PA Music Disk Vol. 1 – PA72

Pixelated Audio - Video Game Music podcast and Retro Gaming Orphe Music DiskWith the new year we’d like to introduce you to one of the two new show styles that we will be added into the mix. “Pixelated Audio Music Disk Volumes” are a mixture of game music arrangements and original tunes created by the doujin (同人) groups of the late 80s through the 90s and each episode will revolve around a single disk. This episode we’ll be looking at the first Orphe Music Disk released in 1991 for the NEC PC-8801 and playing our selection from the 40 tracks created for the SoundBoard II by this killer music-centric team. Enjoy!

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Daze Before Christmas – PA71

Pixelated Audio - Video Game Music podcast and Retro Gaming Daze Before Christmas Sega Genesis Mega Drive Kim Jensen GeirIt’s no surprise that there aren’t many Christmas specific games out on the store shelves. And after looking around we found a few Christmas games and some demo/expansions but nothing we were excited to share. Facing the possibility of not finding a game we felt worth a short holiday episode, we had to dig deep and go outside of the North American release market to find Daze Before Christmas on the Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. Wrapped up in this game we found something fun (and odd), so grab some eggnog and fire up that yule log for some retro Santa adventures! Continue reading

Game On: Quadrant (C64) – PA70

Pixelated Audio - Video Game Music podcast and Retro Gaming Quadrant C64 Game On Thomas DetertToday we bring you the tunes from a lesser-known Commodore 64 title called Quadrant composed by Thomas Detert. While the game might not be all that amazing, it has an awesome soundtrack that will definitely get you moving. We’ve also snuck in some bonus content to showcase Detert’s other work around the time the game was released from the Game On Disk Magazines. Take a listen!

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Neo Turf Masters with Takushi Hiyamuta – PA69

Pixelated Audio - Video Game Music podcast and Retro Gaming Takushi Hiyamuta Neo Turf Masters Neo Geo

One of our favorite golf games ever made. Before they were part of SNK, Nazca proved to the industry that they could hang with the best of em. Neo Turf Masters, being one of their first, showcased arcade golf at its finest which drove the game to becoming one of our favorite sports titles ever made. It has great gameplay and clean graphics but the soundtrack is the star with its upbeat, jazzy-fusion and soaring solos composed by Takushi Hiyamuta.

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5 Years of VGMRips – PA68

Pixelated Audio - Video Game Music podcast and Retro Gaming VGMrips vgmrips.netJoin us as we celebrate 5 years of VGMRips with many of the people responsible, not only for its maintenance and up keep but its creation. We’ve asked our friends to share a song that has significance to them and to tell us about it in their own words. This led to an episode crammed with beautiful tunes (across many platforms) that we all think you’ll enjoy.

Thank you VGMRips community, for all that you’ve done for video game music lovers and also preserving these tracks for generations to come. We’re so proud to be a part of it. Here’s to 5 more years!

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Expansion Pack XVI: Extra-Life 2016 – PA67

Pixelated Audio - Video Game Music podcast and Retro Gaming Extra Life 2016 Charity Event

This week we’re bringing you a special episode from our Extra-Life 2016 charity event  (24 hour gaming marathon)  that took place on Nov. 5th. We asked the other team members to pick a track from any game that was special to them and tell us why. As always it was a great time with awesome music and good friends. So we invite you to listen to us slowly lose our minds over the course of the 24 hour gaming marathon in another expansion pack. Continue reading