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Hitoshi Sakimoto – Waltz of Meditation Part 2

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 17: Music you never get tired of From Magical Chase (TurboGrafx-16, 1991)

Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata bring huge symphonic sound everywhere they go. The Holy Grail of TurboGrafx-16 collecting hasn’t been re-released anywhere for 20 years.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Savaged Regime – Boss 2

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 16: 16-Bit music From Xeno Crisis (Genesis/Mega Drive, 2019)

Holy crap! Is this Prodigy-sounding jam coming from 16-bit hardware?? This narrowly beat Vapor Trail for my Genesis/Mega Drive pick.

Source: YouTube via Retro Core, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Manabu Namiki – Stab and Stomp!

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 15: Boss battle music From Battle Garegga (Saturn, 1998)

If the boss kills you, just say you took the death on purpose to manage your rank.

If this version is too “arcade” to count as Saturn music, use Christmas NiGHTS’s boss music instead.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Sizlla Okamura – Un Caillou Ricochet

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 13: Music you like from a game you don’t like From Viewpoint (Neo Geo, 1992)

Viewpoint was a strange experiment. The sampled drum loops were ahead of their time, but isometric perspective never worked for shmups.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Yasuhisa Watanabe – Girl of Power

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 8: Music from a shooter (first or third person) From Border Down (Dreamcast, 2003)

I’m glad lots of people chose shmups for this prompt. There’s so many good soundtracks to choose from, and I’ve got more coming.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Toru Minegishi – Don't Slip

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 4: Music from a console exclusive series From Splatoon 2 (Switch, July 21, 2017)

Splatoon 2 came out three years ago today? It’s still so fresh! I want more quirky, energetic rock like this.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Yousuke Yasui – Silver Lining

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 2: Opening level music From Eschatos (Xbox 360, 2011)

This song sold me this game. I don't mind hearing it every time I have to start over. Super Hard Mode means this will be my only pick from any Xbox 360 game.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

ToriNaru – ReiMari-Santa

The tree is up, the lights are on, the presents are wrapped, and it’s Christmas Day. I might even get to take a nap for a few hours before things get started. pixiv’s Christmas tag is used way more than I expected, even on pixiv Spotlight. Happy holidays, everyone!

OK, so I doubt many people here Stateside are getting Touhou stuff for Christmas. There's actually a separate Touhou Christmas tag which itself has 2,318 results.

Source: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=47611488 (「れいまりさんた」/「鳥成」のイラスト [pixiv]) via filtering the Christmas tag by landscape

Tsurukame – Hanasaki Ecological

This is my current desktop wallpaper. I have a dual monitor setup, so it looks like Marisa is throwing a star bomb onto my left monitor. I actually got this one from a Tumblr I'm going to call F'Yeah Pixiv that sadly isn't updated anymore. It's one of the last things posted on that Tumblr. (My old blog had all work safe text, but when I’m reblogging a user named fuckyeahpixiv-blog, I guess that idea goes out the window.)

Source: 「花咲エコロジカ」/「鶴亀＠１日目Ｈ-45ｂ」のイラスト [pixiv] via fuckyeahpixiv-blog

花咲エコロジカ | 鶴亀

Gashi Gashi – E-can

The animations on pixiv are just a series of PNGs animated in HTML5. Luckily, Gashi Gashi also posted a GIF of this on Tumblr, so I'd added that here. When Mega Man charges up a shot, he starts flashing, but everything else that's the same color as Mega Man flashes too.

UPDATE: Gashi Gashi posted this animation as a GIF on Tumblr, so it’s here now.

Source: 「Ｅ缶」/「ガしガし」のイラスト [pixiv] via pixiv每周排行 – 前50

16-Bit Bar+Arcade

I visited 16-Bit Bar+Arcade tonight, and I've never seen that many people in an arcade in Columbus. Most games are in excellent shape, and there are some unique cabinets like Baby Pac-Man and Slick Shot. Here are the new high scores on Gorf, Space Invaders, and Rally-X. I'll be coming for the others later. I hope they get a good 90s shmup in there soon.

Source: good ol' cell phone camera and NerdKO