Rando Calrissian had just docked at the megacasino on Humora Gamma, where he’d planned on relaxing with some drinks and winning a few jackpots at the rellack table. But when a mad scientist’s experimental new starship engine gets sabotaged, Rando’s thrust into a tangled grab bag of VGM tracks that may prove fatal!
Special thanks for this episode goes out to:
- Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.
- BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.
- The fine folks at Penny Arcade for coining the name "Rando Calrissian" in a long-ago strip. You can find them at https://www.penny-arcade.com/.
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Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:05 - Tecmo World Wrestling (NES) - Insert Name Screen (composers: Keiji Yamagishi, Mayuko Okamura, Hiroshi Miyazaki, and Mitsuhito Tanaka)
00:50 - Talk Segment 1
03:45 - Arcus Odyssey (Genesis) - Act 1-2: The Shrine (composer: Motoi Sakuraba)
06:46 - 1943 Kai (PC Engine) - Antiship Battle B (Round 4-Zhang He) (composer: Harumi Fujita)
07:42 - Comix Zone (Genesis) - Episode 2, Page 1-1 (composer: Howard Drossin)
11:08 - Road Rash (Master System) - Pacific Coast (composer: Greg Michael)
14:15 - Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (N64) - Ocean Planet Aquanet 2nd Mix (composers: Yasunori Mitsuda and Yoshitaka Hirota)
16:55 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Prologue ~ Mina’s Theme (composer: Michiru Yamane)
18:59 - Talk Segment 2
22:32 - Lagoon (SNES) - Premonition (composers: "GO" Saito and Masae Sakaide)
26:44 - Pixel Puzzle Makeout League (Switch / Steam) - It's Urgent (Retro Mix) (composer: Capsule King)
29:13 - Secret of Mana (SNES) - What the Forest Taught Me (composer: Hiroki Kikuta)
30:17 - Street Fighter III: Second Impact (Arcade) - TOMBOY (african voice mix) (composers: Hideki Okugawa and Yuki Iwai)
33:29 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Arcade) - Theme from Rolling Thunder 2 (Round 1) (composer: Ayako Saso)
35:34 - Golden Axe III - Ancient Mound (Stage 2A) (composers: Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, and Haruyo Oguro)
38:19 - Talk Segment 3
42:01 - World of Final Fantasy (multiplatform) - Labyrinth of Lights (composer: Masashi Hamauzu)
46:12 - Civilization III (PC) - Stars (composer: Mark Cromer)
50:01 - San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64) - Title (composer: Barry Leitch)
54:52 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Silent Howling (8-bit) (composer: Keisuke Ito)
56:47 - Moto Roader II (TG16) - Ingame 3 (composer: Opus)
58:11 - Outro Talk Segment
1:00:14 - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis) - Competition Menu (composers: Michael Jackson, Brad Buxer)
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