[Ch 1] ”Noise from the Hearts of Nerds” - “C1R6a: The Best of 2023 – part 1 : St. John’s Picks”
JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC TIMESTAMP: 00:08:52 Today’s broadcast is C1R6a for Wayback Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024. Today’s episode is our first of two Channel 1 retrospectives of Calendar 2023. Taking a page from Channel 2's retrospective scheme, today's episode is numbered "C1R6a" (Channel 1 – Retrospective 6a), and will be titled, simply, "The Best of 2023 – pt. 1: St John's picks". Be on the lookout for a second retrospective from Hugues! Tracklist! Track Number / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally From [Episode] / Originally Selected By / Timestamp A1) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 A2) Intro - 00:00:30 01) Inside the Wall - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:08:52 02) Space Walk - Lightening Force - Genesis - Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida, and/or Naosuke Arai - C1E71 - St. John - 00:12:05 03) Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Stsumaru - C1E77 - St. John - 00:15:02 04) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors - Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro - C1E76 - St. John - 00:19:05 05) Swampy’s Course 1 - Where’s my Water - iOS / Android - Unknown - C1E76 - St. John - 00:21:41 06) Velocity Regression - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:23:51 07) Woody Land 1 & 2 - Mr. Nutz - Genesis - Matt Furniss - C2E15 - St. John - 00:26:12 08) Trouble Town Tunnels - Lovely Planet Remix - PC - Satsuma Audio - C1E76 - St. John - 00:30:10 09) Busy Flare - Ristar - Genesis - Tomoko Sasaki - C1E71 - St. John - 00:32:18 10) JaHamitUp - N/A (Original Chiptune - N/A (Genesis[sound hardware]) - C1E73 - rayjkayj - 00:34:55 11) Suitcase - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:35:57 12) Industrious - Jazz Jackrabbit - Amiga - Robert A. Allen and/or Joshua Jensen - C2E15 - St. John - 00:38:03 13) Coach’s Menu - NCAA Basketball - SNES - H. Kingsley Thurber, Paul Webb, and/or Mark Ganus - C1E71 - St. John - 00:41:52 14) Tengu Man - Rockman and Forte - Super Famicom - Kirikiri-chan, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Akari Kaida - C1E71 - St. John - 00:43:38 15) Write Theme 2 - Drawful 2 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - C1E76 - St. John - 00:45:19 16) Main Menu - Pebble Beach Golf Links - 3DO - Yumi Kinoshita - C1E72 - St. John - 00:48:23 17) Secret of the Forest - N/A (originally from Chrono Trigger) - N/A (originally on SNES) - c: Yasunori Mitsuda / a: Guido (The Brink of Time: Chrono Trigger Arranged) - C1E80 - Hugues - 00:51:00 18) Airport Counter - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch - Kazumi Totaka, Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayako Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi - C2E14 - St. John - 00:56:57 19) Uwazumosurikae - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:59:48 20) Alone in the Town - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka - C2E12 - St. John - 01:02:27 21) Bando alle Seghe - N/A (originally from Human Race) - N/A (originally on C64) - c: Rob Hubbard / a: DHS (OC Remix) - C1E80 - Hugues - 01:04:40 22) Aqua Cavern - Andarnov - Unreleased (or Unknown) - rayjkayj - Ch F: Composer mini-focus: rayjkayj - rayjkayj - 01:10:09 23) Valor - N/A (“Time and Place” Album) - N/A (Non-VGM [ALBUM]) - Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - Ch F: “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - 01:12:14 24) Jurassic Dope - Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi - C1E78 - St. John - 01:15:38 25) Firestarter (Instrumental) WipEout XL - PS1 - The Prodigy - C1E77 - St. John - 01:18:42 26) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - C1E72 - St. John - 01:23:20 27) Zen Stories - Zenses Ocean - DS - Martin Schjoler - C1E76 - St. John - 01:27:39 28) Dragon Head Island - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch - Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa