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Blog Link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/05/21/episode-95-mega-man-legends-across-the-worlds-chrono-cross-wayo-piano-collection Spring has sprung, and like may flowers so have we! This episode is a tiny salute to game series that took a hard left turn but wound up right where they were always meant to be. Our exemplars this week begin with the cult favorite Mega Man Legends from Ship to Shore Media. We look back at this trailblazer of 3D storytelling from before the likes of Metal Gear Solid, and we appreciate its "Saturday morning anime" vibe. The music, too, is a fun little grab-bag of music from disco to classical to synthy cartoon rock or swing, and it's all pretty ahead of its time. We also dive into our first piano arrangement album with Across the Worlds: Chrono Cross Wayô Piano Collection, which is a multi-artist adaptation of a game that still divides fans of the "Chrono series" today. We appreciate the emotional range of the piano, and the daring of a piano arrangement album in general to augment or approach a favorite score with nothing but the instrument and someone to play it. We also examine the time and place of Chrono Cross, and whether or not it is actually a sequel to the universally-acclaimed Chrono Trigger. We continue our discussion with some reflections on game series that changed creative direction, and how the story, aesthetic, and music either benefited or suffered. And finally, we look at all the new releases that have come out in the past few weeks, along with some non-release news that might save you a few bucks on your next vinyl order! Join us to laugh, love, and learn. Outro: "La tresor interdit" - Across the Worlds: Chrono Cross Wayo Piano Collection, by Benyamin Nuss Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello Mushbuh artist Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mushbuh/ Video Game Grooves Episode 8 (Super Castlevania IV, Hero of Time) http://videogamegrooves.com/2017/07/25/episode-8-super-castlevania-iv-hero-of-time/ Ace Attorney 20th Anniversary (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/ace-attorney/products/ace-attorney-20th-anniversary-limited-edition-x6lp-boxset Trek To Yomi (Devolver Store)    https://merch.devolverdigital.co/products/trek-to-yomi-deluxe-double-vinyl Ghostwire Tokyo (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/ghostwire-tokyo/products/ghostwire-tokyo-deluxe-double-vinyl    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/ghostwire-tokyo/products/ghostwire-tokyo-limited-edition-x4lp-boxset Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/6-siege/products/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-extraction-deluxe-double-vinyl A Monster's Expedition (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/a-monsters-expedition-earlier-adventures/products/a-monsters-expedition-earlier-adventures-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack Phantasy Star (Ship To Shore PhonoCo.)    https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/phantasy-star Art Of Rally (Mana Wave Media)    https://manawave.co/products/art-of-rally-2xlp Heart Of The Woods (Very Ok Vinyl)    https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/heart-of-the-woods-official-soundtrack Banana Jamz 2 (Cartridge Thunder)    https://cartridgethunder.com/collections/new-releases/products/banana-jamz-2 Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator (Serenity Forge)    https://store.serenityforge.com/products/space-warlord-organ-trading-simulator-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack Kingdom: Two Crowns - Norse Lands (ByNorse)    https://bynorsestore.com/products/kalandra-kingdom-two-crowns-norse-lands-extended-soundtrack-12-black Attack Of The Petscii Robots (The8BitGuy)    https://www.the8bitguy.

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/04/24/episode-94-street-fighter-alpha-2-skullgirls No fighting game soundtrack left unfeatured! At least, that seems to be our motto, but can you blame us? We just can't pass up these pristine pressings of pugilistic polyphony! This week, Anthony takes us back to class and demonstrates the musical evolution of the Street Fighter series with Street Fighter Alpha 2. We listen to some of the riffs on the classic SF2 themes, and we're introduced to some new ones that fit seamlessly into the pantheon of music... but what are we left humming? Then we take a jog on the jazzy and jiggly side with Skullgirls, jamming to Michiru Yamane and Vincent Diamante's homage to the 1940s, while the gameplay recalls Marvel vs Capcom 2. The game's interesting history and ambitious art and music are front and center for appreciation. We may throw down a few gauntlets in this episode. Ready? Fight! We press on to discuss the "genre" considerations of listenability and vinyl pressing. Why have fighting games been regularly featured on VGG, and what types of games seem to be missing? We also catch you up on the latest releases and announcements! Could international currency exchange work in your favor this week? Mmmmmaybe. Outro: "Guy Theme" - Street Fighter 2 Alpha, by Setsuo Yamamoto, Syun Nishigaki, Tatsuro Suzuki Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello Links: Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition Vinyl (Square Enix US) (Square Enix JP)    https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/725855/chrono-cross-the-radical-dreamers-edition-vinyl    https://store.jp.square-enix.com/item/SQEX_10936.html Final Fantasy Chocobo and Friends (Square Enix US)    https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/725858/chocobo-and-friends-select-tracks-from-the-fantasy-series-compi-vinyl-set Final Fantasy 9 (Square Enix US)    https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/726993/final-fantasy-ix-vinyl Needy Girl Overdose (Frontier Works, Amazon JP)    https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09WYJYL5K/ Deathloop (Limited Edition X4LP Boxset) (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/deathloop-original-soundtracklimited-edition-x4lp-boxset Deathloop (Deluxe Double Vinyl) (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/vinyl/products/deathloop-original-soundtrack-deluxe-double-vinyl Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/tiny-tina-s-wonderlands-limited-edition-deluxe-double-vinyl Far Cry 6 (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/far-cry-6-limited-edition-deluxe-triple-vinyl Mercenary Kings (Yetee Records)    https://theyetee.com/products/mercenary-kings-soundtrack Streets Of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare (Brave Wave)    https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-soundtracks/products/streets-of-rage-4-mr-x-nightmare-vinyl-soundtrack Umurangi Generation (Stumpy Frog Records)    https://www.stumpyfrog.com/ About That... Paradise Killer B-Sides (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/paradise-killer/products/about-that-paradise-killer-b-sides Eastward (iam8bit) Standard: https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/eastward/products/eastward-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack Board game: https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/eastward/products/eastward-2xlp-limited-edition-board-game Unpacking (Limited Run Games)    https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-games/products/unpacking-2lp-vinyl-soundtrack Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarök (Lakeshore Records)    https://www.lakeshorerecordsshop.com/product/assassin-s-creed-valhalla-dawn-of-ragnarok-original-game-soundtrack

Blog post: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/03/25/b-side-erik-elsom-magic-map-studio/ Welcome to our next B-side conversation, this time with Erik Elsom from Magic Map Studio about King's Quest V: Songs of Serenia. This crowdfunding project currently on offer at Qrates ("crates") is a reimagining of Sierra Online's touchstone point-and-click adventure game. In this conversation, we talk to Erik about his history with point-and-click adventures, and with the personal relationship he has with the music of that genre and time. We discuss the tight-knit community (which has already produced a handful of similar albums based on the Space Quest franchise) and its involvement with the project, as well as how he adds his own touch to the process of reimagining such well-loved music from Mark Seibert and Ken Allen. The Qrates project ends in 1 week. Hear samples and pledge here: https://qrates.com/projects/25365-king-s-quest-v-songs-of-serenia Magic Map Studio https://magicmapstudio.com/

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/03/16/episode-93-king-of-fighters-98-sayonara-wild-hearts We are back, and this time our social relations link is tight and powerful. Jeremy and Anthony finally tackle the labyrinthine world of SNK fighting games, and we dig allllll the way in with King of Fighters '98 by Brave Wave. We learn what it means to fight in the Dream Match, how KOF invented the "city pop" vibe, and what would Jeremy do to the shrimp cocktail bar at the party on the album cover. We move it along to a more electro-pop vibe with Sayonara Wild Hearts from iam8bit. This tarot-themed relationship recovery magical girl simulator is full of some bops, and we may bend the rules just a bit to give you a full taste of it, as we talk about the best ways to consume such a thing. We cover the newest releases and preorders that are available to wreak havoc on your bank account, although this time the slate is merciful. We then observe recent moves in the game publisher space by Square Enix to give the people what they (musically) want, and discuss what that might mean for game music broadly, vinyl releases, and what other publishers may be watching. Outro: "ESAKA?" - King of Fighters '98, by Hideki "sha-V" Asanaka* Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xpdud47G0s Links: Viewtiful Joe 2 (Ship To Shore PhonoCo.)    https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/viewtiful-joe-2 Risk Of Rain 2: Survivors Of The Void (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/risk-of-rain-2-survivors-of-the-void Stardew Valley 1.4 & 1.5  (Fangamer)    https://www.fangamer.com/collections/stardew-valley/products/stardew-valley-1-4-1-5-vinyl-soundtrack Zeldawave II (Midwest Collective)    https://marblepawns.bandcamp.com/album/mm Genesis Noir (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/products/genesis-noir-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack A Plague Tale: Requiem (Focus Home Entertainment)    https://store.focus-entmt.com/us/product/720474/a-plague-tale-requiem-collector-s-edition Elden Ring (Bandai Namco US) (Bandai Namco UK) (Bandai Namco EU) US: https://store.bandainamcoent.com/elden-ring-the-vinyl-collection/ UK: https://store.bandainamcoent.eu/uk/product/719395/elden-ring-the-vinyl-collection-limited-edition EU: https://store.bandainamcoent.eu/eu/product/719394/elden-ring-the-vinyl-collection-limited-edition Diablo II: Resurrected (iam8bit) Collector's Edition: https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/diablo/products/diablo-3xlp-boxset Standard Edition: https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/diablo/products/diablo-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack Doshin, The Giant (Silent River Runs Deep) (Ship to Sore PhonoCo) (Black Screen Records)    https://diskunion.net/portal/ct/detail/1008448990 (proxy required)    https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/doshin-the-giant    https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/doshin-the-giant Skeler Boy Kickstarter (ManiacBoyStudio)    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skelerboy/skeler-boy-part-ii-for-game-boy-cartridge-and-pc/description King's Quest V - Songs Of Serenia (arrangement) (Two Guys Records)    https://qrates.com/projects/25365-king-s-quest-v-songs-of-serenia Image Gallery

Blog link: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/02/28/episode-92-demons-souls-astro-bot-rescue-mission We have returned, just in the nick of February, with a wildly schizophrenic show that his the boundaries of human emotional response. Ryan Huff from One Run Records joins us again but we're not sure he knew what he was getting into this time... We decided February was a fine time to look back at Demon's Souls from Milan Records, and work our way through the trauma. This game may have launched not one but two genres of media: "souls-like" games and "souls-like" music! Composer Shunsuke Kida gets way out of his regular discography to bring us intense-Latin-choir-ala-Dante-Alighieri, and quiet understated themes of quiet and dark reflection. Some of what we discuss is hearsay (because we're bad at the game) and some of it is grammatical. (No, we do not finally solve the apostrophe thing.) Next, we swing to the far opposite side of the mood spectrum with Astro Bot Rescue Mission from Fangamer. Kenneth CM Young brings forward his experience with completely joyful games like LittleBigPlanet to make even the darkest moments of Astro Bot colorful and adorned with blinky digital eyes. We discuss Sony's relative success of using pack-in games to demonstrate new tech functions in a way that rivals or even surpasses Nintendo. We stop short of singing the praises of Astro's Playroom, which is not yet on vinyl... but we will bide our time. New releases and news bring up the middle section, with a quick solo dash through the newest vinyl your money can buy (links below), and we all reflect on the relative benefits and drawbacks of the now-biannual Record Store Day. Questions have arisen whether it helps or harms independent record store owners. We also observe that it doesn't tend to touch video game releases, and whether that's a good or a bad thing. We also discuss whether it might be better for RSD to take a break for a year, so the world might be mended (So the world might be mended). What do you think? Outro: "Follow Me (Into The Storm)" - Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Kenneth CM Young Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @onerunrecords Links: Russian Subway Dogs (Very Ok Vinyl)     https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/russian-subway-dogs Guild Wars 2: End Of Dragons (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/products/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-vinyl-soundtrack GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon (Ship To Shore PhonoCo.) https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/getsufuma-den-undying-moon Wallachia: Reign Of Dracula (PixelHeart) https://www.pixelheart.eu/produit/wallachia-reign-of-dracula-ost-vinyle-2lp/ Samorost 2 (Amanita Design)    https://merch.amanita-design.net/collections/frontpage/products/samorost-2-soundtrack-by-floex-double-vinyl Martha Is Dead (Wired Productions)    https://shop.wiredproductions.com/products/martha-is-dead-official-soundtrack-vinyl Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles (Wired Productions)    https://shop.wiredproductions.com/collections/lumote-the-mastermote-chronicles/products/lumote-the-mastermote-chronicles-vinyl-soundtrack Evil Dead: The Game (Boss Team Games)    https://boss-team-games-store.myshopify.com/products/test-evil-dead-the-video-game-collectors Call Of The Sea (Raw Fury)    https://www.amazon.de/-/en/MER-CALLJOURNEYPS5/dp/B09NCMXT3B/ Neo (Friday Night Funkin' mod) (Turtle Pals Tapes)    https://www.turtlepalstapes.com/product/neo-vinyl-pre-order $ S.E.B. (Diggers Factory)    https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/244694/bastien-agussol-seb-original-game-soundtrack Affinity Sorrow (Second Dimension)    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seconddimension/affinity-sorrow-a-true-16-bit-turn-based-rpg-adventure/description

Show Notes: http://videogamegrooves.com/2022/01/31/episode-91-final-fantasy-viii-battletoads-smash-hits/ We're back for 2022, perhaps a little bit sleepy, but hibernation can do that to you. Jeremy, Anthony, and Caleb are kicking off the new year with a giant spiked boot and a cool Squall Leonhart necklace. (Yeah, we know.) We are ready to return to the days of slow MIDI beats to study to with Final Fantasy VIII from Square Enix, extracting a few thematic elements from the generally well-liked Uematsu score, and putting them on the turntable for all to see. Redbook audio? Who needs it?? And who in the Final Fantasy universe is the Vin Diesel analog from The Fast and the Furious? We move it along to a much earlier (and also much later) era with Battletoads: Smash Hits from iam8bit. We discuss a bit of the origins of the franchise with David Wise's not-actually-heavy-metal leanings in the 80s, and run through the weird and warty history up to Battletoads (2020). David Housden expertly weaves many metal threads together into a simultaneously self-aware but genuinely great metal album... along with some calliope music. We look at the new releases that have come out or been announced in January, and the list is not too bad and generally pretty encouraging! We also put down some predictions for 2022, including production and industry matters, the kinds of releases we expect to see, and we toss a few out-loud wishes into the podcasting ether to see what comes back to us. Outro: "Balamb Garden" - Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VIII Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ch3records Caleb's other prediction is that game music vinyl labels will be releasing a lot of other kinds of "merch" this year. We shall see. Links: Guilty Gear (Channel 3 Records) (sold out)    https://ch3records.com/products/guilty-gear Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection (Limited Run Games)    https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/valis-the-fantasm-soldier-collection-3-lp-soundtrack Cris Tales (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/cris-tales Bämeräng (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/bamerang Ys Origin (Wayô Records)    https://www.wayorecords.com/en/vinyls/754-ys-origin-vinyl-collector.html Dead Cells Volume 2 (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/dead-cells/products/dead-cells-volume-2-original-soundtrack Yooka-Laylee And The Impossible Lair (Fangamer)    https://www.fangamer.com/collections/yooka-laylee/products/yooka-laylee-vinyl-soundtrack-impossible-lair Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi (Data Discs)    https://data-discs.com/products/shadowdancer Syberia: The World Before (Decca Records)    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QCY1MCX Arknights: Journey Of Hope (Yostar) (requires proxy; sold out)    https://yostarshop.com/view/item/000000000161 Martha Is Dead (Wired Productions)    https://shop.wiredproductions.com/products/martha-is-dead-official-soundtrack-vinyl Chocobo & Chill (GameChops) https://gamechops.bandcamp.com/campaign/chocobo-chill Duke Duke Dance Party (Duke Nukem arrangement) (Qrates)    https://qrates.com/projects/25478-duke-duke-dance-party Image Gallery

Show notes: http://videogamegrooves.com/2021/12/29/episode-90-best-of-2021-frederik-blipblop-lauridsen/ The best-thing-we-do-every-year* is here again! And, we may not have realized it even while we were making it, but it is the fifth one. Five is a big round number, especially in Podcast Land, and we're thrilled to have done the thing this long. Thank you for being here with us to do it. But to get right to it, we are here to preside with an iron fist over the best of the best in the 5th Annual Video Game Grooves Awards, or the "Groovies" as we occasionally call them, along with good friend of the show Frederik "Blipblop" Lauridsen of BlipBlop.net, veritable godfather of the hobby. Spoilers, this one gets a little weeby. In round-robin style we call out our top 3, 2, and 1 for the whole year**, and then we run through YOUR top picks for the year, from the running poll from the major record labels to the self-released indies, and see who has twenty-twenty-won your heart for video game music on vinyl. Outro: "Third District" - Katana Zero, by LudoWic Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ch3records, @blipblopwax http://www.ch3records.com/ http://www.blipblop.net/ If you're more of a visual learner, you can check our secret blog post here, but these spoilers are potent and highly infectious, and should be handled with utmost care. *debatable **also debatable, but within reason

Show notes: http://videogamegrooves.com/2021/12/14/episode-89-silent-hill-3-guacamelee It's that time of year again: thick fog makes things difficult, surprises abound, relationships with loved ones get complicated, and someone is always watching you. Christmastime? Or Silent Hill? On the Video Game Grooves podcast it is both! Curl up in your fuzzy slippers with some eggnog and check in on three jolly elves bringing you some of our all-time favoritest video game music on vinyl. First, Anthony lets loose with the long-awaited Silent Hill 3 from Mondo. The music and vibe of the series is simultaneously worthy of praise and ridicule, and we indulge in a bit of both. We recognize He-Who-Konami-Shall-Not-Name (Akira Yamaoka) and we shame whoever designed the jacket because they probably did it in the dark. Next, Jeremy takes us beyond the veil (of lucha libre!) with Guacamelee, from Ship to Shore Media. We heap praise on this meme-infused platformer of yore, while appreciating nearly every aspect of its design and execution, not least of all is the score by Rom di Prisco and Peter Chapman. We explore the vibe and culture of the game and its music as well as the lasting impression it has made on the gaming scene and for the developer. We continue with the recent news in vinyl releases, including some crowdfunding opportunities and quick sell-outs (remember to follow us on Twitter!) and we discuss the recent supply shakeups in vinyl production resulting from big orders of Adele's recent album and what this all means for the relatively niche market for video game music on vinyl. Check us out and share! Outro: "Hometown" - Silent Hill 3, by Akira Yamaoka & Joe Romersa Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @ch3records Links: Double Dragon I & II | (Channel 3 Records)    https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/double-dragon-i-ii Death's Door (Laced Records)    https://merch.devolverdigital.co/collections/deaths-door/products/death-s-door-deluxe-triple-vinyl Tekken 7 (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/tekken/products/tekken-7-limited-edition-x4lp-boxset Gears Of War (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/gears-of-war-1-deluxe-double-vinyl Gears Of War 2 (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/copy-of-gears-of-war-2-deluxe-double-vinyl Gears Of War 3 (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/gears-of-war/products/gears-of-war-3-deluxe-double-vinyl Godfall (Amazon)    https://www.amazon.com/GODFALL-Darkness-Original-Soundtrack-Purple/dp/B09HXT29R3/ The Artful Escape 7" (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/under-25/products/artful-escape-7 Ruined King - A League Of Legends Story (Riot Games)    https://merch.riotgames.com/en-us/product/ruined-king-collector-s-edition/ OneShot (Fangamer) (sold out)    https://www.fangamer.com/products/oneshot-vinyl-soundtrack Ballads Of Hyrule II (Rozen)    https://music.rozen.audio/album/ballads-of-hyrule-ii Celeste Complete (Ship To Shore)    https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/video-game-soundtracks/products/celeste-complete The 8-Bit Time Machine (Enjoy The Ride) (Respawned Records) (both sold out)    https://enjoytheriderecords.com/collections/enjoy-the-ride-records/products/the-8-bit-time-machine-etr129    https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/vinyl-releases/products/the-8-bit-time-machine Distant Worlds V (Distant Worlds website)    https://ffdistantworlds.com/product/dw5-vinyl/ Friday Night Funkin: The Bob Album (Turtle Pals Tapes)    https://www.turtlepalstapes.com/product/the-bob-album-vinyl-pre-order

Show notes: http://videogamegrooves.com/2021/12/05/b-side-7inchstravaganza-ii/ It's back, and smaller than ever! Or, maybe it's just as small as ever! The freshly-perennial 7inchstravaganza returns with our second entry in this Burning Man style fanfest for some of the smallest music we've got on record. Jeremy is joined by a power-duo of your favorite regular guest hosts, Aaron from Ship to Shore Media and Jeff from Marshall Art, to go through a full listen to a gaggle of the greats. This is undoubtedly the most convenient, enjoyable, and informative way to hear these, so get on board and make some room as we take a walk on the teensy side! Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @STSphonoco, @MarshallArtBand Links: Phogs (Channel 3 Records)    https://ch3records.com/products/phogs Hecho en Hyrule (Channel 3 Records) (sold out)    https://ch3records.com/products/hecho-en-hyrule Diablo II: Resurrected (Blizzard Gear Store) https://www.blizzardgearstore.com/games/diablo/diablo-ii:-resurrected-iam8bit-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack-blizzard-gear-store-exclusive-color-variant/o-10052475+t-98615713+p-267080440+z-9-2386521569?_ref=p-CLP:m-GRID:i-r23c0:po-69 Demon Turf (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/demon-turf-the-rx-album-by-fat-bard-m-r-miller Highway Blossoms (Very Ok Vinyl)    https://www.veryokvinyl.com/products/highway-blossoms-original-soundtrack Forza Horizon 5: Hospital Soundtrack (Hospital Records)    https://www.hospitalrecords.com/shop/release/various-artists/nhs448-forza-horizon-5-hospital-soundtrack Dying Light 2 (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/dying-light-2/products/dying-light-2-original-soundtrack-by-olivier-deriviere Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/products/turnip-boy-vinyl-soundtrack Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy (Mondo)    https://mondoshop.com/products/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-official-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp The Belmont Tapes (Noir Grime Bandcamp)    https://noirgrime.bandcamp.com/album/the-belmont-tapes The Falconeer (Wired Productions) (Limited Run Games)    https://shop.wiredproductions.com/collections/soundtracks/products/the-falconeer-vinyl-soundtrack-2xlp    https://limitedrungames.com/collections/in-stock-soundtracks/products/falconeer-2lp-soundtrack-vinyl Overcooked! (Demon Records)    https://bigwax.io/collections/bigwax-distribution/products/overcooked Tsuhikime -A Piece Of Blue Glass Moon- (CD Japan) (Play-Asia) (HMV)    https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VVJL-8    https://www.play-asia.com/tsukihime-a-piece-of-blue-glass-moon-theme-song-ep-limited-edi/13/70f25x    https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_ReoNa_000000000767209/item_%E6%9C%88%E5%A7%AB-A-piece-of-blue-glass-moon-THEME-SONG-E-P-%E3%80%90%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E7%94%9F%E7%94%A3%E9%99%90%E5%AE%9A%E7%9B%A4%E3%80%91-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89_12366746 Pieces Of Eight (Respawned Records) (sold out)    https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/featured/products/pieces-of-eight-by-tpr-octopath-traveler-melancholy Paprium (Kickstarter) ($80 add-on after $1 pledge)    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/573261866/paprium-the-16-bit-beat-them-all-coming-to-the-next-gen King's Chill Vol. 2 (Qrates)    https://qrates.com/projects/25263-king-s-chill-vol-2

It's Halloween, and like the man said: "Ve vant to spin your winyl!" Well, we're spinning our winyl anyway, and they're all rather spookity in honor of the season. First, Jeremy brings new meaning to the season of chilling with a rather cool rendition of Resident Evil with RE:Mixed [The Save Rooms], which is the kind of compilation we always wanted but then didn't want but then secretly totally really wanted. We suppose synthwave might have limited breadth but it's always fun and we pick some fan favorites to show off. Next, Anthony takes us to the weird intersection of horror and feng shui with Kowloon's Gate, a 1997 horror game that defies classification. The game's soundtrack by Kuniaki Haishima is similarly tough to comprehend but we stare into the mouth of its madness with our ears, and marvel at Haishima's liner notes, an absolutely epic manifesto of existence. Finally we shift into horror of another kind: moral panic, with our long-overdue coverage of Night Trap from Ship to Shore Records. We compare and contrast the music of Sunny Blueskyes and Martin Lund with the gameplay, and place it all in the context of the US congressional hearings of the 1990s. No, it doesn't make any more sense now than then. Finally, we fill your trick-or-treat bag with all the new releases in the world of game music on vinyl, but we're going to take our dad tax because it's just how this holiday works. Outro: "RE0" - RE:Mixed [The Save Rooms] by Mono Memory Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @ch3records Links: Final Fantasy - Heroes And Villains (Square Enix) NA: https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/694930/heroes-and-villains-select-tracks-from-the-final-fantasy-series-set-vinyl EU: https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/694989/heroes-and-villains-select-tracks-from-the-final-fantasy-series-box UK: https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/694988/heroes-and-villains-select-tracks-from-the-final-fantasy-series-box Crest Of Flames, Fire Emblem Three Houses (Materia Collective)    https://music.rozen.audio/album/crest-of-flames Deltatunes (Roborob Deltarune remix) (Materia Collective)    https://roborobmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deltatunes Tekken Tag Tournament 2  (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/tekken/products/tekken-tag-tournament-2-limited-edition-x4lp-boxset Serious Sam 4 (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/serious-sam-4-deluxe-double-vinyl Mega Man Legends 2 (Ship To Shore PhonoCo)    https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/mega-man-legends-2 Darius II  (Ship To Shore PhonoCo)    https://shiptoshoremedia.com/products/darius-ii Axiom Verge (Limited Run Games)    https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/axiom-verge-2-vinyl-soundtrack Axiom Verge 2 (Limited Run Games)    https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/axiom-verge-2-vinyl-soundtrack-1 Going Under (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/going-under-original-soundtrack-by-feasley Jet Force Gemini (Fangamer)    https://www.fangamer.com/products/jet-force-gemini-vinyl-soundtrack The Last Of Us Part II: Covers And Rarities EP (Mondo)    https://mondoshop.com/collections/all-music/products/the-last-of-us-part-ii-covers-and-rarities-ep Jettomero: Hero Of The Universe (Stumpy Frog Records)    https://www.stumpyfrog.com/ Heroes Of Might & Magic III (Gamemusic Records) (sold out)    https://gamemusic.net/product/heroes/ Metal Slug X (Wayô Records)    https://www.wayorecords.com/en/vinyls/748-metal-slug-x-vinyl.html STS (exclusive): https://shiptoshoremedia.

This Video Game Grooves podcast episode finds itself bookended between "magicians making machine gun sounds" and "undeniable cello" somehow, so figure that out. We're joined by Chehade Boulos from Mana Wave Media to talk about the work his young label is doing and how he plans to win the three-way-standoff with VGG cohost Caleb and Hiroki Kikuta. We begin this extraordinary discussion with Anthony's feature of Magician Lord, which is itself one of the better-known releases on the extraordinary Neo Geo. We appreciate its preposterous gameplay and its equally awesome music score by Yuka Watanabe. The Neo Geo exists in its own special world, including its sound, and we immerse ourselves in the experience while sparing ourselves the financial burden of the singular game console. We then let Chehade entrance us with The First Tree, the first release from his burgeoning label. We spend time talking about the game itself and its rather low-key development philosophy, and discuss how the "cinematic" score by Josh Kramer (and cello by Tina Guo) elevate the entire thing to make it an unassuming hit across multiple platforms. We take a moment to discuss the relationship between the most rudimentary of creative work being done in video games and how music forms a synesthesia to become a new entity in your mind and experience. ...but that gets a little too deep so we head over to new releases and announcements to get you in on that dirty capitalism you love to hate. Outro: "Magician's Dream" - Magician Lord, by Yuka Watanabe Mana Wave Media: http://www.manawave.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/manawavemedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manawavemedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manawavemedia/ Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ajohnagnello, @ch3records Links: Death's Gambit (Serenity Forge)    https://store.serenityforge.com/products/death-s-gambit-afterlife-2xlp-vinyl-soundtrack Windbound (Mana Wave Media)    https://manawave.co/products/windbound-lp-pre-order Star Stories (Super Mario Galaxy arrangement) (Mana Wave Media)    https://manawave.co/products/star-stories-lp-pre-order Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/products/super-monkey-ball-vinyl-soundtrack Evergate (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/products/evergate-original-soundtrack-by-m-r-miller Power Stone (Ship To Shore PhonoCo) https://shiptoshoremedia.com/collections/featured/products/power-stone NARITA BOY (Studio Koba)    https://studiokoba.com/music/ Incredibox - The Unreleased (Bandcamp)    https://incredibox.bandcamp.com/album/incredibox-the-unreleased Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Square Enix NA) (Square Enix EU) (Square Enix UK)    https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/685130/endwalker-7-inch-vinyl-single-vinyl    https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_EU/product/685472/endwalker-7-inch-vinyl-single    https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/685471/endwalker-7-inch-vinyl-single Jettomero: Hero of the Universe (Stumpy Frog Records, EU) (Channel 3 Records, US)    https://www.stumpyfrog.com/    https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/jettomero-hero-of-the-universe Sable (Channel 3 Records) (Mondo) (Light in the Attic)    https://ch3records.com/collections/vinyl/products/sable?variant=40906805477528    https://mondoshop.com/products/sable-original-video-game-soundtrack-2xlp    https://lightintheattic.net/releases/8098-sable-original-video-game-soundtrack Image Gallery

We're riled up for this episode of the podcast with a select screen full of fighting games! This week we're joined by DJ Mengzy from the dance/club scene in Hong Kong to do some chip damage against Guilty Gear Memorial Record, released by Arc System Works and based on the Daisuke Ishiwatari rock-themed fighting game series. Jeremy comes clean on this serendipitous but expensive Tokyo Games Show pickup, and Caleb finally understands what is Guilty Gear. We explore the over-the-top self awareness of the game's soundtrack and revel in the unnecessarily epic storyline. Next, Mengzy helps us unbox the Tekken 3 original soundtrack from Laced Records. We wax nostalgic over the Playstation home version and discuss the differences between the arcade and PS1 soundtracks for this seminal game. Mengzy gives us an education about tempo and genre as we explore the character roster and listen to some "phat beats." We get a chance to talk to Mengzy about remix, dubstep, and what it's like to go from being a music fan to an academically-accredited and experience-rich DJ in the club scene, and she shares a few game-adjacent selections that may or may not be consider "novelty" music in the serious club scene Finally we cover new releases and a highlight a few records you may want to add to your shelf, and, spoilers, a purchase might be confirmed from the panel before the end of the show! Who exhibited weakness in the Iron Wishlist Tournament? Tune in and find out! Outro: "Big Blast Sonic" - Guilty Gear Memorial Record, by Daisuke Ishiwatari DJ Mengzy: Instagram, Facebook Twitter – @vg_grooves, @jeremy_lamont, @ch3records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hLlVVKRwk0 Links: The Elder Scrolls Online (Spacelab9)    https://spacelab9.com/collections/featured-products/products/eso-box-set A Total War Saga: Troy (Laced Records)    https://www.lacedrecords.co/collections/total-war/products/total-war-troy-deluxe-triple-vinyl Spiritfarer (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/spiritfarer/products/spiritfarer-vinyl-soundtrack Sonic Colors: Ultimate (iam8bit)    https://www.iam8bit.com/products/sonic-colors-ultimate-2xlp Gris Piano Collections (Materia Collective)    https://themateriastore.com/products/gris-piano-collections-2xlp-vinyl-record NieR: Become As Gods (Materia Collective)    https://themateriastore.com/collections/video-game-music-vinyl/products/nier-become-as-gods-rozen-reven-2xlp-vinyl-record Children Of Morta (Minimum Records)    https://www.minimumrecords.net/shop/baovigseys35z3i68et75e1hdtk0gv World Of Ruin (FFVI piano arrangement) (Respawned Records) (sold out)    https://respawnedrecords.com/collections/featured/products/world-of-ruin-by-tpr-ffvi-melancholy Sable (Hello Merch)    https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/japanese-breakfast/products/sable-double-vinyl In Other Waters (Black Screen Records)    https://blackscreenrecords.com/collections/all-releases/products/in-other-waters-original-soundtrack-by-amos-roddy Summer In Mara (Kitty On Fire Records)    https://adrianberenguer.bandcamp.com/album/summer-in-mara-ost-2 Magic Castle (Yetee Records)    https://theyetee.com/products/magic-castle-ost FAR: Lone Sails (Limited Run Games) (sold out)    https://limitedrungames.com/products/far-lone-sails-2-lp-vinyl Image Gallery