Rockage 4.0 FEB 6-8 2015 at San Jose Student Union | Presented by MAGFest
If you’re in the Bay Area, make sure you attend! We’ll be hanging out during the weekend. Let us know if you wanna meet up.
Kirby’s Monochrome Land – PA14
Kirby has evolved into one of Nintendo’s most colorful and beloved franchises, so it’s interesting to see it start out on the Game Boy’s “pea soup” color palette. Kicking off what would be a long relationship between HAL Laboratory and Nintendo, Kirby’s Dream Land was fun for new and seasoned gamers alike.
In 1992, Kirby’s Dream Land was released to the world and became an instant hit. Three years later in 1995, the Game Boy was once again called back to action with Kirby’s Dream Land 2. By the time the sequel was released, Kirby was well on his way to inhaling our love and becoming the iconic character he is today. Join us on our own musical adventure as we explore Kirby’s puffy roots.
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Best of 2014 – PA13
Now that 2014 is a thing of the past, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on some of the music we’ve played over the last year and select our favorites. We covered some amazing games and this is a second look at some of those tracks in case you might have missed them. It was fun for us, hopefully you’ll enjoy it too. Check the full post for the track list.
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Castlevania: Ledger Lines – PA12
There’s nothing better than kicking off the new year with Castlevania and in this episode we’re running through an excellent addition to the series called Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive released in 1994 by Konami. This game wasn’t originally part of the series’ timeline (meant as an side-story) but later on after the timeline was leaked Bloodlines secured its place in the official Castlevania chronology. (official timeline at Konami) (unofficial wikia translation)
Like its predecessors, Bloodlines has an phenomenal soundtrack that mixes the same haunting Baroque-inspired music with a touch of neo-classical rock.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:17:21 — 104.1MB)
Expansion Pack – PA11
We’re taking a side-step from our normal format today with a new segment to supplement our normal bi-weekly show. Pixelated Audio Expansion Pack is kind of like a random mix of stuff we’ve either recently discovered or some music from games that may not fit into a specific show (at least any time soon). They’ll be a bit shorter and fall into the slots between the off-weeks but we figured this one can start us out. Hope you dig it.
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20 Years of Sony PlayStation
In Japan on December 3, 1994 Sony entered the console war with the Sony Playstation (or PS1 or PSX). North America and Europe got there look at the console in September of 1995 while it competed against the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64.
The Sony Playstation did so well that it became the first video game console to sell 100 million units and it did this in a 9 year and 6 month time span after launch. The system itself was in production until 2004.
The games were so popular that Sony continued to manufacture PS1 games until March of 2006 (less than one year before the launch of the PS3…thats right I said PS3). Remember this is the system that brought us Final Fantasy VII VII, IX, Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Resident Evil 1 and 2, Chrono Cross,Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, Tenchu, Star Ocean, Suiikoden II, Wild Arms, Syphon Filter 1 and 2, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve…should I go on? Ok Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Spryo series, Grandia, Tomb Raider 2, Grand Turismo 2….and much more!
Happy Birthday PS1, oh how you’ve grown.