PODCAST
A guided tour through decades of music in video and computer games.

Let's embark on a journey along (mostly) old games and follow the many connections of people and their creations. Between the classics there are so many hidden gems to discover and appreciate that the Super BleepCast surely will satisfy your thirst for nostalgia and just the best chipmusic.

Each episode starts from a topic and follows the people, the games, or the tech to new and sometimes unexpected destinations. Let's jump into the rabbit hole and see how deep it can go.

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Ninja
Lurking in the shadows, plucking your strings
12th of March, 2022
Let me take you back to an age where you couldn’t throw a stone and not hit a ninja in some pop-culture artifact. The 1980s not only were a golden age of early computer music but also inundated with games starring these silent assassins.

Summary

As always, there are way too many games to cover so this selection was flawed from the start. Nevertheless I hope you enjoy the mix of obscurity to all-time-favorites as we trace the careers of many a composer.

The Moshville Times’s Interview with rainbowdragoneyes.
Retro Reset’s Interview with rainbowdragoneyes.

Chapters

  • 00:00 Podcatchers
  • 01:10 Intro
  • 02:19 Ninjas in the 80s
  • 03:59 Ninja Golf
  • 05:05 Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja
  • 06:50 Hiroaki Yoshida and Azusa Hara
  • 11:09 Yuzo Koshiro
  • 12:47 The NEC PC-8801
  • 14:07 Romanica a.k.a. Dragon Slayer Jr.
  • 15:23 The Revenge of Shinobi
  • 16:43 Strees of Rage a.k.a. Bare Knuckle
  • 18:05 Koshiro’s Music Love Macro Language
  • 20:13 ActRaiser
  • 21:40 Limitations of the SNES
  • 23:32 Ancient Corp.
  • 24:37 The SoundBoard 2 for the PC-88
  • 27:32 The Automated Composing System
  • 28:59 Shenmue
  • 31:10 The Last Ninja
  • 37:57 More Last Ninjas
  • 40:24 Ninja Gaiden
  • 42:53 Keiji Yamagishi
  • 46:06 The Messenger
  • 49:07 rainbowdragoneyes
  • 52:16 Keiji’s Cameo
  • 53:32 Sendoff

Tracklist

  • 01:10-01:28 BleepCast Title (Seph Carissa)
  • 01:29-01:33 Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja [Arcade 1988] - [6] Game Over (Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida)
  • 01:33-02:19 Ninja Gaiden [NES 1988] - [2] Prologue 2 - Determination; Father’s Message (Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta)
  • 02:19-03:56 Streets of Rage [Genesis 1991] - [10] The Last Soul (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 04:07-04:12 Ninja Golf [Atari 7800 1990] Game Start
  • 04:59-05:06 Ninja Golf [Atari 7800 1990] Game Complete
  • 05:15-05:36 Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja [Arcade 1988] - [5] Dragon Ninja (Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida)
  • 05:37-06:54 Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja [Arcade 1988] - [1] Fist of Fury (Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida)
  • 06:55-07:54 Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja [Arcade 1988] - [4] Lightning Speed (Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida)
  • 07:56-08:14 B-Wings [NES 1986] - [1] Opening Titles (Hiroaki Yoshida, Azusa Hara)
  • 08:14-09:02 Dark Seal [Arcade 1990] - [9] Invasion of The Dark Forces (Stage 2) (Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuya Kiuchi, Kenji Mori)
  • 09:07-10:19 Windjammers 2 [Multi 2022] - [4] Court Beach (Hiroaki Yoshida, GAMADELIC)
  • 10:25-10:27 Sonic the Hedgehog [Genesis 1991] - Sega Logo Jingle
  • 10:28-11:06 Shinobi [Arcade 1987] - BGM 2 (Yasuhiro Kawakami)
  • 11:10-11:35 Revenge of Shinobi [Genesis 1989] - [2] Long Distance (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 11:35-12:29 Revenge of Shinobi [Genesis 1989] - [3] The Shinobi (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 12:33-14:06 Streets of Rage [Genesis 1991] - [1] The Street of Rage (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 14:08-15:26 Romancia [PC-88 1987] Gate of Romancia (Opening) (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 15:27-16:14 Revenge of Shinobi [Genesis 1989] - [12] China Town (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 16:14-16:54 Revenge of Shinobi [Genesis 1989] - [07] Make Me Dance (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 16:55-18:05 Streets of Rage [Genesis 1991] - [3] Fighting in the Stree (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 18:05-19:32 Streets of Rage [Genesis 1991] - [8] Stealthy Steps (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 19:33-20:16 Streets of Rage [Genesis 1991] - [9] Violent Breathing (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 20:16-21:27 Actraiser [SNES 1990] - [04] Fillmore (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 21:27-22:09 Actraiser [SNES 1990] - [15] Birth of the People (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 22:09-23:32 Actraiser [SNES 1990] - [11] North Wall (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 23:32-26:05 Streets of Rage 2 [Genesis 1992] - [16] SOR Super Mix (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 26:08-27:15 Streets of Rage 2 [Genesis 1992] - [11] Slow Moon (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 27:16-28:40 Streets of Rage 3 [Genesis 1994] - [02] Fuze (Motohiro Kawashima)
  • 28:40-29:00 Streets of Rage 3 [Genesis 1994] - [01] Spinning Machine (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 29:06-31:06 Shenmue [Dreamcast 1999] - [6] The Sadness I Carry On My Shoulders (Yuzo Koshiro)
  • 31:12-33:28 Last Ninja [C64 1987] - [01] Wilderness Loader (Ben Daglish)
  • 33:28-36:27 Last Ninja [C64 1987] - [07] Wilderness (Ben Daglish)
  • 36:27-38:23 Last Ninja [C64 1987] - [06] Wastelands (Ben Daglish)
  • 38:25-39:22 Last Ninja 2 [C64 1988] - [12] The Mansion (Matt Gray)
  • 39:22-40:46 Last Ninja 3 [C64 1991] - [10] Outro (Reyn Ouwehand)
  • 40:46-41:06 Ninja Gaiden [NES 1988] - [01] Prologue 1 - Moonlight Duel (Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta)
  • 41:14-42:08 Ninja Gaiden [NES 1988] - [09] Pursuing the Nightmare (Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta)
  • 42:10-42:54 Ninja Gaiden [NES 1988] - [22] Epilogue 1 - Requiem (Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta)
  • 43:04-43:49 Ninja Gaiden [NES 1988] - [15] The Amazing Ryu (Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta)
  • 44:03-44:27 Captain Tsubasa 2 Super Striker [NES 1990] - [03] Opponent Team in Japan (Keiji Yamagishi)
  • 44:29-45:13 Captain Tsubasa 2 Super Striker [NES 1990] - [22] Dialogue with Robert before Match with Germany (Keiji Yamagishi)
  • 45:14-46:10 World 1-2: The Complete Collection [Album] - 09 Memories of T (Keiji Yamagishi)
  • 46:13-47:34 The Messenger [Multi 2018] - 1-03 Hills of Destiny (Autumn Hills) (rainbowdragoneyes)
  • 47:38-48:13 The Messenger [Multi 2018] - 1-19 A Home Amongst The Clouds (Cloud Ruins) (rainbowdragoneyes)
  • 48:08-49:15 The Messenger [Multi 2018] - 2-12 Civilization In The Sky (Cloud Ruins) (rainbowdragoneyes)
  • 49:19-50:00 The Messenger [Multi 2018] - 1-16 The Arcane Golem -rainbowdragoneyes)
  • 50:03-51:18 The Messenger [Multi 2018] - 1-08 Bamboo Boogaloo (Bamboo Creek) (rainbowdragoneyes)
  • 51:19-52:18 The Messenger [Multi 2018] - 2-19 A Hero’s Gift (rainbowdragoneyes)
  • 52:20-53:54 The Messenger EP [Album] - 01 Infiltration (Keiji Yamagishi)
  • 53:54-54:00 BleepCast Bumper (Seph Carissa)
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Dinosaurs
Video game music almost as ancient
13th of February, 2022
This first episodes looks into the colorful soundtracks of various games featuring dinosaurs, some detours along the way (Space! Alternate dimensions!) and much, much talk about various Jurassic Park incarnations.

Summary

The eighties and particularly the 1990s were inundated with licensed games, especially if the licensed property was big. And you couldn't get much bigger than Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. This prompted a new revival of games prominently featuring these giant lizards.

In this very first episode I want to take you along some of this licensed property, and veer off into space, and an alternate reality even!

Chapters

  • 00:00 What the BleepCast is about
  • 01:28 Intro
  • 01:54 Jurassic Park (SNES)
  • 09:25 Jurassic Park (NES)
  • 11:44 Jurassic Park (Sega Genesis)
  • 13:12 Sam Powell’s other stuff
  • 15:05 Wing Commander (SNES)
  • 15:45 Whale’s Voyage (PC)
  • 19:05 Bermuda Syndrome (PC)
  • 24:27 Jurassic Park - The Chaos Continues on the SNES
  • 28:33 The Chaos Continues on the GameBoy as well
  • 30:22 The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Sega Genesis)
  • 33:45 Not talking about Turok (N64)
  • 34:35 Jurassic Park Trespasser (PC)
  • 36:22 Bill Brown’s career
  • 41:34 Wrapping up

Tracklist

  • 00:00-01:26 Seph Carissa [2012] - BleepCast Intermission
  • 01:28-01:47 Seph Carissa [2012] - BleepCast Title
  • 01:48-01:54 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - Opening (Jon Dunn)
  • 01:54-02:14 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - Title (Jon Dunn)
  • 02:15-04:26 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - River (Jon Dunn)
  • 04:28-06:10 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - Jungle (Jon Dunn)
  • 06:11-07:22 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - Building (Jon Dunn)
  • 07:23-07:37 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - Elevator (Jon Dunn)
  • 07:38-08:55 Jurassic Park [SNES 1993] - Mountains (Jon Dunn)
  • 08:55-09:31 texx sound [2002] - JP Montains Remix
  • 09:32-10:37 Jurassic Park [NES 1993] - Ingame 1 (Jon Dunn)
  • 10:37-11:37 Comic Bakery [C64 1984] - Title (Martin Galway)
  • 11:44-11:46 Jurassic Park [Genesis 1993] - Sega Logo
  • 11:46-12:37 Jurassic Park [Genesis 1993] - Power Station (Sam Powell)
  • 12:38-13:27 Jurassic Park [Genesis 1993] - Visitors Center (Sam Powell)
  • 13:27-14:57 Mario is Missing! [SNES 1993] - United States (Sam Powell & Rob Wallace)
  • 15:05-15:42 Wing Commander [SNES 1992] - Defending the Claw (Sam Powell)
  • 15:49-17:00 Whale’s Voyage [OPL2 1993] - Space Battle (Hannes Seifert)
  • 17:00-19:04 Whale’s Voyage [OPL2 1993] - NEO Title Remix (Hannes Seifert)
  • 19:05-20:10 Bermuda Syndrome [MIDI 1995] - COMPLETE (Jörg Schwiezer)
  • 20:11-21:25 Bermuda Syndrome [MIDI 1995] - JUNGLE1 (Jörg Schwiezer)
  • 21:29-22:48 Bermuda Syndrome [CD 1995] - The Serpent Sword (Jörg Schwiezer)
  • 22:48-24:32 Bermuda Syndrome [MIDI 1995] - WATERDIV (Jörg Schwiezer)
  • 24:34-26:14 Jurassic Park 2 [SNES 1994] - Base (Dean Evans)
  • 26:16-28:31 Jurassic Park 2 [SNES 1994] - Jungle (Dean Evans)
  • 28:33-28:33 GameBoy [GB 1989] - Nintendo Logo
  • 28:34-28:49 Jurassic Park 2 [GB 1994] - Subtune 1 (Jon Dunn)
  • 28:50-30:21 Jurassic Park 2 [GB 1994] - Comic Bakery Subtune 6 (Jon Dunn)
  • 30:22-31:08 Lost World: Jurassic Park [Genesis 1997] - Title (Attila Héger)
  • 31:10-32:42 Lost World: Jurassic Park [Genesis 1997] - Isla Sorna Site 1 (Attila Héger)
  • 32:43-33:45 Lost World: Jurassic Park [Genesis 1997] - Isla Sorna Site 3 (Attila Héger)
  • 33:45-34:37 Turok [N64 1997] - First Cave (Darren Mitchell)
  • 34:39-35:38 Trespasser [PC 1998] - Trespasser Intro (Bill Brown)
  • 35:49-36:22 Trespasser [PC 1998] - Industrial Jungle Reveal (Bill Brown)
  • 36:22-37:06 Trespasser [PC 1998] - Apartment - Crash (Bill Brown)
  • 37:10-37:55 Trespasser [PC 1998] - Trespasser Theme (Bill Brown)
  • 37:55-38:51 Trespasser [PC 1998] - Pine Valley (Bill Brown)
  • 38:52-39:27 Trespasser [PC 1998] - T-Rex Encounter 1 (Bill Brown)
  • 39:33-40:06 Trespasser [PC 1998] - Town Ambient 1 (Bill Brown)
  • 40:08-41:04 Command & Conquer Generals [PC 2003] - USA: Track 06 (Bill Brown)
  • 41:06-42:00 Trespasser [PC 1998] - View Of The Island (Bill Brown)
  • 42:01-42:54 Seph Carissa [2013] - Overwood
  • 42:54-42:59 Seph Carissa [2012] - BleepCast Bumper