[Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2E18: “It Never Happened”

Nerd Noise Radio

Today’s broadcast is C2E18 for Theme Thursday, July 4th, 2024 (the holiday connection was a pure coincidence - but happy holidays to everyone who celebrates it!). Today’s theme is music from unreleased (and usually unfinished) games - on a program we’re calling “It Never Happened” - subject selected by Hugues, and episode title by St. John!

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

01) Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis - Matt Furniss - Hugues

1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
2. Music - 00:00:03
3. Introductions - 00:02:27
4. Top of Show Business - 00:06:08
5. Discussion - 00:11:57

02) Options - Sonic X-treme - Saturn - Howard Drossin - St. John

1. Music - 00:16:19
2. Discussion - 00:17:35

03) Levels 1, 2, 3 - X-Men Mind Games - 32X - Jesper Kyd - Hugues

1. Music - 00:26: 33
2. Discussion - 00:34:26

04) Lab Theme - Ninja Gaiden - Genesis - Unknown - St. John

1. Music - 00:38:43
2. Discussion - 00:40:30

05) River Level - The A-Team - Master System - Jeroen Tel - Hugues

1. Music - 00:50:56
2. Discussion - 00:52:46

06) Stage 2 (50Hz) - Time Trax - Genesis - Tim Follin - St. John (how it would sound on a PAL Mega Drive)

1. Music - 00:57:08
2. Discussion - 00:59:50

07) The End of Worlds - Shadow of the Beast - SNES - c: David Whittaker / a: Unknown - Hugues

1. Music - 01:27:30
2. Discussion - 01:16:10

08) Astral Race - Marble Madness II - Arcade - Brad Fuller and/or John Paul - St. John

1. Music - 01:20:12
2. Discussion - 01:23:07

09) Tatsumarii Village - Earthbound 64 - N64 - Shogo Sakai - Hugues

1. Music - 01:28:14
2. Discussion - 01:30:32

10) Peaceful Future 2052 - Time Diver Eon Man - NES - Tsukasa Masuko - St. John

1. Music - 01:37:41
2. Discussion - 01:39:17

11) Menu - Sim City - NES - c: Soyo Oka and/or Koji Kondo / a: Unknown - Hugues

1. Music - 01:45:07
2. Discussion - 01:46:43

12) Unknown City - Doxa - PS4 - Daniel Capo - St. John

1. Music - 01:50:07
2. Discussion - 01:51:30

13) The Original Spelunkers - Bonk - Brink of Extinction - Multiplatform - Disasterpeace - Hugues

1. Music - 01:56:11
2. Discussion - 01:59:05
3. End of Show Business - 02:02:12
4. A major shout-out to Majors! - 02:08:07
5. Final Track Discussion - 02:10:11
6. Sign-off - 02:13:21

14) Ending and Staff Roll - The Shadow - SNES - Jonathan Dunn - St. John

1. Music - 02:13:30
2. Outtakes - 02:16:27
3. BONUS 1: Time Trax “55Hz” (how Tim would’ve intended it to sound) - 02:21:06
4. BONUS 2: Time Trax 60Hz (how it would sound on an NTSC Genesis / Mega Drive) - 02:23:32

Total Episode Runtime: 02:26:09

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-game-club/id1453018680

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https://huguesjohnson.com/

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Thanks for listening! Join us again later this month on Ch 1 for C1E87: TwoFer Tuesday - vol. 10 - Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds - and wherever you are….Fly the N!