[Ch 2] “Nerd Noise Game Club” - C2R2: “The Best of Season 2”
Nerd Noise Radio
English - December 14, 2022 06:00 - 2 hours - 378 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsMusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today’s broadcast is C2R2 for Wayback Wednesday, December 14th, 2022. Today’s focus is a look back on Season 2 (calendar 2022)! And maybe we also lose ourselves in a little bit of Mastodon talk towards the end of the episode! ;-)
“Selected by Legend” (use this for reference in the tracklist)
JJ - selected in both the original episode as well as today’s episode by St. John
HH - selected in both the original episode as well as today’s episode by Hugues
HJ - selected in the original episode by Hugues, but selected for today by St. John
JH - selected in the original episode by St. John, but selected for today by Hugues
Tracklist: Track - Game - System - Composer - Selected by (see legend)
Opening Wildcard
C2E7 - “All Night Super Kawaii Dance Party” - Focus on cutesy, dancy music - orig released 04/28/2022
01) Nice Day - Spindizzy II - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanaka and/or Tetsuya Nakano - JJ
Earcatcher - 00:00:00
Music - 00:00:05
Introduction: 00:03:43
Top of the Show Business: 00:04:39
NOTE: Be sure to see the “We Interrupt our program” at the end of the episode!
How this episode is gonna work [non-standard episode]: 00:11:41
PART 1: “Best of St. John” (our first pass through history - tracks selected in the original episodes by St. John)
C2E6 - “Fast Music for Slow Times” - Focus on hard and heavy and heavy-adjacent music for the dead of winter - orig released 02/03/2022
Link to original [full] episode (Spotify Users ONLY):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HXUb8F2hFbIa4IFz0Ngt9?si=615eb104eaf64352
Link to original [full] episode (Non-Spotify Users - works for everybody):
Link to Music-Only SUPER BONUS (Archive):
https://archive.org/details/c-2-e-6-music-only
Theme Decision: Collaborative (Hugues with final vote).
Episode title chosen by: St. John
02) Quad Machine - Quake II - PC - Sonic Mayhem - JH
Music - 00:14:09
Discussion - 00:17:52
03) Run Through the Speed Highway - Sonic Adventure - Dreamcast - Jun Senoue, Kenichi Tokoi, and/or Fumie Kumatani - JJ
Music - 00:22:10
Discussion - 00:24:07
C2E7 - “All Night Super Kawaii Dance Party” - Focus on cutesy, dancy music - orig released 04/28/2022
Link to original [full] episode (Spotify Users ONLY):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3m7eT455ixzkYBgCDWfFiL?si=d1f368f3bc98404d
Link to original [full] episode (Non-Spotify Users - works for everybody):
Link to Music-Only SUPER BONUS (Archive):
https://archive.org/details/c-2-e-7-music-only
Theme Decision: St. John.
Episode title chosen by: Hugues
04) Lovely City - Lovely Planet - Multiplatform - Calem Bowen - JH
Music - 00:27:37
Discussion - 00:30:19
05) Crystal Breeze Springs - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - JJ
Music - 00:31:48
Discussion - 00:34:03
C2E8 - “Our Four Favorites” - Focus on our “Mt. Rushmore” of VGM composers (our contribution to the greater “Masters of VGM” series - www.mastersofvgm.com) - orig released 06/30/2022
Link to original [full] episode (Spotify Users ONLY):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/11dEaC6IMIrVuoYpats4nH?si=e29ca375dd2243ec
Link to original [full] episode (Non-Spotify Users - works for everybody):
Link to Music-Only SUPER BONUS (Archive):
https://archive.org/details/c-2-e-8-music-only-candidate-1
Theme Decision: Collaborative (Hugues with final vote).
Episode title chosen by: Hugues
06) The Red Woods - Puggsy - Genesis - Matt Furniss - JH
Music - 00:37:59
Discussion - 00:41:05
07) Undiscovered Realm - Actraiser Renaissance -Multiplatform - Yuzo Koshiro - JJ
Music - 00:42:47
Discussion - 00:45:14
C2E9 - “Just Deserts” - Focus on Desert Biome Music for the dog days of summer - orig released 08/25/2022
Link to original [full] episode (Spotify Users ONLY):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0yfkhlsOxd7XXTmfqO3PpM?si=e3c567d1f35640b7
Link to original [full] episode (Non-Spotify Users - works for everybody):
Link to Music-Only SUPER BONUS (Archive):
https://archive.org/details/super-bonus-c-2-e-9-music-only
Theme Decision: St. John
Episode title chosen by: St. John
08) Soaring - Tetris - CD-i - Jim Andron - JH
Music - 00:51:13
Discussion - 00:55:57
09) The Burning Sands - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamausu - JJ
Music - 01:00:45
Disucssion - 01:02:45
C2E10 - “Sega CD 30” - Focus on the music of the Sega CD / Mega CD for the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the system’s North American launch - orig released 10/20/2022
Link to original [full] episode (Spotify Users ONLY):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WaLXTxglHBdnRvcO64EMP?si=00e39ec155064e55
Link to original [full] episode (Non-Spotify Users - works for everybody):
Link to Music-Only SUPER BONUS (Archive):
https://archive.org/details/super-bonus-c-2-e-10-music-only
Theme Decision: Collaborative (Hugues with final vote)
Episode title chosen by: Collaborative (Hugues with final vote)
10) Jamie’s Theme - Snatcher - Sega CD - Konami Kukeiha Club - JH
Music - 01:03:58
Discussion - 01:05:44
11) West Side Andore Cage Fight - Final Fight CD - Sega CD - c: Harumi Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Junko Tamiya, Manami Matsumae, Yasuaki Fujita, Yoko Shimomura, and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi / a: T's Music - JJ
Music - 01:10:33
Discussion - 01:13:53
PART 2: “Best of Hugues” (our second pass through history - tracks selected in the original episodes by Hugues)
C2E6 - “Fast Music for Slow Times” - Focus on hard and heavy and heavy-adjacent music for the dead of winter - orig released 02/03/2022
12) Conflict - Crisis Core FFVII - PSP - Takeharu Ishimoto - HJ
Music - 01:17:43
Discussion - 01:20:07
13) The Cage - Shadowrun - SNES - Marshall Parker - HH
Music - 01:23:27
Discussion - 01:25:43
C2E7 - “All Night Super Kawaii Dance Party” - Focus on cutesy, dancy music - orig released 04/28/2022
14) After School - Persona 3 Portable - PSP - Shoji Meguro - HJ
Music - 01:28:32
Discussion - 01:30:46
15) Kimi wa HoeHoe Musume - Idol Hakkenden - Famicom - Kiyohiro Sada, Tomoh Misato - HH
Music - 01:32:51
Discussion - 01:35:58
C2E8 - “Our Four Favorites” - Focus on our “Mt. Rushmore” of VGM composers (our contribution to the greater “Masters of VGM” series - www.mastersofvgm.com) - orig released 06/30/2022
16) Daiba Freezing Town - 7th Dragon 2020 - PSP - Yuzo Koshiro - HJ
Music - 01:40:26
Discussion - 01:43:50
17) Blue Destination - Sen no Kiseki II - Multiplatform - Hayato Sonoda and/or Takahiro Unisuga - HH
Music - 01:46:27
Discussion - 01:51:14
C2E9 - “Just Deserts” - Focus on Desert Biome Music for the dog days of summer - orig released 08/25/2022
18) Atlantis of the Sands - Uncharted 3 - PS3 - Greg Edmonson, Azam Ali, JD Mayer, and/or Clint Bajakian - HJ
Music - 01:54:46
Discussion - 01:57:20
19) Gerudo Desert - LoZ: Twilight Princess - GameCube/Wii - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Hayazaki, and or Koji Kondo - HH
Music - 02:00:23
Discussion - 02:03:50
C2E10 - “Sega CD 30” - Focus on the music of the Sega CD / Mega CD for the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the system’s North American launch - orig released 10/20/2022
20) Ice Berg - Popful Mail - Sega CD - c: Mieko Ishikawa / a: Hirofumi Matsuoka - HJ
Music - 02:06:54
Discussion - 02:09:19
21) Melee Island -The Secret of Monkey Island - Sega CD - Michael Z. Land, Barney Jones, Andy Newell, and/or Patric Mundy - HH
Music - 02:19:56
Discussion - 02:21:09
Our other shows - 02:28:19
Melee Island Discussion - 02:33:14
Sign-off: 02:34:45
Closing Wildcard
C2E8 - “Our Four Favorites” - Focus on our “Mt. Rushmore” of VGM composers (our contribution to the greater “Masters of VGM” series - www.mastersofvgm.com) - orig released 06/30/2022
22) Shop Theme - Jaguar XJ220 - Sega CD - Martin Iveson - JH
Music - 02:35:17
Outtakes - 02:37:39
“We Interrupt our program” [Special Announcement] - 02:42:59
Total Episode Runtime: 02:45:07
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680
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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month (date TBD) for C1E70: “The Best of 2022 - St. John’s Picks” (possibly a “part A” with a “Hugues Picks” pt. B coming later in the month). Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds. And wherever you are - Fly the N!