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KVGM “The Last Wave” 300th Episode (6/28/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” 300th Episode (6/28/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

On our historic 300th Episode, we asked the smooth operators who have supported the show through the years to submit some of their favorite jams for us to play on the show, and that’s exactly what we did! What’s next for the Last Wave after 300? Well, tune in…and find out for yourselves.

Playlist

redial – Jun Chikuma
(Bomberman Hero, Nintendo 64)

Green Grove Zone (Act 1) – Richard Jacques
(Sonic 3D Blast, Sega Saturn)

PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura) – Takayuki Aihara
(Street Fighter EX Plus α, Sony PlayStation)

At School Again this Morning – Manack
(Asanagi no Aquanauts, PC)

When Mother Was There – Shoji Meguro
(Persona 5, Sony PlayStation 3)

Mog Resort – Naoshi Mizuta
(Final Fantasy XI, PC)

A Morning Calm – Fumio Ito
(Aero Elite: Combat Academy, Sony PlayStation 2)

My Home Town – Hiroshi Fujioka
(Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness, Sony PlayStation 2)

Three Z Exhibition – Yang Wutao
(Zenless Zone Zero, Sony PlayStation 5)

Goin’ For a Stroll (In BellHorn City) – BlueLonerWolf
(Party Project, PC)

Orange Twilight so Close – Funczion SOUNDS
(Yume Miru Kusuri, PC)

Ending – Yoshinori Kawamoto
(Super Family Tennis, Super Famicom)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/14/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (6/14/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

We’re only one episode away from the historic 300th episode and we’ve got everything you need to chill the funk out. Mahjong, pachi-slot, shopping, and some quality one-on-one time with that special person in your life…

Playlist

Romance – blue
(Present For You, Sony PlayStation Vita)

Menu – SOUND MEDIA
(History of Kita Denshi, Sony PlayStation)

Ride the Autumn Breeze – Manack
(Tsukikagerou, PC)

Lobby – Unknown
(Nihon Pro Mahjong Renmei Kounin: Tetsuman Menkyokaiden, Sega Dreamcast)

E808-01 – Nash Studio
(Kirara★Kirara NTR -Mahou Shoujo wa Kawatte Iku…-, PC)

Kikyou’s Flower (BGM 2) – Keishi Yonao
(If, PC-98)

Base Shop – Kenichiro Iwasaki
(Lost Heroes 2, Nintendo 3DS)

Hideout -3rd- – Toshiki Konishi
(Persona 5 Tactica, Nintendo Switch)

Evening – Yamajet
(ROOM Girl, PC)

Staff Roll – Yasunori Yamabe
(NuPa: Numeric Paint Puzzle, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Movin’ On (Stage 1) – Yuji Takenouchi
(ChainDive, Sony PlayStation 2)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (5/3/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (5/3/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Live from Edinburgh, Scotland this week, where the weather is…Scottish. Please enjoy the following jams from the PlayStations and the Nintendos and of course, the personal computers.

Playlist

Orion – Daisuke Nagao
(KissBell, PC)

Library – Hidehiro Kawai
(Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, Sony PlayStation Vita)

Results – Dan Hess
(Pilotwings 64, Nintendo 64)

Tutorial – Masaru Tajima and Shinji Ushiroda
(ThruSpace, Nintendo Wii)

Downtown – PURE SOUND
(Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain No Teio, Sega Dreamcast)

The Fine Weather Index is 200 – Sound AMS
(Chikyuu no Heiwa o Mamoru tame!!, PC)

Together… – SoundTeMP
(Arcturus: The Curse and Loss of Divinity, PC)

Akihabara – Kenichi Sudo
(Silent Möbius: Genei no Datenshi, Sony PlayStation)

Shiori’s Theme – Naotoshi Nishino
(Sakurairo no Tegami, PC)

Staff Roll – Masahiko Hagio
(Staff Roll to GT Straight Victory: Hoshino Kazuyoshi e no Chousen, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Game Menu – Unknown
(Sega Ages Memorial Selection Vol. 2, Sega Saturn)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/19/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/19/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re livin’ life, lovin’ life on all the consoles, including a stunning return to the Family Computer 64 Double D, as well as some original Family Computer baseball action, some English guides on the DS, a little motorcycle racing on PS2, and of course, some puzzle action on the PC and PS1.

Playlist

In the Mahjong Club – Masafumi Ogata
(Sho-Ki, PC)

Beginning Premonitions – Kenichi Okuma
(Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3, Sony PlayStation 2)

Title – Alexander Lazutin
(3D Aqua Slider, PC)

Other Match Results – Atsushi Fujio
(Ganbare Pennant Race!, Famicom)

Gallery – Tatsuya Maeda
(RS II: Racing Spirits, Sony PlayStation 2)

Stroke Play – Kenichiro Shinzawa
(Japan Pro Golf Tour 64, Nintendo 64 DD)

Micro 2 Step – Unknown
(Simple DS Series Vol. 19: Yareba Dekiru!: The Micro Step Gijutsu de Oboeru Eitango, Nintendo DS)

On the Green – Phil Wood
(John Daly’s ProStroke Golf, Sony PlayStation 3)

Out of Qualification – Masanao Akahori
(Final Stretch, Super Nintendo)

Ending – Unknown
(SuperLite 1500 Series: Oekaki Puzzle, Sony PlayStation)

Special Request

Main Menu – Unknown
(Virtual Kyoutei ’98, Sony PlayStation)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/5/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (4/5/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Spring has officially sprung and with it, we have plenty of jams to celebrate from the Switch and Wii and Family Computer 64, to the PlayStations 1 and 2, the PC and the PC-1998, and even a brand new console to the show, the Playdate!

Playlist

Shallow Lights – Nash Music Library
(Fading Afternoon, Nintendo Switch)

Fight Night with Flibby Boss Battle – Justin Scharvona
(Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Sony PlayStation)

Results – Masaru Tajima and Shinji Ushiroda
(ThruSpace, Nintendo Wii)

Slow Beat Jam – BR◎THER-NA●
(Low Devil!, PC)

Gameplay BGM – Ippei Okada
(Ide Yosuke no Mahjong Juku, Nintendo 64)

recesses – Takeshi Abo
(Subete ga F ni Naru ~The Perfect Insider~, Sony PlayStation)

Rheen X – g3ntlebreeze
(Vaygren: Lustful Temptation, PC)

Wasteland – Masami Kobayashi
(Lua, PC-98)

The World Inside – Nekono Comet
(True Tears, Sony PlayStation 2)

Tournament End – Katsumi Yokokawa
(Harukanaru Augusta, PC)

Special Request

Express Connection …for Main Menu – Hunter Bridges
(Zero Zero: Perfect Stop, Playdate)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/22/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/22/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Pretty good variety of tracks today from all sorts of consoles, composers, years, genres, regions, reviews, vibes. It’s all here for you to decide how to feel. I ain’t tellin’ ya!

Playlist

Beach Master – Alan McDermott
(Master Rallye, Sony PlayStation 2)

Hill – Nobuyoshi Sano
(Dirt Dash, Arcade)

Hotel Inside – ESTi
(TalesWeaver, PC)

Victory – Unknown
(Gaitame Baibai Trainer: Kabutore FX, Nintendo DS)

Good Evening Coach – Yasushi Asada
(Dolphin Wave, Mobile)

Main Theme – Hiroyuki Mizuno
(Ano, Subarashii o Mou Ichido, Sharp X68000)

Good Morning – Unknown
(Yuki Zuri, PC)

Val Ship – Hiroyuki Yanada
(Last Bible III, Super Famicom)

Obsession (Party Formation BGM) – Takayuki Aihara
(Sledge Blow, PC)

Staff Roll – Tetsuo Ishikawa and Yoshifumi Iio
(Kingdom of Paradise, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Special Request

The Strut – Cincinnati Shogo, Buffalo Koremasa, Oww Furukawa
(Side Pocket 2, Sega Saturn)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/8/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (3/8/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

March is here, and with it, more jams, leaning fairly heavy into the personal computer but that’s okay because we know where jams are born and a lot of them are born on the PC. Plus some Nintendo DS, 3DS, PlayStations. All the coolest stuff!

Playlist

In Celebration of 2006 Korea Grand Award Game of Year – S.F.A
(Granado Espada, PC)

BGM 7 – USK Soundware
(Poison Needle, PC-98)

Silk and Shadows – g3ntlebreeze
(ButtKnight, PC)

Sounds on the Move – Yasuko Yamada, Yasuyuki Suzuki and Yoshiyuki Ishii
(Choro-Q Works, Sony PlayStation 2)

Setting Sun – Hiroto Saito
(Usotsuki to Inugamitsuki, PC)

Passion – Yuki Oike
(Gran Turismo 5, Sony PlayStation 2)

Everyday Life – SASH
(Injoku no Kajitsu, PC)

Kaiwa 1 – Unknown
(Gaitame Baibai Trainer: Kabutore FX, Nintendo DS)

Together – blue
(3 Days Marriage: Hikarugenji no Koibito, PC)

Credits – Masayuki Nagao
(Zoo Resort 3D, Nintendo 3DS)

Special Request

Room For 4 – Pedro Silva
(OMORI, Nintendo Switch)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/8/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (2/8/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

This week, we’re a little all over the place in energy levels, with morning vibes, afternoon delights, and evening bliss, plus a little reminiscing, hipster bashing, and the Destiny Draw System.

Playlist

Your Profile~Leaf – Naoya Shimokawa and bermei.inazawa
(To Heart, PC)

Fresh Prince – ARA
(Pri-Pia ~Prince Pia♥Carrot~, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Puzzle Editor – BA.M, Einosuke Nagao, Tsuyosi Matsushima, TAISHOW, and SUPERKENTA
(Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux, Super Famicom)

AM – Takumu Kotohira
(NUKITASHI, PC)

Event 4 – Sota Fujimori
(Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4, Sony PlayStation Portable)

Monochrome – Satoshi Okubo
(Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Nintendo DS)

Jiandia Park Lobby – ASTRO MAN
(La Tale, PC)

NO PAIN,NO GAIN. – Shigenobu Okawa
(Tayutama 2 -After Stories-, Sony PlayStation 4)

Headlights on the Shore – Barry “Epoch” Topping
(Paradise Killer, Nintendo Switch)

Credits – Kazuhiko Uehara
(Jikkyou World Soccer 3, Nintendo 64)

Special Request

In the Night – Motoharu Yoshihira
(RAhXEPhON: Sokyu Gensokyoku, Sony PlayStation 2)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/11/26)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (1/11/26)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

New year, new us? No, not really…we’re still the same Last Wave but we’re kicking out new jams. Everything from the Family Computer to the PS4, and everything in between. But we’re easing into 2026 in the most maxed out relaxed way we can.

Playlist

Welcome Back – Takumu Kotohira
(NUKITASHI, PC)

Dear – Takayuki Nakamura
(Custom Robo: Battle Revolution, Nintendo GameCube)

Illustful – Unknown
(Puzzle Series Vol. 6: Illust Logic, Nintendo DS)

Engineering City Basel – Shuntaro Koguchi
(The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki, Sony PlayStation 4)

The Valley of Time – Unknown
(Imitation ~Manatsu no Ai~, PC)

Village of the Puru Tribe – Masashi Kageyama
(Purumui Purumui, Sony PlayStation)

Relaxation – Yoshitani Izuho
(Night Slave, PC-98)

What’s Shakkin? – I’ve Sound
(Shakkin Shimai 2, PC)

Like the Wind – Isamu Ohira
(Gran Turismo, Sony PlayStation)

Evening Glow of T3 (Arranged) – Konami Kukeiha Club and Jun Irie
(TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimao, Famicom)

Special Request

Waiting Room – Kevin Lee
(GunBound, Mobile)

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KVGM “The Last Wave” (12/28/25)

KVGM “The Last Wave” (12/28/25)

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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 KVGM “The Last Wave”, with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch…the Last Wave.

Tis the season for smooth VGM and on this week’s episode, we’ve got plenty of post-Christmas stocking stuffers as we hit the personal computer pretty hard for a bunch of dirty adult visual novels that I know you love and crave (you doggy dogs, you) as well as some kid-friendly jams from the Super FAMILY Computer and your dad’s work computer from 1996.

Playlist

Anotrian – Andreas Wehrhahn and Björn Teubner
(Holiday Island, PC)

Believe in Motivation – Hiroto Saito
(ADVANCED POWER DoLLS 2, PC-98)

Teach Her – Dreaming Rabbit and Ichinoryuu Uehara
(Magical Teacher Sensei wa Majo?, PC)

Select File – Masafumi Ogata
(Youchien Senki Madara, Super Famicom)

Misaki – Keishi Yonao
(Kakyuusei 2, PC)

Two of Us, Seven of Us – Narucho
(Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo, Sony PlayStation 2)

Miyabi – Simmy
(Hako no Naka no Jouji, PC)

Kohinata’s Theme (Training Arrangement) – Kenny K
(Love Lab, PC)

Gentle Night – Hikoshi Sakimoto
(SATOMI ~Yami no Kyouzou~, PC)

Mes Volutes Bleues (Ending) – Sizlla Okamura
(Viewpoint, Neo-Geo CD)

Special Request

Good Times – Matthew S. Burns, Sam Kulchin, and Drew Messinger-Michaels
(Kaizen: A Factory Story, PC)

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