Our show takes us back in time to the pleasant summer vibes of Malibu Bikini Volleyball, a no-frill sports game released in 1993 for the underdog Atari Lynx handheld, developed by Hand Made Software and composed by Paul Tonge. Hand Made Software was a boutique first- (or second-) party game developer that produced original games… Read More »
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Today, we’re looking back at Astyanax, an action platformer released for arcade and NES in 1989 and a game we both grew up playing. Sometimes referred to as “The Lord of King” or “The Astyanax”, the original arcade game was developed by Aicom and published by Jaleco, with the NES version developed and published by… Read More »
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In this installment of Pixelated Audio, we’re taking a stroll through the soundtrack of Blades of Steel. Originally, Konami released this fact-action hockey game in the arcades in 1987 but it really gained popularity a year later when it was converted to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. However, most of us (at least your… Read More »
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With the holiday season upon us, Gene and several other friends visited Sacramento Gamers Expo where we met some awesome game developer legends like David Crane, Garry Kitchen and Ed Annunziata. Joining Gene is Michelle (the ‘voice’ of Sue Kasper), AJ of VGMPorium (also on our Persona show) and last but not least Brian Stewart,… Read More »
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Bryan and Gene are back for a relaxed holiday episode where we take a look back at some of the great music we heard in games in 2024. As usual it’s an eclectic mix of genres and style, both in the games themselves and in the music. http://media.blubrry.com/pixelatedaudio/ia902206.us.archive.org/18/items/pixelatedaudio194/PixelatedAudio194.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration:… Read More »
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Pixelated Audio is back from this year’s Persona themed MAGWest. In honor of the theme we threw together a quick show about the music of the mainline Persona games from Persona 1-5 with a little bit of early Megami Tensei history. We’re also joined by co-host and our good friend AJ aka “rayjkayj” of the… Read More »
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