[Ch2] Nerd Noise Game Club: C2R4 - “The Best of Season 4” (our 2nd-to-last episode!)

Today’s broadcast is C2R4 for Wayback Wednesday, December 11th, 2024. Today’s Episode, our 2nd-to-last Ch 2 episode ever (or at least, 2nd-to-last one we PLAN to ever do) is our annual retrospective of the previous year of Channel 2 - in this case, of our Season 4. Today’s broadcast, therefore, is “C2R4 - The Best of Season 4” containing our customary two passes through history (by host), and bookended by wildcards!   -----   Opening Wildcards:   Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally from Episode / Originally Selected by / Selected by for this episode   A01) Bonus Room - Wolverine - NES - Geoff Follin - C2E19 - St. John - St. John Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:04 Introduction - 00:01:59 Top of Show Business - 00:04:15 Opening Track Discussion - 00:08:18   A02) Music 3 - LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin - C2E17 - St. John - Hugues Music - 00:10:39 Discussion - 00:13:12   -----   First Pass Through History - “St. John tracks” (tracks brought to original episode by St. John)   Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s)   01) C2E16 - “Songs with Words” - VGM with vocals   B01) Hugues’ Pick: Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Music) and David R. Leytze (Lyrics) / Vocals: Takenoby Mitsuyoshi Music - 00:21:43 Discussion - 00:26:28   B02) St. John’s Pick: Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic / Vocals: Kate Brady Music - 00:33:22 Discussion - 00:37:43   02) C2E17 - “20th Century Floppies” - pre-2000 music from computer system games   B03) Hugues’ Pick: Zanzibar Breeze - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - MSX (SCC) Konami Kukeiha Club Music - 00:43:56 Discussion - 00:46:55   B04) St. John’s Pick: Jazz 3 - Sim Copter - PC - Jerry Martin Music - 00:51:30 Discussion - 00:56:45   03) C2E18 - “It Never Happened” - music from unreleased games   B05) Hugues’ Pick: Level 2 Music (50Hz) - Time Trax - Genesis (unreleased) - Tim Follin Music - 00:59:32 Discussion - 01:02:12   B06) St. John’s Pick: Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 (unreleased) - Daniel Capo Music - 01:05:45 Discussion - 01:07:07   04) C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors” - mystery theme(s)   B07) Hugues’ Pick: Martinis for Two - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo Music - 01:09:01 Discussion - 01:15:36   B08) St. John’s Pick: I Can’t Believe You - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN) Music - 01:20:45 Discussion - 01:23:23   05) C2E20 - “...all good things…” - ending and credits and post-game music for our final [regular] episode   B09) Hugues’ Pick: Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao Music - 01:28:53 Discussion - 01:31:10   B10) St. John’s Pick: Triforce Chamber - LoZ: A Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo Music - 01:35:00 Discussion - 01:36:27   -----   Second Pass Through History - “Hugues tracks” (tracks brought to original episode by Hugues)   Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s)   01) C2E16 - “Songs with Words” - VGM with vocals   C01) St. John’s Pick: Everything’s Alright - To the Moon - Multiplatform - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara / Vocal: Laura Shigihara Music - 01:42:40 Discussion - 01:46:13   C02) Hugues’ Pick: A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy - PS2 - Asuka Sakai / Vocals: Ado Mizumori Music - 01:48:45 Discussion - 01:53:20   02) C2E17 - “20th Century Floppies” - pre-2000 music from computer system games   C03) St. John’s Pick: Crystal Garden - King’s Quest V - PC - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert Music - 01:56:09 Discussion - 01:57:39   C04) Hugues’ Pick: Meadow’s Edge 2 - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Hulsbeck Music - 02:01:47 Discussion - 02:04:27   03) C2E18 - “It Never Happened” - music from unreleased games   C05) St. John’s Pick: Tatsumarii Village - Earthbound 64 - N64 (unreleased) - Shogo Sakai Music - 02:06:20 Discussion - 02:08:33   C06) Hugues’ Pick: Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis (unreleased) - Matt Furniss Music - 02:12:31 Discussion - 02:14:49   04) C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors” - mystery theme(s)   C07) St. John’s Pick: Title Screen - Wario’s Woods - NES - Shinobu Amayake and/or Soyo Oka Music - 02:16:13 Discussion - 02:18:09   C08) Hugues’ Pick: Bridge Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Master System - Yuzo Koshiro Music - 02:23:08 Discussion - 02:24:57   05) C2E20 - “...all good things…” - ending and credits and post-game music for our final [regular] episode   C09) St. John’s Pick: Good End - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima Music - 02:29:22 Discussion - 02:31:46   C10) Hugues’ Pick: Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - PS4 / Switch - Takahiro Unisuga Music - 02:34:32 Discussion - 02:39:46   -----   Closing Wildcards:   Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally from Episode / Originally Selected by / Selected by for this episode   D01) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - C2E20 - St. John - St. John Music - 02:43:19 Discussion 1 - 02:45:47 End of Show Business 1 - 02:46:13 Discussion 2 - 02:48:46 End of Show Business 2 - 02:53:08 Closing Track Discussion - 02:54:41 Wrap-up - 02:57:57 Sign-off - 02:58:16   D02) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - C2E20 - Hugues - Hugues Music - 02:58:18 Outtakes - 03:02:07 BONUS: The last few seconds of the Katamari Damacy track both forwards and backwards - 03:09:32   -----   Total Episode Runtime: 03:09:45   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 (or perhaps very early next month) for the C2F: “Finally our Final Finale” - the very last broadcast from Channel 2, and also C1R7: “The Best of 2024”, our look back on the past year in the style of a Channel 1. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as one last hoorah for Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club…and wherever you are….Fly the N!   Cheers!