[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1R8: The Best of 2025”
Today’s broadcast is C1R8 for Wayback Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. Today’s episode will be our "best of year-in-review" for calendar 2025, covering C1E91-C1E100 and a number of important Ch F "F-isodes". As Season 8 (calender 2025) was the final regular season of Ch 1, that also makes this our final "best of year-in-review" episode. Tracklist Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally Selected By / Originally from Episode(s) / Timestamp A1) Intro - 00:00:00 01) Earth - Lords of Magic - PC - Keith Zizza - St. John - C1E96 - 00:04:34 02) Balom Dungeon - LoZ: Echoes of Wisdom - Switch - Masato Ohashi, Manaka Kataoka, Chisaki Hosaka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, Ryotaro Yagi, and/or Azusa Kato - St. John - C1E93 - 00:08:41 03) Ending - Spider-Man / X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge - SNES - Tim and/or Geoff Follin - St. John - C1E100 - 00:11:45 04) PerfecT Shape - to a T - Multiplatform - c: Sakai Asuka and/or Keita Takahashi / v: Sam Bird - St. John - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:13:03 05) Fascination Io Stage - Zero Divide - PS1/PC - Hideyuki Shimono, and/or Akihito Okawa - Electric Boogaloo - C1E99 - 00:14:34 06) Bonus - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:17:39 07) Eccentric Detective - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 00:19:28 08) Rap Loop 15 [from Mad Verse City] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Andy Poland - St. John - C1E94 - 00:22:16 09) Endscreen - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - St. John - C1E91 - 00:23:10 10) Gettin’ Freaky - Friday Night Funkin (aka Music Battle) - iOS / Android - Kawai Sprite - St. John - Ch. F (“One for Wyatt”) - 00:25:53 11) Menu - Fast Fusion - Switch 2 - Bjulin and/or Francisco Cerda - St. John - C1E98 - 00:28:33 12) Shame (aka “The Shameful Last Minute”) - Edge - Multiplatform - Romain Gauthier - St. John - C1E96 - 00:31:59 13) O.M.I.S.E. - Super Hydlide - Genesis - Shigeru Tomita - St. John - C1E91 - 00:35:01 14) Main Theme - Mr. Run and Jump - Multiplatform - Fat Bard and/or Andrew P. Masson - St. John - C1E96 - 00:36:49 15) Zebra Bananza - Donkey Kong Bananza - Switch 2 - Daisuke Matsuoka, Reika Nakai, Yuri Goto, and/or Tsukasa Usui - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:38:50 16) Horizons Unbound - Sea of Stars - Multiplatform - Eric W. Brown - Jeshua Lack - C1E99 - 00:40:56 17) Ending - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - St. John - C1E100 - 00:44:05 18) Promoted Attack - Shining Force II - Genesis - Motoaki Takenouchi - St. John - C1E95 - 00:47:39 19) Level 1 [from Velgress] - UFO 50 - Multiplatform - Eirik Suhrke - Trey Johnson - Ch. F (“Channel Trey”) - 00:48:50 20) Aqueduct - Lagrange Point - Famicom (VRC7) - Akio Dobashi, Noriyuki Takahashi, Aki Hata, Makoto Kawamoto, Kenji Nakamura, and/or Tadashi Sawashita - St. John - C1E98 - 00:50:40 21) Norrin Swamp [B-Side] - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Multiplatform - Button Masher (aka Jake Silverman) - St. John - C1E92 - 00:52:47 22) Fire Temple Phase 2 - LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, Tsukasa Usui, Maasa Miyoshi, and/or Masato Ohashi - St. John - C1E98 - 00:54:51 23) Whimsical Waypoint - Two Dots - iOS / Android - Upright T-Rex - St. John - C1E98 - 00:58:16 24) Hollow - Lucid 9 - PC - Ultra Kitsune - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:00:21 25) Lobby [from Split the Room] - Jackbox Party Pack 5 - Multiplatform - Brian Chard - St. John - C1E94 - 01:03:56 26) Maridia (Drifting Sands) - Super Metroid - SNES - Kenji Yamamoto and/or Minako Hamano - St. John - C1E97 - 01:06:40 27) Electrifying Tension - Lucid 9 - PC - Breezee - St. John - Ch. F (“Lucid 9 Soundtrack”) - 01:10:35 28) Attacking Vah Rudania - LoZ: Breath of the Wild - Switch / Switch 2 - Hajime Wakai, Manaka Kataoka, and/or Yasuaki Iwata - St. John - C1E98 - 01:13:22 29) Non-Linear Reliance - Blue Reflection: Second Light - Multiplatform - Hayato Asano - St. John