[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1E88: FaceOff Friday – vol. 7”

Today’s broadcast is  C1E88 for FaceOff Friday, Sept 27th, 2024. Today’s broadcast will be FaceOff Friday – vol. 7 – very likely to be our final FaceOff Friday episode! 

A1) Intro – 00:00:00 

01) Double Dragon - Mission 2 - Kazunaka Yamane 

1. A) Arcade – 00:03:39
2. B) Genesis – 00:05:19
3. C)MastersystemFM – 00:06:59 
4. D)MastersystemPSG – 00:09:06 
5. E) NES – 00:11:15
6. F) Gameboy – 00:12:43
7. G) GBA – 00:15:55
8. H) Double Dragon Trilogy – 00:17:40

02) Mortal Kombat – The Courtyard – Dan Forden 

1. A) Arcade – 00:19:16
2. B) DOS (arr. Allister Brimble) – 00:20:46
3. C) Genesis (arr. Matt Furniss) – 00:22:51
4. D) SNES – 00:24:31
5. E) Mortal Kombat Deception (arr.Chase Ashbaker, Richard Carle, Brian Chard, and/or Vincent Pontarelli)– 00:26:16 
6. F) Mortal Kombat (2011) (arr.DeanGrinsfelder) - 00:28:50 

03) Gorgon Theme (aka Venus Fire) - Toshiharu Yamanishi and/or Tomomi Ōtani 

1. A) Thunder Spirits – SNES – 00:31:56
2. B) Thunder Force 3 – Genesis – 00:34:46

04) Fatal Fury 2 / Fatal Fury Special – Andy Bogard Theme (aka Pasta) - Toshio Shimizu, Yoko Osaka, Yoshihiko Kitamura, YLF.Communicate, Paciorek, and/or Masahiko Hataya 

1. A) Neo Geo AES / MVS – 00:37:33
2. B) Genesis (arr. Kazuyuki Oikawa and/or TomohiroIshigai) – 00:39:22
3. C) SNES (arr.SeisukeIto) – 00:42:38 
4. D) PC Engine (arr. Yasuo Yamate) – 00:45:23
5. E) Neo Geo CD / Sega CD (arr. Kim Jensen) – 00:48:57

05) Theme of Tara (aka Theme of Metal Gear) - Iku Mizutani, Shigehiro Takenouchi, and/or Motoaki Furukawa 

1. A) Metal Gear – MSX – 00:51:55
2. B) Metal Gear Solid – GBA (VR Sneaking) (arr.Norihiko Hibino, and/or Kazuki Muraoka)- 00:55:08 
3. C) Snatcher – PC Engine (arr.Kazuki Muraoka, MasahiroIkariko, Seiichi Fukami, and/or Mutsuhiko Izumi – 00:57:11 
4. D) Snatcher – MSX (SCC) (arr.MasahiroIkariko) - 00:57:55 
5. E) Snatcher – Sega CD – 00:58:33
6. F) Snatcher – PC88 (OPN)(arr.Masahiro Ikariko) - 00:59:17 
7. G) Metal Gear Mobile – iOS/Android (Ending) (arr.Eriko Kawamura, and/or Masaki Takeuchi)- 01:00:12 
8. H) Metal Gear Solid – PS1 (VR Training) (arr. Kazuki Muraoka, HiroyukiTōgo,Takanari Ishiyama, Lee Jeon Myung, and/or Gigi Meroni)  - 01:02:34 
9. I) Super Smash Bros Ultimate – Switch (arr. Takahiro Nishi)– 01:05:02
10. J) Metal Gear Solid 2 – PS2 (VR Sneaking) (arr. Norihiko Hibino)- 01:07:12

06) Mr. Nutz – Woody Land 1 & 2 – Matt Furniss 

1. A) SNES (arr. RaphaëlGesqua)– 01:09:55 
2. B) Genesis – 01:12:53

07) Outrun – Passing Breeze – Hiroshi Kawaguchi  

1. A) Arcade – 01:16:51
2. B) Genesis (arr. T's Music) – 01:22:31
3. C) PC Engine (arr. ShigeharuIsoda )– 01:28:17 
4. D) Game Gear – 01:33:42
5. E)MastersystemPSG – 01:38:47 
6. F)MastersystemFM – 01:43:24 
7. G) Outrun 2006 (arr. Hiro, Yasuhiro Takagi, and/or Fumio Ito)– 01:48:01

B1) Outro – 01:53:39 

Music Block Runtime: 01:50:03 Total Episode Runtime: 02:01:58 

Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights. 

Produced using a nearly equal mix of Audacity and Ardour in Fedora Linux on an ASUS ROG Zephyrus 14 (2023) laptop with perhaps a little support from a Dell Latitude 7480 (also running Fedora Linux) or the Steam Deck (running Steam OS). Recorded with a Shure SM7B XLR dynamic microphone on a RØDE PSA1+ boom arm through a Cloudlifter and a Focusrite 4i4 XLR-to-USB interface! 

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