Episode 19 - Castmas is Coming

September 9 is a special day: Castmas! The day each year where we celebrate the Dreamcast, Sega’s swan song console. To prepare for this holiday, I’m devoting a whole episode to this groundbreaking system.  Special thanks for this episode goes out to:  Every Dreamcast fan who keeps the spirit of Castmas in their hearts all year long, no matter what day it is. May Sega Claus bless you this Castmas.  Jameson of BARSilence podcast for contributing art for this episode. You can and should find BARSilence podcast wherever you download podcasts, and you can find him on Twitter @BARSilenceVGM. Rayjkayj for being the voice of Crazy Taxi. He’s the host of VGMporium, another VGM podcast that you can find wherever podcasts are available, and you can find him on Twitter @VGMporium or @rayjkayj. Darryl Loyd, Quentin George, Josh Grisham, and Torrey Reynolds for all of their requests from Facebook. Fellow VGM podcaster Hammock of KVGM The Last Wave. You can find him on Twitter at @KVGMRadio. Check out the smooth sounds of KVGM The Last Wave on all your podcatchers. Thanks to BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.  If you want to reach me, you can email me at [email protected]. You can find me on Twitter at @ShujinVGMClub, and on Instagram at ShujinAcademyVGMClub. Episodes of the show are posted on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6CIUs81aap58U1EuaaFdA. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:06 - Dreamcast Startup Tone Chapter 1: Sega’s First Party Games 00:15 - Intro Talk Segment & Sonic Discussion 03:14 - Sonic Adventure - Open Your Heart (Main Theme) 08:23 - Sonic Adventure 2 - Escape From The City  10:43 - Jet Set Radio Introduction 11:53 - Jet Set Radio - Let Mom Sleep 14:44 - Jet Set Radio - Everybody Jump Around 18:54 - Phantasy Star Online Introduction 19:32 - Phantasy Star Online - After the Story 1 21:54 - Phantasy Star Online - Empty Space Out of Control PART2 23:24 - Shenmue Introduction 24:59 - Shenmue - Main Theme 28:54 - Shenmue - Tomato Convenience Store Chapter 2: Arcade-Perfect Fighting Game Ports 30:57 - Intro Talk Segment and Soulcalibur Discussion  32:40 - Soulcalibur - Unblessed Soul (Ivy’s Theme) 35:14 - Capcom vs SNK Introduction 36:46 - Capcom vs SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 - “Stage of Capcom - Keep My Fire” 39:50 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 Introduction 41:53 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Player Select (aka Take You For A Ride) 42:22 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Cave Stage Chapter 3: Things Get Weird 44:02 - Intro Talk Segment and Space Channel 5 Discussion 45:52 - Space Channel 5 - Spaceport: Introducing Ulala! 49:14 - Rez Introduction 50:11 - Rez - Buggie Running Beeps 01 56:01 - The Typing of the Dead Introduction 57:09 - The Typing of the Dead - Item Selection 58:40 - Seaman Introduction  59:33 - Seaman - Main Theme from Seaman Chapter 4: Other Stuff 1:03:46 - Intro Talk Segment and NFL2K Discussion 1:05:13 - NFL2K - Menu Music 1:08:46 - Metropolis Street Racer Introduction 1:09:23 - Metropolis Street Racer - Am I Only Dreaming? 1:13:00 - Ikaruga Introduction 1:14:18 - Ikaruga - “Chapter 04 - Reality” 1:19:00 - Outro Talk Segment 1:20:46 - Sega Bass Fishing 2 - Shop   I mentioned the “beautiful cinnamon roll too good for this world” meme in the show’s introduction, and you can find the original article in The Onion at https://www.theonion.com/beautiful-cinnamon-roll-too-good-for-this-world-too-pu-1819576048. (And for the record, my favorite “cinnamon roll” character in fiction is probably Haru from Persona 5. I actually dated her in one of my P5 playthroughs because I couldn’t bear to reject her and break her heart.) While I was talking about Jet Set Radio, I mentioned the extra tracks added to the game for the international version. Here are some links to a couple of them: Scapegoat Wax: Aisle 10 (Hello Allison) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BP7knlQjaw  Guitar Vader: Super Brothers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yz9FOI1YFc   Here’s the promised playthrough of Capcom vs SNK, so you can see how dynamic the game looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjUhKtrcs84