If you grew up in North America in the 80’s, you probably have a few stories about the NES. Even if you didn’t own one, chances are a friend did. Cam Chiles, drummer/arranger in the awesome VGM band The Mad Gear wanted to share a few of his own NES stories on the show. Ed had quite a few stories too, so they got together and made an awesome podcast about ’em! Imagine yourself in your childhood bedroom as you kick back and listen to some great NES soundtracks and relate to some very heartfelt and humorous tales of video games past.
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A huge thank you to Indira J (The Misadventures of Buddy and Friend, Sacrimony) for the amazing VGMbassy artwork and design, and to Trevin Hughes (aka chiptune composer Jredd) for the podcast theme song!
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The Tracklist:
1 – “Raging River” from Guerilla War (NES, 1988) Composed by Yoko Osaka, Toshikazu Tanaka, and Kazuhiro Nishida
2 – “Title Theme” from Commando (NES, 1986) Composed by Tamayo Kawamoto and Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
3 – “Captain America Stage” from Captain America and the Avengers (NES, 1991) Composed by Seiji Momoi and Takafumi Miura
4 – “Arm Wrestling” from Track and Field II (NES, 1988) Composed by Jun Funahashi
5 – “Cliffhanger” from Ivan Iron Man Stewart’s Super Off Road (NES, 1990) Composed by David Wise, Mark Betteridge and Sam Powell
6 – “Stages 1-6” from Stinger (NES, 1987) Composed by Kiyohiro Sada, Shinya Sakamoto, Satoe Terashima, and Kinuyo Yamashita
7 – “Stage Theme” from Dragon Power (NES, 1986) Composed by Toshiko Kawanishi
8 – “Grand Canyon” from Rad Racer (NES, 1987) Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
9 – “Coast to Coast” from Rad Racer II (NES, 1990) Composed by Nobuo Uematsa and Hiroshi Nakamura
10 – “Stage 2” from Fun House (NES, 1991) Composed by George Sanger and David Warhol
11 – “Title Theme” from Anticipation (NES, 1988) Composed by David Wise
12 – “Room Theme 1” from Solomon’s Key (NES, 1987) Composed by Michiharu Hasuya
13 – “Stage 1” from Legendary Wings (NES, 1988) Composed by Tamayo Kawamoto, Manami Matsumae, and Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
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