STAGE 25: SUPER MARIO BROS.

Hard to believe it has been 30 years since we were first told "our princess is in another castle.” For those of you not familiar with the reference, "Super Mario Bros.," one of the most popular video games of all time, turned 30 this year.

Super mario bros. has grown to become one of the most popular video game series of all time and it’s main protagonist, Mario , is the closest thing to Mickey Mouse in the world of video games, an instantly recognizable symbol of gaming and a mascot for its company, NINTENDO.

so this STAGE of the retro VGM revival hour is dedicated to that video game icon, Super mario…

here we goooooooooo!!!

Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

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1.) Donkey Kong - Hirokazu Tanaka (Arranged by Yukio Kaneoka) - "Stage Start & Hammer Time” - June 1986 - Nintendo - NES

2.) Donkey Kong Jr - Hirokazu Tanaka (Arranged by Yukio Kaneoka) - "Title Screen & Stage 4” -June 1986 - Nintendo - NES

3.) Mario Bros. - Hirokazu Tanaka (Arranged by Yukio Kaneoka) - "Title Screen & Game Over” - June 1986 - Nintendo - NES

4.) Super Mario Bros. - Koji Kondo - “Overworld (Hurry!) & Underwater”- September 13, 1985 - Nintendo - NES

5.) Super Mario Bros. 2 - Koji Kondo - "Title Screen / Prologue & Overworld” - September 9, 1988 - Nintendo - NES

6.) Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koji Kondo - "Hammer Bros, Giant Land & Athletic” - February 12, 1990 - Nintendo - NES

7.) Dr. Mario - Hirokazu Tanaka - "Title Screen & Fever” - October 1990 - Nintendo - NES

8.) Super Mario Land - Hirokazu Tanaka - "Muda Kingdom & Easton Kingdom” - August 1989 - Nintendo - Game Boy

9.) Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - Kazumi Totaka - “ Athletic, Star Maze & Choose Your Pipe “ - November 2, 1992 - Nintendo - Game Boy

10.) Super Mario World - Koji Kondo - “Title Theme, Athletic & The evil king koopa(Bowser)“ - August 23, 1991 - Nintendo - SNES

11.) Super Mario RPG - Yoko Shimomura - “Happy adventure/Delightful adventure, Still the road is full of dangers & Fight against koopa(Bowser)” - May 13, 1996 - Square/Nintendo - SNES

12.) Super Mario 64 - Koji Kondo - “Slider & Dire/Dire Docks“ - September 26, 1996 - Nintendo - N64

13.) Super Mario Sunshine - Koji Kondo & Shinobu Tanaka - “Delfino plaza“ - August 26, 2002 - Nintendo - Nintendo GameCube

14.) New Super Mario Bros. - Asuka Ohta, Hajime Wakai & Koji Kondo - “Walking the plains & The mushroom waltz" - May 15, 2006 - Nintendo - Nintendo DS

15.) Super Mario Galaxy - Mahito Yokota & Koji Kondo - “ Starbit Festival, (Rosetta’s) Rosalina's Comet Observatory 2, Floater Land & Flying Mario“ - November 12, 2007 - Nintendo - Nintendo Wii

16.) Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu & Koji Kondo - “Throwback Galaxy & Hurry!" - May 23, 2010 - Nintendo - Nintendo Wii

17.) Super Mario 3D World - Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Yasuaki Iwata & Koji Kondo - “Captain Toad Goes Forth, Super Bell Hill & Shifty Boo Mansion" - November 22, 2013 - Nintendo - WiiU

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STAGE 24: SONY PLAYSTATION

Today marks 20 year anniversary of the Sony PlayStation and For any product in this vast and unpredictable world of gaming to last that long is undeniably quite an achievement.

The PlayStation revolutionized the videogame industry immersive gameplay and cinematic storytelling experiences that weren’t previously possible on older hardware, and ushered in a new era of videogaming which shifted game developers and publishers from being considered toy makers to being seen as part of the entertainment industry.

The sony Playstation made its mark in the video game industry and continues to entertain gamers world wide through its various iterations. That is why this STAGE of the retro VGM revival out is to celebrate the 20th year anniversary of the sony playstation.

Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

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1.) Megaman X5 - Naoto Tanaka, Takuya Miyawaki & Naoya Kamisaka - "X vs Zero” -January 31, 2001 - Capcom - Sony Playstation

2.) Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Yuki Iwai, Takayuki Iwai, Isao Abe,
Hideki Okugawa & Tetsuya Shibata - "Scala (Rose's Theme)” - April 30, 1999 - Capcom - Sony Playstation

3.) Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - Josh Mancell - "Crash Dash, Crash Crush, Un-Bearable” - October 31, 1997 - Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

4.) Chrono Cross - Yasunori Mitsuda - "Dream of the Shore Near Another World” - August 15, 2000 - SquareSoft - Sony Playstation

5.) The Legend of Dragoon - Takeo Miratsu & Dennis Martin - "Dart's Theme” - June 11, 2000 - Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

6.) Guilty Gear - Daisuke Ishiwatari, Takahiro Uematsu, Hatsuaki Takami & Takuya Moritou - “Conclusion” - October 31, 1998 - Arc System Works - Sony Playstation

7.) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Michiru Yamane - "Lost Paintings” - October 2, 1997 - Konami - Sony Playstation

8.) Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft - Nathan McCree - "Main Theme” - November 21, 1998 - Core Design/EIDOS Interactive - Sony Playstation

9.) Final Fantasy VIII - Nobuo Uematsu - "The Man with the Machine Gun” - September 9, 1999 - SquareSoft - Sony Playstation

10.) Brave Fencer Musashi - Tsuyoshi Sekito - "The Palace of Ice” - October 31, 1998 - SquareSoft - Sony Playstation

11.) Einhänder - Kenichiro Fukui - “Madness“ - May 5, 1998 - SquareSoft/Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

12.) Resident Evil 2 - Masami Ueda, Shusaku Uchiyama
& Syun Nishigaki - "Secure Place” - January 21, 1998 - Capcom - Sony Playstation

13.) Silent Hill - Akira Yamaoka - “Tears of...” - January 31, 1999 - Konami - Sony Playstation

14.) PaRappa the Rapper - Masaya Matsuura & Yoshihisa Suzuki - “Instructor mooselini's rap & All master's rap“ - October 31, 1997 - NanaOn-Sha/Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

15.) Final Fantasy VII - Nobuo Uematsu - "Aerith's Theme” - September 7, 1997 - SquareSoft/Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

16.) Twisted Metal - Chuck E. Meyers, Lance Lenhart & Tom Hopkins - "Main Theme” - November 5, 1995 - SingleTrac/Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

17.) Vagrant Story - Hitoshi Sakimoto - “Joshua“ - May 15, 2000 - SquareSoft - Sony Playstation

18.) Persona 2: Eternal Punishment - Toshiko Tasaki, Masaki Kurokawa & Kenichi Tsuchiya - "Boss Battle” - December 22, 2000 - Atlus - Sony Playstation

19.) Tekken 3 - Nobuyoshi Sano, Keiichi Okabe, Hiroyuki Kawada, Minamo Takahashi & Yuu Miyake - "Jin Kazama Theme” - April 29, 1998 - Namco - Sony Playstation

20.) Mega Man X4 - Toshihiko Horiyama - "Opening Stage (Playing as X)" - September 25, 1997 - Capcom - Sony Playstation

21.) Metal Gear Solid - Rika Muranaka /Performed by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh - "The Best Is Yet To Come” - October 21, 1998 - Konami - Sony Playstation

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STAGE 23: OPENING/TITLE Themes

Opening and Title screen themes set the mood for the entire game. they're in charge of giving a player the ever important first impression. Often overlooked, these particular themes are usually an afterthought once the “press start” option becomes available, But if you choose to not press that button, you will realize that the these themes are one of the most important key elements in making an amazing gaming experience. This is why this special STAGE of the retro VGM revival hour is dedicated to those great Opening and Title screen themes. So put that controller down and be amazed on how awesome these themes can be.

Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

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1.) METROID - Hirokazu Tanaka - “ Title Screen / Prologue “ - August 1987 - Nintendo - NES

2.) Journey to Silius - - Naoki Kodaka - “Title Screen" - October 1, 1987 - Tokai Engineering/Sunsoft - NES

3.) Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Video Game - Anamanaguchi - “Scott Pilgrim Anthem” - August 2010 - Ubisoft Montreal/ Ubisoft & Universal studios - XBLA & PSN

4.) The Legend of Zelda - Koji Kondo - “Opening” - August 22, 1987 - Nintendo - NES

5.) Donkey Kong Country - David Wise, Eveline Fischer & Robin Beanland - “Opening Theme” - November 25, 1994 - RARE/Nintendo - SNES

6.) Faxanadu - Jun Chikuma - “Opening" - November 19, 1989 - Hudson Soft/Nintendo - NES

7.) Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Michiru Yamane - “Prayer" - March 20, 1997 - KONAMI - PlayStation & Sega Saturn

8.) Batman Arkham City - Nick Arundel & Ron Fish - “Main Theme” - October 18, 2011 - Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - PS3, Xbox 360, Windows & Nintendo WiiU

9.) Skate or Die 2: The Search For Double Trouble - Rob Hubbard - “Title Screen” - 1990 - Electronic Arts - NES

10.) Double Dragon - Kazunaka Yamane - “Title Screen” - June1988 - Technos japan/Tradewest - NES

11.) Cave Story - Daisuke Amaya - “Cave Story” - December 20, 2004 - Studio Pixel - Windows, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, OSX & Linux

12.) Phantasy Star 4 (Phantasy Star 4: The End of the Millennium) - Izuho Numata & Masaki Nakagaki - “Opening" - February, 1995 - SEGA - Sega Genesis(Megadrive)

13.) Final Fantasy X - Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu & Junya Nakano - “To Zanarkand” - December 17, 2001 - SQUARE - PS2

14.) Odin Sphere - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, Kimihiro Abe & Mitsuhiro Kaneda - “Odin Sphere's Theme" - May 22, 2007 - Vanillaware/Atlus - PS2

15.) Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box - Tomohito Nishiura - “Theme of the Diabolical Box” - November 29, 2007 - Level-5/Nintendo - Nintendo DS

16.) Secret of Mana - Hiroki Kikuta - “Fear of the Heavens" - August 6, 1993 - SQUARE - SNES

17.) Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu & Koji Kondo - “Overture" - May 23, 2010 - Nintendo - Nintendo Wii

18.) Mega Man X - Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara & Toshihiko Horiyama - “Title Screen” - December 17, 1993 - CAPCOM - SNES

19.) Splatoon - Toru Minegishi & Shiho Fujii - “Splattack” - May 29, 2015 - Nintendo - Wii U

20.) Buck Bumble - Justin Scharvona - “Main Theme" - September 30, 1998 - Argonaut Games/Ubisoft - N64

21.) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Greg Edmonson & Carmen Rizzo - “Nate's Theme” - October 13, 2009 - Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment - PS3

22.) Axiom Verge - Thomas Happ - "The Axiom” - March 31, 2015 - Thomas Happ Games - PS4, windows, OS X, Linux

23.) Shovel Knight - Jake Kaufman & Manami Matsumae - “Main Theme" - June 26, 2014 - Yacht Club Games - Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, PS3, 3DS, Wii U, PS Vita & Xbox One

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STAGE 22: RUN AND GUN

LETS DO THIS!!!!

Run N' Gun games are some of the most intense, exciting, and just plain difficult games out there. a horizontal sidescrolling game where the player can aim and shoot in different directions all the while masses of enemies, explosions, big guns and even bigger giant robot or monster boss battles are standing in their way to victory.

This is why in this episode of the retro vgm revival hour , we will focus on the music of amazing run n’ gun games. So have your spread shot ready and lets go with guns blazing!

Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System

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1.) Gunstar Heroes - Norio Hanzawa - “Stage 4" - September 9, 1993 - Treasure/SEGA - Sega Genesis /Mega Drive

2.) Contra - Hidenori Maezawa & Kiyohiro Sada - “Area 1: Jungle / Area 7: Hanger” - February 2, 1988 - KONAMI - NES

3.) Turrican - Chris Huelsbeck - “level 1(BGM 02)” - 1990 - Factor 5/Rainbow Arts - AMIGA

4.) Metal Slug 3 - Takushi Hiyamuta, Yoshihiko Wada, Hori_Hori, Q_Jirou & Maitaro - “The Midnight Wandering” - September 17, 2001 - SNK - Neo Geo

5.) Ranger X - Yoshinobu Hiraiwa - "Stage 1-1 (Desert)” - 1993 - GAU Entertainment/SEGA - Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

6.) Rolling Thunder - Junko Ozawa - “BGM 1" - 1989 - Arc System Works/TENGEN - NES

7.) Pocky & Rocky - Hiroyuki Iwatsuki - "Enchanted Forest” - June 1993 - Natsume - SNES

8.) Rush’N Attack - Shinya Nakamoto, Iku Mizutani, Satoe Terashima & Masanori Adachi - “Stage Theme 3” - April 1987 - KONAMI - NES

9.) Sunset Riders - Motoaki Furukawa - "Face With Courage (Town Stage 2, Forest Stage 1)” - 1992 - KONAMI - Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

10.) Contra Hard Corps - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hirofumi Taniguchi, Aki Hata, Akira Yamaoka & Michiru Yamane - “Stage 01 Theme" - August 8, 1994 - KONAMI - Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

11.) Super Turrican 2 - Chris Huelsbeck - “Stage 1-4 Wormland” - November 1995 - Factor 5/Ocean Software - SNES

12.) Rapid Reload (Gunner’s Heaven) - Kazuhiko Toyama - "Stage 1 - Cargo Ship" - September 29, 1995 - Media Vision/Sony Computer Entertainment - Sony Playstation

13.) Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa - Michiru Yamane - "Stage 7 (Cow Town 1)” - November 19, 1992 - KONAMI - Arcades

14.) Alien Soldier - Norio Hanzawa - “Runner AD2025" - February 24, 1995 (japan/Europe only) - Treasure/SEGA - Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

15.) Super Smash TV - Marshall Parker - "Title Screen” - February 1992 - Beam Software/Acclaim - SNES

16.) Contra III: The Alien Wars - Miki Higashino, Masanori Adachi, Tappy Iwase & Aki Hata - “Stage 04" - April 6, 1992 - KONAMI - SNES

17.) Blaster Master - Naoki Kodaka - "Area 3: Factory" - November 1988 - Sunsoft - NES

18.) Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Joe McDermott - "Zombie Panic" - September 24, 1993 - LucasArts/KONAMI - SNES

19.) Ikari Warriors - Toshikazu Tanaka - “Stage Theme” - May 1987 - Micronics/SNK - NES

20.) Earthworm Jim 2 - Tommy Tallarico - "Anything But Tangerines”- December 22, 1995 - Shiny Entertainment/Playmates Interactive - Sega Genesis/MegaDrive

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