Month: June 2019

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/30/19)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/30/19)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we go to our happy place…the forest…while getting ready to ace our kanji proficiency test (with a little help from the Kanji Klub). Of course, the serenity of the forest is very conducive to studying. But we’ll celebrate with a round of pool and maybe some puzzles with friends. Who knows. But what we do know is that one part cop, one part astronaut = a policenaut. Yes, yes, yes!

DOWNLOAD – THE LAST WAVE (6/30/19)

Playlist

Service Track #3: Winter ’93 (S​.​B. MIX version) – Takeshi Abo
(King’s Bounty: Stolen Order, FM Towns)

Credits – Kinuyo Yamashita
(Zaidan Houjin Nihon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin: Kanken DS, Nintendo DS)

No, No, No! – Tappi Iwase, Masahiro Ikariko, and Motoaki Furukawa
(Policenauts, Sega Saturn)

Soul – Hideya Nagata
(Magical Shot, X68000)

Forest – Kenyuu Nukita
(Bomberman B-Daman, Super Famicom)

Break Time – Masanori Takeuchi
(Sega GT 2002, Microsoft Xbox)

Title – Thomas Mogensen
(Puzzled, Game Boy Color)

Staff Roll – Takehiko Uesugi and Shinichi Sakamoto
(Secret of Evangelion Portable, Sony PlayStation Portable)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/23/19)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/23/19)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

From Virtua Fighter to Virtua Cop…from the neighborhood Home Depot to the Lowe’s across town…we once again stress the importance of chill music when doing your shopping and/or customizing your life in any aspect. Also, let’s be honest, the Western school system is a complete mess and you can’t expect kids to sit still for eight hours listening to outdated history lessons…at least, there are PLENTY of school-based simulation games to choose from to enhance whatever real-world school experience you had/have.

 
Playlist
 
Shopping in Wakeport – Yoko Shimomura

(Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Nintendo 3DS)

Classroom – Tetsuari Watanabe
(Mahou Sensei Negima!: Private Lesson ~ Library Island, Game Boy Advance)

Customization Main Menu – Fumio Ito
(Virtua Fighter 5, Sony PlayStation 3)

Street Collection (Ending) – Kazuhiko Uehara, Motoaki Furukawa, and Yoshinori Sasaki
(F-1 Spirit: The Way to Formula-1, MSX)

Beautiful Death – Masafumi Takada
(DANGANRONPA, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Hip Shop – Toby Fox
(Deltarune Chapter 1, Nintendo Switch)

Staff Roll – Yuki Nakayama
(Mesuneko Hishoshitsu, PC-98)

F I N – Kentaro Kobayashi
(Virtua Cop, Arcade)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/16/19)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/16/19)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we drop in on some of the leading authors of the “Book of Smooth VGM”, including Takeshi Abo, Katsuhiro Hayashi and Shinji Hose, as well as revisit a childhood favorite of little Hammock’s from Mario Paint. We once again admire the life and duty of the space fighter pilot and drop some Coca Cola knowledge. Are you one of 2,000,000 people who owned a Phillips 3DO system? If so, say hello! 

 

Playlist

A Town Wrapped in Blue Poinsettias – Takeshi Abo
(Tentama: 1st Sunny Side, Sega Dreamcast)

Monkey Song – Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryouji Yoshitomi, and Kazumi Totaka
(Mario Paint, Super Nintendo)

Stage 4 – Katsuhiro Hayashi
(Terraforming, PC-Engine CD)

Down to Dawn – Shinji Hosoe
(Fate/Extra, Sony PlayStation Vita)

Staff Roll – Kojiro Mikusa
(Sassou Shounen Eiyuuden Coca Cola Kid, Sega Game Gear)

Light and Shadow – Ryota Koduka
(Trauma Team, Nintendo Wii)

Shop – Yasufumi Fukuda and Yukiharu Urita
(Guardian War, 3DO)

Ending – Kiyotaka Sato, Ryu Takami, Megumi Matsuura, and BAKI
(Continental, X68000)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/9/19)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/9/19)

Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It’s the smooth crash of the Last Wave on KVGM with your host, Hammock, bringing you thirty minutes of the best video game jams(z) from all your favorite composers and consoles, each and every week from our beachside studio in sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Hammock’s back from his journeys afar and settling back into the smooth vibrations of the beach outside the KVGM studios. Thanks go out once again to Oke for filling in over the past two weeks and maybe…just maybe…KVGM “Pixel Vibrations” could make return somewhere in the future. For now, though, we discover that baseball RPGs really do exist and the naughty Akira Sato continues to bring the straight J-A-M-S from the even naughtier PC-98.

 

Playlist

Seaside Stadium – Shinichi Kuroda
(Nekketsu Legend Baseballer, PC-Engine CD)

Alma the Swordswoman – Toshiya Yamanaka
(Reviver, PC-88)

Days as Usual – Mark Ishikawa
(Vitamin X: Evolution, Nintendo DS)

Wine Glass – Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida, Tatsuya Kiuchi and Hitomi Komatsu
(Birdie Try, Arcade)

Train Land – Atsuhiro Motoyama
(Kururin Paradise, Game Boy Advance)

Track 7 – Eric Hammond
(Racing Aces, Sega CD)

Bodkin Point – Masanobu Matsunaga
(Planet Puzzle League, Nintendo DS)

Staff Roll – Akira Sato
(Custom Mate 2, FM Towns)

KVGM “Pixel Vibrations” (6/2/19)

KVGM “Pixel Vibrations” (6/2/19)

Welcome to Pixel Vibrations on KVGM, where the ambiance of nature and the melancholy of the whale’s song converge in the polygon dreams of the digital New Age. Join your guest host, Oke, as he takes you on a journey through the stars to distant horizons and altered 16-bit realities. Close your eyes, breath in, feel the cosmos whisper in your ear and allow the Pixel Vibrations to take over your senses.

 
Playlist
 
Summer Forest – Stewart Copeland
(Spyro 2, Sony PlayStation)

Ice Dungeon – Yutaka Minobe
(Skies of Arcadia, Sega Dreamcast)

Water – Philip Ulrich and Stéphane Picq
(Dune: Spice Opera, Amiga)

Rising Dragon – Miki Higashino
(Tokimeki Memorial, PC-Engine)

The Oracle – Chris Braymen
(EcoQuest: The Search For Cetus, PC)

Rainbow Bridge ~ Manase – Hideki Higuchi
(Kaen Seibo: The Virgin of Megiddo, Sega Dreamcast)

BGM 07 – Hikoshi Hashimoto
(Ultrabox 4 Go, PC-Engine)

Water Scene – Love De Lic
(Moon Remix RPG Adventure, Sony PlayStation)

Ambient – Versatile
(Sub Culture, Windows)

A Morning Jungle – Tatsuhiko Asanno
(Doshin the Giant, Nintendo GameCube)

Sigh & Tear – Meiko Ishikawa
(Sorcerian, Sega Mega Drive)