LIVE: VGMCon 2025 in ~Space~ – PA199

By | 2025-05-30

Pixelated Audio is back from another VGMCon in Minnesota, this time about space! Joining Gene once again from last year are Pernell from Rhythm and Pixels and Carlos from Heroes Three!

We did a similar panel last year; we take a broad theme and make it educational, and then use it as an excuse to cram in all sorts of VGM examples. We had some tech issues and lost some of the recording but we were able to rescue it with a more laid back “part 2” we recorded in the hotel room as a way to fill in gaps and riff for a while. Prepare for launch on this massive double episode clocking in at almost 2 hours!

We discuss space, its influence on games and computing, and a wide range of games that have a direct or sometimes tenuous link to space. We’ve got a ton of music this episode so we hope you enjoy it. Pardon the noise in the background, it was the best we could do with a portable recorder.

If you’d like to follow along with our slides that we used during the talk, feel free to click through. If the presentation doesn’t show up below, click here.

Track list

  • 0:00:00 (Bedding) Map ScreenMass Effect (Various, 2007) – Sam Hulick
  • 0:06:15 (Excerpt) introduction to “From Here to Infinity” narrated by Patrick Stewart
  • 0:09:42 Intro CutsceneFrontier: Elite II (Amiga, 1993) – David Lowe
  • 0:27:18 HyperspaceStar Control II (PC, 1992) – Riku Nuottajärvi
  • 0:31:57 Alpine StartStar Trek: New Worlds (PC, 2000) – Jeremy Soule, Inon Zur
  • 0:35:19 Main ThemeSpace Engineers (PC, 2019) – Karel Antonín
  • 0:41:11 Happy DaymareXexex (Arcade, 1991) – Konami Kukeiha Club
    • Motoaki Furukawa (Carol Queen)
    • Hidenori Maezawa (Michael Oldriver)
    • Satoko Miyawaki (Rosetta Stone)
    • Akiko Hashimoto (Shanghai Manmos)
  • 0:45:13 Space Port -Juggernaut-X-Men: Children of the Atom (Arcade, 1994)
    • Takayuki Iwai (ANACHEY··TAKAPON··) [main composer on track]
    • Shun Nishigaki (SYUN Nishigaki)
    • Hideki Okugawa (HIDEKI OK)
    • Isao Abe (Isao ··oyaji··Ave)
  • 0:47:44 Hydra (Stage 1)Gradius IV (Arcade, 1999) – Konami Kukeiha Club
    • Atsuki Watanabe (Atsuki)
    • Harumi Ueko
  • 0:52:09 Pretty GGuitarFreaks / DrumMania (Arcade, 2000) – Zonlu (Sunday Records)
  • 0:57:17 SpaceChō Jikū Yōsai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (SFC, 1993) – Noboru Yamane
  • 1:04:48 I Want to See the Starlight (Jolyne Kujo’s Theme)JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (PS3, 2013) – Chikayo Fukuda
  • 1:11:50 UFO EndingSilent Hill (PS1, 1999) – Akira Yamaoka
  • 1:18:06 (Bedding) World 2 (Moon)Treasure Master (NES, 1991) – Tim Follin
  • 1:20:00 (Bedding) Team SelectionBlades of Steel (NES, 1988)
    • Shinya Sakamoto (S. Sakamoto)
    • Kazuki Muraoka (K. Muraoka)
    • Atsushi Fujio (A. Fujio)
    • Kiyohiro Sada (K. Sada)
  • 1:21:30 (Bedding) Item AcquisitionSuper Metroid (SNES, 1994) – Kenji Yamamoto
  • 1:21:42 (Bedding) Welcome to ChessmasterThe Chessmaster (SNES, 1991) – Peter Stone
  • 1:22:24 (Bedding) Item AcquisitionMetroid Fusion (GBA, 2002) – Minako Hamano, Akira Fujiwara
  • 1:22:41 (Bedding) Title ThemeSorry! / Aggravation / Scrabble Junior (GBA, 2005) – Mark Cooksey (possibly)
  • 1:23:46 (Bedding) Course Clear (Out of This Dimension)Star Fox (SNES, 1993) – Hajime Hirasawa
  • 1:24:11 (Bedding) Title ThemePGA Tour Golf (SNES, 1992) – Rob Hubbard
  • 1:24:50 Title ThemePGA Tour Golf (Genesis, 1991) – Rob Hubbard
  • 1:28:53 (Bedding) Deep CorePhalanx (SNES, 1991) – S. Yamaguchi
  • 1:29:32 (Bedding) Dr. WrightSimCity (SNES, 1991) – Soyo Oka
  • 1:34:12 (Bedding) Title ThemeSpace Shuttle Project (NES, 1991) – Scott Marshall
  • 1:34:39 (Bedding) Round 1 – Remlia CastleAstyanax (NES, 1989) – Toshiko Tasaki
  • 1:37:18 (Excerpt) pre-launch voice clipsSpace Shuttle Project (NES, 1991) – voiced by David Crane
  • 1:45:29 Ball Launch + Main Play 2Star Trek 25th Anniversary (Pinball, 1991) – Brian Schmidt
  • 1:47:52 The MoonDucktales Remastered (Various, 2013) – Jake Kaufman, originally by Hiroshige Tonomura
  • 1:53:59 Victory (Ending Medley)Space Quest III: Pirates of Pestulon (PC, 1989) – Bob Siebenberg

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