[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1R7: The Best of 2024”

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[Ch 1] "Noise from the Hearts of Nerds" - “C1R7: The Best of 2024”

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Today’s broadcast is C1R7 for Wayback Wednesday, January 15th, 2025. Today’s broadcast will be "The Best of 2024" - our look back at the previous year of Channel 1 as well as Channel 2 not already featured in the Ch 2 retrospectives.

Tracklist!

Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Original Episode(s) / Originally Selected By / Timestamp

A1) Intro - 00:00:00

01) Connected (Yours Forever) - Tetris Effect: Connected - Multiplatform - Hydelic / Vocals: Kate Brady - C2E16 - St. John - 00:04:19

02) White Summit Prob Naberius - Phantasy Star Online 2 - Multiplatform - Hideki Kobayashi, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Kenichi Tokoi, Tadashi Kinukawa, and/or Chihiro Aoki - C1E81 - St. John - 00:09:40

03) The Power of GT - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Yudai Saitoh - C1E87 - St. John - 00:17:02

04) Fantavision 202X - Fantavision 202X - Multiplatform - Soichi Terada - C1E87 - St. John - 00:21:06

05) World B - Art of Balance - Multiplatform - Martin Schjøler - C1E83 / C1E84 - St. John - 00:22:05

06) Starmine - Fantavision (JP) - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1E84 - St. John - 00:24:24

07) Green Hill Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - C1E90 - Hugues - 00:28:31

08) The Silence of Daylight - Castlevania II - NES - Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and/or Kouji Murata - C1E81 - St. John - 00:30:09

09) Brinstar - Metroid - NES - Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka - C1E89 - Hugues - 00:31:38

10) Garden - Die Hard - PC Engine - Kenji Yoshida - C1E82 - St. John - 00:33:21

11) Missions 2-2- and 4 - Rambo III - Genesis - Kazuhiko Nagai - C1E82 - St. John - 00:35:17

12) BGM 2 - Shinobi - PC Engine - Yasuhiro Kawakami - C1E85 - St. John - 00:37:31

13) Forest of Elrond - Wizards and Warriors - NES - David Wise - C1E90 - Hugues - 00:39:01

14) Underwater - TMNT - NES - Jun Funahashi and/or Hidenori Maezawa - C1E83 / C1E84 - St. John - 00:41:02

15) Beatnik on the Ship - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - C1E84 / C1E89 - St. John (84) / Hugues (89) - 00:42:51

16) Lab Theme - Ninja Gaiden - Genesis (unreleased) - Unknown - C2E18 - St. John - 00:45:03

17) Puzzle - 3D Tetris - VirtualBoy - Ken Kojima - C2E19 - Hugues - 00:46:50

18) Attack the Barbarian - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - C1E85 - St. John - 00:49:30

19) Never Return Alive - Streets of Rage 2 - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro and/or Motohiro Kawashima - C1E85 - St. John - 00:52:14

20) Club Tigre - Final Vendetta - Multiplatform - Futurecast and/or Utah Saints - C1E87 - St. John - 00:55:48

21) Dice Dance Days - Gunstar Heroes - Genesis - Norio Hanzawa - C1E82 - St. John - 00:59:10

22) Neo Kobe Steel Factory - Contra III: The Alien Wars - SNES - Miki Higashino, Masanori Adachi, Tappi Iwase, and/or Aki Hata - C1E82 - St. John - 01:01:17

23) Alley / Sewer - Dick Tracy - Genesis - STI Sound Team - C1E82 - St. John - 01:05:01

24) The Demons from Adrian’s Pen - DOOM - PC (OPL3) - Bobby Prince - C2E17 - St. John - 01:06:46

25) Chinatown - Revenge of Shinobi - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - C1E90 - Hugues - 01:09:26

26) The Last Soul - Streets of Rage - Genesis - Yuzo Koshiro - C1E83 / C1E84 - St. John - 01:12:10

27) Confronting Myself - Celeste - Multiplatform - Lena Raine - C1E86 - St. John - 01:15:33

28) Norfair - Metroid - NES - Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka - C1E85 - St. John - 01:19:40

29) Bootup Sequence - N/A (System Music) - FM Towns Marty - Unknown - C2E17 - St. John - 01:21:31

30) Taste of Blood - Portal - Multiplatform - Kelly Baily and/or Mike Morasky - C1E87 - St. John - 01:23:03

31) Wavebreaker - Zenses Ocean - DS - Martin Schjøler - C1E87 - St. John - 01:25:57

32) Shell Twirl - Zenses Ocean - DS - Martin Schjøler - C1E87 - St. John - 01:28:30

33) World E - Art of Balance - Multiplatform - Martin Schjøler - C1E81 - St. John - 01:30:39

34) Starmine - Fantavision (PAL) - PS2 - Jim Croft - C1E87 - St. John - 01:32:54

35) Love and Peace - Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - Kemmei Adachi - C1E87 - St. John - 01:36:50

36) Home - n++ Multiplatform - Marcel Dettman - C1E84 - St. John - 01:41:06

37) Prologue - Celeste - Multiplatform - Lena Raine - C1E86 - St. John - 01:46:04

38) The Hanging Edge - Final Fantasy XIII - PS3/XB360 - Masashi Hamauzu - C1E81 - St. John - 01:47:08

39) The Corridors of Time - Chrono Trigger - SNES - Yasunori Mitsuda - C1E81 - St. John - 01:50:27

40) Crossing3084 - Phantasy Star Online - Dreamcast - Hideaki Kobayashi, and/or Fumie Kumatani - C1E90 - Hugues - 01:53:18

41) Beautiful Morning - Danganronpa 2 - PSP - Masafumi Takada - C1E90 - Hugues - 01:57:22

42) World F - Art of Balance - Multiplatform - Martin Schjøler - C1E84 - St. John - 02:01:22

43) Kraft und Licht - n++ - Multiplatform - Len Faki - C1E83 / C1E84 - St. John - 02:04:44

44) VR Sneaking - Metal Gear Solid 2 - PS2 - c: Iku Mizutani, Shigehiro Takenouchi, and/or Motoaki Furukawa / a: Norihiko Hibino - C1E88 - St. John - 02:11:41

45) Sudden Beautiful Lie - Danganronpa V3 - Vita - Masafumi Takada - C1E89 - Hugues - 02:14:24

46) Starshell - Futuri no Fantavision - PS2 - Soichi Terada - C1E87 - St. John - 02:18:17

47) Tokyo Daylight - Persona 5 - Multiplatform - Shōji Meguro - C1E90 - Hugues - 02:20:12

48) Passing Breeze - Outrun - Arcade - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - C1E88 / C1E89 - St. John (88) / Hugues (89) - 02:23:50

49) Theme - Space Harrier - Arcade - Hiroshi Kawaguchi - C1E90 - Hugues - 02:29:30

50) End Credits - Mega Man 3 - NES - Yasuaki Fujita and/or Harumi Fujita - C2E20 - St. John - 02:33:25

B1) Outro - 02:36:14

Music Block Runtime: 02:31:58 / Total Episode Runtime: 02:51:01

Our customary Channel 1 intro and outro music, which did not appear today is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast - composed by BB Rights. Our special year-in-review intro and outro music are, respectively, Results Theme from Metroid Prime on the GameCube, composed by Kenji Yamamoto, and Results Parade, from the Check Mii Out Channel on the Wii, composed by Kazumi Totaka.

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