Episode 035: Dungeons & Dragons

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You find yourself sitting at a well-worn table in a tavern called "The Meddlesome Metroid." The drinks are weak, and the serving staff hasn't a full set of teeth between them. It's your kind of place.

You stare into your mug of yellow water and ponder your next adventure. A pixelated figure approaches and taps you on the shoulder. "Fancy a podcast?" he asks...

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As I mentioned, I made use of several articles, some of which are listed below:

• http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/students/wargames/page1a.htm
• http://www.dungeoncrawlers.org
• http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/538/538262p1.html
• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8193/chainmail

And the wonderful Matt Colville and his YouTube channel here.


And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Pool of Radiance - Diogene Cave - NES / FC - David Warhol
2 - Curse of the Azure Bonds - Dungeon 3 - PC-98 - Takeshi Yasuda (?)
3 - Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun - Azcan Wander - Genesis / MD - Paul Mudra, Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara
4 - Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun - Lavapit Combat - Genesis / MD - Paul Mudra, Frank Klepacki, Dwight Okahara
5 - Eye of the Beholder - Dungeon 8 - Sega CD - Yuzo Koshiro & Motohiro Kawashima
6 - Eye of the Beholder - Track 6 - PC-98 - Yuzo Koshiro
7 - Eye of the Beholder - Danger Lurks Ahead - SNES - Tatsuya Nishimura
8 - Pool of Radiance - Intro - Amiga - Wally Beben

Episode 034: Podcast Writers Strike

Welcome to The Diad Presents!

cough cough,
fizz fizz,
oh what a relief it is!
A podcast!

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Dinosaur - Exciting Shop - FM-Towns - Mieko Ishikawa and/or Masaaki Kawai
2 - Mission: Impossible - “Syrinx Temple” - NES / FC - Jun Funahashi & Yoshiyuki Hagiwara
3 - Mission: Impossible - “Switzerland 02” - NES / FC - Jun Funahashi & Yoshiyuki Hagiwara
4 - Papo & Yo - A Strange New World - PC - Brian D'Oliveira
5 - Wolfchild - Wolfship - Genesis / MD - Martin Iveson
6 - Seima Juuden: Beasts & Blades - Amusement Park - SNES / SFC - Tsukasa Masuko & Abusan
7 - A Prehistoric Tale - Main Theme - Amiga - Jochen Hippel

Mixtape 002: Werewolf Bar Mitzvah

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I am still not recovered, so I had to convert this episode into a mixtape. A little more info at the top of the show. Hopefully back to normal next week...

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Alisia Dragoon - Evil Priest - Genesis / MD - Mecano Associates (Fumihito Kasatani, Nobuyuki Aoshima, Mamoru Ishimoda, Yoko Sonoda & Mariko Sato)
2 - Waterworld - Attack 1 - SNES - Dean Evans
3 - Grounseed (OPNA) - Maze of Spirits - PC-9801 - Ryu Takami & Ryu Umemoto
4 - Secret of Mana - Ceremony - SNES - Hiroki Kikuta
5 - Diablo - Tristam - PC - Matt Uelmen
6 - Nosferatu - Creature of the Night - SNES - Masanao Akahori
7 - Addams Family Values - Blizzard - SNES - Keith Tinman
8 - Gone Home - See You Soon - PC - Chris Remo
9 - Portal 2 - FrankenTurrets - PC - Mike Morasky

Mixtape 001: Vacation

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Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away

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And the track list below:


# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Wurm - Act 4 : Ziggy - NES - Unknown
2 - Pop'n Music GB - Monde Des Songe - GBC - (Sound Design): Takeshi Iwakiri, Sōtarō Tojima, Kōzō Nakamura, Tomoaki Hirono & Hajime Takai
3 - Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan - Episode 2 BGM 1 - Arcade - Unknown
4 - R-TYPE LEO - Ending - Arcade - Aiai & Hiroshi Kimura
5 - Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - Frantic Aerobics - PC - Mitch Murder
6 - The Ninja Warriors - Skyscraper - SNES - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki & N. Tate
7 - Captain Tsubasa 3: Koutei no Chousen - Pre-Match 1 - SNES - Shake Keijin
8 - Dune Spice Opera - Dune Theme - MS-DOS - Stéphane Picq & Philippe Ulrich
9 - Spindizzy II - Oily Way - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka

10 - The Unfinished Swan - The Unfinished Swan - PS3 - Joel Corelitz

Episode 022: Virtual Boy

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(see below for updates. Apologies if this screws up the feed!)

This week we explore the forgotten corners of Nintendo's history. The Virtual Boy may have been a financial flop, but it is musically rich!

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***UPDATE***

In the original post for this episode, I neglected to include the links to the two websites I discuss on the show. Here they are:

Benj Edwards Virtual Boy article

Planet Virtual Boy

And the track list below:


# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Galactic Pinball - Moon Man Fandango - Virtual Boy - Kenji Yamamoto & Masaru Tajima
2 - Golf - Menu - Virtual Boy - Ken Kojima
3 - Jack Bros. - Temple of Nightmare - Virtual Boy - Hiroyuki Yanada
4 - Panic Bomber - Desert of Desolation (World 3) - Virtual Boy - Shinichi Sakamoto & Jun Chikuma
5 - Waterworld - In-Game BGM - Virtual Boy - Jonathan Dunn
6 - Virtual League Baseball - Menu - Virtual Boy - Mari Komatsu
7 - Mario's Tennis - Singles 1 - Virtual Boy - Hitoshi Fukushima, & Morihito Iwamoto

8 - Telroboxer - Staff Roll - Virtual Boy - Katsuya Yamano

Episode 021: Neo Retro Games

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This week we are going back in time all the way to the future. It's a 10-track-stravaganza!

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Here is the link to the YouTube video I referenced on the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvx4xXhZMrU

And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage) - PC - virt
2 - La-Mulana - Curse of Iron Pipe / Spring Sky - PC - Houryu Samejima
3 - Retro City Rampage - Half Steppin’ - PC - Freaky DNA
4 - Retro City Rampage - Battaglia Dietro La Cascata B - PC - Norrin Radd
5 - Retro City Rampage - Not Nate - PC - virt
6 - Spark the Electric Jester - Smog City Sewers - PC - Michael Staple
7 - Alwa’s Awakening - Forsaken Valley - PC - Robert Kreese
8 - Alwa’s Awakening - Vicar (Boss) - PC - Prof. Sakamoto
9 - Pixel Noir - Bare Knuckle Bruisin’ - PC - Kunal Majmudar
10 - Timespinner - "Desolate Lake (“Timespinner early tracks - Desolate Lake”)" - PC - Jeff Ball

Episode 020: Just Guy Things

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Frederic Motte's bandcamp link to the soundtrack is: https://elmobo.bandcamp.com/album/fury-of-the-furries-ost-dos-adlib

And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Final Fight 2 - Fret Street Beat-Beat - SNES - Yasuaki Fujita (Bun Bun), Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Satomura, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Kadota & Tatsuya Nishimura
2 - Summer Carnival '93 - "Nexzr special music - Stage 3" - PC Engine CD-Rom² - Yasushi Wada, Tatsuya Watanabe, Katsuya Yoneda
3 - Fury Of The Furries - The Mountain 2 - MS-DOS (AdLib) - "Frederic ""Elmobo"" Motte, fka Moby"
4 - Shinra Banshou - The Universe (Opening) - PC-88 - Nobuhito Koise
5 - World Class Baseball - Edit Mode - TurboGrafx-16 - Unknown
6 - Duel Succession - Someday, Surely - PC-98 - Masaki Sasaki

Episode 019: Vikings!

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Sorry for the delayed post this week. I was traveling and Alan was not in the studio for the holiday weekend. As I said on twitter, sorry I ruined your morning commute!

This week is all* about vikings!

*and anything else I can tie to vikings.

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Here is the trailer I mention:



And here is one of my own personal pictures - mobile phone quality!

And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Prophecy I: The Viking child - The Village / Level 1 - Amiga - Barry Leitch
2 - Erik the Viking - New Dawn (Erik the Viking’s Theme) - NES / FC - Neil Baldwin
3 - Lost Vikings - Factory Beat - SNES / SFC - Charles Deenen
4 - Lost Vikings 2 - Dark Ages - SNES / SFC - Glenn Stafford
5 - Myth: History in the Making / Conan: The Mysteries of Time - Title Theme - C64 - Jeroen Tel
6 - Spike in Transylvania - intro number 35 - Amiga - WOTW (“Warrior of the Wind”) / Supplex (Group)
7 - Heimdall - Track 4 - Sega CD - Martin Iveson
8 - Viking Squad - Cathedral - Playstation 4 - A Shell in the Pit

Episode 018: Begin the Beguine

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This week we go old school. Actually, we kinda do. Like 1930's old school. Check it out!

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Also, the Uproxx article on terrible Superman games I referenced during the episode can be found: here


And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - "Coronado - Ship Battle" - NES - Tim Follin
1B -  - Begin the Beguine -  - Artie Shaw
2 - Magical Tetris Challenge - Minnie Battle - N64 - Masato Kouda
3 - Star Cruiser - Sirius System - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka
4 - Superman - Stage 2 - Genesis / MD - Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Ueda & Hiroshi Tsukamoto
5 - "Xak - The Art of Visual Stage" - Battle Field - MSX2 - Tadahiro Nitta and Ryuji Sasai
6 - Desire - Reflector (YM-2608,1995ver) - PC-98 - Ryu Umemoto

Episode 017: Sweet 16B

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This week, if you don't buy me a second super expensive convertible, I'm going to throw another huge tantrum. Also, I want a second giant party and you have to invite Ashley H. and Ashley P. I'm even more super serious about this. Totes.

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Cyber Police ESWAT - BGM 1 - Arcade - Yasuhiro Kawakami
2 - Ryu Kyu - Round 11-20 - Arcade - Nasu Kazumi
3 - Excite League - Japan Series - Arcade - Possibly Yasuhiro Kawakami
4 - Heavyweight Champ - Level Select - Arcade - Katsuhiro Hayashi
5 - Altered Beast - Name Entry - Arcade - Tohru Nakabayashi
6 - "Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair" - Flower Garden - Arcade - Shinichi Sakamoto
7 - Tough Turf - Stage 8 (Final Battle) - Arcade - Shinichi Seya

Episode 015: Come Correct

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I'm playing catch-up, and making headway. I had the extra time to correct myself this week, and even got some work done on the next episode.

Everything is coming up Milhouse!


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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Metal Max - Battle Theme - FC - Satoshi Kadokura
2 - Thunder Dragon 2 - Fly to Live I - Arcade - Manabu Namiki
3 - Pinky Ponky - In the Elevator of the Department Store... - X68000 - Ohshima
4 - Mega Man 5 - Stone Man - NES/FC - Mari Yamaguchi
5 - Mega Man 5 - Wave Man - NES/FC - Mari Yamaguchi
6 - Zanac X Zanac - Snowfield Story - Playstation - Masatomo Miyamoto, Katsumi Tanaka (remix)

Episode 014: Ignorance is Bliss

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No real preamble this week, let's just get right to it.

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes - Boss Theme - Mega Drive - Mieko Ishikawa & Masaaki Kawai (Falcom Sound Team JDK)
2 - Rune Worth: Kokui no Kikoushi - Zanoba Fortress - PC-88 - Kazunori Hasegama & Shigeru Tomita
3 - Energy Breaker - Wind that Whips the Wildernes - SNES - Yukio Nakajima
4 - Lam-Mal / Ranmaru - Track 7 (R_7) - X68000 - BAKI and/or Ryu Takami, Arranged by Akiragumi (Akira Sato, BAKI, Ryu Takami)
5 - Wild Guns - Last Roundup / Final Fight (Part One) - SNES - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki & Haruo Ohashi
6 - Megablast - Round 1 - Arcade - Yasuhisa Watanabe

Episode 013: Go Down Gambling

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First, a correction. Between the time I recorded the episode and posted the finished mp3 file, I discovered that I had misstated the composer information for Casino Kid II. Originally, I read that the soundtrack was composed by Toshio Murai, but the actual end game credits list the composers only as “EIM Ltd.”

"EIM" stands for "Entertainment Imagination and Magnificence," and after some further research, it seems that the likely composers are actually Kenji Eno and Michiya Hirasawa. I'm still not certain, but I feel more comfortable listing them instead of Murai.

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Casino Kid II - Track 7 - NES/FC - Kenji Eno, Michiya Hirasawa (?)
2 - Casino Kid II - Track 8 - NES/FC - Kenji Eno, Michiya Hirasawa (?)
3 - Vegas Stakes (GB) - Track 6 (The 2020) - Game Boy - Manami Matsumae
4 - Vegas Stakes (SNES) - The 2020 - SNES/SFC - Kimitaka Matsumae
5 - Vegas Stakes (SNES) - Golden Paradise - SNES/SFC - Kimitaka Matsumae
6 - Poker Face Paul - Monte Carlo - Game Gear - Mark Cooksey
7 - Caesars Palace - Title - Genesis/MD - Tommy Tallrico & Steve Henefin
8 - Parlor! Mini: Pachinko Jikki Simulation Game - Story 1 - SNES - Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura

Episode 012: Triple Threat Match

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We are crammin' in the music this week. Might as well start now!

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As for the links mentioned during the show:

The OSW Review website: http://oswreview.com/

The Jackie Chan mini-doc:




And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - "Kirby 64 - The Crystal Shards" - Shiver Star - N64 - Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
2 - "Kirby 64 - The Crystal Shards" - Music 002 - N64 - Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
3 - Muscle Bomber (The Body Explosion) / Saturday Night Slam Masters - Sydney - Arcade - Masaki Izutani, Toshio Kajino
4 - Tenryu Genichiro no Pro Wrestling Revolution / HammerLock Wrestling - "Theme of ""Ace Wakata”" - SNES/SFC - Unknown
5 - Natsume Championship Wrestling - Players Select - SNES/SFC - Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki
6 - City Hunter - Escape from Hell - PC-Engine - Unknown
7 - Dragon Warrior III - Heavenly Flight / Ramia’s Flight - NES/FC - Koichi Sugiyama
8 - Final Fantasy VII - Crazy Motorcycle Chase - Playstation - Nobuo Uematsu

Episode 011: Lineal Equations

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Apologies for the shorter-than-average show this week, to find out why, check out the show.

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Street Jam - BGM 5 - Arcade - Yasuyuki Suzuki
2 - Street Jam - BGM 1 - Arcade - Yasuyuki Suzuki
3 - Takeda Shingen - BGM 7 - TurboGrafx-16 - Unknown
4 - Xenon - Title Theme - PC-98 - Ryu Umemoto
5 - Solar Invasion - Title Theme - ZX Spectrum - Tim Follin
6 - Phelios - Staff Roll - Genesis - Yoshinori Kawamoto

Episode 010: Puppy Dog Tails

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This week I give myself a report card. A little self-evaluation never hurt anyone.

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And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Magical Drop III - KI-MA-GU-RE (The Moon) - Neo Geo - Per official soundtrack release: MARO (Hiroaki Yoshida), Koremasa (Masaaki Iwasaki), Misutake (Tatsuya Kiuchi), SIN
2 - Life Force / Salamander - Starfield - NES/FC - Atsushi Fujio (NES) Hidenori Maezawa Miki Higashino (AC) Satoe Terashima Shinya Sakamoto
3 - Jinmon Yuugi - JIN_01V - PC-98 - MUSE (composing unit)
4 - McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure - Magical Moon (Part 2) - Genesis/MD - Aki Hata and/or Katsuhiko Suzuki
5 - Panorama Cotton - Tea Time - Genesis/MD - Kenichi Hirata
6 - Turrican II: The Final Fight - Intro - Amiga - Chris Hülsbeck

Episode 009: Block the Wind, I’m Gonna Roast This Bone

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Here is the famous Dendy elephant:

Here is the link to the YouTube video I referenced on the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvx4xXhZMrU

And the track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Tower of Heaven (天国の塔) - Indignant Divinity - Flash - Flashygoodness
2 - Klik & Play - COND3 - PC - Mel Croucher
3 - The Sword of Lxsor - Wayward Energy - Sharp X68000 - Karuchan
4 - Earthworm Jim 2 (Super Game) - Anything but Tangerines - Dendy - Victor Chen, Ren Youngming
5 - Solvalou - Reminiscences (Character's Data section) - LaserDisc - Hiroyuki Kawada

Episode 008: Living in the Fridge

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Here are the novel covers I mentioned on the show:

And here is the eBay listing for the fridge full of games:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Refrigerator-full-of-Super-Nintendo-Jurassic-Park-games-/191586916547?nma=true&si=oge7ekCBR%252FrwiuYCMW5xxkDlRiY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


Track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - The Hybrid Front - Scarab of Glory No. 1 - Genesis / Mega Drive - Naofumi Hataya, Junko Shiratsu, Sachio Ogawa
2 - Jurassic Park - Triceratops Trot - SNES - Jonathan Dunn
3 - Genocide 2: Master of the Dark Communion - Forestal Foreteller - FM Towns - Hideyuki Shimono and/or Naoyuki Kimura
4 - Miami Chase - "Menu Theme (Dolby Headphone Version - Kuokka77)" - Amiga - Jimmy Fredriksson and Allister Brimble
5 - Youkai Douchuuki - Onigashima - TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine - Hiroyuki Kawada (Arcade) / Unknown (TG16)

Episode 007: Word is Bond

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This week, prepare to banter with Ms. Moneypenny.

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Track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - GoldenEye 007 - Main Theme - N64 - Graeme Norgate Grant Kirkhope Robin Beanland
 - GoldenEye 007 - Q Watch v2.01 Beta - N64 - Graeme Norgate Grant Kirkhope Robin Beanland
2 - Operation Stealth - BGM 10 - Amiga - Jean Baudlot
3 - The Spy Who Loved Me - Main Theme - Amiga - Matt Furniss
4 - James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod - Main Theme / Codename: RoboCod - SNES - Richard Joseph
5 - Live and Let Die - Main Theme - Atari ST - Mark Cooksey
6 - James Bond: The Duel - Caveman Rock - Genesis/Mega Drive - Matt Furniss

Episode 006: Identity Crisis

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This week, will the real Mogensen please stand up?

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Track list below:

# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Dark Lord (ダークロード) - Village of Evil God - NES/FC - Shogo Sakai, Takafumi Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama and Seiji Momo
2 - Super Aleste - Rock Downfall - SNES/SFC - "Keiji Takeuchi, Akiyoshi ""Einosuke"" Nagao and Katsumi Tanaka"
3 - Puzzled - Music Theme IV - Game Boy Color - Thomas Mogensen
4 - Pilot Wings 64 - Results - N64 - Dan Hess
5 - Snatcher - Pleasure of Tension - Sega CD - Konami Kukeiha Club