[Ch2] Nerd Noise Game Club: C2R4 - “The Best of Season 4” (our 2nd-to-last episode!)

Today’s broadcast is C2R4 for Wayback Wednesday, December 11th, 2024. Today’s Episode, our 2nd-to-last Ch 2 episode ever (or at least, 2nd-to-last one we PLAN to ever do) is our annual retrospective of the previous year of Channel 2 - in this case, of our Season 4. Today’s broadcast, therefore, is “C2R4 - The Best of Season 4” containing our customary two passes through history (by host), and bookended by wildcards!

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Opening Wildcards:

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally from Episode / Originally Selected by / Selected by for this episode

A01) Bonus Room - Wolverine - NES - Geoff Follin - C2E19 - St. John - St. John

1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
2. Music - 00:00:04
3. Introduction - 00:01:59
4. Top of Show Business - 00:04:15
5. Opening Track Discussion - 00:08:18

A02) Music 3 - LED Storm - C64 - Tim Follin - C2E17 - St. John - Hugues

1. Music - 00:10:39
2. Discussion - 00:13:12

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First Pass Through History - “St. John tracks” (tracks brought to original episode by St. John)

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s)

01) C2E16 - “Songs with Words” - VGM with vocals

B01) Hugues’ Pick: Sky High - Daytona USA - Saturn - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Music) and David R. Leytze (Lyrics) / Vocals: Takenoby Mitsuyoshi

1. Music - 00:21:43
2. Discussion - 00:26:28

B02) St. John’s Pick: Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic / Vocals: Kate Brady

1. Music - 00:33:22
2. Discussion - 00:37:43

02) C2E17 - “20th Century Floppies” - pre-2000 music from computer system games

B03) Hugues’ Pick: Zanzibar Breeze - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - MSX (SCC) Konami Kukeiha Club

1. Music - 00:43:56
2. Discussion - 00:46:55

B04) St. John’s Pick: Jazz 3 - Sim Copter - PC - Jerry Martin

1. Music - 00:51:30
2. Discussion - 00:56:45

03) C2E18 - “It Never Happened” - music from unreleased games

B05) Hugues’ Pick: Level 2 Music (50Hz) - Time Trax - Genesis (unreleased) - Tim Follin

1. Music - 00:59:32
2. Discussion - 01:02:12

B06) St. John’s Pick: Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 (unreleased) - Daniel Capo

1. Music - 01:05:45
2. Discussion - 01:07:07

04) C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors” - mystery theme(s)

B07) Hugues’ Pick: Martinis for Two - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo

1. Music - 01:09:01
2. Discussion - 01:15:36

B08) St. John’s Pick: I Can’t Believe You - Grounseed - PC98 (OPN)

1. Music - 01:20:45
2. Discussion - 01:23:23

05) C2E20 - “...all good things…” - ending and credits and post-game music for our final [regular] episode

B09) Hugues’ Pick: Ground Zero - Shinobi III - Genesis - Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama, and/or Masayuki Nagao

1. Music - 01:28:53
2. Discussion - 01:31:10

B10) St. John’s Pick: Triforce Chamber - LoZ: A Link to the Past - SNES - Koji Kondo

1. Music - 01:35:00
2. Discussion - 01:36:27

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Second Pass Through History - “Hugues tracks” (tracks brought to original episode by Hugues)

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s)

01) C2E16 - “Songs with Words” - VGM with vocals

C01) St. John’s Pick: Everything’s Alright - To the Moon - Multiplatform - Ken Gao and/or Laura Shigihara / Vocal: Laura Shigihara

1. Music - 01:42:40
2. Discussion - 01:46:13

C02) Hugues’ Pick: A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy - PS2 - Asuka Sakai / Vocals: Ado Mizumori

1. Music - 01:48:45
2. Discussion - 01:53:20

02) C2E17 - “20th Century Floppies” - pre-2000 music from computer system games

C03) St. John’s Pick: Crystal Garden - King’s Quest V - PC - Ken Allen and/or Mark Seibert

1. Music - 01:56:09
2. Discussion - 01:57:39

C04) Hugues’ Pick: Meadow’s Edge 2 - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Hulsbeck

1. Music - 02:01:47
2. Discussion - 02:04:27

03) C2E18 - “It Never Happened” - music from unreleased games

C05) St. John’s Pick: Tatsumarii Village - Earthbound 64 - N64 (unreleased) - Shogo Sakai

1. Music - 02:06:20
2. Discussion - 02:08:33

C06) Hugues’ Pick: Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis (unreleased) - Matt Furniss

1. Music - 02:12:31
2. Discussion - 02:14:49

04) C2E19 - “Mystery Flavors” - mystery theme(s)

C07) St. John’s Pick: Title Screen - Wario’s Woods - NES - Shinobu Amayake and/or Soyo Oka

1. Music - 02:16:13
2. Discussion - 02:18:09

C08) Hugues’ Pick: Bridge Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Master System - Yuzo Koshiro

1. Music - 02:23:08
2. Discussion - 02:24:57

05) C2E20 - “...all good things…” - ending and credits and post-game music for our final [regular] episode

C09) St. John’s Pick: Good End - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima

1. Music - 02:29:22
2. Discussion - 02:31:46

C10) Hugues’ Pick: Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - PS4 / Switch - Takahiro Unisuga

1. Music - 02:34:32
2. Discussion - 02:39:46

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Closing Wildcards:

Track# / Track / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally from Episode / Originally Selected by / Selected by for this episode

D01) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - C2E20 - St. John - St. John

1. Music - 02:43:19
2. Discussion 1 - 02:45:47
3. End of Show Business 1 - 02:46:13
4. Discussion 2 - 02:48:46
5. End of Show Business 2 - 02:53:08
6. Closing Track Discussion - 02:54:41
7. Wrap-up - 02:57:57
8. Sign-off - 02:58:16

D02) Ending - Another World - Amiga - Jean-François Freitas - C2E20 - Hugues - Hugues

1. Music - 02:58:18
2. Outtakes - 03:02:07
3. BONUS: The last few seconds of the Katamari Damacy track both forwards and backwards - 03:09:32

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Total Episode Runtime: 03:09:45

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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month (or perhaps very early next month) for the C2F: “Finally our Final Finale” - the very last broadcast from Channel 2, and also C1R7: “The Best of 2024”, our look back on the past year in the style of a Channel 1. Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds, as well as one last hoorah for Tasty VGM and Talk on Nerd Noise Game Club…and wherever you are….Fly the N!

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