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Mar 24, 2025 1 hr 6 min

Astyanax – PA197

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Today, we're looking back at Astyanax, an action platformer released for arcade and NES in 1989 and a game we both grew up playing. Sometimes referred to as "The Lord of King" or "The Astyanax", the original arcade game was developed by Aicom and published by Jaleco, with the NES version developed and published by Jaleco. Both versions share some similarities, like fighting hordes of mythological creatures, but the key difference for our show is they feature completely different soundtracks. We'll be focusing on the NES soundtrack written by Toshiko Tasaki with an occasional detour to the arcade original composed by Kiyoshi Yokoyama. Composed by: NES: Toshiko Tasaki Arcade: Kiyoshi Yokoyama Tracklist 0:00:00 - Opening Story (NES) 0:00:21 - Title (NES) 0:6:08 - Introduction / Round 5 Cutscene (NES) 0:9:22 - Round 1 - Remlia Castle (NES) 0:18:53 - Stage 1 - In the Forest (Arcade) 0:23:03 - Boss Intro + Boss Theme (NES) 0:25:32 - Round 2 - Redroad Forest (NES) 0:31:49 - Round 2 Cutscene (NES) 0:35:47 - Round 3 Cutscene (NES) 0:36:36 - Round 4 - Marshy Swamp (NES) 0:45:19 - Round 4 Cutscene (NES) 0:46:20 - Round 5 - Telugamn Bridge (NES) 0:48:51 - Round 5 Cutscene (NES) 0:50:11 - Round 1 Cutscene / Round 6 / Last Boss (NES) 0:53:49 - Stage 3 - On the Lake (Arcade) 0:58:38 - Ending (Arcade) 1:02:39 - (Bedding) Name Entry (Arcade) 1:04:27 - Ending Story + The End (NES)

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