[Ch2] Nerd Noise Game Club: C2R4 - “The Best of Season 4” (our 2nd-to-last episode!)
Today’s broadcast is C2R4 for Wayback Wednesday, December 11th, 2024. Today’s Episode, our 2nd-to-last Ch 2 episode ever (or at least, 2nd-to-last one we PLAN to ever do) is our annual retrospective of the previous year of Channel 2 - in this case, of our Season 4. Today’s broadcast, therefore, is “C2R4 - The Best of Season 4” containing our customary two passes through history (by host), and bookended by wildcards! ----- Opening Wildcards: Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally from Episode / Originally Selected by / Selected by for this episode A01) Bonus Room - Wolverine - NES - Geoff Follin - C2E19 - St. John - St. John Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:04 Introduction - 00:01:59 Top of Show Business - 00:04:15 Opening Track Discussion - 00:08:18 A02) Music 3 - LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin - C2E17 - St. John - Hugues Music - 00:10:39 Discussion - 00:13:12 ----- First Pass Through History - “St. John tracks” (tracks brought to original episode by St. John) Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) 01) C2E16 - “Songs with Words” - VGM with vocals B01) Hugues’ Pick: Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Music) and David R. Leytze (Lyrics) / Vocals: Takenoby Mitsuyoshi Music - 00:21:43 Discussion - 00:26:28 B02) St. John’s Pick: Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic / Vocals: Kate Brady Music - 00:33:22 Discussion - 00:37:43 02) C2E17 - “20th Century Floppies” - pre-2000 music from computer system games B03) Hugues’ Pick: Zanzibar Breeze - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - MSX (SCC) Konami Kukeiha Club Music - 00:43:56 Discussion - 00:46:55 B04) St. John’s Pick: Jazz 3 - Sim Copter - PC - Jerry Martin Music - 00:51:30 Discussion - 00:56:45 03) C2E18 - “It Never Happened” - music from unreleased games B05) Hugues’ Pick: Level 2 Music (50Hz) - Time Trax - Genesis (unreleased) - Tim Follin Music - 00:59:32 Discussion - 01:02:12 B06) St. John’s Pick: Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 (unreleased) - Daniel Capo Music - 01:05:45 Discussion - 01:07:07 04) C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors” - mystery theme(s) B07) Hugues’ Pick: Martinis for Two - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo Music - 01:09:01 Discussion - 01:15:36 B08) St. John’s Pick: I Can’t Believe You - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN) Music - 01:20:45 Discussion - 01:23:23 05) C2E20 - “...all good things…” - ending and credits and post-game music for our final [regular] episode B09) Hugues’ Pick: Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao Music - 01:28:53 Discussion - 01:31:10 B10) St. John’s Pick: Triforce Chamber - LoZ: A Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo Music - 01:35:00 Discussion - 01:36:27 ----- Second Pass Through History - “Hugues tracks” (tracks brought to original episode by Hugues) Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) 01) C2E16 - “Songs with Words” - VGM with vocals C01) St. John’s Pick: Everything’s Alright - To the Moon - Multiplatform - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara / Vocal: Laura Shigihara Music - 01:42:40 Discussion - 01:46:13 C02) Hugues’ Pick: A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy - PS2 - Asuka Sakai / Vocals: Ado Mizumori Music - 01:48:45 Discussion - 01:53:20 02) C2E17 - “20th Century Floppies” - pre-2000 music from computer system games C03) St. John’s Pick: Crystal Garden - King’s Quest V - PC - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert Music - 01:56:09 Discussion - 01:57:39 C04) Hugues’ Pick: Meadow’s Edge 2 - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Hulsbeck Music - 02:01:47 Discussion - 02:04:27 03) C2E18 - “It Never Happened” - music from unreleased games C05) St. John’s Pick: Tatsumarii Village - Earthbound 64 - N64 (unreleased) - Shogo Sakai Music - 02:06:20 Discussion - 02:08:33 C06) Hugues’ Pick: Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis (unreleased) - Matt Furniss Music - 02:12:31 Discussion - 02:14:49 04) C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors” - mystery theme(s) C07) St. John’s Pick: Title Screen - Wario’s Woods - NES - Shinobu Amayake and/or S