Episode 622: Retronauts Radio Summer ’24 (Patreon)

Jeremy: It is time, once again, to pump up the jams. Here we are with a brand spankin' new Retronauts Radio episode—the longest of these to date! So much music!

I've tweaked the format once again based on listener feedback, dedicating the first third of the episode to a discussion of the music at hand with a few quick examples for context but relegating the bulk of the music to the back side of the episode where it plays uninterrupted. Since this is a patron-exclusive episode, I can get away with doing that! Because all the time stamps for all the albums covered are right below for easy reference.

Lots of Konami this time around, because they went HAM on soundtrack releases recently. For variety, I've also thrown in music from two games about nights and dreams (NiGHTS Into Dreams... and Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams), and the episode is bookended by non-games music—some classic albums closely related to the world of video game tunes, plus one recent reissue of an old album from 1989. You want to know what makes me feel old? The fact that I have owned this album since it was fairly new as one of the first CDs I ever bought. Disgusting. Not the music, mind you. Just mortality.

But hey, what better way to while away the dwindling hours of our lives than with some great tunes? I've upped my vinyl recording game, by the way, with a much-improved audio setup, and I think you'll be able to tell the difference. As always, this patron-exclusive Radio episode is presented as a max quality stereo MP3 to preserve as much audio fidelity as possible. Enjoy!

Art by Greg Melo

Prelude | 0:00:27

Intros 

• Yellow Magic Orchestra Solid State Survivor | 0:05:41

• Konami Game Music Vol. 2 | 0:08:52

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 1-6 | 0:13:07

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 0:27:20

• Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams | 0:31:56

• NiGHTS Into Dreams... | 0:35:21

• Momoku Kikuchi Adventure | 0:38:11

• Marillion Season’s End (2023) | 43:19

Musical Cuts

• Yellow Magic Orchestra Solid State Survivor | 0:50:24

• Konami Game Music Vol. 2 | 0:58:34

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 1 | 1:06:38

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 2 | 1:13:13

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 3 | 1:16:44

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 4 | 1:23:37

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 5 | 1:32:22

• Konami Antiques Famicom Vol. 6 | 1:36:20

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1:44:16

• Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams | 1:49:14

• NiGHTS Into Dreams... | 1:55:36

• Momoku Kikuchi Adventure | 2:07:30

• Marillion Season’s End (2023) | 2:15:02