, a cute Korean platformer with a pretty good FM soundtrack.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAYF282WMLw)

Outer Ridge (MS-DOS, 1995, Wizard Software) - Some sort of an 3d Asteroids, the music is by demo scener Karsten Koch.
Music 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9a65q8Grk)

GaoGao! 4th Canaan: Yakusoku no Chi (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1997, 4x9) - The fourth installment of this series was composed by Hiroaki Sano, and the GS version is once again pretty awesome.

7 Colors (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, Hot-B) - I remember the DOS version which used Adlib renditions of classical music for its soundtrack. The PC-98 release has completely new compositions by Hayato Matsuo and Hitoshi Sakimoto.
BGM #3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wf1cVsv-uU)

Tatakae! Konyanko EX (X68000, 1995, Nankoku Byouyou) - Doujin fighting game with cat girls and great music.
Gameplay footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuXx6VG28Fk)

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3-REQUEST ONES (ARCADE)
- Great 1,000 Miles Rally
- Great Swordsman
- GunNail

I have more bad news for you: none of these games seems to have a sound test.

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Originally Posted by KingTengu
3-REQUEST ONES (ARCADE)
- Great 1,000 Miles Rally
- Great Swordsman
- GunNail

I have more bad news for you: none of these games seems to have a sound test.

*Censored, lol*

Ah well. Thankfully, I'm always prepared with backup requests in situations like this:

- Bermuda Triangle (Arcade)
- Blandia (FM Towns)
- Chopper I (Arcade)

Hi nx666. Thank you for your uploads. If you are accepting new requests right now, here are my 3:

Tokusyu Butai UAG / Thundercade / Twin Formation (Allumer / Taito)(Arcade)
Sennou / Sen-Know (Kaneko)(Arcade)
Blandia (PC-9801 version)

Hi nx666. Thank you for your uploads. If you are accepting new requests right now, here are my 3:

Tokusyu Butai UAG / Thundercade / Twin Formation (Allumer / Taito)(Arcade)
Sennou / Sen-Know (Kaneko)(Arcade)
Blandia (PC-9801 version)

I think I had requests for Thundercade and Blandia before, so they probably still can't be done.

I have a request for you:
Last Armageddon (PC-8801, MSX, PC-Engine and TurboGrafx).

Thanks for the X68000 Version :)

I have a request for you:
Last Armageddon (PC-8801, MSX, PC-Engine and TurboGrafx).

Thanks for the X68000 Version :)

I currently don't take requests for MSX games, and you can get the PCE/TG16 and PC-88 soundtracks from ruiner's thread (Thread 138495). The PC-88 soundtrack is the OPN music, there is also an OPNA version that I could do, but that one only has some minor differences (the 3 PSG channels are emulated in FM). Feel free to request something else if you want :)

Actually the soundtrack of Ruiner's thread are incomplete (many tracks are lost, only has like 15 tracks). Could you do the OPNA and OPN Versions (PC-88), PC-Engine and TG16 Version please?

Take your time to do these request nwn

Hey, nx666, it's been a while! Anyway, I come with a single request: A while back in Ruiner's thread, I requested a rip for a X68000 game called Ku2. The game has two "halves", if you will: A "Serious" mode, which I guess can be considered the normal game, and a "Comical" mode, which is something like the game's easy mode. Anyway, Ruiner already got the Serious mode soundtrack, but now that he's no longer taking requests, can I ask if it's possible for you to rip the Comical tracks? If it helps, I know there's also an FM Towns version of the game, but I've no clue whether or not it's easier to obtain than the X68k version. Thanks in advance for looking into it!

Actually the soundtrack of Ruiner's thread are incomplete (many tracks are lost, only has like 15 tracks). Could you do the OPNA and OPN Versions (PC-88), PC-Engine and TG16 Version please?

Take your time to do these request nwn

I found a PC-88 OPNA soundtrack that has 50+ tracks that I could do. Not sure about the PC Engine version, but that isn't really my area of expertise anyway. Maybe some of the music is hidden in the cut scenes of that game and does not actually exist as a separate audio track? As far as I know, there is no TG16 version as this game was only released in Japan.

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Hey, nx666, it's been a while! Anyway, I come with a single request: A while back in Ruiner's thread, I requested a rip for a X68000 game called Ku2. The game has two "halves", if you will: A "Serious" mode, which I guess can be considered the normal game, and a "Comical" mode, which is something like the game's easy mode. Anyway, Ruiner already got the Serious mode soundtrack, but now that he's no longer taking requests, can I ask if it's possible for you to rip the Comical tracks? If it helps, I know there's also an FM Towns version of the game, but I've no clue whether or not it's easier to obtain than the X68k version. Thanks in advance for looking into it!

The X68000 version is definitely doable, I'll add it to my list.

Ok, i'm going to wait the upload of both versions of PC-88 Soundtrack. Don't worry about PC-Engine :)

I was working from home today, the result is this impressive list of new soundtracks:

Shakii the Wolf (MS-DOS [OPL2], 1995, Samsung) - Platformer with happy music by D.A.C.
Stage 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L61nzx6cmI)

SkyRoads (MS-DOS, 1993, Bluemoon Interactive) - Music from Estonia in this platformer/racing game.

Chopper I (Arcade, 1988, SNK) - Vertical shmup by SNK

Illumina! (PC-8801 [OPN], 1990, Cocktail Soft) - RPG with music by Akira Sato
Mid Boss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcUxWgp9-5k), House of the Feudal Lord (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzPz7nR7qOU)

KO Seiki Beast Sanjushi: Return of Gaia (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, Matrix) - Another RPG based on an anime.
Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOW29XyvwM)

Digan no Maseki (PC-9801 [OPN], 1988, Artec) - JRPG with western influences, the soundtrack was arranged by Hitoshi Sakimoto.

Digan no Maseki (PC-8801 [OPN], 1988, Artec) - Same composers, same sound chip, same year, but for some reason this sounds a lot better.
Euress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pTTvs3T8_0), Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNsthMJjeog)

Air Supply (Amiga, 1990, Magic Bytes) - Mediocre shooter with great music by Markus Weichselbaum
The Real World (https://youtu.be/F1H4h8xkzPY?t=14)

Operation Hongkong (C64, 1986, Golden Games) - Text adventure with a Holger Gehrmann soundtrack.

I have 3 more requests, that is if you have the time, or if you can find the disk images to them:
Legend of Shalice (1993, Maxima)
Wolvish Gallop: Legacy of the Solomon (1994 Pandora Box)
Zavas 2 (1993 Glodia)

Bermuda Triangle (Arcade, 1987, SNK)

Last Armageddon (PC-8801 [OPNA], 1988, Brain Grey) - I couldn't find files for the OPN music, but you are not missing much as these two versions of the soundtrack are almost identical.

Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin (PC-8801 [OPNA], 1988, Enix) - Adventure game with music by Koichi Sugiyama

Ku2 Comical (X68000, 1993, Panther Software)

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I have 3 more requests, that is if you have the time, or if you can find the disk images to them:
Legend of Shalice (1993, Maxima)
Wolvish Gallop: Legacy of the Solomon (1994 Pandora Box)
Zavas 2 (1993 Glodia)

I'll do Zavas 2 as your third request, the other two have to wait until the next round.

Bermuda Triangle (Arcade, 1987, SNK)

Last Armageddon (PC-8801 [OPNA], 1988, Brain Grey) - I couldn't find files for the OPN music, but you are not missing much as these two versions of the soundtrack are almost identical.

Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin (PC-8801 [OPNA], 1988, Enix) - Adventure game with music by Koichi Sugiyama

Ku2 Comical (X68000, 1993, Panther Software)

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I'll do Zavas 2 as your third request, the other two have to wait until the next round.

Sounds good. I will take a listen to Angelus: Akuma no Fukuin to see if it is any good. As for Last Armageddon, the FM music is also the same on the X68000 version as well.

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Episode #004: Gods in Underpants

Another podcast is up, watch it on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-qUA6HWxY) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!GZQCVJ7I!e3QeZTvAeJ7LA0uZZ5Cb1eo1usn4lGiVqFSwsPjWlKA).

Tracklist

01 "Main Menu" - Battlestorm (1992, CDTV) by Titus
02 "Stage 4" - Dokkaebi-ga Ganda (1995, MS-DOS) by Senori Box
03 "Onward (TG95 Music Compo)" - Demo (1995) by Jukka Kaartinen (Jugi)
04 "Visual Scene C" - Rhyme☆Star (1994, PC-9801) by Takeshi Abo
05 "Level 1 Theme" - Hoi (1992, Amiga) by Ramon Braumuller
06 "Ending Theme" - Dangerous Seed (1990, Mega Drive) by Yoshinori Nagumo
07 "Main Theme" - Bee 52 (1992, Commodore 64) by Gerard Gourley
08 "Mission 3" - Fire Hawk: Thexder The Second Contact (1989, PC-8801) by Hiromi Ohba
09 "Main Theme" - Oxyd (1990, Atari ST) by J�rgen Piscol
10 "Title Screen, The End?" - Wolverine (1991, NES) by Geoff Follin
11 "The Missing Is" - Legend of Xanadu 2 (1995, PC Engine CD) by Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.
12 "Vite and Plack" - Demos (1992) by Jochen Feldk�tter (Virgill)
13 "Main Theme" - Sokoban (1991, ZX Spectrum) by Agent-X
14 "Indoor Combat" - Illusion City (1991, MSX turboR) by Tadahiro Nitta, Yasufumi Fukuda, Koji Urita
15 "Main Menu" - Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf (1995, MS-DOS) by Loudness
18 "Guitar Slinger (Part 1)" - Demo (1993) by Jogeir Liljedahl

Nice track list! This'll be great for my ride to work tomorrow. :)

Power Singer: Ellance Saga #1 (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, System Sacom) - Although the game was released a few months after his death, there are many tracks here that actually sound like Manabu Saito compositions.

Blandia Plus (FM Towns, 1994, Ving) - CD audio version of this soundtrack that I have edited a little bit so the songs loop and fade properly. I haven't been able to find the PC-98 CD and Windows ports, so I can't confirm or deny if the music there is the same.

The FM Towns version of Last Armageddon Soundtrack is the same of X68000? I didn't have idea o__oU

The FM Towns version of Last Armageddon Soundtrack is the same of X68000? I didn't have idea o__oU

All the FM soundtracks seem to have been ported with zero effort and don't really make use of their respective sound chips. The OPNA version just emulates the 3 PSG channels of the OPN chip in FM, no other changes were done to the music.

Power Singer: Ellance Saga #1 (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, System Sacom) - Although the game was released a few months after his death, there are many tracks here that actually sound like Manabu Saito compositions.

Blandia Plus (FM Towns, 1994, Ving) - CD audio version of this soundtrack that I have edited a little bit so the songs loop and fade properly. I haven't been able to find the PC-98 CD and Windows ports, so I can't confirm or deny if the music there is the same.

Thanks for Power Singer. Manabu Saito will truly be missed.

Hello, nx666. I appreciate your business. If the past 3 requests cannot be made, then try these:

Baseball Stars : Be a Champ! (Arcade, SNK)
Ashura Blaster (Arcade, Taito/Visco)
Risky Challenge / Gussun Oyoyo (Arcade, Irem)

Thank you. ^_^

Batman (C64, 1989, Ocean) - One of my favorite Matthew Cannon soundtracks on the system.
Title Theme (https://youtu.be/ZeCA0Fvrg4s?t=176)

Batman (ZX Spectrum, 1989, Ocean) - This was also done by Matthew Cannon. The music for stage 3 sounds a bit broken, I probably need to check this again with an emulator at some point.

Batman (Atari ST, 1989, Ocean) - Jonathan Dunn ported the soundtrack to the Atari. Despite using the same sound chip, this actually sounds a bit worse.

Euphory (Sharp X1, 1987, System Sacom) - An early Manabu Saito soundtrack for the Sharp X1.
Submarine Labyrinth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biY_CpsLf-k), Negative Zone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkzIhc_X70)

Ferill X1 (Sharp X1, 1989) - I've never actually seen this version of the game. All I know is the soundtrack and the original PC-88 release.

Illusion Blaze (MS-DOS, 1994, SKC Soft Land) - Side-scrolling shmup, developed by Family Production with music by D.A.C.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYCA-R4OBJk)

Iron Blood (MS-DOS, 1996, Microforum International) - Another Family Production/D.A.C game. This one is an action game with mechs, similar to the Assault Suit series.
Select (https://youtu.be/QLq2NY6KZsU?t=96)

And one updated C64 soundtrack: Hollywood or Bust

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Hello, nx666. I appreciate your business. If the past 3 requests cannot be made, then try these:

Baseball Stars : Be a Champ! (Arcade, SNK)
Ashura Blaster (Arcade, Taito/Visco)
Risky Challenge / Gussun Oyoyo (Arcade, Irem)

Thank you. ^_^


I'm not taking any more requests right now and I also still have a few from you in my queue. They are not forgotten, I was just pretty busy this week.

Kageki (Arcade, 1988, Taito) - Isometric fighting game developed by Kaneko.

Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (Sharp X1, 1985, T&E Soft) - The PC-88 release seems to be beeper only, so I did this version instead.

Saint Dragon (ZX Spectrum, 1990, Storm) - Only one track, which is a conversion of the first stage music from the arcade game.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2-hVfoagc)

Operation Wolf (ZX Spectrum, 1988, Ocean) - Converted from the arcade game by Jonathan Dunn. Not much to see here, just a few short jingles.

Operation Wolf (C64, 1988, Ocean) - Also by Jonathan Dunn, this one has an original piece that plays on the title screen.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOw4QFFcUE)

Urotsuki Doji (X68000, 1989, Fairytale) - Adventure game by Fairytale. The music is by Akira Sato and PANDA.
After School (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbKYBq33ZqI), Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90N7Z_vhxHY)

Kageki (Arcade, 1988, Taito) - Isometric fighting game developed by Kaneko.

Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (Sharp X1, 1985, T&E Soft) - The PC-88 release seems to be beeper only, so I did this version instead.

Saint Dragon (ZX Spectrum, 1990, Storm) - Only one track, which is a conversion of the first stage music from the arcade game.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2-hVfoagc)

Operation Wolf (ZX Spectrum, 1988, Ocean) - Converted from the arcade game by Jonathan Dunn. Not much to see here, just a few short jingles.

Operation Wolf (C64, 1988, Ocean) - Also by Jonathan Dunn, this one has an original piece that plays on the title screen.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOw4QFFcUE)

Urotsuki Doji (X68000, 1989, Fairytale) - Adventure game by Fairytale. The music is by Akira Sato and PANDA.
After School (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbKYBq33ZqI), Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90N7Z_vhxHY)

Urotsukidoji is based off of an X-rated anime movie of the same name called "Legend of the Overfiend" Then, they made a sequel in 1992.

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Episode #005: Italians in Space

This podcast is about musical styles like Italo disco, Eurobeat, and Spacesynth, and their influence on game and demo music. You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJmVHzPAu0U) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!DcYjEbpQ!SrgWB_6KupfsSFqdsRo5SuzGrY-lhWNWu3iaY-HyBwE).

Tracklist

01 "Hold Me Tonight" - Misty Blue (1990, PC-8801) by Yuzo Koshiro
02 "Credits" - Kaze Kiri: Ninja Action (1994, PC Engine CD) by Daisuke Morishima
03 "Phenomenon Choir" - Demo (2000) by J. Lundqvist (MyVoice)
04 "Soul Supermarket" - Dangun Feveron (1998, Arcade) by Ryuichi Yabuki, Nanpei Misawa, Ryo Sakai
05 "To Be On Top (English Electric)" - Demo (2013) by Volker Buckow (Dr Future)
06 "Disco Blue Moon" - Rouge: Manatsu no Kuchibeni (1990, PC-8801) by Masahiro Kajihara
07 "BGM #2" - Blood Fighter (1994, Atari 800) by Tomasz Liebich
08 "Stage 1" - Battlestorm (1992, CDTV) by Titus
09 "Visual 5" - Cyber Block Metal Orange EX (1993, X68000) by Yoshio Furukawa, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
10 "Alternate Title" - Deep Core (1993, Amiga) by Tomas Danko
11 "Maido Okini!!" - DR^2 Night Janki (1995, PC-9801) by Shinji Orito, N. Shimokawa, Doza
12 "Italy" - OutRun Europa (1991, C64) by Jeroen Tel
13 "Battle Theme" - Last Armageddon (1990, PC Engine CD) by Hiroharu Hayama
14 "Trading Town of Redmont" - Ys III: Wanderers From Ys (1991, Mega Drive) by Yoshiaki Kubotera, Noriyuki Iwadare
15 "King Lizard" - Demo (2004) by Roelof Johan Calling Heerspink (Cerror)

Kageki (Arcade, 1988, Taito) - Isometric fighting game developed by Kaneko.

Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness (Sharp X1, 1985, T&E Soft) - The PC-88 release seems to be beeper only, so I did this version instead.

Saint Dragon (ZX Spectrum, 1990, Storm) - Only one track, which is a conversion of the first stage music from the arcade game.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2-hVfoagc)

Operation Wolf (ZX Spectrum, 1988, Ocean) - Converted from the arcade game by Jonathan Dunn. Not much to see here, just a few short jingles.

Operation Wolf (C64, 1988, Ocean) - Also by Jonathan Dunn, this one has an original piece that plays on the title screen.
Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOw4QFFcUE)

Urotsuki Doji (X68000, 1989, Fairytale) - Adventure game by Fairytale. The music is by Akira Sato and PANDA.
After School (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbKYBq33ZqI), Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90N7Z_vhxHY)

You forgot to add download links for these rips.

You forgot to add download links for these rips.

Not sure what happened there, but it's fixed now.

Zavas 2: Mehite no Dai Yogen (PC-9801 [SC-55], 1993, Glodia) - Music by Nobuhito Koise and Ikki Nakamura. The music was probably composed for MIDI so I went with the GS version of the soundtrack.

Master of Monsters (PC-8801, 1988, System Soft) - The first game in this series, there is not much music except for the opening and ending tunes.

Roller Aces / Fighting Roller (Arcade, 1983, Taito) - Early Kaneko game.

Most of Glodia's later soundtracks used the SC-55. Thanks for Zavas 2. I will probably ask for more soundtracks in the future when you accept requests again. I am thinking of requesting all of the RPGs done by Fuga System next time. Most of them are composed by Izuru Aki.

Inferno (MS-DOS [CDAudio, MT-32], 1994, Ocean) - The sequel to Epic with music composed by Alien Sex Fiend and Barry Leitch. I included the MT-32 soundtrack as well, a pretty awesome conversion of the CD audio tracks. There is a making-of video (https://youtu.be/C3PWG_y5oDg?t=658) of this game on Youtube, which has a pretty lengthy segment on the soundtrack. The focus is obviously on Alien Sex Fiend, but there is also a short interview with Barry Leitch.

Lethal Weapon (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, Ocean) - Another Ocean soundtrack, this one was composed by Barry Leitch and Dean Evans. The music is the same as in the Amiga version, not sure which one was the original though.

F29 Retaliator (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1990, Ocean) - Flight simulator with music by Matthew Cannon and Jason Brooke. The Ocean guys certainly knew how to get the best out of the MT-32.

The Dome (X68000, 1988, System Sacom) - One of the early System Sacom soundtracks for the X68000.

Tokyo Twilight Busters (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1995, Wolfteam) - Nice GS arrangements by the Wolteam guys.

And a handful of updated C64 soundtracks: Ocean Loader, Roland's Ratrace, ShadowFire, The Way of the Exploding Fist

Mission Impossibubble (C64, 1989, Hewson) - Music by Neil Baldwin, the melancholic Name Entry tune is pretty good.

Shadow Skimmer (C64, 1987, The Edge) - Also by Neil Baldwin, one of his earlier soundtracks.
Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnbsHv1UANQ)

Street Cred Boxing (C64, 1989, Players Premier) - Two funky tunes by Johannes Bjerregaard.

Orbits (C64, 1994, CP Verlag) - Puzzle game with a space theme and atmospheric music by Wojciech Radziejewski (Shogoon)
Mercury (https://youtu.be/_ztuMNc81DY?t=107)

Spell Bound (Amiga, 1990, Psyclapse) - Pretty bad platformer, mostly known for the rockin' title track by Ray Norrish.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/Ir7mAMqf2SA?t=44)

Gainforce (Amiga, 1993, CompuTec) - Defender-like budget shmup.

Crystal Palace (Amiga, 1993, CompuTec) - Platformer with cheerful music by an unknown composer.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/6sfeVGgIsfA?t=6)

Miami Chase (Amiga, 1990, Codemasters) - 80s synth music by Jimmy Fredriksson (Firefox) and Allister Brimble
Main Menu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48gp4B5QjAY)

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Episode #006: Game Music History ~1985~

1985 was arguably one of the most important years for video game music. Most major arcade developers made the switch from PSG to FM, composers like Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway began to unlock the full potential of the SID, and soundtracks in general became more complex and varied in style and structure.

The playlist is in roughly chronological order, although there is some guesswork involved as exact release dates are unknown for many of these games.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuj5J3xdCKk) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!HAYj1YgJ!EPV1-25ARgPbn5OnyT8C3sBXwoVLXFaOkXYxbwNJtQM).



Tracklist

01 "Demo (CAPTAIN NEO)" - Metal Soldier Isaac II (1985, Arcade) by Hisayoshi Ogura, Tadashi Kimijima
02 "Fantastic Powers" - Twinbee (1985, Arcade) by Shigeru Fukutake, Yoshinori Sasaki
03 "Main Theme" - ShadowFire (1985, Commodore 64) by Fred Gray
04 "Thexder (DEMO Version)" - Thexder (1985, PC-8801) by Hibiki Godai
05 "Amazing Paperboy Rides" - Paperboy (1985, Arcade) by Hal Canon
06 "Challenger 1985 (1st Stage)" - Gradius (1985, Arcade) by Miki Higashino
07 "Main Theme" - Roland's Ratrace (1985, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
08 "BGM 1" - Commando (1985, Arcade) by Tamayo Kawamoto
09 "Sunny" - American Truck (1985, PC-8801) by Telenet
10 "Demo Mode" - The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985, Commodore 64) by Neil Brennan
11 "First Half BGM" - The Fairy Land Story (1985, Arcade) by Y. Tsuchida, Tadashi Kimijima
12 "Main Theme" - Hang-On (1985, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
13 "Main Theme" - Monty on the Run (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
14 "Game A BGM" - Gyromite (1985, NES) by Hirokazu Tanaka
15 "Main Theme" - Fourth Protocol (1985, Commodore 64) by David Dunn
16 "Running About" - Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) by Koji Kondo
17 "Towns" - Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985, Apple II) by Kenneth W. Arnold
18 "Ground BGM (1, 2 Stage)" - Ghosts'n Goblins (1985, Arcade) by Ayako Mori
19 "Main Theme: Empty Hallways" - Wizardry (1985, Commodore 64) by Mike Alsop
20 "La Valse pour Xanadu" - Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (1985, PC-8801) by Toshiya Takahashi
21 "Main Theme" - Crazy Comets (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
22 "Theme" - Space Harrier (1985, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
23 "Ranking 2-10" - RF2: Red Fighter (1985, Arcade) by Konami Kukeiha Club
24 "Main Theme" - The Last V8 (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
25 "Title BGM" - Onna Sansirou: Typhoon Gal (1985, Arcade) by Taito
26 "Sunset" - ASO - Armored Scrum Object (1985, Arcade) by Yoko Osaka
27 "Hard Galivan" - Galivan - Cosmo Police (1985, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida
28 "Name Entry" - Section Z (1985, Arcade) by Tamayo Kawamoto
29 "Demo" - Time Gal (1985, Arcade) by Yukio Fukushima
30 "Stage 3-1" - Scooter Shooter (1985, Arcade) by Konami
31 "Ocean Loader #2" - Ocean Loader (1985, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
32 "Theme of Terra Cresta" - Terra Cresta (1985, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida

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Episode #006: Game Music History ~1985~

1985 was arguably one of the most important years for video game music. Most major arcade developers made the switch from PSG to FM, composers like Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway began to unlock the full potential of the SID, and soundtracks in general became more complex and varied in style and structure.

The playlist is in roughly chronological order, although there is some guesswork involved as exact release dates are unknown for many of these games.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuj5J3xdCKk) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!HAYj1YgJ!EPV1-25ARgPbn5OnyT8C3sBXwoVLXFaOkXYxbwNJtQM).



Tracklist

01 "Demo (CAPTAIN NEO)" - Metal Soldier Isaac II (1985, Arcade) by Hisayoshi Ogura, Tadashi Kimijima
02 "Fantastic Powers" - Twinbee (1985, Arcade) by Shigeru Fukutake, Yoshinori Sasaki
03 "Main Theme" - ShadowFire (1985, Commodore 64) by Fred Gray
04 "Thexder (DEMO Version)" - Thexder (1985, PC-8801) by Hibiki Godai
05 "Amazing Paperboy Rides" - Paperboy (1985, Arcade) by Hal Canon
06 "Challenger 1985 (1st Stage)" - Gradius (1985, Arcade) by Miki Higashino
07 "Main Theme" - Roland's Ratrace (1985, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
08 "BGM 1" - Commando (1985, Arcade) by Tamayo Kawamoto
09 "Sunny" - American Truck (1985, PC-8801) by Telenet
10 "Demo Mode" - The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985, Commodore 64) by Neil Brennan
11 "First Half BGM" - The Fairy Land Story (1985, Arcade) by Y. Tsuchida, Tadashi Kimijima
12 "Main Theme" - Hang-On (1985, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
13 "Main Theme" - Monty on the Run (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
14 "Game A BGM" - Gyromite (1985, NES) by Hirokazu Tanaka
15 "Main Theme" - Fourth Protocol (1985, Commodore 64) by David Dunn
16 "Running About" - Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES) by Koji Kondo
17 "Towns" - Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985, Apple II) by Kenneth W. Arnold
18 "Ground BGM (1, 2 Stage)" - Ghosts'n Goblins (1985, Arcade) by Ayako Mori
19 "Main Theme: Empty Hallways" - Wizardry (1985, Commodore 64) by Mike Alsop
20 "La Valse pour Xanadu" - Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (1985, PC-8801) by Toshiya Takahashi
21 "Main Theme" - Crazy Comets (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
22 "Theme" - Space Harrier (1985, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
23 "Ranking 2-10" - RF2: Red Fighter (1985, Arcade) by Konami Kukeiha Club
24 "Main Theme" - The Last V8 (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
25 "Title BGM" - Onna Sansirou: Typhoon Gal (1985, Arcade) by Taito
26 "Sunset" - ASO - Armored Scrum Object (1985, Arcade) by Yoko Osaka
27 "Hard Galivan" - Galivan - Cosmo Police (1985, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida
28 "Name Entry" - Section Z (1985, Arcade) by Tamayo Kawamoto
29 "Demo" - Time Gal (1985, Arcade) by Yukio Fukushima
30 "Stage 3-1" - Scooter Shooter (1985, Arcade) by Konami
31 "Ocean Loader #2" - Ocean Loader (1985, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
32 "Theme of Terra Cresta" - Terra Cresta (1985, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida


1985 was a good year, but I hate it at the same time because that was when "Mamma Mia Mario" saved the game industry.

1985 was a good year, but I hate it at the same time because that was when "Mamma Mia Mario" saved the game industry.

I thought we had moved past this already. When I was doing the tags for this episode, I found this gem on the SMB Wikipedia page. I mean, who comes up with such nonsense?


�Kondo is objectively important in the history of video game music, given that he was the first person, circa 1984, to write actual music for a video game, in the 1985 game Super Mario Bros.�

Amazing! thanks so much for sharing this.

I know, but still, I never liked Kondo's compositions. Never mind. It seems like the whole entire world and the Net is basically forcing me to honor Kondo and Mamma Mia Mario. God, I'm practically the only one on the planet that cannot stand Mario and Koji Kondo. Maybe it is for the best if I never show my face here ever again.

I know, but still, I never liked Kondo's compositions. Never mind. It seems like the whole entire world and the Net is basically forcing me to honor Kondo and Mamma Mia Mario. God, I'm practically the only one on the planet that cannot stand Mario and Koji Kondo. Maybe it is for the best if I never show my face here ever again.

Nobody's forcing you to honor anything. You have a right to your opinion. Unfortunately, it's an unpopular opinion. So, you can do one of two things: understand that other people have different tastes than you and be respectful of that, while enjoying the company of those that respect your tastes... or you can keep running away from those that disagree. But I can tell you right now, if you choose option 2, it's going to get pretty lonely.

I think how important Koji Kondo (or anybody else really) was for the development of video game music is probably an interesting debate to be had. But that's different from telling everyone how wrong they are about something they like. Hating on popular things is such a waste of time in my opinion, why not channel that energy into something positive and talk about the music/composers you like? Some of the PC-98 requests you made in the past were really good and that's something I would definitely want to hear more about.

Soft de Hard na Monogatari (X68000, 1988, System Sacom) - Another one for the ever-growing Manabu Saito collection. Most of these tracks seem to be arrangements of classical music.

Dialide (Sharp X1, 1989, GMR-X1) - Doujin shooter for the Sharp X1.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywT1l8tybYw), BGM 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msHIbGeXod0)

Waku Waku Mahjong Panic! 2 (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1996, 4x9) - Hentai mahjong game with pretty good music.
B03 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTWmME0RWo), B06 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0muTtQ93T2U)

@nx666

I noticed that in Wings of Death - Title tune, the two versions (amiga & ST) are exactly the same. Is there a mistake in the file of the Atari ST (it should not sound this way).

You can notice the difference in this video at 1:19 : https://youtu.be/yXokFFlROfM?t=1m17s

Is this the results of the difference between Atari ST & Atari STe ?

@nx666

I noticed that in Wings of Death - Title tune, the two versions (amiga & ST) are exactly the same. Is there a mistake in the file of the Atari ST (it should not sound this way).

You can notice the difference in this video at 1:19 : https://youtu.be/yXokFFlROfM?t=1m17s

Is this the results of the difference between Atari ST & Atari STe ?

No, that's some Jochen Hippel magic :) He had a sound driver that could play multi-channel PCM tracks on the AY chip. However, this did require a lot of CPU time so it didn't see much use outside of a few intro or ending tunes.

Edit:
I think I misread your question, and you were asking about the differences in the song. I'll check this tomorrow, maybe there are multiple versions of this track.

@nx666

I noticed that in Wings of Death - Title tune, the two versions (amiga & ST) are exactly the same. Is there a mistake in the file of the Atari ST (it should not sound this way).

You can notice the difference in this video at 1:19 : https://youtu.be/yXokFFlROfM?t=1m17s

Is this the results of the difference between Atari ST & Atari STe ?

So I had another look at this, there is only one version of this game for each system but I found at least 3 different variations of the title theme. Most likely this is due to inaccuracies of the various music rips floating around the net. Anyway, to be on the safe side, I recorded new title themes straight from the Atari and Amiga versions of the game. They will be uploaded with the next update.

Thanks a lot for the answer.

Two Telenet soundtracks for the Sharp X1, both sound a little bit better than the original PC-88 versions:

Final Zone (Sharp X1, 1986, Telenet)

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (Sharp X1, 1986, Telenet)

And a few updated soundtracks: Wings of Death (Amiga), Wings of Death (Atari ST), Ark Pandora (C64), Comic Bakery (C64), Hypa-Ball (C64), Rambo First Blood Part II (C64), Street Surfer (C64), West Bank (C64)

Thanks man for the reupload of Wings of Death - Atari ST!

(If I may, The Baby of Can Guru on C64 by Huelsbeck would be great!)

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Episode #007: Come and Dance!

No special theme this time, just a selection of (hopefully) good music.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13N-MO22_Q) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!HR4VhZ7Y!1jLy50N81TBZC17ZONHDvqLK01Ry9BnewhV6ml_Dj1w).

Tracklist

01 "64er-Disc Intro" - Demo (1990, Commodore 64) by Markus Schneider
02 "Ruins" - Bio-Ship Paladin (1990, Arcade) by Yoshio Nagashima
03 "The Traveler" - Crusader: No Remorse (1995, MS-DOS) by Andrew Sega
04 "Shop" - Langrisser II (1994, Mega Drive) by Isao Mizoguchi
05 "Menu" - F29 Retaliator (1990, MS-DOS) by Matthew Cannon, Jason Brooke
06 "Main BGM 1" - Ferill X1 (1989, Sharp X1) by NABE
07 "The Black Goddess Rises" - Black Viper (1996, Amiga) by Nicola Tomljanovich
08 "Purifimia Country - Underground Cave" - Providence (1989, PC-8801) by Manabu Saito
09 "Kom igen och dansa!" - Demo (2001, XM) by Petter Borling (Ghidorah)
10 "Fire Warning" - Space Manbow (1990, MSX) by Konami Kukeiha Club
11 "Intro" - Startrash (1989, Commodore 64) by Chris H�lsbeck
12 "Japtique" - Demo (1994, MOD) by Andre Karlsen (Heywood), Jan Terje Augestad (Braintumour)
13 "Ghostphobia" - Otto's Ottifanten (1998, Gameboy) by Alberto Jose Gonz�lez
14 "Stage 1 (Fairyland)" - Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton (1993, PC Engine CD) by T's Music, Bang Heads Prj., T. Satoh
15 "President (Headmaster Appears)" - Meikyuu Gakuensai: Kyuukousha no Nazo (1994, PC-9801) by Ryu Umemoto
16 "Enchanted Forest" - Pocky and Rocky (1992, SNES) by Hiroyuki Iwatsuki
17 "Stage 7" - Cannon Sight (1992, X68000) by Nihon Computer Club Renmei
18 "World 2: Village" - Nicky Boom (1992, Amiga) by Alain Lambin

Happy Easter!

Hey there... how many more new soundtracks can you put out before the end of this month?!

Hi there, took West Bank C64 from here, sounds good. One question: Is Bank Panic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Panic) rippable?

It was so long ago I played the game, maybe even 20-24 years ago, but I think Bank Panic had a bit more "real" music than West Bank. And YT playthroughs are giving me confidence I`m right.

Not making this into an immediate request, saw the note in first post. Just to know if it`s possible.

Hi there, took West Bank C64 from here, sounds good. One question: Is Bank Panic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Panic) rippable?

It was so long ago I played the game, maybe even 20-24 years ago, but I think Bank Panic had a bit more "real" music than West Bank. And YT playthroughs are giving me confidence I`m right.

Not making this into an immediate request, saw the note in first post. Just to know if it`s possible.

Surprise: requests are open again until Sunday, up to 3 for any system in the OP!

SeeNa (PC-8801, 1986, System Soft) - Very impressive 3D game, for a 1986 PC-88 release the music is pretty good as well.
Function Area (https://youtu.be/cZKx6vbvy84?t=38)

Daiva Story I: Flame of Vlitra (PC-8801, 1986, T&E Soft) - Action/strategy hybrid by T&E Soft.
Flame of Vlitra (https://youtu.be/Ouyafbu3eX4?t=117)

The Baby of Can Guru (C64, 1987, Rainbow Arts) - One of the early Chris Huelsbeck soundtracks.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0CNak8vfbQ)

Bank Panic (Arcade, 1984, Sega) - Not a whole lot of music except for the SN764xx rendition of Dixie that seems to play throughout the entire game.

Surprise: requests are open again until Sunday, up to 3 for any system in the OP!

Well, that is a surprise :D.


Bank Panic (Arcade, 1984, Sega) - Not a whole lot of music except for the SN764xx rendition of Dixie that seems to play throughout the entire game.

The words in bold had to be googled and Youtubed.

I know I played the game on C64, forgot to mention that earlier. I guess sound is of better quality on SEGA than on C64, correct?

Is C64 rippable? Yeah, we`re talking nostalgia here.

In your opinion, does Bank Panic sound better than West Bank? Professional opinion.

I know I played the game on C64, forgot to mention that earlier. I guess sound is of better quality on SEGA than on C64, correct?

Is C64 rippable? Yeah, we`re talking nostalgia here.

In your opinion, does Bank Panic sound better than West Bank? Professional opinion.


Yes, I think West Bank sounds better :) As far as I know, there is no official port of Bank Panic for the C64, but I bet there are a ton of unofficial ones similar to West Bank. Do you know anything else about that game you played, like year or publisher?

And in my (un)professional opinion the SN764xx is probably the most limited PSG, whereas the SID is arguably the best chip of that era. That assessment is based purely on hardware specs though, people did pretty awesome stuff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2N7VLF0ZQo) on the SN as well.

Surprise: requests are open again until Sunday, up to 3 for any system in the OP!

Got some for ya!!

- Demon's World (Arcade - Toaplan action shmup where you're some Ghostbuster-esque guy (with shades and a 'stache) fighting monsters.)
- Dream Soccer '94 (Arcade - A Data East soccer game, licensed by Irem)
- F-1 Grand Prix Star (Arcade - Yet another F-1 game, this time by Jaleco)

Try to do the Sega AIR TRIX arcade game!

Yes, I think West Bank sounds better :)

I agree, after a couple of listens, it is definitely getting more appealing to me. So no Bank Panic needed.


As far as I know, there is no official port of Bank Panic for the C64, but I bet there are a ton of unofficial ones similar to West Bank. Do you know anything else about that game you played, like year or publisher?

Ah, no chance of that, aside from Wikipedia article, I don`t have any other information (I was around 5-8 years old at the time I played the game, you see). Even finding the name of the game was troubling, because for some reason I couldn`t remember what building was game centered around (I thought it was a saloon, go figure) AND, only a couple of days ago I actually remembered that I played it on C64 , not on DOS.

Googlers worst nightmare: don`t know what I`m looking for, and information I`m basing my searches on is wrong. :D

One side question: Am I wrong, or are tracks for West bank with (SID stereo) in name, a bit, kinda, totally the same like rest of the tracks, or are there veeeery subtle differences?

One side question: Am I wrong, or are tracks for West bank with (SID stereo) in name, a bit, kinda, totally the same like rest of the tracks, or are there veeeery subtle differences?

My C64 soundtracks usually include two sets of files: a mono version recorded from real hardware and an emulated version (labeled SID Stereo) that has a slight stereo effect. There are cases where they are almost indistinguishable from each other.

Today's update is all about Amiga games with vocal themes by Richard Joseph:

Sensible World of Soccer (Amiga, 1994, Renegade) - You're a goalscoring superstar hero, you let your hair down and play to the fans. And every goal goal goal, says you're the best in the land.
Goalscoring Superstar Hero (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7x_9oR9cg)

Sensible Golf (Amiga, 1995, Virgin Interactive) - Do you wanna play golf? Here is a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aSd-VhItxM) of Jon Hare performing the theme live

Cannon Fodder 2 (Amiga, 1994, Virgin Interactive) - More of an expansion pack than an actual sequel.
Killer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQrCS_juhUs)

Demon's World (Arcade, 1990, Taito) - Action platformer with auto-scrolling levels by Toaplan.

I wasn't able to do Dream Soccer '94 and Air Trix, but feel free to request something else instead.

I wasn't able to do Dream Soccer '94 and Air Trix, but feel free to request something else instead.

Well, thanks for the heads up, nx666. I've come up with new ones for you...

- Deer Hunting USA (Arcade - The music has a bit of outdoors country flair, even though they have the "Allumer Sound Loop" thing. However, Sammy used Seta's X1-010 Sound Chip for this game. Here's a video of the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSUZOlLsbwA)
- F-1 Dream (Arcade - Capcom's only (I think) F-1 game they made for the arcade market.)

Two requests:

F-1 Dream (Arcade, 1988, Capcom) - Music by Manami Matsumae and Takashi Tateishi

F1 Grand Prix Star (Arcade, 1991, Jaleco) - Just a handful of fairly unremarkable tunes.

One more request:

Deer Hunting USA (Arcade, 2000, Sammy USA) - Short loops of noisy guitar samples.

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Episode #008: Masahiro Kajihara

A little tribute to Masahiro Kajihara, one of the most prolific composers on FM-based sound hardware. He is probably best known for his work on the Princess Maker series, but he also played an integral part in the creation of the Japanese computer music scene of the '90s as his PMD sound drivers were widely used for game soundtracks and demo music.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Budm-OpAfpU) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!HAJBTDzJ!mxFpFu-fVdjHw6bT9zklLs_kqaKNC4B9wPqtIMMAj14).

Tracklist

01 "Title" - Virgin Dream (1994, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
02 "Martial-Arts Bout" - Princess Maker 2 (1994, FM Towns) by Masahiro Kajihara
03 "H Scene" - Innocent Tour (1996, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
04 "High School 2" - Rouge: Manatsu no Kuchibeni (1990, PC-8801) by Masahiro Kajihara
05 "P5" - Pias (1991, PC-8801) by Masahiro Kajihara
06 "Battle Scene B" - Possessioner (1994, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
07 "Sadness Creis (OPN Ver.)" - Grounseed (1996, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
08 "Dog Man & Rat Man" - Meikyuu Gakuensai: Kyuukousha no Nazo (1994, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
09 "Final Battle" - Rusty (1993, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
10 "Jogashima" - Rouge: Manatsu no Kuchibeni (1990, PC-8801) by Masahiro Kajihara
11 "Port Mode: Town of Allies / Peace and Security" - Armored Flaghip Atragon (1995, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
12 "BGM 1 (OPNA Ver.)" - Hole Chaser (1990, PC-8801) by Masahiro Kajihara
13 "Tower Interior" - Possessioner (1994, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
14 "Working Girl" - Princess Maker (1991, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
15 "Serious Scene" - Meikyuu Gakuensai: Kyuukousha no Nazo (1994, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
16 "Sentimental Soldier" - Mugen Senshi Valis II (1989, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara
17 "WON17B" - Wonder Parallel Wars (1993, PC-9801) by Masahiro Kajihara, Jhojima Ikeru, Kagurasaka Noboru
18 "P6" - Pias (1991, PC-8801) by Masahiro Kajihara
19 "Confusion" - Silent M�bius (1991, X68000) by Masahiro Kajihara
20 "Credits" - Princess Maker 2 (1994, FM Towns) by Masahiro Kajihara



There are also 4 completely new Kajiahara soundtracks that you can download from the OP:

Pias (PC-8801 [OPN,OPNA], 1991, Birdy Soft) - A short but sweet soundtrack that is somewhat reminiscent of the Hole Chaser music.

Mahabharata (PC-9801 [OPN], 1993, AIL) - Pretty interesting blend of Indian and Middle-Eastern influences.

Wonder Parallel Wars (PC-9801 [OPN], 1993, Mink) - Strategy game similar to Archon

Gods: Kami to Naru Otoko no Densetsu (PC-9801 [OPN, MT-32], 1992, PCM Complete) - A nice oddity. The music seems to be based on the SNES/Mega Drive versions, but it also has the Nation XII intro track from the original Amiga release. As a result you get to hear Masahiro Kajihara's take on music by Richard Joseph, David Whittaker, and Jason Page all in one soundtrack.

Also, Princess Maker (PC-9801) has been replaced with a better rip, Kagake Kira Kira Senshi Risky Jewel (PC-9801) and Innocent Tour (PC-9801) have updated composer information.

Nice share!

Mmm hmm, Grounseed and Rusty are two of the greatest soundtracks to ever grace the PC-98.

There are also 4 completely new Kajiahara soundtracks that you can download from the OP:

Pias (PC-8801 [OPN,OPNA], 1991, Birdy Soft) - A short but sweet soundtrack that is somewhat reminiscent of the Hole Chaser music.

Mahabharata (PC-9801 [OPN], 1993, AIL) - Pretty interesting blend of Indian and Middle-Eastern influences.

Wonder Parallel Wars (PC-9801 [OPN], 1993, Mink) - Strategy game similar to Archon

Gods: Kami to Naru Otoko no Densetsu (PC-9801 [OPN, MT-32], 1992, PCM Complete) - A nice oddity. The music seems to be based on the SNES/Mega Drive versions, but it also has the Nation XII intro track from the original Amiga release. As a result you get to hear Masahiro Kajihara's take on music by Richard Joseph, David Whittaker, and Jason Page all in one soundtrack.

Also, Princess Maker (PC-9801) has been replaced with a better rip, Kagake Kira Kira Senshi Risky Jewel (PC-9801) and Innocent Tour (PC-9801) have updated composer information.

You forgot to add these soundtracks to the OP.

Pegasus (Amiga, 1991, Gremlin Graphics) - Nice intro theme by Barry Leitch.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZoaePNrDyg)

Winter Camp (Amiga, 1992, Thalamus) - Music by Reinier van Vliet

Captain Dynamo (Amiga, 1992, Codemasters) - Music by Adam Lucas, the intro theme sounds a bit like Monty on the Run
Intro (https://youtu.be/wDt-EHbXzm4?t=27)

Kinki: Taboo (PC-9801, 1995, Succubus) - I probably don't need to tell you what kind of game this is, but the suspenseful music is pretty good.
Hard Core (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q90gGf9qSyA), Succubus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvliTAhrj1w), Taboo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro7b7WwD7vQ)

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You forgot to add these soundtracks to the OP.

Can you try again? I was just uploading the new soundtracks.

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Episode #009: Game Music History ~1986~

A look at some of the best game music from 1986. As with the previous episode, I tried to put the tracks in roughly chronological order.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120EMOQDwn8) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!uM50xBaI!IiSJzolNvKGxrwA8RASUsAb1ZapIwn2HvvwqSRTWses).


Tracklist

01 "Loading Screen" - Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
02 "Ending" - Chimera (1986, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
03 "Title BGM" - The Legend of Zelda (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Koji Kondo
04 "Loading Tune" - Comic Bakery (1986, Commodore 64) by Martin Galway
05 "Opa-Opa!" - Fantasy Zone (1986, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
06 "Title Screen" - Ark Pandora (1986, Commodore 64) by Ben Daglish, Anthony Crowther
07 "Title Theme" - Dragon Quest (1986, NES) by Kouichi Sugiyama
08 "In-Game BGM" - Ghosts'n Goblins (1986, Commodore 64) by Mark Cooksey
09 "Main Theme" - Alpha (1986, PC-8801) by Nobuo Uematsu
10 "Main Theme" - Formula 1 Simulator (1986, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard
11 "Starfield" - Salamander (1986, Arcade) by Miki Higashino
12 "Title BGM" - Metroid (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Hirokazu Tanaka
13 "Start Demo ~ Main Theme" - Bubble Bobble (1986, Arcade) by Tadashi Kimijima
14 "Passing Breeze" - OutRun (1986, Arcade) by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
15 "Wicked Child" - Castlevania (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Kinuyo Yamashita
16 "Skyscraper" - Dangar - Ufo Robo (1986, Arcade) by Kenji Yoshida
17 "The Cave" - Fist II: The Legend Continues (1986, Commodore 64) by Neil Brennan
18 "Opening Gate of Romancia" - Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia (1986, PC-8801) by Yuzo Koshiro
19 "Main BGM 1" - Jackal (1986, Arcade) by Konami Kukeiha Club
20 "Main Theme" - Street Surfer (1986, Commodore 64) by David Whittaker
21 "Miho's Theme" - Asteka 2: Templo del Sol (1986, PC-8801) by Takahito Abe
22 "Cruel Killers" - Victory Road (1986, Arcade) by Toshikazu Tanaka
23 "Beat and Beat" - Last Mission (1986, Arcade) by Yukihiko Kitahara, Michiya Hirasawa, Azusa Hara
24 "Main Theme" - Panther (1986, Commodore 64) by David Whittaker
25 "BGM 1" - Zanac (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Masatomo Miyamoto
26 "A Calm Tone of Voice" - Xanadu Scenario II (1986, Sharp X1 TurboZ) by Takahito Abe
27 "Title Screen" - Hypa-Ball (1986, Commodore 64) by Keith Tinman
28 "Zone Attack!" - Final Zone (1986, Sharp X1 TurboZ) by Nobuhito Koise
29 "The Legend of Silpheed" - Silpheed (1986, PC-8801) by Masakuni Mitsuhashi
30 "Starglider (Title Screen)" - Starglider (1986, Atari ST) by Dave Lowe
31 "Title Screen" - West Bank (1986, Commodore 64) by Fred Gray
32 "Underworld" - Kid Icarus (1986, Famicom Disk System) by Hirokazu Tanaka
33 "Main Theme" - The Pawn (1986, Amiga) by John Molloy
34 "Golden Games Intro" - Operation Hongkong (1986, Commodore 64) by Holger Gehrmann
35 "Miss BLUE" - Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (1986, PC-8801) by Shinobu Ogawa
36 "Title Screen (Part 2)" - Agent X in the Brain Drain Caper (1986, ZX Spectrum) by Tim Follin

I'm really enjoying these, dude. This playlist is awesome! Can't wait to check it out!

Any system would be good, with any games in the following classic Sierra series:
Space Quest
King's Quest

I don't know the specific titles that have music sadly so I am requesting this as a general request.

The titles for King's Quest are:
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity


The titles for Space Quest are:
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter
Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco � The Next Mutation
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier

Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Amiga, 1989, Virgin Mastertronic) - Very different from the arcade version.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcd4gJmcyc0)

Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (Amiga, 1991, Storm) - This one also has a completely new soundtrack by Andrew Barnabas.
Opening Credits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GTnWBiEtLs)

Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (MS-DOS [MT-32, OPL2], 1991, Storm) - The MT-32 music was done by Martin Nyrup with some unused tracks composed by (I think) Jesper Olsen. The Adlib version is credited to Vibrants, so this might have been Jesper Olsen's work as well.
Opening (MT-32) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq6IhLvaF4s)

Dios (PC-8801 [OPNA], 1989, Zain Soft)
Opening 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqurwwYwjX0)

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I'm really enjoying these, dude. This playlist is awesome! Can't wait to check it out!

Thanks, glad you liked it! These episodes are actually a lot of fun to make, and there will definitely be more of this in the future.

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Any system would be good, with any games in the following classic Sierra series:
Space Quest
King's Quest

I don't know the specific titles that have music sadly so I am requesting this as a general request.

The titles for King's Quest are:
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity


The titles for Space Quest are:
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter
Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco – The Next Mutation
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier

Maybe check out these two sites first, they should have the majority of the soundtracks you want:

MT-32 Lossless Archive (http://rmla.comoj.com/rmla/music.html)

QuestStudios (http://www.midimusicadventures.com/queststudios/)

Any Sierra game before KQ4 only supported Tandy, after that the MT-32 versions are generally the ones to get. From around 1992 onward the music was usually written for General MIDI.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Amiga, 1989, Virgin Mastertronic) - Very different from the arcade version.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcd4gJmcyc0)

Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (Amiga, 1991, Storm) - This one also has a completely new soundtrack by Andrew Barnabas.
Opening Credits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GTnWBiEtLs)

Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone (MS-DOS [MT-32, OPL2], 1991, Storm) - The MT-32 music was done by Martin Nyrup with some unused tracks composed by (I think) Jesper Olsen. The Adlib version is credited to Vibrants, so this might have been Jesper Olsen's work as well.
Opening (MT-32) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq6IhLvaF4s)

Dios (PC-8801 [OPNA], 1989, Zain Soft)
Opening 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqurwwYwjX0)

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Thanks, glad you liked it! These episodes are actually a lot of fun to make, and there will definitely be more of this in the future.

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Maybe check out these two sites first, they should have the majority of the soundtracks you want:

MT-32 Lossless Archive (http://rmla.comoj.com/rmla/music.html)

QuestStudios (http://www.midimusicadventures.com/queststudios/)

Any Sierra game before KQ4 only supported Tandy, after that the MT-32 versions are generally the ones to get. From around 1992 onward the music was usually written for General MIDI.

OK. I found them thanks.

Instead I would like to request, agian any system:
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress
Ultima III: Exodus

I would request Akalabeth: World of Doom!, but I know it has no sound.

Here is a small request:

Kenkou: Sono Yon (Sharp X68000)

I haven't had much time this week to work on new stuff, but at least I managed to finish a few of these half-done Amiga soundtracks that had been lying around for a while.

Cloud Kingdoms (Amiga, 1990, Millenium) - Music by David Whittaker
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjRWLF8JSus)

Dogs of War (Amiga, 1989, Elite) - Commando clone, also scored by David Whittaker
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzjVlm3RaxY)

Fly Harder (Amiga, 1993, Starbyte) - Gravity shooter with a nice intro tune.
Intro (https://youtu.be/jcCmJkprHbk?t=16)

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (Amiga, 1990, Image Works) - The title track is yet another Nation XII song, converted to the Amiga by Richard Joseph
Brutal DeLuxe (https://youtu.be/rJZ_H7e_3xM?t=15)

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1991, Image Works) - The MT-32 version by an unknown composer. There is a second (probably unused) track called 'baz speed', maybe this was done by Barry Leitch?
Brutal DeLuxe (https://youtu.be/WjUrYfWZOOg?t=15)

After Burner (Amiga, 1988, Activision) - Conversion of the arcade soundtrack by David Lowe. This was one of two different After Burner ports for the Amiga, developed by Argonaut Software.
Maximum Power (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbGSdxLMhyk)

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OK. I found them thanks.

Instead I would like to request, agian any system:
Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress
Ultima III: Exodus

I would request Akalabeth: World of Doom!, but I know it has no sound.

I actually don't take requests right now...

Aaaanyway, Ultima 1 and 2 didn't have soundtracks, at least not the original computer releases. There is an Ultima 1-2-3 collection for FM Towns with music, but I'm not sure if that is actually used in-game and not just some menu tune. You can get the original Apple II soundtracks for Ultima 3,4,5 here (http://www.applevault.com/ultima/), and the C64 music for Ultima 3 from this site (http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Ultima_III:_Exodus_(C64)).

A few more soundtracks for the fans of Chris H�lsbeck and Ryu Umemoto:

The Carl Lewis Challenge (Amiga, 1992, Psygnosis) - Weird track and field simulation with an awesome title track by Chris H�lsbeck.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA8A0LX6Qfo)

Hexuma: Das Auge Des Kal (Amiga, 1992, Software 2000) - German text adventure, and yet another H�lsbeck soundtrack.

Denny (Amiga, 1992, Software 2000) - An unreleased game, probably some kind of platformer. This was also scored by Chris H�lsbeck.

Dengeki Division (PC-9801, 1993, Apple Pie) - Strategy RPG by Apple Pie. The music was composed by Ryu Umemoto.
De Vision (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34IsZ6ZwTz4), Phenomenal Energy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPESi82Kwj8)

Dennou Garou (PC-9801, 1993, Apple Pie) - More Ryu Umemoto

Yume no Sei (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1996, 13cm) - A collection of 3 different games with pretty good music.
Negative Feedback (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO03rLHuz0Q), Feelin' Good (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjQceKhsERY)

How about some DOS to Amiga ports?

Ski or Die (Amiga, 1991, Electronic Arts) - Four rockin' tunes by Rob Hubbard
Opening Title (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWWkidYII6w)

UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense (Amiga, 1994, MicroProse) - Conversion of the DOS soundtrack by Matt '4-mat' Simmonds

... and three soundtracks by Wally Beben:

Dark Side (Amiga, 1989, Micro Status) and Total Eclipse (Amiga, 1989, Micro Status) - Both are loosely based on Beben's music for the C64 games.
Dark Side (https://youtu.be/JEkPm37AAec?t=45), Total Eclipse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlRA2bBIp-w)

Pool of Radiance (Amiga, 1990, SSI) - A late port, also probably the best version of this game. The music is completely new as well, with a really nice intro track.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53jEGLDHEI)

... and one X68000 'game'

Kenkou: Sono Shi (X68000, 1992, Zoom) - This is the menu music from a Zoom disk magazine, composed by Hideyuki Shimono and Naoyuki Kimura. There is also a small game included, which is where the other track is from.

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Episode #010: Tumbling Trixie

Playing way too much Dark Souls 3 this week prevented me from putting together a proper podcast, so you'll have to make do with another collection of random tracks :)

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75I-tO8kBVI) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!Xdxx0R6L!hnu3d85xiqkw3z08MBZNUrHCkXmHGy9ONH43sCc4Cgk).

Tracklist

01 "Loading Tune" - Dominator (1989, Commodore 64) by Matt Gray
02 "Ingame 1" - Efera & Jiliora: The Emblem From Darkness (1991, PC Engine CD) by Shoji Honda, Shintaro Ashizawa
03 "Tumbling Life" - Daraku no Kuni no Angie: Kyoukai no Mesu Dorei-tachi (1996, PC-9801) by Akira Sato
04 "Credits (Part 1)" - Super Gem'Z (1992, Amiga) by Chris H�lsbeck
05 "Stage 4~8" - Desperado (1995, X68000) by Kabosu
06 "Ihatovo City" - Ihatovo Monogatari (1993, SNES) by Tsukasa Tawada
07 "Extasy" - Demo (1996, Commodore 64) by Michal Relkowski (Daf)
08 "Stage 2" - Battletoads (1994, Arcade) by David Wise
09 "BGM #01" - Baby Felix: Halloween (2001, Gameboy) by Alberto Jose Gonz�lez
10 "Stage 1" - Z-Out (1990, Amiga) by Rudolf Stember
11 "Trixie's Trailer" - Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993, MS-DOS) by Michael Land, Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell
12 "Stage 2 Second Half BGM" - Gynoug (1991, Mega Drive) by Noriyuki Iwadare
13 "General Chaos Part 4" - Demo (2004, IT) by Agu & JacKo
14 "Name Entry" - Ball-Blasta (1988, Commodore 64) by Adam Gilmore
15 "Danbai" - Black Bird: Tori Tachi no Tooboe (1995, PC-9801) by Takeaki Watanabe
16 "Stage 2" - Super Spacefortress Macross (1992, Arcade) by Kazunori Hideya, Papa, Manabu Namiki
17 "Boesendorfer P.S.S." - Demo (1992, MOD) by Eike Steffen (Romeo Knight)

This is a great thread, an excellent supplement to Ruiner's original thread with some wonderful soundtracks.

Just felt like saying that.

Some stuff from this week:

U.S.S. John Young (Amiga, 1990, Magic Bytes) - Submarine sim with music by Jesper Kyd. I think this was actually his first ever game soundtrack as well.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgKNr29i8iQ)

Dragon Wars (Amiga, 1990, Interplay) - For all intents and purposes this is Bard's Tale IV, developed by Interplay after they had lost the license to EA. The music was composed by Charles Deenen, and is one of the few orchestral soundtracks on the Amiga.
In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34r8WgorPjM)

Lord of the Rings: Volume One (Amiga, 1991, Electronic Arts) - This was composed by Deenen as well and features similar music.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSckkRI6S0U)

Suzaku (PC-9801 [OPN], 1992, Wolfteam) - Composed by Motoi Sakuraba and Ryota Furuya
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ZC20Dwjb0), The Sorceress' Mansion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw3yfmsCtSo), Confrontation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7N7rWJKkJg)

Melt Down (PC-9801, 1989, Group R204) - Doujin shmup with music by Daisuke Takahashi (KID)

Melty Lancer (PC-9801, 1995, Imagineer) - Some sort of space RPG/sim, the soundtrack is also by Daisuke Takahashi.
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4UymxKZvo), Final Battle (vs. Ravenne) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pLFbg4WqNI)

Goice (PC-9801 [SPB], 1994, Tenshindo) - Hentai adventure game composed by Takahiro Yonemura aka CHEMOOL. This is the SpeakBoard version of the soundtrack, which sounds slightly better than the regular OPNA music.
Outer Envoi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FD2vzKAa-c), Black Wish (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2pejkct5k)

Lightforce (C64, 1986, FTL) - Shmup with Rob Hubbard music
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUCOuDx_aBg)

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (C64, 1991, Image Works) - Conversion of the Amiga music by Martin Walker

Time Machine (C64, 1990, Activision) - From what I remember this was a pretty interesting, but flawed, adventure game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvyvrsUfbq8) with time travel mechanics. Another conversion by Martin Walker, the original Amiga music was composed by Wally Beben.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8pjOCk4SbA)

Retrograde (C64, 1989, Thalamus) - Interesting mix of shmup and platformer by the Apex guys.
Loading Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b68n5FZ1ASg)

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This is a great thread, an excellent supplement to Ruiner's original thread with some wonderful soundtracks.

Just felt like saying that.

Thanks, I'm glad I'm not doing this just for myself. This thread wasn't exactly brimming with activity lately.

Thanks, I'm glad I'm not doing this just for myself. This thread wasn't exactly brimming with activity lately.

I'm always lurking here and appreciating all the stuff you do! If you didn't see it in my thread, I thanked you there because I used your rip of Silent Mobius on the latest episode of PixelTunes Radio, and the fans LOVED it. Your work isn't all for naught!

Well, quite frankly, I don't know what to think about that. I just don't like the popular things because they get all of the accolades. They get all of the pop culture references in cartoons, movies, television, merchandise and comics. No one ever gave my favorite games or companies a chance to succeed because they didn't want them to succeed or they didn't have the money or technology to stay in business like the famous companies. All of the other companies like Capcom and Nintendo all had the talented staff and demanded perfection, while the smaller companies wanted to do whatever they wanted. I just... I just wanted the companies and games that I love from Japan to be honored, that's all, nx666. As for music, most of the games I try to find on Tokugawa are RPGs only for the PC-98 that aren't pornographic in nature. Sometimes, even the pornographic games have good music as well, but I just don't like looking at bare breasts or panty shots or nudity on the Tokugawa website. In fact, I have a ton more PC-98 RPGs I would like to request later on, when you are not too busy after the suspension. I have 3 I would like to request right now, but there are 5 games in this series. And I do not know how well the music is since I never heard it- it is called Another Genesis.

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I thought we had moved past this already. When I was doing the tags for this episode, I found this gem on the SMB Wikipedia page. I mean, who comes up with such nonsense?

That I don't know. Probably rabid Mario fans want everyone to honor him. I don't have anything against Kondo. After all he DID do Star Fox 64, and Zelda, which are few of my favorite games even though they ARE popular.

I'm always lurking here and appreciating all the stuff you do! If you didn't see it in my thread, I thanked you there because I used your rip of Silent Mobius on the latest episode of PixelTunes Radio, and the fans LOVED it. Your work isn't all for naught!

Ha ha, I knew without looking that you played Battle With Ghosts on the podcast. That's an awesome track with one of the best bass solos in game music. Will give the rest of the podcast a listen tomorrow.

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Well, quite frankly, I don't know what to think about that. I just don't like the popular things because they get all of the accolades. They get all of the pop culture references in cartoons, movies, television, merchandise and comics. No one ever gave my favorite games or companies a chance to succeed because they didn't want them to succeed or they didn't have the money or technology to stay in business like the famous companies. All of the other companies like Capcom and Nintendo all had the talented staff and demanded perfection, while the smaller companies wanted to do whatever they wanted. I just... I just wanted the companies and games that I love from Japan to be honored, that's all, nx666. As for music, most of the games I try to find on Tokugawa are RPGs only for the PC-98 that aren't pornographic in nature. Sometimes, even the pornographic games have good music as well, but I just don't like looking at bare breasts or panty shots or nudity on the Tokugawa website. In fact, I have a ton more PC-98 RPGs I would like to request later on, when you are not too busy after the suspension. I have 3 I would like to request right now, but there are 5 games in this series. And I do not know how well the music is since I never heard it- it is called Another Genesis.

Well, you came to the right place! This thread is all about honoring obscure video game companies and their soundtracks, including Japanese ones of course. I don't think you can force someone to honor something that they most likely have never heard of. All you can really do is to show them all the great things they might have missed out on. Thanks to ruiner's last podcast a few more people have heard of Kajihara (and by extension Gainax) and seemed to like the track he played. Maybe some of them will now go out and try to find more of his music (and hopefully my podcast about him, ha ha). I think that is really the only way to bring people to like the things you like. And if that doesn't work, well, then that's not the end of the world either.

As for requests: I'm not sure how to proceed with this to be honest. I had previously been working from home and could easily edit a few tracks whenever I felt like taking a break. But that isn't the case right now, so this has been really hit and miss for me lately. If I just open the thread for requests again, they would pile up pretty quickly without me having a chance to work on them. Suggestions are, of course, always welcome. Even better if they come with a little 'sales pitch' :)

Well, you came to the right place! This thread is all about honoring obscure video game companies and their soundtracks, including Japanese ones of course. I don't think you can force someone to honor something that they most likely have never heard of. All you can really do is to show them all the great things they might have missed out on. Thanks to ruiner's last podcast a few more people have heard of Kajihara (and by extension Gainax) and seemed to like the track he played. Maybe some of them will now go out and try to find more of his music (and hopefully my podcast about him, ha ha). I think that is really the only way to bring people to like the things you like. And if that doesn't work, well, then that's not the end of the world either.

As for requests: I'm not sure how to proceed with this to be honest. I had previously been working from home and could easily edit a few tracks whenever I felt like taking a break. But that isn't the case right now, so this has been really hit and miss for me lately. If I just open the thread for requests again, they would pile up pretty quickly without me having a chance to work on them. Suggestions are, of course, always welcome. Even better if they come with a little 'sales pitch' :)

Ah. I understand. When you have a job, you do tend to be busy. I have a request- can you find the soundtracks to REINFORCER as well as Ground Master from Zainsoft both for the Sharp X68000? Here is footage for REINFORCER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrxMau6Tpo
I don't know if you have Dios already, but is there any difference between the PC-88, PC-98 and X68000 versions in terms of music?

Ah. I understand. When you have a job, you do tend to be busy. I have a request- can you find the soundtracks to REINFORCER as well as Ground Master from Zainsoft both for the Sharp X68000? Here is footage for REINFORCER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSrxMau6Tpo
I don't know if you have Dios already, but is there any difference between the PC-88, PC-98 and X68000 versions in terms of music?

Never mind, I already know now you DO have Dios, its just, I don't know if the PC-88, PC-98 or X68000's music is better for that game.

Never mind, I already know now you DO have Dios, its just, I don't know if the PC-88, PC-98 or X68000's music is better for that game.

I've never listened to the PC-98 and X68000 versions of the Dios soundtrack, no idea if these versions are straight ports or if they were upgraded in any way. I'll probably be able to fit in the other 2 games at some point, they both have only about 10 tracks that can be recorded with Hoot, so that's not a whole lot of work.

Ah. OK. Do you have a list of RPGs and strategy games on the PC-98 and X68000?

Some new stuff for fans of DOS and PC-98 music:

Shadow Warrior (MS-DOS [CD Audio, SC-88], 1997, GT Interactive) - Typical 90s FPS soundtrack with Japanese influences by Lee Jackson. Included are the CD tracks from the main release as well as the MIDI tracks from the demo version.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCi11eItNUY)

Azrael's Tear (MS-DOS [PCM, SC-88], 1996, Mindscape) - Atmospheric first-person adventure with music that manages to be creepy and beautiful at the same time. This was composed by Kerry Minnear and Ray Shulman, members of the 70s prog-rock band Gentle Giant. All the in-game music is MIDI recorded with an SC-88, the rest is streamed PCM from the movie files.
Peaceful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GI1GQeFhIU), Cathedral (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asIE1HHpiA0), In-Game 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPQweid-Syw) (these samples are recorded with an SC-55mkII)

Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami: Futari no Rondo (PC-9801, 1994, Wishbone) - Based on the Creamy Mami anime, the music is by Ryu Umemoto and Yoshiaki Furuta. Furuta is one of the composers on the original movie soundtrack, so this might be Umemoto adaptations of his music, but I'm not sure.
Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtcQDwCkLY), Mode Demonstration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waiQDJfX_QQ)

Mime (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1995, Studio Twinkle) - You can get the FM version of this soundtrack from ruiner's thread, but this here is even better in my opinion. Fantastic MIDI arrangements by Hiroaki Sano and Takahiro Nogi, recorded with an SC-88.

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Ah. OK. Do you have a list of RPGs and strategy games on the PC-98 and X68000?

I don't think there is a complete database of PC-98/X68000 titles on the (non-Japanese) Internet, your best bet are probably sites like Mobygames or this (http://www.pc98.org/main.html), but they are missing a lot of games as well.

Some new stuff for fans of DOS and PC-98 music:

Shadow Warrior (MS-DOS [CD Audio, SC-88], 1997, GT Interactive) - Typical 90s FPS soundtrack with Japanese influences by Lee Jackson. Included are the CD tracks from the main release as well as the MIDI tracks from the demo version.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCi11eItNUY)

Azrael's Tear (MS-DOS [PCM, SC-88], 1996, Mindscape) - Atmospheric first-person adventure with music that manages to be creepy and beautiful at the same time. This was composed by Kerry Minnear and Ray Shulman, members of the 70s prog-rock band Gentle Giant. All the in-game music is MIDI recorded with an SC-88, the rest is streamed PCM from the movie files.
Peaceful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GI1GQeFhIU), Cathedral (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asIE1HHpiA0), In-Game 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPQweid-Syw) (these samples are recorded with an SC-55mkII)

Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami: Futari no Rondo (PC-9801, 1994, Wishbone) - Based on the Creamy Mami anime, the music is by Ryu Umemoto and Yoshiaki Furuta. Furuta is one of the composers on the original movie soundtrack, so this might be Umemoto adaptations of his music, but I'm not sure.
Introduction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtcQDwCkLY), Mode Demonstration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waiQDJfX_QQ)

Mime (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1995, Studio Twinkle) - You can get the FM version of this soundtrack from ruiner's thread, but this here is even better in my opinion. Fantastic MIDI arrangements by Hiroaki Sano and Takahiro Nogi, recorded with an SC-88.

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I don't think there is a complete database of PC-98/X68000 titles on the (non-Japanese) Internet, your best bet are probably sites like Mobygames or this (http://www.pc98.org/main.html), but they are missing a lot of games as well.

Damn I would look at that list, but the screenshots to some of the RPG games do have some nudity. Well, I've listened the soundtracks to the Branmarker games on Hoot, and they seem to be very good, considering they are hentai RPGs.

Damn I would look at that list, but the screenshots to some of the RPG games do have some nudity. Well, I've listened the soundtracks to the Branmarker games on Hoot, and they seem to be very good, considering they are hentai RPGs.

I also want to find Legend of Shalice, Legends of Lune, Last Guardian 1 and 2, Panzer Division 2 games, Kings Dungeon, Estoria, EDGE, Aggregate, Appareden, Crazy Labyrynth, Elm Knight, and Gal.Act.Heroism, and High School War all for the PC-98.

But yeah, look up the games made by D.O. for Hoot- you might like the soundtracks.

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Episode #011: Charles Deenen

A podcast featuring a selection of tracks from Charles Deenen's fairly diverse catalogue of music. Enjoy!

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAFLkCBRuzg) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!GIRAzZ6S!wXTZtOj7T2YjgTeetcrHTCMxl8aSCnX205nf4aGpjYY).

Tracklist

01 "Part 1: Demonic" - Ala Gal (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
02 "Ending" - Mysterious Worlds (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
03 "Title Screen" - Mr. Heli (1989, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
04 "Title" - J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One (1994, SNES) by Charles Deenen
05 "Stage 2: Target Shoot" - Back to the Future III (1991, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
06 "High Score" - Unreal (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
07 "Level Music B" - M.C.Kids (1992, NES) by Charles Deenen
08 "Tune 2" - Castles II: Siege & Conquest (1993, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
09 "Main Theme" - Zamzara (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
10 "Just Another Day" - The Lost Vikings (1992, SNES) by Charles Deenen
11 "Title Screen" - Rubicon (1992, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
12 "Title Screen" - B.A.T. (1991, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
13 "Intro" - Mysterious Worlds (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
14 "Main Theme" - After the War (1989, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
15 "The Shire" - J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One (1994, SNES) by Charles Deenen
16 "High Score" - Zamzara (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen

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Episode #011: Charles Deenen

A podcast featuring a selection of tracks from Charles Deenen's fairly diverse catalogue of music. Enjoy!

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAFLkCBRuzg) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!GIRAzZ6S!wXTZtOj7T2YjgTeetcrHTCMxl8aSCnX205nf4aGpjYY).

Tracklist

01 "Part 1: Demonic" - Ala Gal (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
02 "Ending" - Mysterious Worlds (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
03 "Title Screen" - Mr. Heli (1989, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
04 "Title" - J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One (1994, SNES) by Charles Deenen
05 "Stage 2: Target Shoot" - Back to the Future III (1991, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
06 "High Score" - Unreal (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
07 "Level Music B" - M.C.Kids (1992, NES) by Charles Deenen
08 "Tune 2" - Castles II: Siege & Conquest (1993, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
09 "Main Theme" - Zamzara (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
10 "Just Another Day" - The Lost Vikings (1992, SNES) by Charles Deenen
11 "Title Screen" - Rubicon (1992, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
12 "Title Screen" - B.A.T. (1991, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
13 "Intro" - Mysterious Worlds (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
14 "Main Theme" - After the War (1989, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
15 "The Shire" - J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One (1994, SNES) by Charles Deenen
16 "High Score" - Zamzara (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen


Excellent! Something to listen to while I'm on vacation this week. :)

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Episode #011: Charles Deenen

A podcast featuring a selection of tracks from Charles Deenen's fairly diverse catalogue of music. Enjoy!

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAFLkCBRuzg) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!GIRAzZ6S!wXTZtOj7T2YjgTeetcrHTCMxl8aSCnX205nf4aGpjYY).

Tracklist

01 "Part 1: Demonic" - Ala Gal (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
02 "Ending" - Mysterious Worlds (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
03 "Title Screen" - Mr. Heli (1989, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
04 "Title" - J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One (1994, SNES) by Charles Deenen
05 "Stage 2: Target Shoot" - Back to the Future III (1991, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
06 "High Score" - Unreal (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
07 "Level Music B" - M.C.Kids (1992, NES) by Charles Deenen
08 "Tune 2" - Castles II: Siege & Conquest (1993, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
09 "Main Theme" - Zamzara (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
10 "Just Another Day" - The Lost Vikings (1992, SNES) by Charles Deenen
11 "Title Screen" - Rubicon (1992, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
12 "Title Screen" - B.A.T. (1991, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
13 "Intro" - Mysterious Worlds (1990, Amiga) by Charles Deenen
14 "Main Theme" - After the War (1989, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen
15 "The Shire" - J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One (1994, SNES) by Charles Deenen
16 "High Score" - Zamzara (1988, Commodore 64) by Charles Deenen


Sounds like he did a great job with the Lord of the Rings soundtrack for the SNES as well as the Area B theme from M.C. Kids, with the good use of arpeggios. I just don't know why the UK wanted to severely beat Japan in terms of game music. Is there a certain reason, nx666? My guess is probably they had a lot more training on more sophisticated sound hardware and computers, like the Amiga and Commodore 64.

Wait, I'm not done yet! Here are two short soundtracks by Zain/Sein/Xain Soft, I could not find any composer information on these two though:

Reinforcer (X68000, 1990, Zainsoft) - Overhead shooter with a cyberpunk theme.

Ground Master (X68000, 1988, Zainsoft) - Some sort of RPG I guess.

I've also uploaded the PC-98 and FM Towns versions of the Elm Knight soundtrack. I think this is a rip of the OST (http://vgmdb.net/album/6105), but I'm not 100% sure. The music itself is by Tadahiro Nitta and Yasufumi Fukuda and very similar to their Illusion City score.

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Excellent! Something to listen to while I'm on vacation this week. :)

There are some really nice relaxing tracks in that podcast. Should be perfect for a vacation :)

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Sounds like he did a great job with the Lord of the Rings soundtrack for the SNES as well as the Area B theme from M.C. Kids, with the good use of arpeggios. I just don't know why the UK wanted to severely beat Japan in terms of game music. Is there a certain reason, nx666? My guess is probably they had a lot more training on more sophisticated sound hardware and computers, like the Amiga and Commodore 64.


I'm not sure what you mean by "why the UK wanted to severely beat Japan in terms of game music", but the European (demo) music scene at that time was extremely competitive in itself. As a result things like sound drivers and editors, sample techniques, and general sound design developed at a rapid pace. In terms of music hardware the Amiga is very similar to the SNES so that was probably a fairly smooth transition for most people. Most European composers also had plenty of experience with PSG-based systems like the C64, Atari ST, Spectrum, or Amstrad which are somewhat similar to the NES and Master System. On the other hand there was no popular system with FM-based hardware which kinda shows in the 'quality' of many Western-developed Mega Drive / Adlib soundtracks. Charles Deenen is Dutch, btw.

I see, so basically, they never worked with FM very much, only PSG. I like FM better. But some PSG soundtracks are good, if not great. Some Western developed Megadrive soundtracks do have great soundtracks, since they have their own sound driver and have done extra work to make it sound good, like NOVOTRADE's sound drivers used in Ecco, Ecco 2, Exo Squad, Cyborg Soldier, as well as EA's sound drivers used in Road Rash and Road Rash 2. However, I DO NOT like the GEMS sound driver on the Genesis, mainly because it uses less work to make games on the Genesis sound good, by converting MIDIs and WAVs to FM, However, it is good for beginners though.

Agreed, GEMS has produced some of the worst FM music on the Mega Drive/ Genesis. And furthering the whole FM vs. PSG conversation, western composers had huge success with the NES because they'd already mastered the technology on the C64 and ZX Spectrum. There are a few FM standouts in the west, namely Matt Furniss, because of Shaun Hollingworth's intuitive sound driver. Even talented composers like David Wise tended to fall flat when using the YM2612.

Awesome! Thanks for the uploads, friend! :D

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Agreed, GEMS has produced some of the worst FM music on the Mega Drive/ Genesis. And furthering the whole FM vs. PSG conversation, western composers had huge success with the NES because they'd already mastered the technology on the C64 and ZX Spectrum. There are a few FM standouts in the west, namely Matt Furniss, because of Shaun Hollingworth's intuitive sound driver. Even talented composers like David Wise tended to fall flat when using the YM2612.

I agree, I love Furniss's and Shawn Hollingworth's work on the Genesis, especially with T2: The Arcade Game- you might like the PC version of that soundtrack even more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_0rO2KGPuA

I also think Allister Brimble/Teque London did a great job too, especially on The Lawnmower Man on the Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-UpdJ70Icg&index=6&list=PL4q-hWshJQ79H1VG2QMIq3hzwcHOApt59

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The official soundtrack to Elm Knight is half and half- Half FM-TOWNS and half-PC-98. I am strictly looking for the PC-98 version from Hoot. So yes, you gotten the rip from the official OST, which I've got as well, but I like the FM grittiness that Tadahiro Nitta and Yasufumi Fukuda are known for when they once worked at Micro Cabin.

I see, so basically, they never worked with FM very much, only PSG. I like FM better. But some PSG soundtracks are good, if not great. Some Western developed Megadrive soundtracks do have great soundtracks, since they have their own sound driver and have done extra work to make it sound good, like NOVOTRADE's sound drivers used in Ecco, Ecco 2, Exo Squad, Cyborg Soldier, as well as EA's sound drivers used in Road Rash and Road Rash 2. However, I DO NOT like the GEMS sound driver on the Genesis, mainly because it uses less work to make games on the Genesis sound good, by converting MIDIs and WAVs to FM, However, it is good for beginners though.

Yeah, as far as I understand it, Japanese computers in the 80's had used FM Synthesis regularly for years, so when the Mega Drive came along it was an easier adjustment for them to make. Unsurprisingly, a lot of Japanese composers who made high quality soundtracks for the Mega Drive had previously worked on music for the PC-88, PC-98 and Sharp X68000 or arcade games that used FM sound chips. It took a lot longer for FM sound chips to become readily available in the United States and Europe, so composers weren't as familiar with the style when the Mega Drive/Genesis rolled around.

So that's why. Well, we could've had the same chips they used for the PC98, PC88 and X68000, but instead, we gotten one that still had a OK-ish FM output, but cheap to produce, like the YM3812 for example. SNK used that chip in their arcade games from 1987-1989, and then America, Europe and Korea started using it on their DOS games in the early '90s.

I see, so basically, they never worked with FM very much, only PSG. I like FM better. But some PSG soundtracks are good, if not great. Some Western developed Megadrive soundtracks do have great soundtracks, since they have their own sound driver and have done extra work to make it sound good, like NOVOTRADE's sound drivers used in Ecco, Ecco 2, Exo Squad, Cyborg Soldier, as well as EA's sound drivers used in Road Rash and Road Rash 2. However, I DO NOT like the GEMS sound driver on the Genesis, mainly because it uses less work to make games on the Genesis sound good, by converting MIDIs and WAVs to FM, However, it is good for beginners though.

Well, PSG and PCM on the Amiga. At some point (1990 iirc) the first trackers started to pop up on DOS PCs, and there were actually quite a number of DOS games that used tracked music for their soundtracks as well.

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Agreed, GEMS has produced some of the worst FM music on the Mega Drive/ Genesis. And furthering the whole FM vs. PSG conversation, western composers had huge success with the NES because they'd already mastered the technology on the C64 and ZX Spectrum. There are a few FM standouts in the west, namely Matt Furniss, because of Shaun Hollingworth's intuitive sound driver. Even talented composers like David Wise tended to fall flat when using the YM2612.

The list of standout FM composers from the US and Europe is pretty short imo. For me that would be Furniss, Huelsbeck, Follin (on Mega Drive), Hubbard, Picq (on DOS), Midway/Williams also had some pretty talented guys (Forden, Schmidt, Granner etc) for their arcade/pinball games. I'm probably forgetting somebody, but that's about it. There was also a small Adlib tracking scene in the 90s that produced a handful of pretty awesome game soundtracks.

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Yeah, as far as I understand it, Japanese computers in the 80's had used FM Synthesis regularly for years, so when the Mega Drive came along it was an easier adjustment for them to make. Unsurprisingly, a lot of Japanese composers who made high quality soundtracks for the Mega Drive had previously worked on music for the PC-88, PC-98 and Sharp X68000 or arcade games that used FM sound chips. It took a lot longer for FM sound chips to become readily available in the United States and Europe, so composers weren't as familiar with the style when the Mega Drive/Genesis rolled around.

Although Adlib sound cards (and later SB) had been around since '87, most US developers jumped onto the MT-32 bandwagon which was released around the same time. The DOS soundtracks of that era were usually composed for the higher end MIDI devices, and then converted for Adlib using fairly generic FM sound fonts. Ironically, most consumers had an Adlib or SB card, so what most people today remember as the typical DOS sound are these awful FM renditions of MIDI soundtracks.

In Japan pretty much every computer had FM sound, at least as an option, from around 1985 onward. And this was also the year when most arcade developers made the switch to FM-based sound hardware as well.

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So that's why. Well, we could've had the same chips they used for the PC98, PC88 and X68000, but instead, we gotten one that still had a OK-ish FM output, but cheap to produce, like the YM3812 for example. SNK used that chip in their arcade games from 1987-1989, and then America, Europe and Korea started using it on their DOS games in the early '90s.

In hindsight I'm actually pretty ok with this: we got all these awesome FM soundtracks from Japan, a ton of fantastic SID music from Europe, all the crazy stuff from the demo scene on Amiga and DOS, arcade music on cutting edge (and sometimes fairly esoteric) sound hardware etc. I would not want to have it any other way.

Most of the Soundblaster models actually had an OPL3 chip, but there are barely any games that make use of it. Those sound cards would have been fairly capable devices if they had been utilized correctly. In the mid-90s I had an SB16+SCB-55 (daughterboard version of the SC-55) which was basically OPL3 + 16bit Stereo DAC + plenty of CPU grunt for software mixing + 28 channel MIDI.

Yeah, as far as I understand it, Japanese computers in the 80's had used FM Synthesis regularly for years, so when the Mega Drive came along it was an easier adjustment for them to make. Unsurprisingly, a lot of Japanese composers who made high quality soundtracks for the Mega Drive had previously worked on music for the PC-88, PC-98 and Sharp X68000 or arcade games that used FM sound chips. It took a lot longer for FM sound chips to become readily available in the United States and Europe, so composers weren't as familiar with the style when the Mega Drive/Genesis rolled around.

Heck, Yuzo Koshiro STILL uses the "Music Love" software he wrote for the PC-88 to create music for contemporary games! Japan has a particular love affair for FM, and the west for PSG and trackers, and I'm totally OK with that. :)

Well, PSG and PCM on the Amiga. At some point (1990 iirc) the first trackers started to pop up on DOS PCs, and there were actually quite a number of DOS games that used tracked music for their soundtracks as well.

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The list of standout FM composers from the US and Europe is pretty short imo. For me that would be Furniss, Huelsbeck, Follin (on Mega Drive), Hubbard, Picq (on DOS), Midway/Williams also had some pretty talented guys (Forden, Schmidt, Granner etc) for their arcade/pinball games. I'm probably forgetting somebody, but that's about it. There was also a small Adlib tracking scene in the 90s that produced a handful of pretty awesome game soundtracks.

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Although Adlib sound cards (and later SB) had been around since '87, most US developers jumped onto the MT-32 bandwagon which was released around the same time. The DOS soundtracks of that era were usually composed for the higher end MIDI devices, and then converted for Adlib using fairly generic FM sound fonts. Ironically, most consumers had an Adlib or SB card, so what most people today remember as the typical DOS sound are these awful FM renditions of MIDI soundtracks.

In Japan pretty much every computer had FM sound, at least as an option, from around 1985 onward. And this was also the year when most arcade developers made the switch to FM-based sound hardware as well.

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In hindsight I'm actually pretty ok with this: we got all these awesome FM soundtracks from Japan, a ton of fantastic SID music from Europe, all the crazy stuff from the demo scene on Amiga and DOS, arcade music on cutting edge (and sometimes fairly esoteric) sound hardware etc. I would not want to have it any other way.

Most of the Soundblaster models actually had an OPL3 chip, but there are barely any games that make use of it. Those sound cards would have been fairly capable devices if they had been utilized correctly. In the mid-90s I had an SB16+SCB-55 (daughterboard version of the SC-55) which was basically OPL3 + 16bit Stereo DAC + plenty of CPU grunt for software mixing + 28 channel MIDI.

I see.

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I'm all for FM- I'm not into the bleepy-bloopy PSG very much, mainly because it sounds too simple compared to the grit that FM synthesizers have. I just wish the West had a lot more appreciation for FM in terms of game music and composition instead of PSG, that's all. Then, I wouldn't be so judgemental towards game developers who are not from Japan because they would've composed music on FM chips, like Yuzo Koshiro still does currently using his PC88. So yeah, now you all pretty much know why I am not too fond of Western game developers very much. Granted, their music is great, but I feel that their games should've been on the Japanese computers as well, that way the Western composers, including Furniss, Hollingworth, Brimble and others as well as Jake Kaufman would gain a knowledge of FM and honor FM a lot more and use it in in their games. Good thing nowadays we are starting to realize this when people make their own custom compositions on trackers, because there are some patches/VSTs that can emulate FM hardware and chips for trackers.

Nice work, nx666.

Anyway, if you have any new requests to be accepted, try adding the internal sound chip versions of the three Fatal Fury X68000 soundtracks.

A little C64 update featuring:

... a few more soundtracks by Neil Brennan, pioneer of 'cinematic' 8-bit music

Castle of Terror (C64, 1985, Melbourne House) - Adventure game with one of the first, if not the first, horror soundtracks. Creepy stuff.
Soundtrack Samples (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPitTStuTcw)

The Hobbit (C64, 1985, Melbourne House) - This is also an adventure game, based on Tolkien's book.

Fist+ (C64, 1988, Firebird) - The third entry in this series of fighting games, a quick cash-in on the success of IK+.

... 3 more soundtracks by Jeroen Tel:

Inve$t (C64, 1990, Starbyte Software) - Business simulation, the ending sounds a little bit like the Dallas theme, which is probably intended.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y76-f82VLA0)

Scout (C64, 1988, Mastertronic) - Pretty crappy shooter with pretty good music.
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTBgPUkzto)

Smash T.V. (C64, 1991, Ocean) - Arcade port with a completely new soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGglXz5K6Zg)

.... and some other random stuff:

Maze Mania (C64, 1989, Hewson) - Cross of Pac-Man and Q*bert. The music is by Matt Gray, and sounds a little bit like his Last Ninja 2 soundtrack.

Helikopter Jagd (C64, 1986, Ocean) - by Martin Galway, covers a theme from the Neverending Story soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFMpm83i8h4)

Blax (C64, 2003, GO64!) - Puzzle game that was unreleased for a more than a decade until it was picked up by a disk magazine. The music is by Stello Doussis and Markus Schneider.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngW06vwEN-g)

Genloc (C64, 1994, Markt & Technik) - Mediocre Hawkeye clone with a few good tunes by Thomas Detert
In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTZSmEcxvuA)

Thunderforce (C64, 1987, Rack-It) - A beat'em up with excellent music by Johannes Bjerregaard. This must have been one of his very first game soundtracks.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apTSyC3yECM)

DeathWish III (C64, 1987, Gremlin Graphics) - Based on the Charles Bronson movie with music by Ben Daglish.
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUMK4X33-0)

Vampire (C64, 1987, Codemasters) - Sequel to the Spectrum game Phantomas. Another David Whittaker soundtrack.

A little C64 update featuring:

... a few more soundtracks by Neil Brennan, pioneer of 'cinematic' 8-bit music

Castle of Terror (C64, 1985, Melbourne House) - Adventure game with one of the first, if not the first, horror soundtracks. Creepy stuff.
Soundtrack Samples (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPitTStuTcw)

The Hobbit (C64, 1985, Melbourne House) - This is also an adventure game, based on Tolkien's book.

Fist+ (C64, 1988, Firebird) - The third entry in this series of fighting games, a quick cash-in on the success of IK+.

... 3 more soundtracks by Jeroen Tel:

Inve$t (C64, 1990, Starbyte Software) - Business simulation, the ending sounds a little bit like the Dallas theme, which is probably intended.
Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y76-f82VLA0)

Scout (C64, 1988, Mastertronic) - Pretty crappy shooter with pretty good music.
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhTBgPUkzto)

Smash T.V. (C64, 1991, Ocean) - Arcade port with a completely new soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGglXz5K6Zg)

.... and some other random stuff:

Maze Mania (C64, 1989, Hewson) - Cross of Pac-Man and Q*bert. The music is by Matt Gray, and sounds a little bit like his Last Ninja 2 soundtrack.

Helikopter Jagd (C64, 1986, Ocean) - by Martin Galway, covers a theme from the Neverending Story soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFMpm83i8h4)

Blax (C64, 2003, GO64!) - Puzzle game that was unreleased for a more than a decade until it was picked up by a disk magazine. The music is by Stello Doussis and Markus Schneider.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngW06vwEN-g)

Genloc (C64, 1994, Markt & Technik) - Mediocre Hawkeye clone with a few good tunes by Thomas Detert
In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTZSmEcxvuA)

Thunderforce (C64, 1987, Rack-It) - A beat'em up with excellent music by Johannes Bjerregaard. This must have been one of his very first game soundtracks.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apTSyC3yECM)

DeathWish III (C64, 1987, Gremlin Graphics) - Based on the Charles Bronson movie with music by Ben Daglish.
Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oUMK4X33-0)

Vampire (C64, 1987, Codemasters) - Sequel to the Spectrum game Phantomas. Another David Whittaker soundtrack.

I didn't know they made a game based off of one of my all time favorite Charles Bronson movies! Well done! :D I have a future request- Power Slave for the PC98. I don't know who composed it, but it's got a good soundtrack.

One final request for this year:

B.Rap Boys (Arcade) - The sequel to DJ Boy with cheesy hip hop music. This was a pain in the ass to make, so I hope someone out there appreciates the bit of effort I put into it!

I know this is over half a year coming, but THANK YOU FOR RIPPING B.RAP BOYS! My hard drive failed the day before your upload and I wasn't able to properly thank you at the time, but this is an incredible rip. Even moreso it's an incredible work of video game music preservation. As always, thank for you all that you do :)

Hi again, nx666. After expanding the MIDI versions of the Fatal Fury X68000 soundtracks with their internal versions, could you rip all versions of the PC-98 game Photo Genic by Kanta Watanabe? I appreciate it.

Some new stuff for the weekend:

Shadows of Cairn (MS-DOS, 1994, Masque Publishing) - Horrible attempt to create a Prince of Persia-style platformer with pretty hilarious voice acting. However, the music is totally awesome. At parts, this sounds like a Fields of the Nephilim album. Unfortunately they couldn't fit all the tracks in CD quality on the disc, so for a few songs I had to include the regular version which was stored in some kind of streamed ADPCM format.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKWQgBuhExw)

Fantasy General (MS-DOS, 1996, Mindscape) - I played a lot of this game back in the day, which is basically Panzer General with a fantasy setting. The soundtrack consists of arrangements of various liturgical songs featuring soprano Marisa Lenhardt. Pretty unique in the world of video game music, and also probably the only time I heard my mom say something complimentary about a game soundtrack :)
Victory Chorus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlH5iOWh1HI)

Dragon Knight III / Knights of Xentar (X68000, 1992, Elf) - One of the few Japanese computer games that had a release in the west. Some great tracks by Manabu Kunieda and Hiroaki Sano.
Field 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvn60s40Rgs), Boss Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP8GsHipb4E)

Animahjong V3 (PC-9801 [OPN], 1993, Sogna) - Some sort of strip mahjong, wrapped into a visual novel. The music is by Kenichi Arakawa.

Animahjong X (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1994, Sogna) - The sequel, also scored by Kenichi Arakawa.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27mREIXA5wA), Staff Roll (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUvrapAcfrE)

Otome Senki (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1996, Alice Soft) - Wizardry-like RPG with a historical theme and the near obligatory nude scenes. Some nicely arranged tracks by Shade.
Insanity -The Name of Justice- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVplV_fYnEA), Karma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Y0ZLLjf5I)

Flink (CD32, 1995, Psygnosis) - Platformer with great pixel-art by Henk Nieborg that was made by ex-Thalion developers. The music by Matthias Steinwachs is the same as in the original Sega CD release.
Story Sequence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blwRLrhyrfU), Stage Theme 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4PfVjezjN4)

Top Gear 2 (CD32, 1994, Gremlin Graphics) - CD audio that is based on the original SNES version with two additional tracks. Patrick Phelan and Neil Biggin are the composers here.
Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prQNwo7W97o), Sydney (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-DUYiZ0Zg)

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I know this is over half a year coming, but THANK YOU FOR RIPPING B.RAP BOYS! My hard drive failed the day before your upload and I wasn't able to properly thank you at the time, but this is an incredible rip. Even moreso it's an incredible work of video game music preservation. As always, thank for you all that you do :)

Thanks, that made me feel warm and fuzzy inside :)

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I didn't know they made a game based off of one of my all time favorite Charles Bronson movies! Well done! :D I have a future request- Power Slave for the PC98. I don't know who composed it, but it's got a good soundtrack.

I think that was composed by Naoto Ishikawa.

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Hi again, nx666. After expanding the MIDI versions of the Fatal Fury X68000 soundtracks with their internal versions, could you rip all versions of the PC-98 game Photo Genic by Kanta Watanabe? I appreciate it.

I don't take any requests right now, but if you pick one of these 6 soundtracks, then I might look into it at some point.

Ah, is Ishikawa any good?

Then, Photo Genic is my pick.

Here are some soundtracks I did for the next podcast. First person to guess what the podcast is about wins a free request!

Diamond Players (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1992, Wolfteam) - Ryota Furuya, Motoi Sakuraba

Hioden (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1992, Wolfteam) - Ryota Furuya, Motoi Sakuraba

Hioden II Dash (PC-9801 [OPNA,MT-32], 1994, Wolfteam) - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Hiroya Hatsushiba, Ryota Furuya

Suzaku (PC-9801 [OPN,MT-32], 1992, Wolfteam) - Ryota Furuya, Motoi Sakuraba

Span of Dream (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1990, Wolfteam) - Yoshinobu Hiraiwa, Motoi Sakuraba

D: European Mirage (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1990, Wolfteam) - Masaaki Uno, Motoi Sakuraba, Yasunori Shiono

Daitoa Mokushiroku: Goh (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1991, Wolfteam) - Motoi Sakuraba

Here are some soundtracks I did for the next podcast. First person to guess what the podcast is about wins a free request!

Diamond Players (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1992, Wolfteam) - Ryota Furuya, Motoi Sakuraba

Hioden (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1992, Wolfteam) - Ryota Furuya, Motoi Sakuraba

Hioden II Dash (PC-9801 [OPNA,MT-32], 1994, Wolfteam) - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Hiroya Hatsushiba, Ryota Furuya

Suzaku (PC-9801 [OPN,MT-32], 1992, Wolfteam) - Ryota Furuya, Motoi Sakuraba

Span of Dream (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1990, Wolfteam) - Yoshinobu Hiraiwa, Motoi Sakuraba

D: European Mirage (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1990, Wolfteam) - Masaaki Uno, Motoi Sakuraba, Yasunori Shiono

Daitoa Mokushiroku: Goh (PC-9801 [MT-32], 1991, Wolfteam) - Motoi Sakuraba

It's all about Wolfteam, Motoi Sakuraba, and the Sgt. Wolf Sound Team!! :D

It's all about Wolfteam, Motoi Sakuraba, and the Sgt. Wolf Sound Team!! :D

Haha, wrong!!! The podcast might indeed feature a few Wolfteam tracks, but that's not the theme. Here are some more 'hints':

Raiden (MS-DOS [CD Audio, MT-32], 1994, Acer)

Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, Gremlin Graphics) - Barry Leitch

ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, MicroProse) - David Whittaker

Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the Girls (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1990, Legend Entertainment) - Arfing Dog (I hope that's not his real name)

Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1991, Legend Entertainment) - Arfing Dog

Spellcasting 301: Spring Break (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, Legend Entertainment) - Arfing Dog, Michael Lindner

Eric the Unready (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1993, Legend Entertainment) - Glen Dahlgren, Arfing Dog

Gemini Wing (X68000 [MT-32], 1990, System Sacom) - Manabu Saito, Mikio Saito

Haha, wrong!!! The podcast might indeed feature a few Wolfteam tracks, but that's not the theme. Here are some more 'hints':

Raiden (MS-DOS [CD Audio, MT-32], 1994, Acer)

Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, Gremlin Graphics) - Barry Leitch

ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, MicroProse) - David Whittaker

Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the Girls (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1990, Legend Entertainment) - Arfing Dog (I hope that's not his real name)

Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1991, Legend Entertainment) - Arfing Dog

Spellcasting 301: Spring Break (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1992, Legend Entertainment) - Arfing Dog, Michael Lindner

Eric the Unready (MS-DOS [MT-32], 1993, Legend Entertainment) - Glen Dahlgren, Arfing Dog

Gemini Wing (X68000 [MT-32], 1990, System Sacom) - Manabu Saito, Mikio Saito

It's about the Roland MT-32 synthesizer module!!

Thank you for all the Wolfteam recordings! Are the MT-32 ones also from a real unit (if so, which) or are they done with Munt (which is excellent nowadays)?

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Episode #012: Linear Arithmetic

A little excursion into the wonderful world of Roland's LA synth modules.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/o4g5tnA8p8c) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!eUxz3QoS!O0Dy88r2krjw4-9hJYGaxfiwVMQP6ZfRUXK31X_MhQc).

Tracklist

01 "Introduction" - Monkey Island 2 (1991, MS-DOS) by Michael Land, Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell
02 "Hot Wind" - Overtake (1992, X68000) by Hideyuki Shimono, Naoyuki Kimura
03 "ChiChi Bar Theme 2" - Code Name: Iceman (1989, MS-DOS) by Mark Seibert
04 "K-RAP Rock" - Leisure Suit Larry 5 (1991, MS-DOS) by Craig Safan, Chris Braymen
05 "Spice Opera" - Dune (1992, MS-DOS) by St�phane Picq
06 "Stage 1" - Gemini Wing (1990, X68000) by Manabu Saito, Mikio Saito
07 "Pulsating Pectorals" - Leisure Suit Larry III (1989, MS-DOS) by Mike Dana
08 "0EC_MI01" - Span of Dream (1990, PC-9801) by Yoshinobu Hiraiwa, Motoi Sakuraba
09 "Season Winner" - Team Suzuki (1991, MS-DOS) by Barry Leitch, Ian Howe
10 "Stage 5" - Phalanx (1991, X68000) by Kenichi Kamio
11 "At the Sign of the Drunken Druid" - Simon the Sorcerer (1993, MS-DOS) by Mark McLeod
12 "Opening Title" - Ski or Die (1990, MS-DOS) by Rob Hubbard
13 "Opening Demo" - Hioden II Dash (1994, PC-9801) by Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura, Hiroya Hatsushiba, Ryota Furuya
14 "Orpheus Hanley (The Speeder)" - Police Quest 3 (1991, MS-DOS) by Jan Hammer
15 "Gift From the Wind" - Detana!! Twinbee (1991, X68000) by Michiru Yamame, Hidenori Maezawa, Masae Nakashima
16 "Necrotaur Battle" - Quest for Glory IV (1993, MS-DOS) by Aubrey Hodges
17 "054_MI12" - D: European Mirage (1990, PC-9801) by Masaaki Uno, Motoi Sakuraba, Yasunori Shiono
18 "Baz Speed" - Speedball 2 (1991, MS-DOS) by Bitmap Brothers
19 "Oasis" - King's Quest V (1990, MS-DOS) by Mark Seibert, Ken Allen


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It's about the Roland MT-32 synthesizer module!!

That's close enough :) Let me know what you want!

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Thank you for all the Wolfteam recordings! Are the MT-32 ones also from a real unit (if so, which) or are they done with Munt (which is excellent nowadays)?

These soundtracks were recorded with Munt and a Blue Ridge rom. I currently only have an LAPC-I, but that's stuck in an old (semi-broken) DOS PC, and to get it working with Hoot or any PC-98 emulator would be a major pain in the ass. Like you said, MT-32 emulation is pretty good these days.

Awesome!! I didn't know how many you specified request-wise, but I'm going to request just two, if it's alright with you.

- F1 Grand Prix Star 2 (Arcade; I didn't know there was a sequel to F1 Grand Prix Star until I was browsing on YouTube, lol. The music sounds much better than the original, instrumental-wise, IMO.)
- Last Striker (Arcade; developed by East Technology, known for Gigandes and Double Dragon III (published by Technos), and published by Taito. The sound driver used for this game sounds almost similar to the one used for Gigandes.)

Those are my requests to you, nx666. If any of those two aren't rippable, let me know and I'll come up with a replacement.

Some requests...

Last Striker (Arcade, 1989, East Technology)

F1 Grand Prix Star II (Arcade, 1993, Jaleco)

Photo Genic (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1997, Sunsoft)

Screamer Rally (MS-DOS [CD Audio], 1997, Virgin Interactive)

I have some requests- 3 from Glodia that use SC88, but also use FM as well. Many of their soundtracks sound better with the MIDI input.

Bible Master II: The Chaos of Aglia
Ragnar0kkr
Etemible: Tenjou Mukyuu

How about a few more Tim Follin soundtracks?

Body Slam (C64, 1988, Firebird) - The title track is an original Follin piece, the rest of the soundtrack is very loosely based on Sega's arcade game.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/TAzCAlmGDA8?t=11)

Sky Shark / Flying Shark (C64, 1988, Taito) - There are two ports of Flying Shark for the C64, this is the later US version. The music covers Tatsuya Uemura's arcade music, and there are two original Follin tracks as well.
Title Screen "Forgive Your All" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbod0GrFPhs)

Magic Johnson's Basketball (C64, 1989, Virgin Mastertronic) - Pretty crappy basketball game from what I remember. This was also ported to the NES at some point, although that version has a different soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-TfCSxYKP0)

Scumball (C64, 1988, Mastertronic) - Exploration/platform game, ported from the Spectrum.
In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YX_mW_lc5U)



Yami no Ketsuzoku (X68000, 1990, System Sacom) - Adventure game with music by Manabu Saito.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N23TXXE91ds), Farewell to Rin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyugu8zi67Q)

FX Fighter Turbo (Windows, 1996, Windows) - 3D fighting game developed by Argonaut. Electronic dance music by Justin Scharvona.
Kwondo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXd2lHxYosk)

Thanks for your efforts, nx666. If you need any more requests, I think you might can rip all Tatsumi arcades predating Cycle Warriors.

If three, go with these:

TX-1 (This debut work of theirs was the first multi-screen panoramic arcade. There are even different routes in it.)
Buggy Boy (Perhaps Tatsumi's peak at arcade popularity.)
Lock-On (Tatsumi's most advanced arcade game?)

But if I had to pick one, try Lock-On.

How about a few more Tim Follin soundtracks?

Body Slam (C64, 1988, Firebird) - The title track is an original Follin piece, the rest of the soundtrack is very loosely based on Sega's arcade game.
Title Screen (https://youtu.be/TAzCAlmGDA8?t=11)

Sky Shark / Flying Shark (C64, 1988, Taito) - There are two ports of Flying Shark for the C64, this is the later US version. The music covers Tatsuya Uemura's arcade music, and there are two original Follin tracks as well.
Title Screen "Forgive Your All" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbod0GrFPhs)

Magic Johnson's Basketball (C64, 1989, Virgin Mastertronic) - Pretty crappy basketball game from what I remember. This was also ported to the NES at some point, although that version has a different soundtrack.
Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-TfCSxYKP0)

Scumball (C64, 1988, Mastertronic) - Exploration/platform game, ported from the Spectrum.
In-Game BGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YX_mW_lc5U)



Yami no Ketsuzoku (X68000, 1990, System Sacom) - Adventure game with music by Manabu Saito.
Opening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N23TXXE91ds), Farewell to Rin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyugu8zi67Q)

FX Fighter Turbo (Windows, 1996, Windows) - 3D fighting game developed by Argonaut. Electronic dance music by Justin Scharvona.
Kwondo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXd2lHxYosk)

Thanks for Yami no Ketsuzoku.

WEEKEND UPDATE TIME!!!

Batman Forever (MS-DOS, 1996, Acclaim) - This is basically a CD audio version of the SNES/Genesis soundtrack. The original compositions were by the Follin Bros, but I don't know if they did the arrangements for the DOS port as well.

Future Dimensions (MS-DOS, 1995, Lifetimes) - A shmup created by the demo group Crew242 with some pretty good tracker music by Mathias Ruch (Silent Mode)

FX Fighter (MS-DOS, 1995, GTE Interactive) - The original game in this 'series', like the sequel this was composed by Justin Scharvona. Most of the themes featured here were later rearranged for the Turbo soundtrack.

Touhou Fuumaroku ~ The Story of Eastern Wonderland (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1997, Amusement Makers) - This is the OPNA music, you can get the OPN version of the soundtrack as well as Touhou Kaikidan from ruiner's thread.

Touhou Yumejikuu ~ Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1997, Amusement Makers) - Part 3 in this series, all of these games were scored by Junya Ota

Touhou Gensoukyou ~ Lotus Land Story (PC-9801 [OPNA], 1988, Amusement Makers)

Turbo Charge (C64, 1991, System 3) - Outrun with guns. Notable for the 5-channel title track.

Super Shooting Towns (FM Towns, 1991, Amorphous) - Shmup that came with a level editor. The music is pretty unconventional, you'd never think this was composed for a shooter.

Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force (FM Towns, 1994, Family Soft) - CD audio version of the original X68000 soundtrack

FX Fighter (MS-DOS, 1995, GTE Interactive) - The original game in this 'series', like the sequel this was composed by Justin Scharvona. Most of the themes featured here were later rearranged for the Turbo soundtrack.


You are the god. Thanks again!

Are the Touhou game soundtracks that you uploaded any good?

Are the Touhou game soundtracks that you uploaded any good?

Is that a trick question? Of course they are :)

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AudioPanicRoom - Episode #013: Undercover

A sack full of covers, some more silly than others. First person to laugh at this gets punched in the face.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4XzNOEWH4) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!7FxVhKzB!N6JvCK16VJYCjtVwI_x7XRV6uU8JoxsR2ugA57kFUWQ).

Tracklist

01 "Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13)" - Xenon 2: Megablast (1989, Amiga) by David Whittaker
02 "Chipski" - Demo (199x, MOD) by Christopher Bell (Technix)
03 "Cosmic surfin'" - Demo (1997, PC-9801) by liquid air
04 "Title Screen" - Turrican (1990, Commodore 64) by Ramiro Vaca
05 "Larry, Be Bad!" - Leisure Suit Larry 6 (1993, MS-DOS) by Dan Kehler
06 "Stage 1 Mid-Boss" - Ane-San (1995, PC Engine CD) by Koji Hayama
07 "Stages 2 and 9" - Katakis (1988, Commodore 64) by Chris H�lsbeck
08 "Please, Help Me!" - Sexy Parodius (1996, Arcade) by Mayuko Kageshita, Naomitsu Ariyama
09 "Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group" - Demo (1997, PC-9801) by OWTAM
10 "Egypt" - Bombo (1986, Commodore 64) by Ben Daglish
11 "Nirvana Remix" - Demo (1993, MOD) by Yannis Brown
12 "Team USSR (Stage 8)" - Super Dodge Ball (1988, NES) by Kazuo Sawa
13 "Title Screen" - Logan (1990, Commodore 64) by Stefan Hartwig
14 "Theme from Dorifudaibakusho" - Demo (1992, X68000) by HiMr
15 "Dallas" - Demo (1992, MOD) by Strobo
16 "流星機ガクセイバー" - Demo (1997, PC-9801) by Oka-p.
17 "Main Theme" - One Man And His Droid (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard

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AudioPanicRoom - Episode #013: Undercover

A sack full of covers, some more silly than others. First person to laugh at this gets punched in the face.

You can watch the video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4XzNOEWH4) or download the mp3 version here (https://mega.nz/#!7FxVhKzB!N6JvCK16VJYCjtVwI_x7XRV6uU8JoxsR2ugA57kFUWQ).

Tracklist

01 "Megablast (Hip Hop on Precinct 13)" - Xenon 2: Megablast (1989, Amiga) by David Whittaker
02 "Chipski" - Demo (199x, MOD) by Christopher Bell (Technix)
03 "Cosmic surfin'" - Demo (1997, PC-9801) by liquid air
04 "Title Screen" - Turrican (1990, Commodore 64) by Ramiro Vaca
05 "Larry, Be Bad!" - Leisure Suit Larry 6 (1993, MS-DOS) by Dan Kehler
06 "Stage 1 Mid-Boss" - Ane-San (1995, PC Engine CD) by Koji Hayama
07 "Stages 2 and 9" - Katakis (1988, Commodore 64) by Chris H�lsbeck
08 "Please, Help Me!" - Sexy Parodius (1996, Arcade) by Mayuko Kageshita, Naomitsu Ariyama
09 "Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group" - Demo (1997, PC-9801) by OWTAM
10 "Egypt" - Bombo (1986, Commodore 64) by Ben Daglish
11 "Nirvana Remix" - Demo (1993, MOD) by Yannis Brown
12 "Team USSR (Stage 8)" - Super Dodge Ball (1988, NES) by Kazuo Sawa
13 "Title Screen" - Logan (1990, Commodore 64) by Stefan Hartwig
14 "Theme from Dorifudaibakusho" - Demo (1992, X68000) by HiMr
15 "Dallas" - Demo (1992, MOD) by Strobo
16 "流星機ガクセイバー" - Demo (1997, PC-9801) by Oka-p.
17 "Main Theme" - One Man And His Droid (1985, Commodore 64) by Rob Hubbard


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In that case. I will download them! :D

Hey there. Got any soundtracks you recommend from Takeaki Watanabe to upload in the future?

Hey there. Got any soundtracks you recommend from Takeaki Watanabe to upload in the future?

You can get Black Bird from the OP, which is very good. I think Star Trap has a few tracks that were composed by him. The one I'm definitely going to post at some point is Mahou Shoujo Fancy Coco, can't say no to a Umemoto/Watanabe collaboration. I don't know much else about him, to be honest, other than the fact that he is sometimes credited as NAVA.

I already got Black Bird and that is what made me want to see if he had any more. Well, here's hoping for Star Trap and Fancy Coco.

Some new stuff, including a few of the suggestions:

Don't Call Me Amy! / Amy to Yobanaide / Amy's Fantasies (PC-9821 [OPNA], 1995, C's Ware) - The original OPN soundtrack for this game was composed by Kazuhiro Kanae. The music here is from the later PC-9821 release featuring OPNA arrangements by Ryu Umemoto.

Ragnar0kkr (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1994, Glodia) - Pretty good orchestral MIDI arrangements by Ikki Nakamura

Jetstrike (CD32, 1994, Rasputin) - A 2D sidescroller similar to Wings of Fury. However, the real stars of the show are the vocal tracks with hilarious lyrics about flying planes and dropping bombs.
Fast Jet Fever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHgLIGqi-Q)

Buggy Boy (Arcade, 1985, Tatsumi) - Just a few short jingles, most of them I could tag from memory having played a ton of the C64 version as a kid.

Lock-On: Tatsumi Air Force (Arcade, 1986, Tatsumi)

And a few updated C64 soundtracks: Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back, Armageddon Man, Cataball, Commando, The Great Giana Sisters, Hysteria, The Last Ninja, Pi.R Squared, Zig Zag: Go For Gold

Thanks a lot, nx666. ^_^ GJ!

Some new stuff, including a few of the suggestions:

Don't Call Me Amy! / Amy to Yobanaide / Amy's Fantasies (PC-9821 [OPNA], 1995, C's Ware) - The original OPN soundtrack for this game was composed by Kazuhiro Kanae. The music here is from the later PC-9821 release featuring OPNA arrangements by Ryu Umemoto.

Ragnar0kkr (PC-9801 [SC-88], 1994, Glodia) - Pretty good orchestral MIDI arrangements by Ikki Nakamura

Jetstrike (CD32, 1994, Rasputin) - A 2D sidescroller similar to Wings of Fury. However, the real stars of the show are the vocal tracks with hilarious lyrics about flying planes and dropping bombs.
Fast Jet Fever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioHgLIGqi-Q)

Buggy Boy (Arcade, 1985, Tatsumi) - Just a few short jingles, most of them I could tag from memory having played a ton of the C64 version as a kid.

Lock-On: Tatsumi Air Force (Arcade, 1986, Tatsumi)

And a few updated C64 soundtracks: Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back, Armageddon Man, Cataball, Commando, The Great Giana Sisters, Hysteria, The Last Ninja, Pi.R Squared, Zig Zag: Go For Gold

Thanks for Ragnar0kkr. Don't Call Me Amy! was also a good soundtrack too, since it came from talented FM composers.

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I have a good request- I think Ryu Umemoto did this one- Dies Irae for the PC98.

Are you sure the requests are suspended? If not, and if you need more requests, try these:

Mag Max (Nichibutsu, Arcade)
Sector Zone / Seicross (Nichibutsu, Arcade)
Frisky Tom (Nichibutsu, Arcade)

Just supporting the Nichibutsu fans.

Are you sure the requests are suspended? If not, and if you need more requests, try these:

Mag Max (Nichibutsu, Arcade)
Sector Zone / Seicross (Nichibutsu, Arcade)
Frisky Tom (Nichibutsu, Arcade)

Just supporting the Nichibutsu fans.

Yes, requests are still suspended, I simply don't have the time to support them on an ongoing basis right now. My own backlog has also grown pretty big, so if I find a spare minute then it is usually spent on that.

Maybe anybody else wants to learn how to do these rips? Stuff like Hoot is hardly rocket science and just requires some time and patience. I would gladly assist anybody who needs help with this and I could also share some of the scripts I use that automate a significant chunk of the process.

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I have a good request- I think Ryu Umemoto did this one- Dies Irae for the PC98.

Agreed, that is a pretty good soundtrack. But I think the music for that game was composed by Toyo Kusanagi, at least that's how the original sound files are tagged.

Yes, requests are still suspended, I simply don't have the time to support them on an ongoing basis right now. My own backlog has also grown pretty big, so if I find a spare minute then it is usually spent on that.

Maybe anybody else wants to learn how to do these rips? Stuff like Hoot is hardly rocket science and just requires some time and patience. I would gladly assist anybody who needs help with this and I could also share some of the scripts I use that automate a significant chunk of the process.

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Agreed, that is a pretty good soundtrack. But I think the music for that game was composed by Toyo Kusanagi, at least that's how the original sound files are tagged.

Ah, I see. Toyo Kusanagi and his compositions at Family Soft were great. I would like to try ripping music off of Hoot, but it seems too complicated, since you have to log each track using .WAV one by one, then convert all the tracks to MP3.