[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1E74: Yar’s Revenge OST [Atari 2600]”

Today’s broadcast is C1E74 for Soundtrack Saturday, April 1st, 2023. Today’s soundtrack is Yar's Revenge, on the Atari 2600 – composed by Howard Scott Warshaw 

 

A1) Intro – 00: 

01) Fly on the Wall (title screen) - 00:03:12 

02) They Started It! (Intro story sequence 1) - 00:04:03 

03) Lord of the Flies (Intro story sequence 2) - 00:05:05 

04) Options Menu – 00:06:44 

05) Strike Aggressively (stage 1) - 00:07:15 

06) Watch my Flyswatter Hurt You (boss) - 00:08:00 

07) Look out for my big hammer (stage 2) - 00:08:23 

08) My Mistress don't take no kikimetane – 00:08:55 

09) Agree to disagree – 00:09:13 

10) Down with the Magistrate! - 00:09:15 

11) That's Intergalactic Dancing! - 00:10:00 

12) Shop Theme – 00:10:35 

13) Mega Cannons - FIRE!! [aka, "Get Equipped with Item 2"] - 00:10:59 

14) The Spinny Wheel of Doom – 00:11:40 

15) The Satellite of Doom – 00:12:01 

16) The big comfy couch...of Doom – 00:12:41 

17) We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty – 00:13:13 

18) 英語は話せません - 00:13:55 

19) Intermission – 00:14:02 

20) Time bonus – 00:14:03 

21) The Mutara Nebula – 00:14:48 

22) Hey! That's my sandwich, you creep! [ Japanese vocal vers] - 00:16:03 

23) Decisive Battle – 00:16:28 

24) Venus Fly Trap (Mars stage) - 00:16:58 

25) Jilted Lovers – 00:17:20 

26) Mt. Manure (Bonus Stage) – 00:17:40 

27) The massacre at Candyland – 00:18:05 

28) Bouncy Jazz [Death Metal Remix] – 00:18:12 

29) Track 29 – 00:18:20 

30) Abobo (final boss) - 00:18:57 

31) Grandma – I guess she'll die (bad ending) - 00:19:22 

32) Across the universe (good ending) - 00:19:82 

33) Fly like a fly [Japanese vocal vers] (end credits) - 00:20:17 

34) Fly in Amber (high scores) - 00:20:23 

35) Unceremonious Death (game over) - 00:21:51 

B1) Outro – 00:26:28 

 

Music Block Runtime: 00:23:17  Total Episode Runtime: 00:32:07 

 

Our Intro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. Our Outro Music is Malo Mart from LoZ: Twilight Princess on the GameCube and Wii, composed by Toru Minegishi and  

 

 

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