Month: August 2020

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/30/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/30/20)

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 on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

What’s inside? How about the NBA circa 1997? How about sexy parlor games scored by MUSE himself, Akira Sato? What about 4 on 4 soccer? Hey, there’s even a little murder mystery and water skiing. And it wouldn’t be an episode of the Last Wave without some visual novel nonsense on the PC. And making their Last Wave debut, the very talented ASSY! AND…AND…you guys asked for it (well, some of you) but we now have KVGM “The Last Wave” merch, available here. It’s still summer so give those guns some Vitamin D!

 

Playlist

04 – Akira Sato
(Jankirou, FM Towns)

Pause Menu – Traz Damji
(NBA Live ’97, Sony PlayStation)

Advertising BGM B – Tetsuya Kawauchi
(Sega Water Ski, Arcade)

Main Menu – YANMAR and ASSY
(Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyoto Kurama Sansou Satsujin Jiken, Sony PlayStation Portable)

BGM 3 – Minoru Mukaiya
(Tetsudou Seminar: JR-hen, Nintendo DS)

Victory – おめくん
(Yuujou no Victory Goal: 4V4 Arashi Get the Goal!!, Game Boy Advance)

Daily Life – Ryo Mizutsuki and Shun Nishigaki
(AquaS, PC)

Credits – Jim Croft
(F1 World Grand Prix, Sega Dreamcast)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/23/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/23/20)

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 on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

No golf, no mahjong, no fishing…sorry, folks. But we do have flight simulation, soccer, and princesses (on ice!). Plus, all that visual novel smooth action you’ve come to expect from the Last Wave. Hey, thanks to everyone who has supported the Last Wave on this almost two year journey…well, two years in 3 months…but still, I didn’t think we’d make it this far but we’re still cooking with gas. The response has been so positive and without listeners like you, KVGM wouldn’t be in operation. So THANK YOU!

 

Playlist

Fubuki Hikari’s Theme – tonkinhouse and Carlos
(L no Kisetsu: A Piece of Memories, Sony PlayStation)

Jazz Fusion (Lighting a Fuse) – Tim Clarke
(The Even More Incredible Machine, 3DO)

Main Menu – Ryo Kasai
(Princess on Ice, Nintendo DS)

Shop 6 – Toshiko Tasaki
(Akiba’s Trip 2, Sony PlayStation 3)

Shutaro Mendou #2 – Kenichi Okuma
(Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends, Sega Mega-CD)

Play Menu – Toshiyuki Takine and Gocky in Bose
(’96 Zenkoku Koukou Soccer Senshuken, Super Famicom)

Open Your Purely Heart – Shigenobu Okawa and Yuta Yamaguchi
(Gaku Ou: The Royal Seven Stars + Meteor, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Midnight Airport (Ending) – Kazuko Umino
(Landing High Japan, Arcade)

Special Request

Starfall Village (Name Entry) – Manabu Namiki
(Mushihimesama, Arcade)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/16/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/16/20)

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 on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

We listened to your pleas, we delivered…Streets of Rage 4. Drink it up. The crew over at DOORS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT show up not once but TWICE because that’s how they do it. With style. Shinji Hosoe closes this down in the only way Shinji Hosoe knows how to. We’ve got strip mahjong, department store dungeon crawlin’, and BASEBALL! Because we love baseball here at the Last Wave. Just like we love you!

 

Playlist

Streets of Rage 4 (Main Theme) – Yuzo Koshiro
(Streets of Rage 4, Nintendo Switch)

BGM 3 – DOORS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
(Majokko a la Mode II, Sony PlayStation 2)

Sports News – Affect Sound Team
(Super Stadium, Super Famicom)

Event 6 – Unknown
(Dream Girl Premier, Nintendo 3DS)

Department Store Dungeon – Tetsuo Ishikawa, Yoshiyuki Sahashi, and Yuko Araki
(PoPoRoGue, Sony PlayStation)

05 – Ryuichiro Fujisawa
(Heart de Ron, FM Towns)

Rainy Night – DOORS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
(Lipstick Adventure EX, PC)

To the Far Off Sky (Ending) – Shinji Hosoe
(Under Defeat, Sega Dreamcast)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/9/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/9/20)

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 on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Guess what? Jams, that’s what. Lots of ’em. From airplane simulators to virtual horse racing, from Takeshi Abo to Kenichi Okuma – you know ’em, you love ’em, we got ’em. We’re coming closer and closer to the extra special 100th episode, and here at KVGM, we’ve been reaching out to some very special guests to make that 100th episode even extra special. That’s a whole lot of special.

 

Playlist

Legends of Memory – Takeshi Abo
(Yume no Tsubasa: Fate of Heart, Sega Dreamcast)

Virgin Flight – Shuichiro Nakazawa
(Landing Gear, Arcade)

Vortex Volcano – Iku Mizutani and Tetsuari Watanabe
(Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island, Nintendo DS)

Billiards Place – Hideki Yamamoto
(BLUE, PC)

Paddock – Manabu Matsumae
(Derby Stallion P, Sony PlayStation Portable)

BGM #12 – Unknown
(Slot! Pro 2 Advance: Go Go Juggler & New Tairyou, Game Boy Advance)

Level Up – Kenichi Okuma
(Megami Tengoku, PC-Engine CD)

Ending – Tenpei Sato
(Real Pool, Sony PlayStation 2)

Special Request

Library Menu – Naoko Ishii, Waichiro Ozaki, and Hiroshi Tanabe
(Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories, Sony PlayStation)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/2/20)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (8/2/20)

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 on sunny Aqua City Island. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Golf, tennis, mahjong, scuba diving, sexy puzzles, robot puzzles, poison(?), and, of course, baseball. The fundamentals of smooth video game jams. Well, maybe not poison or robot puzzles…but you get the idea. It’s crazy to think that we’re in August already, the year more than halfway over — although, to be fair, 2020 has felt like 5 years so far. Enjoy summer if you can. Go out to somewhere beautiful and isolated and commune with nature because we can’t commune with each other.

 

Playlist

Nineball Island (Day) – Ayako Saso
(Endless Ocean: Blue World, Nintendo Wii)

PN05 – USK Soundware
(Poison Needle, PC-98)

Mission Failure – Takane Okubo and Katsunari Kitajima
(SD Gundam Power Formation Puzzle, Super Famicom)

Hot Tennis Nights – Unknown
(Power Serve, Sony PlayStation)

Character Select – Manabu Namiki
(Dejiko no Mahjong Party, Game Boy Color)

Scoreboard – Yoshiki Nishimura
(The Pro Yakyuu, PC-Engine CD)

Pleased Chippy – Whitaker Trebella
(Flappy Golf, Mobile)

Staff Roll – Kaoru Yasuda
(Gals Panic SS, Sega Saturn)