[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E17: “20th Century Floppies”

Today’s Broadcast is C2E17 for Theme Thursday, April 11th 2024. Today’s broadcast is a focus on pre-turn of the century music from computer systems (as opposed to consoles) - on a program we’re calling “20th Century Floppies”.   Tracklist   Track Number / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Selected by   01) Bootup Sequence - N/A (System Music) - FM Towns Marty - Unknown - St. John a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 b) Music - 00:00:02 c) Intro - 00:01:35 d) Opening Track Discussion - 00:02:30 e) Top of Show Business - 00:06:04 02) Meadow's Edge 2 - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Hulsbeck - Hugues a) Music - 00:18:30 b) Discussion - 00:21:16 03) Traveller's Tales (Stage 4-2) - Knight Arms - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka - St. John a) Music - 00:25:34 b) Discussion - 00:28:03 04) Title - Jaguar XJ220 - Amiga - Martin Iveson - Hugues a) Music - 00:32:47 b) Discussion - 00:35:32 05) Music #3 - LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin - St. John a) Music - 00:40:07 b) Discussion - 00:42:41 06) High Score - Hawkeye - C64 - Jeroen Tel - Hugues a) Music - 00:51:47 b) Discussion - 00:53:51 07) Zanzibar Breeze - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - MSX (SCC) - Konami Kukeiha Club - St. John a) Music - 00:56:05 b) Discussion - 00:59:05 08) Britannic Lands - Ultima V - Atari ST - c: Kenneth W. Arnold / a: Wally Beben - Hugues a) Music - 01:02:49 b) Discussion - 01:05:28 09) The Demon's from Adrian's Pen - DOOM - PC (OPL3) - Bobby Prince - St. John a) Music - 01:09:57 b) Discussion - 01:12:39 10) Wondering About my Loved Ones - Wolfenstein 3D - PC DOS - Robert Prince - Hugues a) Music - 01:17:12 b) Discussion - 01:19:40 11) Swirls - Marathon - Mac (MIDI) - Alex Seropian - St. John a) Music - 01:22:11 b) Discussion - 01:24:54 12) Crystal Garden - King's Quest V - PC DOS - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert - Hugues a) Music - 01:27:59 b) Discussion - 01:30:53 13) Jazz 3 - Sim Copter - PC - Jerry Martin - St. John a) Music - 01:34:07 b) Discussion - 01:39:25 c) End of Show Business - 01:45:36 d) A sorta kinda semi-announcement [unofficial] - 01:48:55 d) Closing Track Discussion - 01:54:19 e) Sign Off - 01:55:14 14) Angel Dust - Star Trader - PC88 - Mieko Ishikawa - Hugues a) Music - 01:55:25 b) Outtakes - 01:58:12 c) BONUS: [SLOW] Traveller's Tales - 02:01:28 d) BONUS: [SLOW] Jazz 3 - 02:04:54   Total Episode Runtime: 02:12:14   Hugues’ blog can be found here:    https://huguesjohnson.com/   You can find Nerd Noise Radio on Facebook and on Twitter each @NerdNoiseRadio. There are also two Facebook Groups: Nerd Noise Radio “Easy Mode” where we just have general video game and nerd fun, or for the gearheads among you, Nerd Noise Radio “Expert Mode” where we deep dive sound hardware, composer info, and music theory.    You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).   Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.   Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month on Ch 1 for C1E84: TwoFer Tuesday - vol. 9, and sometime next month for C1E85 - FaceOff Friday - vol. 6. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds - and wherever you are….Fly the N!