[Nerd Noise Radio] [Ch 2] Nerd Noise Game Club - C2F: “Finally our Final Finale” (the grand finale)

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Well, this is it, folks - our very last episode of Channel 2, taking a long….VERRRRRRY LONG last look back through the entirety of our show’s history, and featuring at least one track from every single episode! This episode really is obscenely long - just shy of 5 ½ hours! But it covers so much history, and is our way of putting a bow on everything. So we hope you will stick with us for the entire thing! Presented in a hybrid-format of Ch 2-style talkie portions and Ch 1-style mini-mixtapes, and broken up by season.

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Intro Segment [00:00:00 - 00:14:22]

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Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by [this episode] - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by

01 / 01) Title - Jaguar XJ220 - Amiga - Martin Iveson - Hugues - C2E17 [Season 4] - Hugues

1. Earcatcher - 00:00:00
2. Music - 00:00:08
3. Introduction, Top of Show Business, and Discussion - 00:02:54

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Season 1 Segment (2020 / 2021 - plus “2019 Beta”) [00:14:20 - 01:33:47]

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Outtake Tracks (Ch2-esque “talkie portion”)

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by [this episode] - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by

01 / 02) Fonction - n++ - Multiplatform - Broca - St. John - 2019 Beta - St. John

1. Season 1 Earcatcher - 00:14:20
2. Music - 00:14:21
3. Discussion - 00:21:22

02 / 03) One Dream, One Reality - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Multiplatform - Hayota Sonoda - Hugues - 2019 Beta - Hugues

1. Music - 00:29:54
2. Discussion - 00:33:38

03 / 04) Outskirts - So Many Me - Multiplatform - Christopher Geehan and/or Daniel Byrne-McCullough (aka “HyperDuck Soundworks”) - St. John - 2019 Beta - St. John

1. Music - 00:39:11
2. Discussion - 00:42:16

04 / 05) Bar - Dungeon Explorer - TG16 - Tsukasa Masuko - Hugues - C2E1 - Hugues

1. Music - 00:45:43
2. Discussion - 00:46:59

05 / 06) Mystic Woods (aka Forest 2) - Grounseed (OPN vers.) - PC98 - Daisuke Takahashi - St. John - C2E3 - St. John

1. Music - 00:52:09
2. Discussion - 00:55:50

06 / 07) Ice Cavern - LoZ: Ocarina of Time - N64 / 3DS - Kōji Kondō - Hugues - C2E2 - St. John

1. Music - 00:58:31
2. Discussion and Mixtape Tracklists - 01:00:19

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Greatest Hits (Ch1-esque “mini-mixtapes”)

St. John’s Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 08) Mirage - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - 2019 Beta - St. John - 01:04:49

02 / 09) Cyclic (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto - C2E3 - St. John - 01:08:56

03 / 10) Sirena Beach - Super Mario Sunshine - GameCube - Kōji Kondō and/or Shinobu Tanaka - C2E4 - St. John - 01:11:05

04 / 11) 10pm - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch - Yasuaki Iwata, Yumi Takahashi, Shinobu Nagata, Sayoko Doi, and/or Masato Ohashi - C2E1 - St. John - 01:13:18

05 / 12) Kris VR - Burn Cycle - CD-i - Simon Boswell - C2E3 - St. John - 01:15:38

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Hugues’ Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 13) Title - Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School - FDS - Nobuo Uematsu - C2E5 - Hugues - 01:20:00

02 / 14) Beneath the Mask (Rain - Instrumental) - Persona 5 - Multiplatform - Shouji Meguro - 2019 Beta - Hugues - 01:21:32

03 / 15) Trickster for Mayor - The Flash - Mastersystem - Jeroen Tel - C2E3 - Hugues - 01:25:04

04 / 16) Birdman - Pilotwings 64 - N64 - Dan Hess - C2E3 - Hugues - 01:27:03

05 / 17) Christmas on Dobuita St. - Shenmue - Dreamcast - Ryuiji Iuichi - C2E2 - Hugues - 01:30:38

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Season 2 Segment (2022) [01:33:44 - 02:46:44]

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Outtake Tracks (Ch2-esque “talkie portion”)

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by [this episode] - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by

01 / 18) Clothes Make the Man - Shakedown Hawaii - Multiplatform - Matt Creamer - Hugues - C2E7 - Hugues

1. Season 2 Earcatcher - 01:33:44
2. Music - 01:33:45
3. Discussion - 01:35:30

02 / 19) Cathedral and Sewers - Batman Returns - Sega CD - Spencer Nilsen - St. John - C2E8 - St. John

1. Music - 01:41:30
2. Discussion - 01:44:44

03 / 20) The Oath - Final Fantasy VIII - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - Hugues - C2E8 - Hugues

1. Music - 01:47:24
2. Discussion - 01:50:43

04 / 21) Esto Gaza - Final Fantasy IX - PS1 - Nobuo Uematsu - St. John - C2E8 - St. John

1. Music - 01:54:25
2. Discussion - 01:58:02

05 / 22) Track 03 - Robo Aleste - Sega CD - Katsumi Tanaka and/or Satoshi Shimazaki - Hugues - C2E10 - Hugues

1. Music - 02:01:40
2. Discussion - 02:05:26

06 / 23) Wacky Workbench (past) - Sonic CD - Sega CD - Minoru Kanari and/or Makoto Oshitani - St. John - C2E10 - St. John

1. Music - 02:07:57
2. Discussion and Mixtape Tracklists - 02:11:35

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Greatest Hits (Ch1-esque “mini-mixtapes”)

Hugues’ Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 24) Daiba Freezing Town - 7th Dragon 2020 - PSP - Yuzo Koshiro - C2E8 - Hugues - 02:15:05

02 / 25) Blue Destination - Sen no Kiseki II - Multiplatform - Hayato Sonoda and/or Takahiro Unisuga - C2E8 - Hugues - 02:18:19

03 / 26) Shop Theme - Jaguar XJ220 - Sega CD - Martin Iveson - C2E8 - St. John - 02:22:40

04 / 27) After School - Persona 3 Portable - PSP - Shoji Meguro - C2E7 - Hugues - 02:25:31

05 / 28) Jamie’s Theme - Snatcher - Sega CD - Konami Kukeiha Club - C2E10 - St. John - 02:27:38

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St. John’s Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 29) Nice Day - Spindizzy II - X68000 - Toshiya Yamanka and/or Tetsuya Nakano - C2E7 - St. John - 02:29:54

02 / 30) West Side Andore Cage Battle - Final Fight CD - Sega CD - c: Harumi Fujita, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Junko Tamiya, Manami Matsumae, Yasuaki Fujita, Yoko Shimomura, and/or Yoshihiro Sakaguchi / a: T's Music - C2E10 - St. John - 02:33:25

03 / 31) Quad Machine - Quake II - PC / PS1 - Sonic Mayhem - C2E6 - St. John - 02:36:35

04 / 32) Atlantis of the Sands - Uncharted 3 - PS3 - Greg Edmondson, Azam Ali, JD Mayer, and/or Clint Bajakian - C2E9 - Hugues - 02:40:09

05 / 33) The Burning Sands - Final Fantasy X - PS2 - Masashi Hamauzu - C2E9 - St. John - 02:42:37

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Season 3 Segment (2023) [02:46:40 - 03:48:57]

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Outtake Tracks (Ch2-esque “talkie portion”)

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by [this episode] - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by

01 / 34) The Sun Station - The Outer Wilds - Multiplatform - Andrew Prahlow - St. John - C2E11 - St. John

1. Season 3 Earcatcher - 02:46:40
2. Music - 02:46:42
3. Discussion - 02:49:23

02 / 35) Agitha’s Castle - LoZ: Twilight Princess - GameCube / Wii / WiiU - Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota, and/or Koji Kondo - Hugues - C2E12 - Hugues

1. Music - 02:57:01
2. Discussion - 02:59:03

03 / 36) Alone in the Town - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka - St. John - C2E12 - St. John

1. Music - 03:01:19
2. Discussion - 03:03:50

04 / 37) Halftime - Pat Riley Basketball - Genesis - Hikoshi Hashimoto - Hugues - C2E13 - Hugues

1. Music - 03:05:14
2. Discussion - 03:07:01

05 / 38) The Magical Box - World of Illusion - Genesis - Haruyo Oguro and/or Tomoko Sasaki - St. John - C2E15 - St. John

1. Music - 03:10:37
2. Discussion - 03:12:17

06 / 39) Windmill Hills - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - WiiU / Switch - David Wise - Hugues - C2E15 - Hugues

1. Music - 03:13:46
2. Discussion and Mixtape Tracklists - 03:17:53

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Greatest Hits (Ch1-esque “mini-mixtapes”)

St. John’s Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 40) Zena Lan (Heavily Armored) - Cosmic Carnage - 32X - Hikoshi Hashimoto - C2E13 - St. John - 03:21:34

02 / 41) Space - Yoshi’s Crafted World - Switch - Kazafumi Umeda - C2E11 - St. John - 03:23:23

03 / 42) My Quiet Forest Home - Octopath Traveller - Multiplatform - Yasunori Nishiki - C2E12 - Hugues - 03:26:26

04 / 43) Fishing for Seema - Tsuri Tarou - Super Famicom - Katsuhiro Hayashi - C2E15 - St. John - 03:29:36

05 / 44) Login Screen - N/A (System Music) - PS5 - Unknown - C2E13 - St. John - 03:31:42

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Hugues’ Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 45) Cell - Bucky O’Hare - NES - Tomoko Sumiyama - C2E15 - Hugues - 03:34:52

02 / 46) Distrust - Danganronpa - Multiplatform - Masafumi Takada - C2E14 - Hugues - 03:37:05

03 / 47) Search Break - JB Harold Murder Club - PC88 - Yoshihiko Miyazaki - C2E13 - Hugues - 03:40:16

04 / 48) Build Mode 4 - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - C2E12 - St. John - 03:42:09

05 / 49) Town #2 - RPG Maker VX Ace - PC - Unknown - C2E12 - St. John - 03:45:43

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Season 4 Segment (2024) [03:48:53 - 05:04:33]

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Outtake Tracks (Ch2-esque “talkie portion”)

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by [this episode] - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by

01 / 50) Sea of Love - It Came from the Desert - TG16 - Kenneth Melville / Vocals: Terence Kirby - Hugues - C2E16 - Hugues

1. Season 4 Earcatcher - 03:48:53
2. Music - 03:48:55
3. Discussion - 03:51:21

02 / 51) Bulberry Hill - Zool 2 - Amiga- Neil Biggin - St. John - C2E19 - St. John

1. Music - 03:55:28
2. Discussion - 03:58:36

03 / 52) Menu - Sim City - NES (unreleased) - c: Soya Oka and/or Koji Kondo / a: Unknown - Hugues - C2E18 - Hugues

1. Music - 04:03:44
2. Discussion - 04:05:21

04 / 53) Quiet - Edge - Multiplatform - Richard Malot - St. John - C2E19 - St. John

1. Music - 04:06:49
2. Discussion - 04:09:12

05 / 54) Staff Roll - Phantasy Star III - Genesis - Ippo Takeuchi - Hugues - C2E20 - Hugues

1. Music - 04:12:11
2. Discussion - 04:14:09

06 / 55) Reckless Running - Sega Rally Championship - Saturn - c: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi / a: Takayuki Hijikata - St. John - C2E19 - St. John

1. Music - 04:16:10
2. Discussion and Mixtape Tracklists - 04:20:23

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Greatest Hits (Ch1-esque “mini-mixtapes”)

Hugues’ Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 56) Ending Theme - Fido Dido - Genesis (unreleased) - Matt Furniss - C2E18 - Hugues - 04:25:54

02 / 57) Meadow’s Edge 2 - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Hulsbeck - C2E17 - Hugues - 04:28:12

03 / 58) Bridge Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Master System - Yuzo Koshiro - C2E19 - Hugues - 04:30:52

04 / 59*) Summer Vacation - Tokyo Xanadu - Multiplatform - Takahiro Unisuga - C2E20 - Hugues - 04:32:41

05 / 60*) Stage 2 (50Hz) Time Trax - Genesis (unreleased) - Tim Follin - C2E18 - St. John - 04:37:48

* = Hugues had intended these two to appear in the opposite order, but I had screwed this up in production - I’m not even sure how I managed to do it, to be honest, and realized my mistake way too late into the production process! Sorry Hugues! - St. J

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St. John’s Mixtape

Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by - Timestamp

01 / 61) Jazz 3 - SimCopter - PC - Jerry Martin - C2E17 - St. John - 04:41:13

02 / 62) Martinis for Two - The Sims - PC - Jerry Martin and/or Marc Russo - C2E19 - St. John - 04:46:15

03 / 63) A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Katamari Damacy - PS2 - Asuka Sakai / Vocals: Ado Mizumori - C2E16 - Hugues - 04:52:39

04 / 64) Always Been but Never Dreamed - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic / Vocals: Kate Brady - C2E16 - St. John - 04:57:07

05 / 65) Ending - Super Castlevania IV - SNES - Masanori Adachi and/or Taro Kudo - C2E20 - St. John - 05:01:18

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Outro Segment [05:04:14 - 05:22:50]

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Track# (segment / total) - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by [this episode] - Originally from Episode - Originally Selected by

01 / 66) To the Stars - Prune - iOS / Android / Windows - Kyle Preston - St. John - 2019 Beta [Season 1] - St. John

1. Music - 05:04:14
2. Discussion, End of Show Business, Closing Track Discussion and Farewell - 05:08:54

02 / 67) City on the Horizon: Instrumental (from “The Runaway”) - 198X - Multiplatform - Daniel Rosenqvist, Anton Dromberg and/or UFD - Mutual Decision (by both hosts) - C2E1 [Season 1] - St. John

1. Music - 05:19:12

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Total Episode Runtime: 05:22:50 (!!!!!) ------------------------------------------------------------

Hugues’ blog can be found here:

https://huguesjohnson.com/

Here’s the link to Huges’ Dungeon Explorer article: https://www.huguesjohnson.com/guides/de/

Here’s the link to my blog post on the one year anniversary of discovering my ethnic surprises: https://longversionblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/thoughts-at-1yr-anniversary-of-learning.html

….and as an unplanned bonus, a link to my Christmas 1989 story on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the events thereof: https://longversionblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-fire-and-glory-and-unfortunate.html

And speaking of anniversaries, today’s episode is dedicated to the memory of Chris Chandler, a name that longtime listeners of the show will recognize. This episode releases on the 8yr anniversary of his passing. For the curious, here was the great big special we did for him on the occasion of what would’ve been his 40th birthday in July of 2019 - called “Chandlerfest”: https://nerdnoiseradio.podbean.com/e/nerd-noise-radio-reruns-presents-chandlerfest/

Here is the link to the Google Doc with the list of every Channel 2 episode in order (including the 2019 Beta). Links to each episode included within the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pxoqzf207HkiPZpzwEsMSDfh4C3PCCf6NXizC7XeNMA/edit?usp=sharing

Here is the referenced track from Echoes of Wisdom - titled “Balom Dungeon” - one of my all-time favorite tracks from an official Zelda game….heck, bold as it is of me to say, maybe even my all-time favorite! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrwE8V862Y

Lastly, here are links to Kathleen’s (aka “Kate Brady” aka “Sounds like Kathleen”) Instagram and YouTube: https://youtube.com/@soundslikekathleen?si=xF5nZw5zI2fvVHKb

https://www.instagram.com/soundslikekathleen?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

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You can find the blog at www.nerdnoiseradio.blogspot.com. Where we sometimes share additional show notes, and inside info. You can also find Nerd Noise Radio on Archive.org, where we have remixes and super bonuses only available there (such as a music-only alternative version of today’s show).

Nerd Noise Radio is also a member of the Retro Junkies community, which can be found at www.theretrojunkies.com. And we are a member of the VGM Podcast Fans community on Facebook. St. John is also the admin of the Podcasters of Des Moines Facebook group, which features a number of other podcasters and great programs from the greater Des Moines area.

Thanks for having joined Hugues and I on this incredible journey of Channel 2! We’ve been delighted to have you and to have occasionally heard from you! But while one door closes, another door remains open for a little while longer. The Channel 1 show….goes on for one more regular season and then an additional year of retrospectives! Join us again (probably early January) for C1R7 - “The Best of 2024”, and again, later in January for C1E91 - a Mishmash Monday originally planned for November of this year, but pushed back to make room for Hugues’ twin episodes! Delicious VGM on Noise from the Hearts of Nerds! And wherever you are…..Fly the N!

Cheers!