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Post by drpepperfan on Oct 23, 2014 20:29:23 GMT -5
ok i know 17 now It's Amagon
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Post by wyrdwad on Oct 23, 2014 23:03:52 GMT -5
Yep! Sure is! Only 4 and 20 remain unidentified. Hope somebody figures at least one of 'em out soon so my list can stop being a drug reference. -Tom
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Post by drpepperfan on Oct 24, 2014 0:13:09 GMT -5
Found it. 4 is Pandemonium
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Post by wyrdwad on Oct 24, 2014 1:48:58 GMT -5
Wow, you are seriously on a roll! Only one left, #20. A bit of an unfair one on my part. Might as well give an extra hint, since episode 6 will be going up either late tomorrow night or early Saturday: Another track from the same series -- the next game in it, in fact -- has been featured in a previous episode of Soundtrack Sleuth. -Tom
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Post by drpepperfan on Oct 25, 2014 2:03:09 GMT -5
Popolocrois: Adventure of Beginnings
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Post by wyrdwad on Oct 25, 2014 2:24:38 GMT -5
Yep! That makes all twenty. And just in the nick of time! Here's a full list of answers for the previous episode: 01) Action 52 - The Cheetahmen (Genesis version) 02) Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Game Boy Color) 03) Popful Mail: Magical Fantasy Adventure (Sega CD/Mega CD version) 04) Pandemonium! 05) Super Castlevania IV 06) The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion 07) The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse 08) Little Nemo: The Dream Master 09) Jungle Hunt / Jungle King (arcade version) 10) Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit version) 11) Wizards & Warriors 12) Ultima Online 13) Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest / Mystic Quest Legend 14) Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards 15) Secret of Mana 16) Rygar (NES) 17) Amagon 18) Athena (arcade version) 19) **JPN ONLY** Dinosaur: Resurrection 20) **JPN ONLY** PopoloCrois: Hajimari no Bouken Aaaand, episode 6. This week's theme: SPACE!! To be on this list, a track must be played primarily in an outer space setting, on a space ship, on a space station, on a planet that's considered alien to the protagonist, on the moon (any moon), in the presence of a UFO or UFOs, or in the presence of a character or characters who are specifically identifiable as "space aliens." Bit of an unusual theme, but the result is actually something that should be a little easier than previous weeks... mostly. Good luck! -Tom
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Post by drpepperfan on Oct 25, 2014 3:28:37 GMT -5
What I know so far: 6 is Toejam and Earl I believe 10 is Final Fantasy 4 I should know 12 but I don't. Is it Bubsy? 13 is the easiest! Double Dragon Neon ftw 17 is Mario Galaxy 18 is Earthworm Jim 19 is Ai Choaniki That's what I've got so far
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Post by wyrdwad on Oct 25, 2014 3:44:48 GMT -5
You're seven for seven -- apparently, you *do* know #12 after all, because yes, that's exactly what it is. Very impressive showing right out of the gate. -Tom
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Post by drpepperfan on Oct 25, 2014 13:14:39 GMT -5
Silly me for not getting it the first time round: 1 is Starfox 64 3 is Katamari Damacy
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Post by wyrdwad on Oct 25, 2014 20:39:44 GMT -5
Yep! That makes eight. I gotta say, you know your game music, man! -Tom
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Post by wyrdwad on Oct 30, 2014 1:12:47 GMT -5
Time for the usual mid-week hints! 01: In space. To my knowledge, this was one of the first games ever to feature controller-rumbling -- possibly THE first. And this was a big part of its marketing. 02: **UNIDENTIFIED** In space. Played during a battle with three alternating phases: charge, attack, and guard. Not one of the most well-remembered stages in the game, but very specifically in space. 03: Hopping from planet to planet. The planets are super-tiny and function more like menus than anything else -- but it still counts! 04: **UNIDENTIFIED** On the moon. This is from a freeware title that's NOT available on Steam, GOG or any other major game distribution service to my knowledge, but still has a pretty sizable following -- and numerous other titles from the same developer are, in fact, available on quite a few different distribution networks. 05: **UNIDENTIFIED** In space. Sounds like it comes from another game series, but it doesn't. You're not hearing things, though! The same person responsible for THAT series is also responsible for this much more modern title. 06: Traveling from one floating space-mass to another. In an elevator. Prominently features aliens. 07: Theme specific to a UFO full of aliens. The aliens, however -- and the UFO, and your main character -- are all very tiny. Pretty much the size of toys. 08: **UNIDENTIFIED** On a space station and/or ship. This is a repeating stage theme that you're probably not paying much attention to in this arcade classic, on account of fighting off hordes of aliens with absolutely no time to let your guard down. 09: On the moon. Your goal here is to gather pieces of a giant robot in order to reassemble it back at base. 10: On the moon. The ship you use to get here is modeled and named after a particular type of aquatic animal. 11: **UNIDENTIFIED** On the moon. This is a game where your main character is transformed into a monster and must journey across the land to defeat an evil wizard so you can transform back. The Japanese version of this game had towns, but those were removed from the English-language release. The story was also heavily altered. 12: On a space ship. This game is generally looked down upon, though not nearly as much as the first (and only) 3D entry in the series. 13: On a space ship. This song has lyrics. And is very, very '80s. Even though it was not composed in the '80s. 14: **UNIDENTIFIED** In space. Also played in a techno dungeon. This is from a JRPG on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. 15: **UNIDENTIFIED** On a floating space-mass. This one is a bit of a stretch -- the last stage just happens to take place on floating platforms with a star-field background, so I was like, "it's space!" The game has no story to speak of (not within the game itself, anyway -- maybe in the instructions?), but is very definitely a classic, often imitated by other titles and ported to just about everything. 16: **UNIDENTIFIED** On a space shuttle (sort of a rocket ship, sort of a space station). This is sort of like the forgotten middle game in a European-developed trilogy, with its predecessor on the NES and its successor on the SNES. One man composed music for the predecessor, somebody else composed music for this title, and both men worked together on the successor. 17: On a space station/floating space-mass. Hard to classify exactly what it is, but it's in space! Then again, the vast majority of this game is. That's sort of its thing. 18: Blasting through space. This plays during between-stage minigames, and is intentionally whimsical to match the general feel of the game itself. 19: In space (or at least in high atmosphere with stars and planets clearly visible). Speaking of whimsical, the Japan-only title from which this stage one theme comes is... well, whimsical would be one word. But I think most people would use stronger words. Like "disturbing" and "bizarre." The series is kind of infamous worldwide at this point. 20: On the moon. In this Japan-only game, the moon in question is reached... by staircase. Because that's just the kind of game this is. Good luck! -Tom
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Post by wyrdwad on Nov 1, 2014 19:43:47 GMT -5
Man, still six tracks left to be identified, and episode 7 is almost ready. I'll keep this one going until sometime tomorrow, but after that, the full set of answers will be revealed and this will go down as the most unanswered challenge yet! Kind of surprising. 4, 5, 11, 14, 15 and 16 have yet to be figured out. Still absolutely shocked that no one's gotten #15. Here are the tracks that have been successfully identified so far: 01) Star Fox 64 02) Gitaroo Man / Gitaroo Man Lives 03) Katamari Damacy 04) 05) 06) Toejam & Earl 07) Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure 08) Alien Syndrome (arcade version) 09) Dark Cloud 10) Final Fantasy IV ("Final Fantasy II") 11) 12) Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES version) 13) Double Dragon Neon 14) 15) 16) 17) Super Mario Galaxy 18) Earthworm Jim (Sega CD/Mega CD version) 19) **JPN ONLY** Ai Chou Aniki 20) **JPN ONLY** Zwei II And here are some extra hints for the final six tracks: 04: This freeware title makes heavy use of ball physics.
05: Created by the same guy responsible for Toejam & Earl. This is actually a modern title, available on a variety of systems (and utilizing cross-play among virtually all of them), though it doesn't seem to have done very well. Cute game, though!
11: Your main character in this title is able to stick to walls and ceilings, and can throw balls at enemies.
14: This is actually one of many games in this series, most of which have been released in English, none of which have been very well-received. This is arguably the best game in the series, however, and despite its medieval fantasy setting, you DO go to space in it... and run around. Like, you're just a knightly dude, running around in space, stabbing things. Without a ship. It's very weird.
15: Your main character in this game is not a human being, nor even a humanoid or anything else that one would typically consider to be alive.
16: Your main character in this game is an astronaut, in a space suit. One of the game's primary mechanics is that you have a limited supply of air, and have to collect air tanks as you explore in order to replenish it so you don't suffocate. Good luck! -Tom
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Post by drpepperfan on Nov 1, 2014 20:38:48 GMT -5
is 5 Doki-Doki Universe is 14 Super Hydlide?
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Post by wyrdwad on Nov 1, 2014 20:42:29 GMT -5
Correct on both!
-Tom
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Post by wyrdwad on Nov 2, 2014 4:32:11 GMT -5
Well, it's sometime tomorrow... and I couldn't wait any longer! Heheheh... This episode's theme: Tracks played in a game's very first stage, level, world, area or (in the case of RPGs) dungeon. If multiple tracks are played during a particular game's first stage, any of them are viable for this list. Tutorial stages count, but only if they're unskippable. The key to this list is that no songs on it may be used as repeating level themes -- they are only viable if they're played *exclusively* in a stage, level, world, area or dungeon that can readily and defensibly be regarded as the game's first. I wasn't sure about my choices for this episode when I started putting it together, but I actually really like how it turned out, and consider it to have a rather nice variety of music from a pretty wide range of eras and systems. This may be my favorite overall set of tracks I've used thus far -- I could make a pretty good mix out of these! Do beware, though, as I have a few pretty sneaky little bits of misdirection in this list. Because of course I do. Heheh. Full answer key for last week's episode: 01) Star Fox 64 02) Gitaroo Man / Gitaroo Man Lives 03) Katamari Damacy 04) Within a Deep Forest 05) Doki Doki Universe 06) Toejam & Earl 07) Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure 08) Alien Syndrome (arcade version) 09) Dark Cloud 10) Final Fantasy IV ("Final Fantasy II") 11) SmartBall / Jerry Boy 12) Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (SNES version) 13) Double Dragon Neon 14) Super Hydlide 15) Marble Madness (NES version) 16) Altered Space 17) Super Mario Galaxy 18) Earthworm Jim (Sega CD/Mega CD version) 19) **JPN ONLY** Ai Chou Aniki 20) **JPN ONLY** Zwei II Get ready to head-smack when you see what #15 was. -Tom
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