\nMany of today\u2019s indie and AA developers know their retro. That\u2019s why there\u2019s an abundance of amazing games available for modern platforms which channel the games of our pasts. Thankfully, game composers of the current era haven\u2019t forgotten the roots of VGM either, as the amount of modern games which rely on catchy melodies, punchy drums and FM tones is alive and well. On today\u2019s XVGM Radio, Justin and Mike uncover some of their favorite game music styled like the 8-bit and 16-bit tunes that raised them. Tons of interesting conversation about Justin wearing diapers, wax nostalgic Strong Bad references (20XD6!)
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\nTRACK LISTING:
\nIntro – Venture Kid (SWI/WIN/IOS – 2016) \u201cTitle Theme\u201d Matt Creamer
\n1 – The Messenger (SWI – 2018) \u201cFire & Earth (Elemental Skylands)\u201d Rainbow Dragon Eyes
\n2 – Phantom Breaker Battlegrounds (360/VITA/SWI/PS4/XBONE – 2013) \u201cCostly Wish (FM Version)\u201d Takeshi Abo
\n3 – Patreon Pick – RayjKayj – World of Horror (PC – 2023) \u201cSchool Combat\u201d Sebastian Zybowski (ArcOfDream), Joseph Bailey
\n4 – Panzer Paladin (SWI/PC – 2020) \u201cUSA (Classic)\u201d Patrice Bourgeault
\n5 – 20XX (PC – 2014) \u201cPseudocode\u201d Brandon Ellis (credited as Cityfires)
\n6 – La-Mulana EX (Wii – 2011) \u201cMr. Explorer\u201d Takumi Naramura, Houyru Samejima
\n7 – Crawl (PC – 2014) \u201cCurses\u201d Alex Yoder
\n8 – Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 (SWI/XBONE/PS4/WIN – 2020) \u201cRoaring Cascade\u201d Ippo Yamada, Hiroaki Sano, Takumi Sato, Ryo Yoshinaga, Yusuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Sato, Masahiro Aoki, Takuya Tsuda
\n9 – Ex-Zodiac (PC – 2022) \u201cData Harrier\u201d +TEK
\n10 – Steel Assault (SWI/WIN/XBONE/PS4 – 2021) \u201cInto The Fray\u201d Joseph Bailey, Luca Della Regina