Episode 27: The Sunsoft 5B & Mr. Gimmick!
Retro Game Audio
English - April 09, 2018 02:49 - 1 hour - 186 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsVideo Games Leisure videogames gaming vgm bgm chiptune chiptunes chipmusic bit 8bit nes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Patrick and Steve discuss the Sunsoft 5B famicom sound expansion and the sound design of Mr. Gimmick. This episode includes some previously-unknown information about Gimmick!, and also a complete listen-through of the soundtrack sampled from original hardware.
Show notes:
0:00:43 - introduction & general gameplay discussion
0:13:49 - the 5B sound expansion
0:26:07 - the gimmick ps1 soundtrack
0:28:10 - imatrackman's "buzzer" cover
0:32:24 - the history of Gimmick! and Masashi Kageyama
0:38:09 - the PAL soundtrack (Mr. Gimmick!)
0:42:26 - the cancelled US port
0:44:19 - soundtrack listen-through and analysis
1:28:07 - sunsoft bass
1:38:27 - the origin of strange memories of death
1:42:36 - "so what's up?" / comments
1:50:43 - name that game
1:53:06 - song of the "week"